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Oddly, it was the same for me, for opposite reasons. My life had been carpet-bombed by so many unrelated horrible dramas that I barely noticed the pandemic outside (there was an outside ?).
I've been taking care of multiple sick relatives and helping out elderly people nearby who have problems that have requested my aid.
Because of that, I haven't been able to have a regular job and must freelance work (such as gardening, landscaping, home health aid, minor household repairs, etc.) only when I'm available as an unemployed (& unemployable) person due to the necessity of a totally flexible schedule so I can be on-call for non-stop emergencies.
With no steady job or regular income, I have no money and no time to spend it even if I did (so it doesn't matter for me whether movie theaters or restaurants were open or closed). I have no friends or social circle due to my circumstances.
My social outings consist of doing grocery shopping and going to the pharmacy for my family and elderly neighbors, taking people to doctors & hospitals, or going to a home store to buy materials to repair something for family or others that has broken.
(My next door neighbor was just diagnosed with terminal lung cancer, so they became another on my list where I've taken over their yard care, snow removal, pet care, and anything else that comes up. At this same time by brother became critically injured and is now crippled. After multiple strokes my aunt is no longer able to take care of herself and my mother is failing quickly.)
My life already was what others' lives became with the pandemic.
The only big difference for me is I started to have to wear a mask everywhere!
