My old phone went dead last March right before the first lockdowns in my country, and between the difficulty of getting it repaired and not having to actually leave the house, I never got around to repairing it. My family did eventually buy me a new phone themselves last October because of the trouble of reaching me when they went outside, but for those nine months, my main takeaway was that I read a lot more than I had in years. I can’t speak much to relative productivity because while it was definitely a more productive time than before March, I was also more productive after that, so it could be independent.
My old phone went dead last March right before the first lockdowns in my country, and between the difficulty of getting it repaired and not having to actually leave the house, I never got around to repairing it. My family did eventually buy me a new phone themselves last October because of the trouble of reaching me when they went outside, but for those nine months, my main takeaway was that I read a lot more than I had in years. I can’t speak much to relative productivity because while it was definitely a more productive time than before March, I was also more productive after that, so it could be independent.