“How can I avoid Coronavirus?” was probably the most hunted question until a few days back. Today, most nations to keep their citizens safe have asked them to remain in quarantine and practice social distancing.
With a quick turn of events, the question above has been gradually substituted with a one that is hard to answer- “How to stay sane and positive in times of self-isolation?”
How do we care for young people whose wings have been clipped, who aren’t supposed to hang out with their friends and whose plans have been turned down by coronavirus?
TAKE A BREAK, PONDER & BE BEATIFIC
“We, humans, are social animals, so it is more obvious for us to lose our cool while sitting at home & restricted from going out.”
As the world is struggling with a deadly pandemic, it might not seem like the best time to talk about being positive.
But even slothing around at home doing nothing and laying on the couch whole day long will not help too, it will take you from being social animal to animal only.
So to keep ourself sane there are few things that we can indulge ourselves into to make quarantine worthwhile.
1. Don’t Forget To Stay Proactive & Productive At Home🏃
Let’s not make “staying indoors,” one more justification to skip exercise. If you are cooped up and stressing out, we would say to stretch it out!
As most of us will be working from home stuck to our devices, it is important to spend some time on exercise whenever possible. And yes, you don’t need gym machines to stay fit.
A few yoga poses, some stretches here and there and a few lunges, and you are good to go!
Now that you have stretched, it’s time to get back to your work from home-desk!
2. Appreciate Those Who Are Working To Keep Us Safe 👏❤
Many videos are flooding on Social media channels where people are cheering and showing gratitude towards health care personnel, Cleanliness in-charges and administrative forces.
Just in order to appreciate these people even, we can do something, from clapping to showering flowers or just cheer them up, it will give you a sense of happiness & positivity and boost their spirit to get going with their work.
3. Spend Time With Your Furry Friends 🐶
Do you know what the best medicine is for busting stress and depression? It’s playtime with your pets. Pets could pick up on your feelings, so avoid getting all depressed and lonely around them. On the other hand, you could use this #quarantine break to do some activities together or you can train your pets and utilize your time best.
Many people around the globe are making videos with their pets that are incredibly effusive! If you do not have a pet, we would say to find such videos on social media and view them. All the pleasant vibes from these videos will fill your hearts with awe and joy!
4. Bake, Bake, and Bake Some More! 🍰
When was the last time you used your kitchen oven to bake muffins or the rolling pin to roll out a pie?
If you can’t recall, maybe it’s time to put on your pastry chef hat and start whipping some cream.
Baking is believed to bring calm in life as every step is precise and needs to be done with finesse. Not to mention all the oxytocin that one gets from savouring a dessert.😋 So if you do not know how to kill time, master the art of baking! Cocoa, cookies, and cake, try to make everything you cannot bake!
5. Time To Redecorate Home 🏡 With DIY Stuff
Pinterest has no dearth of ideas when it comes to creating cost-effective items for home decoration. But, some of them do take time. As now you have all the time in the world, why not to use these quirky DIY tips and revamp your home spaces.
6. Learn An Eccentric Skill #Qurantine
Most of us hate this question: “What are your hobbies?”
As our brain scans for something that would make us look more impressive than we probably are, we usually end up with answers that are not unusual. Why not move past ahead — singing, dancing, reading as our only hobbies, and learn something new? 😎
7. Jazz it Up! 🎷
From normal people to celebs, everyone is pushing to make self-isolation a success. This is the reason why social media channels are filled with the podcast and live-stories of people jamming to the tunes.
You Should Give It A Try As Well..!! :p
Go Live, post good stuff maybe a picture with your family, a prank video or just a goofy moment, use your social media platform to spread positivity in such hard times.
8. Get Groovy 💃
If you have not heard of #quarantine dance-off trend, you are probably living in isolation since prehistoric times. People are shaking off the corona vibes by dancing their way through self-quarantine.
Participate in these dance-offs or just have your own dance-off with your family & friends. It will definitely cheer everyone up.
9. Raid Your Bookshelf! 📖
While many of us get time to finish an episode or two during our typical routine, we hardly get much from our hectic schedules to read that one book we have meant to finish since forever!
So let’s just find out that book and just wrap it up. Let some vocabulary & plenty of knowledge come in and bless your brain, so keep flicking those pages and read on!
I hope some of these self-quarantine activities would help you dodge off stress and anxiety. On that note,
#KeepCalm & #Quarantine On