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TO ADAPT IS THE NEW NORMAL

Presently, the majority of us would be unaware of today's date and day. Such are the times. Each day is getting dragged monotonously, not only for those people who are not working from home but also for people who are doing meaningless (mostly) and stressful work from their homes. Right now, we are experiencing the most uncertain times in the history of mankind and merely ‘binge watching’ on Netflix won’t ease the pain of being confined to our homes 24*7.

We are still looking at another month or 2 of lockdown ahead of us. So, how do we cope? I have come-up with a couple of ideas from my own experience of being isolated since last 2 months -

1. Stop ‘over-thinking’ & worrying. This will take us nowhere; rather it will make matters worse. How do we distract our minds then? I would suggest setting yourself in some sort of a routine in the weekdays (From Monday – Friday) – like getting up every morning at the same time and doing similar activities through out the day and ending the day by sleeping at the same time. During the weekend, act and behave like you are enjoying your weekend by getting up late, afternoon brunch, late night dinner, binge-watching etc. This will keep your mind busy and also help you to get distracted from your current situation.

2. This is an ideal time to take up a brand new thing to do, which you have been resisting for long; like reading, goal-setting, writing, meditating etc. I would suggest taking half & hour of your time every day (in the beginning) for working towards this goal and if you continue to like what you are doing then I am sure that this will become a HABIT that can last for a lifetime. I believe, this is the time to start afresh. I have personally taken up the challenge of writing (again) and meditating (10 minutes to begin with) during the course of the entire day.

Worrying about the pandemic, lockdown, vaccine, mindless binge-watching on Netflix or even reading and following news will only add stress to your coming days. By trying to add or create value in your days and making these ‘small but incremental’ shifts in your daily lives can massively help you to navigate yourself through these unchartered territories. Remember, we all are together in this and I am sure we together (albeit successfully) will come out of this.


GOD BLESS !

Comments

Smitajain said…
Awesome work ...please continue writing
7:54 AM
Sreejith said…
Setting a routine for weekday and weekends is a good idea, something I might try and implemet going forward.
10:15 AM
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