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 !
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