1. Expecting the confinement to end and everything to go back to the way it was before at the work level.
It is necessary to accept the change that this situation entails and start thinking and looking for alternatives for the future. Having a plan gives hope and has a positive effect on the mood. To remain watching what happens, generates more and more anguish. We must accept that teleworking is going to be a reality. Learning to use the platforms as well as the basic management programs and perfecting a language can make the difference when returning to work.
Not setting health goals
We always have new resolutions for the end of the year or summer, such as quitting smoking, dieting, doing sports….. Now is the best time of all to set these goals, as we can focus our efforts on them. Therefore, this leads us to the following three goals.
3. Habits such as smoking
It is a good time to quit smoking, since we have time to focus on quitting and also the difficulty to achieve it is a good incentive.
4. Not following a healthy diet
We can take the opportunity to start a healthy diet, since now we do not run out of the house and we have to take prepared food with us.
There are many solidarity initiatives as a result of COVID-19 that teach us how to prepare easy and healthy dishes.
5. Avoiding sports
We never have time or money to do sports, but now is a good opportunity to do so. As in the previous case, there are many blogs that teach you how to do sports in your own home, without needing anything more than a mat.
6. Do not change your relationship with your family
We are cooped up with our partners and our sons and daughters and should avoid a passive attitude, as this can lead to monotony and deterioration of relationships. Making meals and break times special or simply different makes us look forward to them and gives a boost to the rest of the day.
Our children because they are pursuing their studies online and our partners because they work in their respective jobs or also online or because they can do that training they never have time to do.
7. Moving away from our friends
The confinement should not keep us away from our friends, it should bring us closer to those who are more distant and share with them the concerns that this situation causes us. Many people are worried or lonely.
8. Abuse of television and audiovisual platforms.
When we are tired of watching hours and hours of television or series, we can learn to look for content programs that give us something more. Or better yet, look for a good book.
9. Over-information and use of networks
As with television and visual platforms, it is good to learn to differentiate between good sources of information and the networks they provide. Spending the right amount of time on them, but not too much, will also help us to get out of this situation.
10. Ideas….
In this situation people try to be more imaginative. A good thought is: what can you do to help others?