How to stay sane amid isolation and take care of your family? For the first time in human history, we are witnessing a global shutdown. Life has stopped and we are not allowed to step out of our premises.
No matter how powerful or small a nation is, we are on the same page and dealing with the same situation. It is indeed a tough time for mankind and also a testing time for all of us. But remember we are together in this.
Managing with limited resources, maintaining social distance, and staying in isolation, how cannot take a toll on our mental health. In this blog, let us discuss how we can preserve our sanity while maintaining social distance.
How to stay sane amid isolation and take care of your family?
We are living in a paradoxical situation, wherein at one place we are expected to maintain social distancing to protect ourselves and on the other hand, this isolation is impacting our mental health. We are dealing with a lot and it was all unwarranted, unplanned, and uncalled. But instead of focusing on the problem which we all are facing now, if we try to focus on the solution and take one day at a time, it will surely help us release a lot of emotional pain and stress.
Everything is out there and we will get back to our normal life, which we are craving right now, very soon. Meanwhile, I have carefully curated a list of 25 hacks for all of us to stay sane amid this isolation and regain our lost space.
| 1.) Focus on the solution |
| 2.) Do not wake up anxious |
| 3.) Avoid overthinking |
| 4.) Look for diversion |
| 5.) Reinvent |
| 6.) Recalibrate |
| 7.) Practice mindfulness |
| 8.) Meditate |
| 9.) Exercise |
| 10.) Structure your day |
| 11.) Form a new normal |
| 12.) Follow your passion |
| 13.) Pursue your hobbies |
| 14.) Pick up an online course |
| 15.) Quality Sleep |
| 16.) Eat, in small portions |
| 17.) Increase your liquid intake |
| 18.) Boost your immunity |
| 19.) Read good books |
| 20.) Minimize content overload |
| 21.) Keep a personal check |
| 22.) Take time to declutter |
| 23.) Extend help |
| 24.) Practice self-care |
| 25.) Avoid toxic contacts |
These are tough times for everyone, big corporate giants, business tycoons, sole-proprietors, start-ups, working professionals from different fields, and all individuals around the globe. Research says that it has impacted our economy badly.
With the suspended travel, business arrangements, shipments, this lockdown has deeply impacted the travel, food, aviation, and hospitality sector. The most powerful industries are badly hit and it has become a major concern for entrepreneurs on how to deal with the uncertainties related to work.
25 Hacks To Stay Sane Amid Isolation
Fear, sadness and anger, it is common to experience such emotions in the time of crisis and uncertain situation. First of all, we have to acknowledge that we are getting bogged down, and then we move forward to work on it.
While we focus on the uncertainties and overthink about this huge problem, we are bound to trouble our little brain and increase our level of anxiety, stress, and hysteria. How to stay sane amid isolation and how to not get affected and lose our balance due to the global pandemic.
How to stay sane amid isolation when many of us are staying with troubling in-laws or abusive partners, we have to stay home and this has created a lot of turbulence in many couples with the increase in the reported number of complaints against the abuse and domestic violence women are dealing during this pandemic.
When the whole world is dealing with the same problem, understand there is nothing we can do except for staying in our house, take preventive measures and wait for the right time.
1.) Focus on the solution
This is the best we can do at the moment, focus on the solution rather than focusing on the problem. Here the solution is that we stay at home, protect ourselves and our family.
2.) Do not wake up anxious
Do not wake up anxious thinking about the day and worry about it. It is ok if you have nothing to do, it is ok if you are not able to exercise or work today, take a day off, take some rest.
3.) Avoid overthinking
Overthinking is natural in this situation, when we are surrounded by so much negative news and fear, we are bound to think a lot. Worry a lot. Do not force yourself to worry and talk about this topic.
4.) Look for diversion
Try to divert your mind and shift your focus. Do not follow social media or news all the time. It will keep you trapped and you start thinking about it.
5.) Reinvent
Take this time as an opportunity to re-invent yourself, if you are an entrepreneur who is facing a lot of stress due to things going haywire, take this time to re-plan things and how you can re-structure your work once things normalize.
6.) Recalibrate
Re-calibrate and set standards for yourself. Re-work and take immediate actions for setting an adaptive approach as soon as lockdown gets over.
7.) Practice mindfulness
Be in the moment, see things like it, and focus on what matters. What matters now is staying safe and staying at home, so instead of hovering over this thought, take charge of this thought.
8.) Meditate
Meditation helps you connect with yourself. When you cannot go outside turn inside and focus on your breaths. Try to form a rhythm with your breaths. It will help you at ease and regain your composure.
9.) Exercise
Exercising helps us to stay active and fit. Do not exercise with the goal to lose weight but staying fit. Do not strain. Set a routine and follow easy steps.
10.) Structure your day
It is very important to structure your day, when you are constantly lazying around, lying down, or feeling dull, it adds to your boredom. Please maintain a routine.
11.) Form a new normal
If last month was our normal then we can form a new normal this month, which will be consisting few things minus a few things, but we can survive this.
12.) Follow your passion
How to stay sane amid isolation? Follow your passion, do what you love, and love what you do. Find your purpose in your passion and you will enjoy it.
13.) Pursue your hobbies
Because we all have one, and we are always falling short of time. But at this moment, time is all we have and it is up to us how we utilize it to our benefit.
14.) Pick up an online course
There are varieties of courses available online and this is the best time to pick up a course and upgrade yourself. Invest in yourself.
15.) Quality Sleep
The most ignored part, we use phones and binge-watch movies and series and cut down on our sleep, please get adequate sleep.
16.) Eat, in small portions
Divide your meals into small portions so that you don’t feel lethargic and full. When you eat a heavy meal and lack physical activity, you feel lazy and dull.
17.) Increase your liquid intake
Liquid intake is a must, drink lots of water and keep yourself hydrated. Make sure you intake 3 liters so of water daily.
18.) Boost your immunity
Drink and eat food that will provide you immunity and help you combat infections, and boost your energy to help you stay active.
19.) Read good books
Books take you to another world, you start imagining a different world and its endless possibilities. You can also read ebooks or follow blogs in your interest area. It will keep you occupied.
20.) Minimize content overload
How to stay sane amid isolation? Stay away from garbage. Minimize content consumption, the more you see news, digital prints, the more you become anxious. Refrain from forwarding news from unverified resources.
21.) Keep a personal check
Make maximum use of technology and the digital world. Keep a personal check on your loved ones, call them, do group video calls and stay in touch.
22.) Take time to declutter
Make use of this time to declutter and clean your house. Get rid of things that don’t spark joy in your life and in your house anymore.
23.) Extend help
Try to help your security guard or cleaner with food and basic utilities These are tough times for all of us and helping each other is all we can do but with distance.
24.) Practice self-care
Take time for yourself, this is the time when we do not have to rush and do things like we used to do a few days back. We can relax for a while, give ourselves some rest and care.
25.) Avoid toxic contacts
Stay connected with people who build positivity around you and stay away from the ones who spread toxicity. It will help you preserve your sanity.
Lastly, spend quality time with your children. Do not force them to do things just because everyone is posting about the skills and activities of their kids on social media, do not force them to be what they don’t want to be. Just sit with them, talk, have a good laugh, watch movies, and their favorite cartoon, and try to do what they want to do, this will nurture your bond as well. These are also tough times for individuals who are staying with toxic in-laws or spouses. They are facing a lot of abuse and violence. For them, I pray that they gain the strength to stand up and call the respective helpline for support.
Remember when I say this, all this will be over one day and we will be talking about it over a cup of tea/coffee with our friends and family members and might even regret not doing a few things when we had the liberty of time in our hands, because of the mainframe we were in. Please stay safe and take care of your mental health.
