Staying at home, isolation is not fun for most people. Add to boredom, anxiety, the panic we are exposed to through 24-hour news and second-by-second updates on social media, the stress can be hard to manage. It’s time to pay attention to mental and emotional health.
Learn something new from books and online courses - new language, new skill. Tutor kids online and help them keep up with lessons. Practise a long forgotten art or learn a new one. Doodle, paint, build toys, learn coding. Anything that you enjoy enough to immerse yourself in.
Connect with people online - make video calls, talk rather than text (if that’s what gives you comfort), hold group calls to chant, pray, sing, play musical instruments, play silly games. Digital connection is a blessing that the world didn’t have in the previous pandemic.
We are so much better off than in the previous centuries - people had no access to information, human connection was only through physical contact. Let’s use digital media to amplify human connection for comfort and strength; not to amplify panic and fear. #FightCoronaTogether
