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9 habits that will help you destress in quarantine
These 9 actions help you curb fear and rid of the sense helplessness about the situation at hand.
When there is darkness, there is light. When negativity floats around, positivity rises in the social media space to combat it. I don’t remember exactly how many podcast episodes I have heard recently that tell me to cheer up and face the COVID-19 isolation with positivity.
Frankly, all this content is making me sick because many of these podcasts are not covering the exact steps which I can take to make me feel better.
1. You can actually get a kick out of cleaning
Yes, I used to one of those people who saw cleaning as a chore too. But when I treat cleaning (especially the sanitization of surfaces) as a sort of a long-needed break to getting work done, I welcome it with open arms.
These days, especially, spraying sanitizing products onto my desk has become somewhat like a healing ritual. When I apply some force while wiping the spray off the table using a towel or tissue paper, I think of the goals that I need to crush and people who have wronged me before so that I can relieve and rid myself of any grudges I previous held against them through that forceful movement of cleaning and wiping.)
