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10 POSITIVE WAYS TO GET AWAY FROM THOUGHTS OF CORONAVIRUS

It is not your or me inside closed doors living a life of social distancing and waking up to be quarantined.

Every individual in this world is either dealing with the virus, fighting it physically, or mentally coping up with it.

Everything was different 6 months back. While countries have started going back to normal life but not with the full-fledged moving crowd yet. Everyone misses being out.

Especially the party hawkers, people who love public gatherings and working professionals are missing their office cubicles, colleagues, and the energetic environment.

We have all lost a part of our happening life. In a way, we should call ourselves blessed if we’ve been lucky enough to escape from the virus.

Anxiety has hit a different level and a few people must be losing their life to being excessively stressed.

Even though everything is uncertain, it is our responsibility to keep the spirit going and not to forget to live.

If you are stuck and too stressed with the virus. Here are ways to console yourself and positively approach coronavirus.

Don’t let stress if this pandemic takes over you, even if it seems impossible, deal with the virus as positively as you can.

No 1 - Utilize The Time You Have In Hand

All this while we had all been complaining about not having enough time for ourselves, for friends, family, and the hobbies that we want to pursue.

If your routine has been stolen away from you, make a new temporary routine and do everything that you wanted to do along with all the other primary tasks that are essential and you will see a change in your approach towards this virus.

In a few places, things have partially normalized and people have started moving out. However, if you are missing in your old life, then create a life of your own. Stay safe and face the situation.

No 2 - Coronavirus Is Not A Destination, It Is A Temporary Journey

Whether you believe in a concept like a phase or not. Life is indeed a mixture of phases. Coronavirus is seen as a bad phase because people are losing their life, falling sick, the economy is affected and poverty is at its peak.

The phase is nothing but a struggle. On the contrary, if you are safe during this phase, they should feel grateful for you are not dealing or struggling with the virus.

Having said, understand that the virus is not a forever destination, it will subside one day and what we are going through is nothing more than a bad journey that shall pass by soon.

No 3 - Don’t Neglect Your Body

As it is, the virus out there is depressing and consuming to a great extent. If you sit and warm up your lazy couch or always be glued to your gadget or work, things will feel even more miserable and even if you try hard to

stay positive, you will fail too. One of the best and instant solutions to this problem is a good workout.

Irrespective of however busy you are, take some time out to sweat out and move around a little. Do an exercise that you love. Don’t push yourself but ensure to get your body to work. Staying stuck in one place is no solution.

No 4 - Meditation Is Always The Medicine

By meditating you are doing good to your mind and body. The two hormones cortisol and adrenaline get to relax when you meditate and the feel-good neurochemicals are released during this time.

By regularly meditating or even sitting in silence with your eyes closed for 10 minutes, you will feel lighter. No doubt that your mind will travel to different places and then come back to you.

Over time, with constant practice, meditation will become a good habit and you will fall in love with it during this pandemic. You will automatically attain inner joy.

No 5 - Improve Your Sleep Pattern

Staying home all day sometimes can make you sleepy and unnecessarily too lazy. Here’s where you must control your body.

Don’t give in to temptations. You can take power naps to revive yourself and deal with the pandemic sadness but don’t make it a practice to oversleep and get all the more depressed.

Get your 7 hours sleep and set an alarm to wake up on time. Deciding on a good sleep routine is necessary for keeping good health.

No 6 - Connect With New People, Re-Connect With Old People

At a time when we all need each other’s support and wish to stay occupied with good conversations, this is the best time to connect with new people or knock on old friends.

There are options to be a part of various communities on social media and the perfect time to help your friends deal with their problems.

connected, the better it is for us to be able to stay busy and productive.

No 7 - De-Clutter All The Mess At Home

If the going gets tough, we always have to find a way to make the going easier. One of the productive means of doing so is by cleaning the mess at home and then going to every wardrobe and shelf to de-clutter the place.

Are you ready to look through it? You will feel eased out and satisfied after doing it.

You may have procrastinated to do this task for a long time and now that you want to push all the sad thoughts away, try this effective tip and you will notice a difference in your thoughts.

No 8 - Make Affirmations That The Virus Will Die

Soon

Affirmations are powerful. What we think is what we become and the universe captures whatever we say to it.

If you continuously keep saying, “my life is filled with sorrows, the universe will only give you sorrows”.

The universe indeed delivers the energy you give out. So for coronavirus, why don’t you make affirmations that it will disappear soon.

Probably this is one way of being positive during this time and staying fearless that the universe will make it vanish.

For all you know, your wish might be fulfilled. One of the affirmations you can make it to keep telling the universe “Coronavirus is going to vanish”. While this might seem too poetic, there is no doubt in the fact that poetic turn out true too. Maybe not everything but a few things do make sense.

No 9 - Follow A Proper Diet

The virus is there now and it shall leave after a while so there is no point in being too upset and neglecting all the healthy food that you eat.

During this time, more than junk, eat fruits and vegetables as much as you can so that your immunity gets strong and your body makes you capable of fighting against the virus.

Focus on all the vitamin foods and drink warm tea as much as you can. Apart from this, eat your meals on time and avoid foods that you might catch a cold with.

Just like how you are distancing yourself from people and staying home, in the same way, follow a good diet to take care of your health.

No 10 - Observe Nature From Close

Nature is beyond calling it beautiful, it is a serene experience that cannot be expressed perfectly in words. Right from the gentle breeze touching your skin to the sound of the birds chirping, everything feels amazing.

Around this stress, one of the tasks that can make you happy is gazing at the beauty of nature. Take out 30 minutes either early in the morning or during sunset and get involved with everything that catches your attention.

It could be the blue sky, sound of the water, view of the trees swaying from one end to the other, or flowers coming out of their bud.

Everything will seem magical and once you get back to your world, your mind will feel fresh. Don’t let that serene moment go in vain. Don’t forget to do this every time you feel stressed.

Conclusion

As coronavirus is a long visitor, we are all stressed. It is time to be brave and stay positive that we will all get through this phase and chase the visitor by following safety measures. Stay busy, eat well, spend time with nature, connect with your favorite people, and don’t lose hope.