Enduring a Lockdown

Stress Management

The Global COVID-19 outbreak of 2020 has become a brutal wrecking ball on the worldwide economy. This mega-crisis will not pass or go away quietly. Thousands and thousands of doctors, nurses, and medical staff are slogging day and night to control this menace. Millions of people are under voluntary or forced lockdowns in their houses. This is not a vacation and no one can travel anywhere. It’s like being held in a glass prison that you dare not break. Being stuck at home for days and weeks is not easy and can be very stressful. While watching movies, exercising, or listening to music are the usual suggestions, you cannot do them for days and weeks. So, how can you stay mentally, physically, and emotionally healthy when you are stuck at home for days and weeks?

This article provides a bunch of unique ideas and suggestions on how you can spend time at home productively and positively without going nuts. Give it a shot and see how easy it is to make the most of this downtime. The ideas are given here can be used not only for this lockdown but for any future lockdowns also.

Declutter your Smartphone - Smartphones have become indispensable in our lives and we cannot live without them even for a few hours. But just like our vehicles, homes, offices, and our mind and body these smartphones and tablets can also get bogged down. Even they need a tech cleansing. Use this lockdown time to give it a good tech bath and improve its performance. So, do the following.

Take a complete backup of your phone data, contacts, etc., using the inbuilt backup mechanism or some third party tool that saves to the cloud or your computer disk and save two copies. Then dive in and start deleting all unwanted smartphone apps that you may have can be used not only for this lockdown but for any future lockdowns also.