10 Crucial Tips To Help You Ease Coronavirus Anxiety

by Zahavit Paz

As the world continues to adapt to the Coronavirus (COVID-19) and its impact on our lives, every one of us also needs to make necessary changes to our daily routines. 

In these difficult times, it’s important to pay attention to your stress levels and mental health. Follow these helpful tips and keep your anxiety at bay.

1.  Stick to Your Schedule

Set up Your daily calendar just like you were going to work. Create a daily to-do list for the next 3 – 7 days. Check off the items you completed. Setup SMART goals and hold yourself responsible.

Having clear goals and sticking to your daily routine and schedule will help you be productive instead of spending hours stressing while watching the news.

2. Perform Morning Stretches

To help you get energized and start a day on a positive note, incorporate yoga and stretches into your morning routine.

3. Start Your Spring Cleaning Early

It’s never too early to start your spring cleaning. Being stuck at home gives you a perfect opportunity to clean your home and get rid of all the clutter. Follow cleaning strategies (Source: NY Times) to sanitize surfaces and keep your place germ free as much as possible

4. Try New Recipes

Organize your kitchen, and make a list of ingredients so you know what you have at your disposal. Rather than going out shopping for food, use the ingredients you already have and try new recipes or make your favorite dishes you never had found time to make before.

5. Get Rid of Clutter

Since you already put spring cleaning on your list you might as well get rid of clutter that you have been neglecting. Getting rid of clutter and keeping your place clean and germ-free go together.

Keeping your place nice and tidy will help you stay organized and reduce the stress you get when you can’t find the documents you need. Keeping your place well organized will also help you if you work from home like many others in these difficult times.

6. Socialize and Catch Up with Your Family and Friends

Being stuck at home gives you a perfect opportunity to socialize with your friends with whom you might have not talked in a while. While you stuck at home, call your friends on the other coast. Use video tools such as skype or zoom and do a video call with your mom or other relatives. This is a perfect time to connect and offer them support in these trying times.

7. Learn New Skills

Staying at home gives you the perfect opportunity to learn new skills. There are many websites offering Free College Courses Online. Many of them are from top universities like MIT and Harvard.

Whatever you want to learn, there is a high probability there is a course and it’s available online. If you want to learn technology there are also many computer and design courses you can take for free or almost free.

If you enjoy photography, like to paint or love to write now is the perfect time to learn. To help you there are many tutorials available on YouTube.

8. Meditate and Practice Mindful Breathing

There have been many studies showing the benefits of meditation and mindfulness. Even as little as 5 minutes in the morning will help you alleviate your anxiety. Practicing meditation to fight stress can do wonders for your mental health. There are also simple breathing techniques that can be done anywhere and can help you lower your anxiety levels

9. Incorporate Some Culture In Your Daily Routine

Stress can wreak havoc on our health. It’s draining physically, emotionally and psychologically. That is why we need to find time to relax and enjoy ourselves. This means spending time watching romantic movies, re-reading our favorite books and listening to relaxing music.

Since many musicians, like the rest of us are stuck inside, there has been a huge proliferation for live streaming. You’ll be amazed at the number of top artists who are streaming their concerts online during this outbreak. From John Legend and Chris Martin’s piano ballads to Code Orange’s fearsome rock, more and more stars are streaming gigs for isolated fans. Take a look at some of the live concert streaming you can watch.

10. Catch Up On Your Sleep

Sleep is an important part of your defense mechanism that helps you fight viruses and germs. Use this time to get extra hours of sleep since you don’t need to get up early commuting to your work.

Keep in mind that just as it’s important to get a decent amount of sleep it’s also important to be active and stick to your healthy routine. Aim to get recommended 8 hours of sleep. Also, don’t overlook the benefits of short naps.

There is no magic bullet that will solve your problems and make all your anxiety go away. One powerful ingredient that will help you stay sane is to keep yourself busy doing things you love.

Performing activities, you enjoy the most helps you stay positive and thus will strengthen and improve your immune system Practicing a healthy lifestyle, meditating, eating healthy and exercising are all important elements that will help keep us healthy mentally and physically.

Learn about preventive measures from reliable government sources, follow their guidelines, take care of yourself and your loved ones. These are the important things that will help us prevail and makes us stronger.

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