1. Be kind
Corona has made us realize how we should be kind to one another and such pandemic like situation for good, has made us look for the good and spread kindness as we are here on this earth for a short time…let make this worth it. Be kind to yourself too.
2. Be empathetic
Privileged are we to have food on our plate and roof over our head in such situation, whereas sadly some are lacking the basics on daily basis. Let be empathetic for one another and respect and provide the one who don’t have and are struggling to meet the ends.
3. Dignity of labor
No job is small, if the work makes your livelihood or the work is for the humanity and country. This situation has surely made us realize the importance of healthcare workers, policemen, grocer, house help, road cleaner, garbage picker, etc. Treat them with dignity the same way you treat your boss or others.
4. Life has other plans
We had a lot of plans this year, hadn’t we? Be it personal goal, career or life plans in general, it seriously screwed our plan. Let’s face it, in life lot of our plan don’t go as we thought, so we should always be prepared if the plans don’t go the way we wanted. But don’t you worry, there’s still time if not this year may be next year. This situation has clearly made us know life’s value and make plans which we really –really need. Life’s plan is way ahead of our plans; take it with pinch of salt.
5. Family/home is the safest place
As soon as we heard of pandemic and lockdown, we went to our safest place in the world-family. At the end of the day, family is what matters and for few it was friends .Spending quality time with family, eating meals together and finding true value of spending time with loved ones is as essential as other priorities.
6. Health/lifestyle changes
In many cases, the people who had good immunity could fight the disease easier than who were unhealthy. So make it a point to pay attention to your health and immunity. This was a warning or say a heads-up before the main warning to stay fit and be healthy for you and your dear ones.
7. Climate
We had exploited nature quite enough, hearing news of how nature is reviving /healing during lockdown, streams are having fresh water, pollution is less, and animals are free. Let’s give it a thought and be nature friendly. Having witnessed lot of waste created while people were vacating accommodation to run to their homes and leaving behind loads of plastic waste, just make you aware of, that to buy and keep stuffs only which you actually need. Help nature in your own sweet little ways, it too needs it’s “me” time.
8. Job security.
The pandemic brought many tough challenges to employees, many were laid off, forced to resign, or terminated. The days you endlessly and tirelessly worked hard without caring about your health, and it took few minutes for some organization to leave you, so treat it as “it is just a job”, you can be replaced anytime, any minute or become "irreplaceable". So balance your life, prioritize and have side hustles.
PS: Keep calm and don’t be stressed about productivity traps going on in social circles, unless you really want to, you are doing great and do your thing in your own pace. These clouds of uncertainty will be cleared and a bright new sky is waiting to be greeted. Don’t go back to old notions though and LIVE more.
-Saumya M
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