Are you a person with the life and soul of the party? Are you a YOLO spirit who love spontaneous trip? Are you a person who always go out for afternoon tea? If you say ‘Yes’ to the above questions, then do you feel down because of this isolation of social distancing during coronavirus pandemic?

I am a homebody, but I feel depressed because of this lockdown when the choice of activity is very limited. I enjoy spending time at home, but I am not a hermit.

This lockdown creates anxiety. My greatest fear is no one can answer me when the pandemic will end. I have plenty of questions, but questions remain unanswered. If you can read my mind, you will see the questions hovering and spinning: When will life return to full normality again? When will we travel again? When will we visit our parents who live in different state again? When will excursion possible again? When will we indulge in the beautiful nature around the world again? When will DisneySea open again?

Well. Reminiscing does not help to cheer me up. I need to do something. Something that can cheer me up during this lockdown.

As a human, we always anticipate for something. I wish to go on a trip again. But traveling is currently impossible. So to make it ‘I m possible’ to travel, I flip through the old photos of mine, and I share those photos which put a smile on my face to social media to share my happiness and leave all the worries behind.

I read a book and saturate my mind. Reading keeps my brain active and engaged, hence prevents it from losing power. Sometimes reading a book and lose myself in a great story makes the stress I have as a housewife slips away. Reading also fills up my head with a new byte of information, and I believe it might come in handy one day.

I write! Because I can express my emotions in words and aware of my feelings. Writing is a way to resolve my haywire emotions and channel out my feelings. It helps to clear my mind and improve my mood that reduces stress levels. Writing also makes me live more focused. Constantly writing about my thoughts leading me to achieve what I dream of.

I practice the new skill of drawing using a graphic tablet. Drawing with a tablet isn’t easy. I have a pen in hand to draw, but I am not looking at where it physically is. But learning new skills makes me feel good about myself.

I am happy to spend a bit of extra time cooking for my family. I am not a good cook, but serving food with love fulfills my satisfaction.

Declutter my home during this lockdown. There are always unwanted things residing in my home and none of us will use it or even think of it for years. So I remove junk from my home whenever I am free. Surprisingly, after removing junk, I feel my life simplified.

This COVID-19 pandemic has changed the world for bad and good. There are uncertainties during this pandemic. Even when life is out of control, we still have full control over ourselves. So don’t waste your life.