Tips To Keep Your Mind Positive During This Pandemic | Indiabazaar SA

It is beyond surreal how the covid-19 has changed the world in such a short time. It has been more than a year since the world first went into a complete standstill, and the same repeated several times until now. There are so many places in the world that are still under lockdown due to the fear of infection. There has been a restriction on everything starting from travel, education, and even how we would interact with people. 

With social distancing in place, we are now unable to physically bond with our closest friends and family, even for annual events and festivals. It is taxing us emotionally and mentally. However, all of us need to stay calm to the farthest extent. So, at India bazaar we are suggesting a few ways that will help you to relax and be positive. Together, we will surely sail through these challenging times. 

What are the best ways to stay positive during covid-19?

You have two primary options when there is a challenging situation, such as the covid-19 pandemic. The first one is to be optimistic and face the problem positively, and the other is to become pessimistic and lose all hope. However, you must select the first option, and that's what we are doing here. 

Here is a list of ways to help you stay positive and keep your mind in place during this pandemic:

Your media intake should be limited

Of course, it is essential to keep yourself updated with the government's pandemic guidelines. However, make sure your media intake should be limited to only the necessary information. Indulging in excessive negative conversations exude low energy and impact a person's mental and emotional well-being. Since there is so much fear spread all around us, it is pretty challenging to save ourselves from the same. However, it is good to remember that being scared and depressed won't help you to alter the situation in any way. Instead, it will make you weaker against the challenging situation. Therefore, it is best to maintain distance from technology, environments, and conversations that will impact you negatively. 

Invest time in self-care

One of the best advantages during an otherwise challenging situation is that you have the scope for self-care. Due to the quarantined life, we are now free of several daily distractions that took all of our time before. Now, it is time to stay at home, spend quality time with family, and take care of ourselves, both emotionally and mentally. Usually, work pressure is the excuse most of us make when it comes to daily workouts or meditation. However, now in this work from home scenario, we are saving quite a lot of travelling time. So, it is the perfect opportunity to invest some time and energy in taking care of ourselves. 

Share positivity and speak nicely with co-workers.

Most of the time, we fail to make an effort thinking our contribution is not enough to change. However, the pandemic has come as a big lesson teaching us some big things in life. One of the most important lessons we are getting is that we all are together, and both individual and collective efforts will take everyone a long way ahead. It is high time that everyone should focus on the positive things in life and maintain maximum distance from everything negative. Since everyone is now more inclined towards social media, why not use that as a platform to encourage and motivate people? Keep spreading positive messages and post good things such as the benefits of self-care and eating the right food to stay healthy during the pandemic. 

Support small businesses to sustain

One of the most unfortunate effects of covid-19 has been the losses that businesses are experiencing worldwide. Small businesses seem to be the soft target of the global pandemic because the capital in these cases is lower comparatively. Besides, there are only a handful of industries such as pharmaceuticals and medicines that are not affected by covid-19. 

Here is a small list of things that we can do to ensure that the economy is in good condition throughout:

• Opt for takeaway restaurant orders
• Hold on, and don't cancel event booking till the end to see whether the situation is bad enough to do it. When someone cancels an event booking after a few days stating the pandemic scenario, the problem is not too unfavourable at the end. However, due to the cancellation, the event agency faces a significant loss.
• Try and get vacations rearranged instead of cancelling them altogether. It is an excellent way in which you are helping small travel agencies. 

Count your blessings every morning

There is something that a lot of people believe in, and we should too. If you are a positive person, it is most likely that you will attract positive ones too. So, every morning when you wake up, counting some positive incidents in life will give you a good head start. 

Here is an example of how we can start counting our blessings:

• That we have access to nutritious food that helps to keep our bodies strong against infections
• Having proper shelter to save our families and us from natural adversities
• That we have a loving family and friends with whom we can share our problems
• That we have realized the value of self-care and meditation, which is helping us keep calm during this challenging situation

Improve your connections and spend time with everyone close

Whether it is meeting physically or virtually, it is time to bond with everyone and share everything, good and bad. Since there is social distance, it may not always be possible for everyone to travel from one place to another. However, thanks to digitization and technology, we can now meet people from every part of the world. Social media and communication platforms allow us to do so. 

The points discussed in this post are only a few out of the several ways we can remain optimistic. It is essential to be motivated to think positive, and everything else will follow.