The forced finding of all family members at home for some people is happiness and an additional opportunity to communicate, while for others it is a great stress. To preserve good family relations during self-isolation, it is enough to adhere to a number of simple rules.
Holidays are good, but endless rest and doing nothing is relaxing and eventually leads to apathy. Load the freed up time with different things. Make a plan for each day and stick to the regimen. Isolation is a good excuse to do something that "hands did not reach" before.
Find yourself a new hobby. Now on the Internet there are a lot of different lessons in painting, modeling, decoupage, sewing and knitting. There are also interesting online courses for men (wood cutting, foreign languages, programming).
Don't limit yourself to spending time in gadgets. Have family evenings watching movies, playing board games, collecting puzzles, having fun and chatting with loved ones.
Come up with a common cause for the whole family. This can be a joint cooking dinner or the construction of a summer gazebo (for those who live in a private house).
Being forced to stay at home is not a reason to give up sports. On the Internet, you can find a lot of videos with a set of special exercises for home workouts.
Those who work remotely need to create a workplace and agree in advance on the daily routine of the worker. A clear regime will allow you to work more productively and not be annoyed with loved ones. These tips are also relevant for students who are now on distance learning.
For a relaxed pastime, do not forget to load your brain, it also needs training. Use quarantine to learn something new, self-development and gain useful knowledge and skills. For the brain to function fully, it must constantly work. Read good books, listen to classical music, learn foreign languages. Now in the free access you can watch various interesting scientific lectures, and museums and theaters conduct online excursions and broadcasts of performances.
Communicate more often with friends and family using modern communications. Now most people are at home, so everyone has a great step to resume communication and find out how the loved ones are doing.
If you are suspicious and very susceptible to negativity, limit your time to watching the news and political programs. In difficult times, positive emotions are needed more than ever.
Self-isolation is not a prison, be sure to take short walks. The main thing is to follow the safety rules. The owners of private houses are lucky, they can spend a lot of time on their site: walking, doing garden and garden work, working in the yard. Residents of apartments should not despair at all. Going to the store, walking pets, or taking short walks near your home in places where there are no crowds are perfectly acceptable. Finally, you can have your daily picnics and teas on your balcony or terrace.
Do not forget about personal space and give each family member a place and time for psychological relaxation and relaxing "loneliness". Every person needs to be alone with themselves at least a couple of hours a day. His emotional comfort and general psychological health depend on this.
Be healthy and take care of yourself and your loved ones!
