Corona Virus and our Lifestyle

Over the past few weeks, the coronavirus situation has escalated everywhere in the world to a very alarming level. Not a day passes by without hearing some terrible news about the pandemic spreading and making more victims. This is an unprecedented emergency, that no one would even think was possible just a few months ago. Back then, life was considered "normal", perhaps even boring at times, and everything we had was taken for granted. Our health, our freedom, all our daily activities were just ordinary things that we didn't use to pay too much attention to.

The guidelines on what we need to be doing are very clear, but it's hard for everyone to obey them. We are all social creatures at the end of the day, we crave human interaction and there is only so much that social media can do to help. It's great that thanks to modern technology we can keep in touch with all our family and friends, work from home, video call each other and even date from our bedrooms! However, nothing can beat real face to face interaction - we need to feel other people, whether as part of a romantic relationship, sexual relationship or pure friendship. It's only now that we are missing these basic things that we realise how important they are, and we crave them even more. Few weeks have felt like months already, and we are trying hard to find ways to cope and plan for the time ahead.

The latest coronavirus epidemic has hit everyone hard, it came so intensely and unexpectedly that we are still struggling to adjust to our new way of life. It is natural to embrace this time with stress and anxiety, it's part of our human nature as we feel extremely uncertain about what the future will hold at this stage. However, this situation is totally out of our control - worrying will have a bad impact on our mood and making things even harder for ourselves. We should take this as an opportunity to take a step back and slow everything down, focus on our bodies and on our minds, perhaps reflect on what has happened in our life recently and simply accept things for how they are at the moment. Life used to be very busy, hectic and stressful not too long ago; now we have the chance to look at things from a different point of view, as we have so much spare time and less pressure from outside events and circumstances. Perhaps it's a good time to try and change the way we think and work on our weaknesses, so when the pandemic is over we can get out there with more enthusiasm than ever before!

Let's take this tough moment as a turning point, as a chance to improve something in our lives. Every threat can also be an opportunity, and this could be a chance to take a break from modern life and work on our mental and physical health. If we keep positive and resilient during this tough phase of our lives we'll come out of it stronger than ever before! Stay active, eat well and try to keep your mood up! Bad times mean good times are coming, every day that passes by we are getting a little bit closer to the resolution of this emergency. This crisis is tough but only temporary, when we finally get out of it, it will feel like being born again. Hold tight and be patient for now, life is about to get so much better and the moment will come sooner than you think!