THE 5 MISTAKES TO AVOID DURING THE QUARANTINE - LIFESTYLE

Avoid these 5 mistakes if you don't want quarantine to become a nightmare

Once it was established that we would have to spend an indefinite time in quarantine, we immediately tried to take a positive attitude, trying to focus on the advantages that this anomalous situation would offer us: getting up later in the morning, avoiding public transport and the typical breeze. of sweat that you can breathe in it, have more time to devote to ourselves, our hobbies and our little house. But are we sure that, in the long run, all these "freedoms" are really pros? It is important, in fact, to maintain a certain rigor even at home to prevent these "privileges" from transforming domestic isolation into a real nightmare. Here, then, are the 5 (most common) mistakes to avoid to ensure that this don't happen!

# 1: Don't have a routine

Although the commitments, from which we were overwhelmed until a few weeks ago, were an immense source of stress for us, they helped us to have a routine with which to structure our days. Now that we are forced to stay at home, strictly excluding the exits. necessary, we risk transforming freedom into idleness, thus wasting a disproportionate amount of time while lounging on the sofa. Of course, we are all allowed to take a break from the restless life we were used to, but, beware, because boredom is behind the corner. So let's try to make sense of our days, planning a series of activities with which to exploit the time available to us in a constructive way. Let's take advantage of it to do all those things we usually procrastinate on, better yet pin them on an "agenda that gives us back that sense of discipline we were forced to and that, now, incredibly, we miss a little." Let's start, for example, by making bed every morning, simple gestures are enough to regain a semblance of normality!

# 2: Give up a healthy diet

The food we like releases a jolt of serotonin in us which, in turn, gives us small moments of happiness, which - now more than ever - we feel the need. But be careful not to fall into temptation too often, ending up feeding on ice cream, chocolate bars and pizza on a regular basis. In addition to the psychological tension with which we have to deal daily, we would risk reaching the end of quarantine with problems of a gastrointestinal nature, without considering the possible collapse of self-esteem should we no longer be able to fasten our jeans. sedentary, so now that we can no longer move as and as much as we want, it is even more difficult to burn calories. eat healthily Our metabolism will thank us!

# 3: Spend all day in your pajamas

Although it was the dream of many, staying all day in pajamas for the entire duration of the quarantine is highly discouraged. This questionable habit, although undeniably tempting, in the long run can negatively affect our mood, making us feel neglected and even more lazy. . To shake up our day, let's start by taking care of ourselves. Let's wash ourselves, let's comb our hair, just pass a little make-up on our face, but, above all, let's get dressed. There are, in fact, many alternatives to the use of pajamas. casual and comfortable. In an extraordinary situation like this, we lack the little things that were part of our daily life, so why not commit ourselves to maintaining at least those habits that can also be pursued at home? The well-being that we will derive from it when we look in the mirror will repay us for the effort made!

# 4: Having irregular hours

If you used to get up, have lunch, have dinner, in short, to live your day according to specific and fixed times, avoid completely upsetting them now that you are in quarantine. Of course, we don't say it's simple, but we invite you to give it a try. Otherwise, it is easy to run into a sort of domestic jet-lag, whereby a mismatch of schedules would lead to a disorder in meals and, ultimately, a poor optimization of times. A common mistake, in fact, is to live isolation as if it were a long vacation, because, as the saying goes: "the game is beautiful when it doesn't last long", at a certain point our mental stability would be affected. Going back to point 1, we manage our day responsibly, only in this way will we be able to make it fruitful in a productive way, without ever getting bored!

# 5: Always stay online

Since we have been segregated at home, technological devices are the only means at our disposal to keep in touch with the rest of the world. If this, on the one hand, is a positive factor because it allows us not to feel completely isolated, d " on the other hand, the risk is to stay connected 24 hours a day. Whether it is to work, study, chat or stay informed, being constantly online is certainly not healthy, neither physically nor mentally. At the end of the day, we would find ourselves having to deal with an "excessive amount of data, a source of further anxieties and worries. Every day, then, let's take a moment to turn everything off and dedicate ourselves to quality time: we dance, exercise, we listen to our favorite playlist, we cook, in short, the activities that can also be done at home are endless, the important thing is that they make us feel good!

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