Even as a kid, I've always enjoyed my own company and found 1000 ways to entertain myself.

But for a lot of people here, self-isolation is a nightmare.

I’ve personally switched to home-office routine around a year ago, after spending over 7 years behind an office desk. Luckily, all my jobs were always very exciting and fun and never a routine (insert here hashtag-blessed).

However, switching to working from home can be really hard even on introverts who are used to have a specific daily schedule that involves communicating and sharing space with several people. You will also feel very disconnected and lonely sometimes, get lazy and unproductive and go crazy at times. 

Below lies the list of my “Golden Rules on How to Not Go Cuckoo at Home”. I hope this helps at least 0,0001% of you to survive these self-isolation days without risking your mental health.

Just like we are forced to stay 1-2 meters away from people, make it a habit to fall asleep having your laptop/phone away from you as far as possible. Why? Because eventually you will pick up a nasty habit of reaching out to them and checking emails first thing in the morning

(I am sure you are already scrolling IG religiously before you even open both of your eyes).

If you are used to waking up at 7am before work, then do so. Use your “commute” time as a quality time to kick-off your day. It can be a long bath, books, movies or cooking that awesome breakfast you never had time to do!

Going back to the first point, make sure you have a dedicated working space, where your laptop will be based for the next couple of weeks. Make it pretty and comfortable enough for you to enjoy it. Whether it’s candles, plants, fluffy pillows – your work space should be comfortable enough for you to spend there several hours but not cozy enough to get lazy.

Always treat yourself for a nice lunch break. Cook food for yourself and set your table. The beauty of having an office routine is being able to disconnect for the short periods of time during smoking breaks or food breaks, which is essential for you not to burn out and feel exhausted at the end of the day. Create these breaks for yourself during the day. Also please don’t smoke, for f*ck’s sake you need your lungs healthy to battle this virus.

Stop rolling your eyes. It’s time you make a new habit and start your day by spending several minutes to set your intentions and mood for the day. You can replace your mid-day smoking breaks with a meditation. Trust me, being away from people will soon start driving you crazy.

Time to change your web-surfing habits. If before you were looking for ways to disconnected once you come back home, now it’s time to fill the void from the lack of communication / knowledge and human interaction. Fill it with good things.

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