How I am Spending my lockdown

 Grab a cup of coffee and sit tight, here we go...

Lockdown? oh yes, the one dread reality we are facing every single morning since the last year hoping that tomorrow it will normal, no new normal, no virus of any kind scrutinising every plan to step out and all this comes back from where it started lockdown. Aren’t you guys bored of reading and listening lockdown everywhere, I mean today songs are also turning ‘lonely’ and movies oh nah! We focus on web shows because movies are of past duh’. What I mean to say is from newspapers to news channels, from prime minster to citizens, from CBSE to students and from “influencers” to the influenced; everyone is talking about one thing – lockdown. Come on you guys, get over it, but hey I also have one nose and two ears which categorises me as a h-u-m-a-n so I have full right to talk about what you heard from everywhere, from everyone but in my flair. So here is the story of how I’ve been surviving till now without a therapist.

One thing I learnt about man’s behaviour long before I opted for psychology as a subject is that the more of a loner you are the more of problems you invite for yourself (now even if this may mean nothing in psychology! But I don’t care😏). Unless you are a born loner, it’s absolutely fine. But those are rare people but then again, everyone has priorities and I’m not the one to judge. So, returning to key point, it’s difficult being isolated for this long. So, to cure the issue number one, I kept myself busy as much as I can. I did all things including sleeping which I count as an activity but I never dwelled into my imagination say what if I owned the Burj Khalifa or something more daft. You know your subconscious has this permission to take a world tour for free and the surprising part is that you can’t even stop it unless you are, some kind of yoga teacher or something like that. Hence, from trying to make pizza in a pan to learning basic Spanish to doing photoshoot from trash to making YouTube videos; I did all this, as insane as it sounds but trust me it was my rehabilitation to keep myself away from all kind of bad ideas of “what might happen if…”.

Next, comes up the issue of laziness because you know every normal being would rather stay in bed than do squats at six in the morning but to turn the situation vice versa what you just need is a shot of motivation. Now this is also true as bathing lasts only for a day so does motivation so you need the dose daily and it’s absolutely normal, you are not getting listless or suffering from complicated mental disease if that’s your mother’s kitty’s aunties have been suggesting, then please note it’s not the case. Nevertheless, set realistic goals for everyday such as do workout for 20 mins or cleaning the closet or try meditation for 5 minutes. What can really be achieved and what can really give you a sense of achievement. Impractical things will not only degrade you of your motivation but they will hinder your ability to give yourself credit. I’ve been doing this since a few months now, it really helped me and honestly readers, this not only gave me mental peace but also a sense of belonging. That I’m not all lost, something in me still burns, is still breathing.

Also, take inspiration from the social media to be the divas as much as required because too much of everything is toxic. We all have been coming across things like how I spent my weekend? Or my new haul or more fascinating like my morning routine which turns out to shot in the evening, but whatever, they gave you their “honest content”. It’s not that there aren’t any real content makers out there, because they are there but these “no filter” people are to be kept at safe distance from us. You don’t need someone to tell you what to wear to sleep, or what to eat in the morning or even worse how look in the morning when you wake all flawless because no one literally no one can wake up like that. These things are toxic, way too toxic because most youngsters like me or you (if you are one) start judging themselves on their standards which ultimately leads you now where but to a dark pit where you experience your self-esteem to be in negative sign. And that’s not what I did, I kept social media wholly and solely for entertainment purpose as things work better this way.

Finally, I have gone through all kinds of different phases of humanity that I hadn’t witnessed in my entire life before but I won’t be doing justice if I don’t say that I learnt to bake, I learnt basics of three different languages or I did start blogging. Ultimately, if someone after ten years will question me about my Corona life, I will give them a balance chart of what I lost with what I attained during this phase of my life.  What about you? Think upon it. You see we all just need a reason, a purpose, a connection because at then end we all have to make it. So, give yourself the freedom to laugh a little louder, smile a little wider and live a little better. This is all we need from a life, another chance.

Au revoir!

Priyal💖

Ps. All I could think is that I wrote this after attending online school and sitting on my desk for straight 6 hours. Holy crap!😫😂 Well, Sunday blog on my journey on YouTube so far. see you soon!