14 Good Things about the Lockdown

For a lot of people ‘Lockdown’ is a difficult and very lonely time. But there are also many positive things about staying at home.

1. We still can go for a walk and discover our neighbourhood and talk to our neighbours (at social distance)
2. Re-discover our creativity and learning new skills, like languages, instruments, sewing, art techniques, crafts, games, software, studies, gardening, cooking, and make funny videos.
3. Spending quality time with our children (they are the future!)
4. Finally get to finish these un-finished projects, renovations, clearing, cleaning, de-cluttering and re-organising our homes, gardens, garages and sheds
5. Learning to slow down and relax and reflect on what is important in life, changing careers, have new dreams and goals and make new plans to achieve them
6. Get into a new fit and healthy lifestyle with Yoga, Meditation, a new fitness regime, walking, biking, and healthy food. Start to implement it in your daily routine.
7. Discover online-shopping and selling as consumer and as a business owner. Maybe it’s time to upgrade and launch your small business online. Lots of gyms and Yoga studios started online classes. I hope they will go on with it.
8. We learned to respect our essential workers, still being there for us to get us going.
9. improve our social lives in cyberspace with the help of Zoom and other programs or taking time to write letters, emails or call friends and family.
10. Make time for yourself by like reading books, listening to music, watching Movies or be entertained by Youtube.
11. Amazing how creative and inventive people are, coming up with their own sports equipment and new ways to celebrate and gather online.
12. Working from home opens new ideas, practices and possibilities for the future.
13. Being generous, looking after each other, going the extra mile, food and money donations, volunteering to help.
14. We can be proud to be New Zealanders, doing the ‘right thing’ and saving lives.

 
I really hope, that some of the positive things will stay with us and maybe change us and our environment to the better even after COVID 19. 

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