Quarantine Diaries Part-1

Little calm is returning back. As Unlock begins, things are beginning to cripple back to normalcy and I am sure no one is going to forget enduring 4 lockdowns and we’re going to talk about it even after the pandemic is over at least I will.

God knows the lockdown was at the right time or now, the timing of unlock is correct or not; but we are being made to think that we have to learn to live with it.

Anyway, I wanted to continue this narrative journey by sharing my quarantine experience.

Without further ado, let’s dive right into it.

When WHO declared Corona Virus as a global pandemic, the only fear I had in my mind apart from getting infected by the virus was not to develop an unscheduled lifestyle because of being at home.

Although, I was attending all my lectures online; it was the end of semester so I had a lot of assignments and completion of my research paper lined up; but still I didn’t want the comfort of being at home to disrupt my organised life in the longer run.

With this thought, this quarantine turned out to be an opportunity to work upon myself rather than spending it like a holiday.

This plan of action started by reading some books, a piece of advice that I always got from my father. To begin with I started reading some of the best sellers like The Secret by Rhonda Byrne, and The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho.

These classics really change the way we think about the world around.

Right now, I am reading Good to Great by Jim Collins. 

I acquired some skills which was always a part of my to-do list but I never got the time to learn them before quarantine.

I started rearranging my stuff too because lack of time made things super messy.

I also focused on my health because it’s very difficult to cope up with that while you are not at home and kept the fast foods for weekends only.

I’m glad that I didn’t choose being in bed and devouring unhealthy food all day. 

Obviously, like everyone else I also participated in the household chores and if you didn’t then I must tell you that nothing beats this when you want to make your Indian mother happy.

I’ve been intimidated by my curly hair type and I used to straighten them up on daily basis. So, I had to prepare a whole hair and skin care regime.

I didn’t want to disrupt my routine so weekends are usual too, I watch some online series and spend time with family. My parents are a huge fan of the classic Hindi movies, so Saturday afternoon is entirely for that.

I know that being at home can be a real bummer sometimes but I think this was the best part of quarantine for privileged people that we got some time for working on ourselves. And I would advise, if you still have some quarantine time left, start working on yourself.

Stay tuned for Part-2.