Attitude is Everything
Okay. That’s quite cliche—but I think it’s especially relevant when you’re locked down and
isolated, especially when you’re all alone in a foreign country. I’m a fan of Stoic literature, and I
started to remember about how some of them would self-impose hardship on themselves just to
develop mental toughness and equanimity in times of adversity. For me, I just decided this was
like an personal experiment.
For those 4 weeks I stayed home and took the opportunity to teach myself more skills. I practiced
more front end web development and work with content management systems. I read 4–5 books.
I studied Chinese. I exercised.
On the flip side, I could have just freaked out—constantly read doom and gloom stories related
to the virus—and drank myself into an alcohol-induced coma. Instead, I used the time to reflect
on the past few years of my life—and what steps I should be taking during such a unique time in
order to introduce new habits and reinforce old ones.
Been meaning to start a diet? Do it now while you’re isolating yourself and you’ll emerge from
your self-imposed quarantine a healthier and better looking person.
Want to brush up on some skills? Now you have more time and less excuses than before.
Wish you had time for reflection? Well now is a perfect time to put some perspective on things
and be aware of what you should be grateful for and what you want to accomplish in 2020.
Where ever you go, there you are. Times like these force us to pause and consider how we are
right at this moment. So just use this space and this time to realize, you can choose the kind of
life you want to live—and today—you have a special chunk of time blocked out for you to take
steps in whatever direction you wish.
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Deep Diwani, lives in Vadodara, Gujarat, India
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I had only two months left in my graduation. It was a mid-sem break, and I was at home.
Due to the lockdown, My college has decided to run the remaining semester entirely online.
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goodbye to my friends. I was spending my whole time between four walls. It felt like someone
pulled away nails from my fingers.
Somehow, I was experiencing negative emotions. My mind was like a drunk horse running here
and there.
I was overthinking on unnecessary stuff, spending hours watching random YouTube videos.
My productivity
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