Thoughts — Infectious Disease

CALL IT NOSTALGIA, CALL IT GRIEF The last two years have left us wondering what is in store for us after all. Whether that’s marrying your partner, making plans to study abroad, meeting your grandchild, or just being excited about a trip – we want to push and do a lot of things this year but we can’t help but feel stuck and stagnant through it all.  Mari Andrew on Instagram, asked a very important question: “How do we grieve the loss of what I never had? When I run my fingers along the spine of my 2020 planner, filled...

The uncertainty of the Pandemic has created problems for us that we’ve never faced before. To make things more difficult, our social circles may not be physically accessible. In such a scenario, finding ways to comfort and help ourselves becomes important in ensuring that we’re making the best of whatever is available to us. Self Help Activities Mindfulness Practicing mindful, focused breathing, even for ten minutes a day reduces stress and promotes relaxation. Making your bed is considered a “keystone” habit. Making your bed in the morning is correlated to more productivity, a sense of well-being, and even better budgeting...

A new year always brings about a promise of new beginnings and escaping the past. Most of us are hoping and praying that while we leave 2020 behind, we also leave COVID19 and the stress of it behind with it. It’s fun to think about next year being as normal as 2019. With no masks, no need for sanitisers, attending concerts and parties with 100+ people, and the whole world to travel! However, the hard hitting truth that many of us would not like to imagine is that 2020 might end, the virus might not.. and the anxiety and stress...

In times like these, young children look at the behaviour and words that parents use. If you’re anxious, it’s likely that your child is picking up on it and getting worked up as well. Making it a point to speak to your children and communicating what is going on in as simple a manner as possible, and reassuring them that as long as they’re together and inside, they are safe can help a great deal. –Help your child to create and adhere to a daily schedule. It will help the child exercise some form of control in this time, and...

Timesheets! It should be a synonym for micromanaging. This stupid style of managing work has got us feeling all wired and under a lot of stress. How do we manage it better? Timesheet Slave WFH has left your micromanaging boss clueless about how many minutes you actually spend drinking tea, eating lunch, or mulling in the loo during your workday. This has pushed your boss to use one of the least effective (read: useless) tools for time management, a.k.a timesheets, to watch over you. Here’s the hard truth. Timesheets do not make anyone feel good about themselves. The structure of...