Self-Care for Introverts: During the COVID-19 Era

As a self- proclaimed introvert, you would think these last three months of staying in my sanctuary or my room would be heaven. Honestly it was for a couple of days until life events like graduation had gotten canceled. But I digress: this pandemic has created an uncharted territory as a whole planet may be filled with terror and concern, and of course anxiety at this time.

Here are fantastic ways to deal with the diversity around us, especially if you’re an introvert, and staying in your room is your personal space. During this time, you might want to need news ways and different practices. 

1.    Start a brand-new drill 

With you no longer being on schedule due to the pandemic staying insides are your best bet, and it’s the safest as well. But if you are like me, you might have family around, but let’s be your home schedule may not be consistent and cause you too to eat irregularly and poorly or strictly not to take care of yourself. Some various manners and techniques may include journaling. Try to get in, and you are getting into the habit of Finding ways to start your morning with quick and comfortable workouts. 

Many benefits come with it:  boosting your metabolism and richness and, most importantly, better, especially if you have trouble sleeping. Remember, it’s a great time to be selfish and, finally, taking care of you. 

2. It’s time to be Creative 

Once we accept that indeed this is our new normal and allow ourselves that settles into it. You can use this time to get involved in things you couldn’t or only, weren’t interested in doing it. For example, writing the novel, you only started because of boredom. Learning another language for that first trip after this pandemic and creating art for the room you’re continuously in something different could help. It may be time to connect with your creative side; you were ignoring this whole time. 

3.    Reconnect with Yourself

For many people like myself, the biggest fear is to die or be alone, but dealing with yourself on a deeper level can be life changing. Avoiding being alone can generally leave you numb and will lead to the comfort of food sort of escapism. The escapism of salty and childhood snacks to repeat old tv shows you know the word for word. After the second month, I started my self- care during this time of staying home. I began to write, consistently, and even continue my pending book before I start my schedule of going back to school in the following fall semester. 

  I love the quietness and the accomplishment that I got to experience on how it made me feel and looking forward to the next day funny enough, due to my changing of schedule, I barely know what day it is without looking at the computer from time to time.

4.     Give yourself time to “BE.” 

Lastly, as we all know, we live in such a crumbling wild pace world. It’s genuinely been damaging to our planet and our wellbeing – with anxiety. Pressure and depression levels are growing. I’m a member of all three disorders/ Ultimately, this will allow us to reconnect with yourself for once, on your own time, and your benefit. Be able to allow yourself to live in the moment with feeling guilty or doing it because our family and friend’s influence tells us we have to. Allow YOURSELF TO LOVE, BREATHE, and RECONNECT WITH YOURSELF!

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