How Canadians Can Stay Healthy & Happy During the Quarantine
Stay Healthy & Happy! In these different times, our normal daily routine is affected.
Although we have to stay inside and do nothing, quarantine life can be pretty stressful.
That said, it’s really important to stay calm and relax.
There are several ways Canadians are making sure they keep mentally stable and healthy.
Stay healthy & happy: clean your place
A clean home helps to clean the mind. Canadians are usually so busy, and cleaning is a time-consuming chore.
Now that we have so much time inside make sure to live in an enjoyable environment.
No excuses, no other plan, you’re stuck inside. Make it fun.
Put some music on, dance with the broom, and sweep the floor.
Use creativity to clean up your wardrobe and classify everything in a cute way, by color or type of clothes.
CBD oil
Now that it’s legal in Canada, if you’re not already using CBD oil, it’s the perfect time to try.
Cannabidiol is the relaxing component of cannabis. Using CBD can cool down your anxiety.
Websites like CBD Oil Canada Guide are full of information about CBD and where to buy it.
You can easily use CBD oil in a glass of water or even cook with it. Just find a new recipe and add it on.
Improve creative skills
Talking about cooking, working on your different creative skills is a good way to relax.
Find new recipes, bake your own bread, try new flavors—a perfect time to decipher your grandma’s old recipe.
Be creative, not only in the kitchen.
Learn a new skill, start painting, create a scrapbook, learn how to play the ukulele (easy to order online).
Just use your imagination to space out and calm your inner self.
By some seeds and watch, grow your own little garden.
Create something so you’ll be happy you’ll be proud of what you accomplished during these weird times.
Meditate and do Yoga
There’s so many Youtube tutorial to help you meditate. It’s not complicated; you just have to sit, breathe, relax, and think about nothing.
It doesn’t have to be an experienced meditator to benefit from meditation.
Every type of activity can actually be considered meditation as long as you’re not overthinking, and you’re only focusing on one thing.
Yoga is a type of meditation. It’s a good way to exercise while remaining calm.
Once again, there’s so many Youtube tutorial for every level. Don’t think, just press play and do the same.
Exercise
Physical exercise is very good to remain calm and relax while quarantined. Even better, you don’t need any sort of equipment to stay active.
Set up goals for every day. Make sure to push a little further the limit every day.
You can start simply as climbing the stairs five times, then six times the next day, and continuing on.
After a certain time, you’ll see improvement, and you’ll feel better in your body, but also in your mind.
Staying active can help you reduce anxiety and help your sleep.
Write down on a calendar the exercise you’re doing each day so you can visualize it and be proud of yourself.
Lead a team challenge with your friends to make sure you stay motivated.
Plus, you’ll stay connected to your friends and have something else to talk about then your boredom.
Take a break from the news
We’re all curious to know when all this situation will ends. We’re all curious to know what’s happening in the world.
But right now, just watching the news can be really stressful.
Take a break. Shutdown the TV. Don’t read on what’s going on.
Focus on only good things. Watch light-minded movies, watch travel videos, plan your next trip.
Talk with friends and family
We can’t visit each other, but we’re lucky to live in a technology-fueled world.
Take your phone and Facetime, your family and friends.
Share your positive thoughts. Make sure you tell the people you love that you love them and why.
We read it everywhere; we are all in this together! There are so many ways we can remain calm and relax.
Just make sure you make the most out of that break time.
Use your time purposefully. When you go back to work, you might miss the chilling time that you currently have.
Never take any freedom for granted anymore.
