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8 things you can do to keep yourself sane during quarantine

Because whatever you do, please don't spend all of your 'inside' time scrolling Instagram and the News.

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8 things you can do to keep yourself sane during quarantine

Whatever you do, please don't spend all of your time in quarantine on your phone, watching the news, and building up panic in your mind.

Honestly, it's not healthy for you, and anyone around you. (Oh wait, you'll be alone. haha!)

If you do end up getting quarantined, you can look at it two ways:

  1. You can see this as the worst thing to ever happen to you
  2. You can see this as a fun opportunity to spend time alone, practice a hobby, read, write, or reconnect with people you've lost touch with.

It doesn't have to be so bad! I just spoke to a friend Elijah in quarantine and he was smiling and laughing. "This is great!" He had told me, "I get my food delivered right to my bedroom door. Even better than Uber eats!" He joked.

Let's all try to stay calm and be like Elijah, shall we?

Here are 10 thing you can do during quarantine to keep yourself sane:

Get Fit AF

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14 days is a good amount of time. While you might not get ripped during this time, we could try right? Especially if you're stuck in your room, you'll want to make sure you still get the heart rate up and the endorphins pumping to keep yourself feeling happy and healthy. Thanks to technology and the internet, there are plenty of awesome ways to exercise online.

Some of my favorite yoga apps are Sattva Connect, Glo, BeHot at Home, Gaia, and Corepower, to name a few. But kid you not, there are literally hundreds of different ways you could do this.

Apps, youtube videos, or hey just get creative and create a workout routine of your own.

Run in place, practice handstands, or give breathwork a try. There are heaps of ways for you to get the heart racing and endorphins releasing.

Learn a new language

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Maybe there's a language you've always wanted to learn? You're just in luck! Two weeks is a solid chunk of time to become conversational in a language.

You can check out a learning program such as Pimsleur or Rosetta Stone (for the really devoted student), or you can also just mess around on some free language apps such as DuoLingo.

Binge Watch Elite

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This is my favorite series on Netflix of all time. Also, you can practice your Spanish since it's originally filmed in Spanish and you can add English subtitles.

Meditate

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Take this time of required stillness to be… still. Meditation doesn't have to be 'hard' or 'challenging'. I often hear people say that 'they can't meditate because they can't stop thinking'. Guess what? The nature of the mind is to think! And it's normal to think in meditation. The goal of meditation is not to stop thinking. The goal of meditation is simply to sit, with the eyes closed, and observe your thinking. Meditation is a huge opportunity for us to observe the nature of our minds and figure out what's really going on in there.

What are the stories we replay in our minds? What are the things we tell ourselves in our head? What do our thoughts consist of?

Most people just move about in their lives and have no clue what's occupying their minds. But when we can begin to observe what's going on in our heads, is when we become a mastermind. (Get it? We master our minds).

Yoga

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If you don't have the funds to purchase an online yoga app or subscription, there are heaps of people right now who are offering free yoga classes on Instagram & Facebook live. Even I have been offering them for fun! (Check it out, at @brookenally).

What better thing to do when locked inside than stretch your body, breathe, and work up a sweat?

Cook delicious foods

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Sure, some of you have the luxury of simply ordering Uber Eats food directly to your door or getting Amazon Prime groceries delivered within the same day, but that's taking away the opportunity to improve your cooking skills and have fun in the kitchen!

Not only is cooking your own food so much healthier for you, (have you ever heard of made with love?), but it's fun, too!

Yesterday, my sister and I made this absolutely delicious sweet potato bread. Cooking together is something she and I have never done together before, so not only was this an opportunity to make delicious food, but it gave us an opportunity to bond in a new way.

Rearrange your home

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Since you'll be spending a lot of time at home, you might as well make it as comfortable as possible. If your home doesn't already feel like a sanctuary, you'll find it difficult to relax and feel at peace. Here is a great article with some tips to make your home more of a sanctuary.

Dance

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If you start to feel bored, tired, or stuck, the best thing you can do is to DANCE! If you need a song recommendation to get you grooving, I suggest "staying alive" by the Beegees. It's a pretty ironic song to be honest considering what the world is going through, but it's funky tune will definitely get you in the dancing mood!

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