12 Interesting Ways To Upgrade Your Self-Care At Home Amidst Quarantine And Lock-down!

Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced total lockdown in the country, in a bid to contain the spread of Coronavirus. "From 12 o'clock tonight there will be a complete lockdown across the country," said Prime Minister Modi said during his second address to the nation within days.

The news of absolute lockdown amidst the outbreak of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has evoked a feeling of fear and anxiety, irrespective of age and gender. At this moment, it only becomes important to figure out ways to indulge in self-care because that's need of the hour.

Since everyone reacts differently to stressful situations, it only becomes important to find out what sails your boat and how.

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While for some, cooking and online courses could bring them peace, for some Netflixing with their friends could be a way of indulging in self-love and care.

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Just to make spending your days of lockdown easier, we have listed out ways to upgrade your regular self-care.

1. Unwind, take a break from social media and detox. Instead of thinking of the situation as imprisonment, take it as a time off.

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While the hustle and bustle of our daily lives hardly gives you a moment to relax and unwind, choose this as an opportunity to detox. Reduce the time you spend on social media and turn to your alternate hobby. It's a good time to keep your phones down and connect with yourself.

2. Be mindful and do everything you missed doing during your tight everyday schedule

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There could be multiple ways of being mindful. A few baby steps could include breathing exercises, focusing on each inhale and exhale. This could also be used as a good time to improve eating healthy meals and savoring each bite. Take frequent long hot water baths to calm down your senses and relax in true sense. Do everything which you missed doing during your everyday life where you juggled between work and home! Now is the time.

3. Replace your indulgence in social media with meaningful podcasts and series

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Instead of over-exposing your mind to social media, utilize your time in hunting for new podcasts and web-series. It's always a good idea to spend some time reading and hearing more about topics that interest you.

4. Your freedom lies in self-isolation. Take it as a blessing that you are getting a chance to cut yourself out of the cobweb of monotony.

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You will take some time to realize that being away from the outside world also gives you an opportunity to listen to yourself more. Set goals, think about all the things you want to pursue as life turns back to normalcy. There is no rush to drive to the office or pressure to turn up for social plans with colleagues and friends. Instead, there is a whole lot of time for yourself and yes, there lies your freedom of choice and decision making.

5. Watch live-streaming of animals from zoos! Everything at the comfort of your home.

If you are an animal lover, you're in for a real treat if you visit Elephants, pandas, monkeys and whichever animal you're fond of! What better self-care than watching animals, right? Click here now.

6. Netflix with your friends!

You can't meet your friends but can do a virtual catch-up using Netflix party. Netflix Party is a new way to watch Netflix with your friends online. Netflix Party synchronizes video playback and adds group chat to your favorite Netflix shows.

7. Write more. We always crib about not writing more often and this time could be the best time to do that.

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From writing down to future goals to making a list of all the things you want to do after the lockdown ends, thinking happy things about the time to come could be a good way to calm yourself down.

8. Take up virtual cooking sessions from Top chefs of the world!

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Celebrity chefs are also offering quarantine-friendly cooking tips, recipes during coronavirus outbreak. From posting videos to hosting an online AMA, there can't be better timing to brush up your cooking skills. For instance, Antoni Porowski began a series on his Instagram called ¡°Quar Eye¡± to share recipes.

9. Dig out your own family albums and pictures and make a scrapbook

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There can't be anything better than de-cluttering old pictures. Visit Pinterest and you'll find multiple ideas of organizing your old pictures and setting up collages or DIY albums and photo-calenders.

10. For all you history-lovers, there are plenty of virtual museum tours available at your disposal

Several museums like the National Museum of Natural History in Washington, DC, and London's British Museum are offering online experiences. Visit the website will enable to learn about the exhibits in the museums and that too from the comfort of your couches and sofas! Google Arts & Culture has reportedly teamed up with over 2500 museums and galleries around the world that allows anyone and everyone virtual tours and online exhibits of some of the most famous museums around the world.

11. This is the time to head for virtual meditation or online group therapy

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Several mobile apps and therapists from all over the world are making their services easy to access. If you're someone who is struggling during the coronavirus pandemic, you can easily access a virtual therapy, a meditation app, or even follow mental health professionals who can help on social media. For instance, Rachel Wright, a New York City-based therapist has been holding virtual group check-ins for free.

12. Several museums will allow you some peaceful moments of zen!

Just look for #MuseumMomentsOfZen and you can access plenty of relaxing exhibits that will help you calm your senses.