Isn’t over!

 We all had a ray of hope in 2021. Prayed for a better survival than the last year. Everyone had a good start. We all have switched to the normal routine and work. People were busy with their work schedules. Few were excited to normalcy. And now we are again behind the doors. Thank god, we have crossed the first half of 2021.

As we all have tried new things last year itself at indoors. Now, getting up to the same work from home, online class, no outings. It’s really very tough to stay at the home. Let me tell you how can we spend time usefully. 

Switching to Online courses: Besides online classes, we can enrich knowledge and skills via online courses. First, seek a field in which you are interested. The course is filled with slides and videos. I am sure it is easy to learn the content. There are various platforms that provide the online course at no cost. Prefer which is convenient for you.

Definitely, we all could get frustrated and irritated by using the phone for a long time. Actually, even if we use the phone on normal days, we won’t get itching in the eyes or headaches. But using the phone for online classes we all exhausted, eyes are getting itching, headaches. We take a break for a while on random use of the phone. Because of Online class, we all should pay attention to the class to be clear on subjects. It is hazardous spending so many hours staring at the screen eyes and also staying hunched in front of the screen. A great task of the virtual meetings is to check often whether the mic and video turned on.

When boredom hits, instead of scrolling the feeds. We can learn photography and editing skills. Everyone loves to capture the photo. Photography is a great and favorite art. Beter we can spend time on photography and editing. By learning the tips and tricks on camera and photography helps us to develop our skills in photography. Everybody can try Astro, Star trails, Milky way, stack photography on phones themselves. Phones are better than dedicated cameras for people’s needs. For new attempts, a handful of settings need to be changed. 

As well as Editing initiates us to take more photos and to work on it. So, editing is the secondary thing. Video editing is more joyful than photo editing. Trimming the favorite part, adding music and voiceovers, adding effects, etc is enjoying work. Choosing the right music to make good key moments adds more effectiveness to the clip. Most of the videos that I post status is my work, It relaxes the mind. I am a jack of all trades, but master of one.

Though it is very dangerous to step out from home. Many volunteers come forward to fight against pandemic. Vaccinated youth helps the patients by door-to-door screening, checking the vital health status in the households. One of my friends has started an NGO to help homeless people in and around the city. Friends have gathered and started to serve by providing food to the poor. After a month, he had worked on his project. So, we took a break. Two weeks ago, we resumed work. Without even sharing the tags on social media, we have received a huge amount that is required for three months of service. It really surprised everyone in the trust and motivated to serve more. We delighted to restart the work with immense happiness and love. And the students in rural areas initiate the young minds to study and helps the old aged people to stay inside their home. 

This pandemic has shuttered the lives of many daily wages, shopkeepers, auto wallas, etc. Their families despair and suffer a lot from the no income to run the normal life. Soon, pandemic should go away.

People have been undergoing high mental trauma. It completely ruins the healthy mind and body. If someone lends their shoulder to heal, please don’t use them for a while. There’s a lot of difference between having time for you and making time for you. If someone wants to share their problems with you kindly listen to them. If you are unable to help the person by words. At least listen to it. That’s more than enough.  Not all can be shared with everyone, only with favorite, trustworthy people will be prioritized. Everyone will get tired or bored of your nature. Catch up with the people who stay even in the hardest times. People may try to come back into your life after they got disappointed by the people they thought were better than you.  People realize your value when they lose you. By meeting new people, your favorite may ditch you without even saying goodbye. And a few disappear automatically. Be supportive of everyone. That’s what much needed right now. I have been undergoing heavy heartbreaks. Because of the pain, I could not sleep for two weeks. My sleeping time was about 2 AM. 

Better engage yourself with hobbies. Try to relax without gadgets like gardening, doodling, mandalas, writing, etc. Get rid of the toxic thoughts and be optimistic. 

Finally, The second wave has been affecting everyone and we all need to come together to battle this virus. Cases are increasing, people are getting infects, and result positive even be asymptomatic. It’s our responsibility to stay in and maintain physical and social distancing. What we are going through right now are some of the hardest life lessons we will possibly ever experience. This period will make us the strongest version of ourselves. Have to be proud that we have been handling these many days. To all the I love and care, I wish you and your family to be safe every day.