House arrest in Quarantine: What to do and what not to leave behind?

Let’s just buckle up for a ride into a fictional time machine and take a quick drive to the past month. For those who are employed in IT Sector, Sales and Market, Operations, Projects of national importance and civil activities had just one thing in mind i.e. no rest until the deadline is met and that too before 31st March. The immense pressure with changes in climate, coupled with different permutation and combinations for saving money for summer excursions, scrolling down every cheap and affordable flight along with ever-changing friends list for trips was one major backdrop video playing in the loop of our minds. The approaching appraisal time period making every falling behind employee pull up the socks and invariably trying to fit in the shoes of the boss.

For students and college-going students, the majority had been daydreaming about the relaxed frame of mind and vague yet boastful outing plans after solving a tough problem. With examinations frowning upon the pale faces of these students, the time of the semester to make fake yet compromising promises to excel in final college examinations always resurfaced.

The world seemed to be in a routine with some of the other headlines giving chance to mock other countries and show them as the path saver and sole hero. However, our mother-earth had some other plans to thwart the same and give us all a time to fall back in line with the origin of the deadly virus, COVID-19 originally named as Novel Coronavirus.

This vicious chain has not just engulfed the Republic of China from where it all began, rather with sprawling limbs it has made the innocent humans a mode of the transmitter. Humans, a social animal doesn’t evolve much unless it starts to tickle him, that’s what happened with this scenario. The medical science arrived a bit late in this conclusion of breaking the human chain and when it came until many had lost lives and masses still infected. The diagnosis of this virus is being taken care of but at a very meager rate, thus, accelerating the rate of infection throughout the globe.

Presently, the virus is on a witch hunt with the infection spreading to more than 5 lakh people and nearly 21,000+ lives lost in this pandemic. The supreme powers like the USA, China, France, UK, Germany have failed to control the spread when it was required, thus, shifting epicenter from China to Italy to Spain to USA (83,000+ cases) after the latest announcement of WHO, Geneva.  The tremors are such that the whole stock market industry, oil and gas activities, import and export of essential items have been banned temporarily to contain the spread, thus, hampering the whole economic cycle. Although everyone is facing the heat, the public or citizens of respective countries are in a paradox. While everyone is cheering up the inbound stay, nevertheless, many are finding it difficult to stay inside and out of anxiety, wanting to escape it.

Debugging the quarantine phase with fun activities

So, here we are with the few things from the unending list of different activities to engage in and make full usage of the quarantine.

1. In this 24 hours, make the routine of sleeping for at least 8 hours i,e,   33% of the day. See, one rejoicing and energizing act done, XD, but yes don’t oversleep otherwise, missing for early morning VCs and phone calls for all the WFH folks.
2. So, if you are a WFH employee, then, it means getting ready will just take seconds, as there is no need to get in formals, tie up and book a cab for riding to the office, thus, reducing the rush. So, in this 1 hour of meaningful time, if you are a foodie, you won’t be able to resist much of the temptation and treat yourself with a better recipe thus, starting on a cheerful day.
3. Now, as a tourist, it has been a prime concern to not get befooled and thus, plan accordingly with the help of information from travel agencies, government tourist websites and so on. Thus, it’s important for us to get to know every intricate detail of our own home or house for tenants. Cumbersome it may be, but you have all in the world’s time to do it, so utilize it. It might be a good option to list out the items you always wanted to sell out on eBay, Quikr, etc. as no time in the kitty, to notice its minute details.
4. Maintaining proper hygiene, cleaning out all the clutter, arranging the items in a lucid and elegant fashion will not only make you feel better but also will be able to speak up about your organizational skills.
5. Regular dusting, cleaning clothes, kitchen work, mopping and if something missed during Holi, can be accomplished now. So, go for it and remember if it’s not necessary, then, give leave to your helpers. Remember, the routine will resume but actions during hardships leave impacts like craters in the heart of the humans.
6. As the sun sets, so does the WFH, so what to do? Dinner ready, now let’s binge-watch series on Netflix, Amazon Prime, Hotstar Premium, Airtel Xstream and so on goes the list, which just adds up to the spice as the ones who had lost track of watching series full night, can resume that but wait, what about the human-made lenses, don’t you think, it needs to refresh. Hence, wash your face regularly after a continuous streak of watching and do rise early to set the day on a positive and calm note, seeing the beautiful sunrise from the balcony.
7. Next, comes the most awaited work out sessions, some gym freaks, and other lousy exercise beginners are still in awe as both were on the path of glory to reduce the tonnage, however, this lockdown has shut all the doors. However, many social media influencers, coaches have been displaying simple exercises to show us what to do and how not to lose track.
8. Now it’s lunchtime, don’t every bachelor remember fondly the lovely mother’s recipe, so why to wait, just take a phone and converse. This will not only make you aware of the kitchen items but backtrace the roti making sessions during the weekends in your childhood. Thus, with loads of love, this will make your lunch merrier even though spices are not intact.
9. Family Bonding sessions, long conversations with school friends, college friends, relatives all can be resumed with a tinge of Video Conferencing, sometimes sharing Karaoke recorded snaps in Whatsapp groups. Let’s not behold and let the emotions flow let everybody know how much you still care and will always be there for them.
10. Let’s not bogged down with the very fact, this same time is ideal for all the IT freshers to introspect about the future career they want to pursue and act now, start building upon the foundation for it. Many online coaching providers, certification courses are the ideal time to begin from and if you already have a rich library loaded with books, then start reading.
11. For all the college students, who have stayed back at home after Holi, now is the time to touch base the old memories, photo albums, long talks with the grandparents and listen to a number of anecdotes and share your own, thus, transcending the generation gap.
12. In this era of digital media, Whatsapp is the hub for finding it’s in a route even before something has happened. Thus, it’s time to spread positive news, vibes, accounts of courage, bravery and memes to cheer up and lighten the mood.  Don’t fall in the trap of following these stories and do stay in touch with news from TV channels, as this is the credible source of information currently.
13. Last but not the least, we should remember it’s the time of humanity, where we need to step up from the fables and work for saving mankind.