If you’re experiencing a lot of pressure to be productive during this COVID-19 pandemic, you’re not alone.
Lately, it feels like everyone is doing stuff – productive stuff. At first, adjusting to the working-from-home routine that came with COVID-19 was difficult, as people had to adjust their schedules and make sure utilities were available at home. But then, after about a week, there was a significant tonal shift. Everybody was up to things, achieving stuff, getting into all the life-admin they’d been wanting to do for ages.
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All-of-a-sudden, Instagram feeds became flooded with sunrise yoga, DIY homewares and aspiring podcasters. It felt like there was this unanimous decision, that with all the free time on our hands, we were going to achieve what we previously couldn’t.
And this wasn’t just limited to friends, either. Even celebrities were making it work in COVID-19 quarantine. You’ve got Miley Cyrus who launched her very own IGTV series in which she finds the positive side to everything, you’ve got Selena Gomez who is branching out and launching her own cooking show and you’ve got Charli XCX who has vowed to create an entire album from scratch while in quarantine.
Seeing all of this happen in a one-minute scroll on social media is genuinely a lot to take in. For some of us, the transition to work-from-home life was more difficult than anticipated. Additionally, the social-distancing laws that prevent us from seeing certain people can be very emotional for some people. It’s important to remind yourself that there’s no “one-way” of surviving this pandemic, we’re all on our own journeys and we’re all doing our own thing.
So, if you’re feeling social anxiety because the lockdown laws are slowly being lifted, you’re not alone. If you’re feeling down because you’re struggling to achieve more than your average joe, you’re not alone. Basically, we’re all just getting through this pandemic together. There’s no need to thrive, or try and take full advantage of the situation in front of you. Just surviving is enough.
Next time, if you’re stressed from the pressure to be productive during COVID-19, forget about it.
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