Quarantine Diaries

Do you remember Rapunzel from movie “Tangled”? The girl who has been looking out of Window for eighteen years and thinking “When will my life begin” (Movie Song). Wasn’t the lockdown phase similar for the whole world? Although not for years but it felt like years.

In this lockdown period when people were quarantined in their home, many zoned themselves according to their mood and developed some hobbies too. Here are some of the flashback memories of Lockdown period at home. Kindly comment in which category do you consider yourself.

1. Chef de Cuisine –

      Not only ladies out there but also men had turned chefs in the lockdown. There was not anything else that could be easily learnt or polished other than culinary skills. But the challenge was to learn it with the ingredients available. Which dish did you try?

2. Aesthetic Artist -

It was a perfect time to channel your feelings to do something that is creative and artistic. Passionate Painters, Stalwart Singers, Worthy Writers, Dashing Dancers were creatively developed by people. There were various mediums that provided free tutorials for the same.

3. Fitness Freak –

When most people were not well mentally because of lockdown situation, many choose to pull up a sock and be ready for working on their physical health which in turn improves mental health too. Diet too was strictly monitored while trying to be fit. How many pounds were you able to shred/gain?

4. Sleepy Sleepers -

I bet that most of us would have completed the beauty sleeps when at home because the life itself had stopped that made us even more lethargic. Initially, it felt good that there is no deadline to be completed after you get up but soon that too turned out to be boring.

5. Spree Serial Spectator (Binge watcher) –

I guess that most of the virtual viewing platforms were among those companies whose profits would have shoot up very high as most of us has binge watched a lot of it in past couple of months. New users were able to watch lot of content in 1-month free trails too.

 

6. Gallant Gamers –

Many people especially dedicated people were stuck on the Online game for n number of hours. It was like a gaming season for all the gamers. They were so much sunk into Gaming that separate category was must for them.

7. Mull over Meditators –

Many people had tried out different forms of meditations. It was the best time to introspect yourself and it imparted some time to plan about the future. I feel introspecting self is the best form of meditation. Spiritual meditation does help to improve decision making power.

 

8. Meet through Mirror –

In such tough situations most of us were connected to family and friends by scheduling Virtual meetings as technology was our savior. It was exactly like meeting through mirror. Imagine lockdown without technology. We can’t, can we? I have in fact known friends eating a meal, watching a movie, working out, or even playing a game together virtually. 

9. Book Bibliomaniac –

Many have not only binge-watched bucket listed series but there were many binge-readers too who had completed their bucket-listed books they wanted to read since so long.

10. Family Fun –

All of us have enjoyed playing various board games and card games with family and close ones regularly after a long time, helped their spouse and/or mothers with household course, spend time with children and elders and hence helped the world by staying home.

A century ago, during World Wars, countries were saved with the blood of their people but we were saving our countries by staying home. Be happy that you have and still are surviving this pandemic.

Kindly comment if you have done something apart from the things written above. Also do let me know in which category do you fall.