Quick Tips & Tricks for Coping with COVID-19
Suggestions to assist individuals and families with self-care.
- Connect with family and friends: by phone, video chat, or group chats.
- Incorporate exercise: going for a walk outside or at the park, yoga, using weights, streaming Zumba videos/classes.
- Relaxing Activities: take a warm bath, read, practice deep breathing, gardening, arts and crafts, learn a new hobby, or play a board game with your family.
- Eat a well-balanced diet: incorporate fruits and vegetables into your meals.
- Sleep: linked to immune system health, can boast your mood.
- Limit your screen time as well as news and social media intake.
- Control what is realistically within your power: feeling out of control can cause anxiety and hopelessness.
- Create a daily schedule/routine for yourself and your family: gives a sense of control and brings some normalcy to your day.
- Practice mindfulness: be fully present, aware of where you are and what you’re doing. .
- Remember: there is a light at the end of the tunnel. This will come to an end, as every pandemic that has ever happened in history has.
- Lastly: Continue to follow CDC guidelines and remember to practice self-care.