10 At-Home Self Care Ideas to Release Stress!
By:
Apurva Dhadwal
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Being Quarantine can make you feel depressed, dull, and bored. The lack of motivation and a dull environment make you feel negative and can cause anxiety. While taking all the safety measures to be physically fit and healthy, it is very important to take care of mental as well as emotional health. Work from home has increased the working hours and the people have stopped devoting time to themselves thinking they’re always at home. But practicing habits that encourage self-love will help in relieving stress and making you feel motivated and encouraged!
- Try at Home Workout
- Do a Guided Meditation
Working out makes you sweat and hence defend you from many diseases and health conditions. Meditation at the same time helps the body calm down, increases your focus, and provides mental peace.
- Make a Fancy Drink or Cocktail
- Make your Favorite Childhood Food
A fancy drink and cocktail will not only help you try out a new beverage but will also make you experiment and try out new things. Pairing this with your favorite childhood food would make you feel nostalgic and you would finally learn to make it too!
- Call a Loved one or Friend
- Prepare a Candle Light Dinner with Your Partner at Home
If you’re quarantine at home and you miss your friends, relatives, and loved ones, it's very important to be connected to them via calls. If you wish to go out with your partner and family and cannot because of the virus, you can decorate your home, prepare a favorite meal and spend quality time at home!
- Draw or Color
- Try a New Craft
Drawing and coloring classes were some of the best classes of the school. These make you feel calm and help ease the mind if you’re facing anxiety or often feel hopeless. Trying a new craft would make you feel motivated and pumped. You can try several DIY crafts and even decorate your house with them.
- Get Dressed Up for No Reason
- Write Down Your Affirmations
Staying at home means never getting out of the comfy PJs and hence feeling lethargic. Dressing up makes you feel good about yourself and you feel confident and inspired to do better and be more productive. An affirmation instigates feelings of self-love and makes you feel you can do anything.
