Coronavirus pandemic has altered everyday human activities tremendously. The situation has led to people staying at home, avoiding crowded places, avoiding work, studies and other group activities that have all been halted (Fuchs, 2020). In my case, I used to enjoy evening walks, a visit to the gym for my yoga and pounding classes twice a week in the evenings. However, the pandemic forced me to reevaluate my exciting routines to enhance that I stay fit and healthy. Pounding, yoga, and walking have had great impacts on my health; I was not anxious or stressed, I had good muscle strength, cardiovascular and respiratory health and recommended amount of calories (McAllister & Brien, 2019).
The crisis has led me to be innovative in my exercise routines and currently I participate in morning walks. Walking compliments well with my eating routine and the kind of food I consume. Walking has helped me to burn calories, maintain my cardiovascular health, boosting the strength of my joints and my immune system has never been this stronger (Varma, et al., 2014). Amid the chaos and new normal coronavirus, the pandemic has created, I have taken up the activity of meditation to prevent my mind from reacting negatively to the heat and the challenges of adjusting to new habits. I have witnessed immense growth in my anxiety and stress control capacity, I have also grown my emotional intelligence further to cope up and be in control of my reaction to chaos (Rose, Zell, & Stricthouser, 2020). Meditation has set me on a journey of gratitude; this new habit enables to me show enough gratitude to our health care staff who stays at the front line in fighting this virus to allow us to resume normalcy.
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The habit of gratitude and my commitment to work on my health through consistent exercise routines and practicing healthy eating has enabled me to respond positively to the waves in our lives currently; I feel my mental health, emotional intelligence, and my immune system is growing significantly. I am confident that these new habits are setting me up on the right path of enhancing my personal growth and development.
References
Fuchs, C. (2020). Everyday Life and Everyday Communication in Coronavirus Capitalism. Journal for a Global Sustainable Information Society, 18 (1).
McAllister, M., & Brien, D. L. (2019). Empowerment Strategies for Nurses: Developing Resilience in Practice (2 ed.). New York: Springer Publishing Company.
Rose, S., Zell, E., & Stricthouser, J. E. (2020). The Effect of Meditation on Health: a Metasynthesis of Randomized Controlled Trials. Mindfulness, 11 , 507-516.
Varma, V. R., Tan, E. J., Wang, T., Li-Xue, Q., Fried, L., Seplaki, C. L., . . . Carlson, M. C. (2014). Low-Intensity Walking Activity Is Associated With Better Health. Journal of Applied Gerontology, 33 (7).
