A growing community of people dealing with COVID-19, and the medical professionals on the front lines, sharing advice to help inspire and enable self-care during the pandemic.
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Create a daily action plan of only 1-3 tasks that MUST be done. Don’t overwhelm your plan with too many “to-do’s.” Block time on your calendar to complete tasks (ma ... read more
Bridgette Boudreaux
Living with Coronavirus / COVID-19 Age: 53 Female
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Always try to start work early. I try to start very early in the day which is when I'm the most focused and have fewer distractions around the house.
Leonardo Sanchez
Living with Coronavirus / COVID-19 Age: 36 Male
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How are you curbing stress eating?
Set a time every day to get in some sort of exercise whether it's a walk outside or a workout or yoga video on Youtube. Even if it's just 10 minutes, it's helpful.
Living with Coronavirus / COVID-19 Age: 47 Female
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We are lucky and content. We miss social life, restaurants, shopping, live music and theatre. However, we've exchanged that with conversation together and tons of se ... read more
Living with Coronavirus / COVID-19 Age: 72 Female
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Contrary to the recommendations to mirror kids' pre-COVID-19 school schedules (and to the wealth of intricate, rainbow-hued schedules going around on Instagram), our ... read more
Rebecca
Living with Coronavirus / COVID-19 Age: 44 Female
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Morning workout
Living with Coronavirus / COVID-19
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This is a bad time. For everyone. But what, in all this scary mess, is your "good?"
My good right now is that I learned that my cat can walk on a leash. So we go f ... read more
DixieAmber
Healthcare provider for Coronavirus / COVID-19 Age: 62 Female
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Get dressed for work. You don't need to be in a full work outfit; you can still keep it casual. That's one of the nice things about working from home. But prepping f ... read more
Christine Carter, PhD
A sociologist and senior fellow of the Greater Good Science Center at the University of California in Berkeley. Healthcare provider for Coronavirus / COVID-19 Female
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As a senior citizen who has congestive heart failure, COPD, diabetes and who is obese, it is EASY to get depressed. I've been in self-isolation for nearly 7 months, ... read more
Karen Kleinman
Living with Coronavirus / COVID-19 Age: 73 Female
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Use at-home tests very carefully
Living with Coronavirus / COVID-19 Age: 19 Female
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The only side effect I experienced was very minor pain at the injection site.
Living with Coronavirus / COVID-19 Age: 67 Male
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6 pm, when my in-laws get home from work. They are eager to talk, and I'm in rush to leave for the evening. My anxiety levels are through the roof so I give them 10 ... read more
Care Partner for Coronavirus / COVID-19 Age: 41 Female
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Waking up in the morning is so hard. I don't have a job and I'm without transportation. I get through it by following a routine. On days when my husband goes to work ... read more
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Living with Coronavirus / COVID-19 Age: 67 Female
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Record video meetings and post them in a shared location where employees can watch them later and comment. Use the @ function to call out people who need to respond. ... read more
Katie Hilton
Living with Coronavirus / COVID-19 Age: 36 Female
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Read, sketch/paint, garden, journal, make things, work out, learn coding, learn another language, music, whatever you enjoy doing.
Mike
Living with Coronavirus / COVID-19 Age: 58 Male
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You must keep your immune system high and eat healthy
Care Partner for Coronavirus / COVID-19 Age: 38 Female
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Get up and get dressed just like you're going to work. Set time for your lunch. Finish your day at a set time. Try to stay in a rhythm each day, otherwise, your wor ... read more
Will
Living with Coronavirus / COVID-19 Age: 35 Male
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Try to get a recurring reservation with Fresh Direct or another grocery delivery service. It can save a lot of the hassle with grocery shopping and meal planning!
Louisa
Living with Coronavirus / COVID-19 Age: 48 Female
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Have an "indoor-only" wardrobe. When you get home, take your shoes off, preferably outside. Change into your indoor clothes and put your outdoor clothes in the washe ... read more
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Nutrition program director of Whole Cities Foundation, the nonprofit program of Whole Foods Market Healthcare provider for Coronavirus / COVID-19
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