How to Enhance Your Personal Life and Career During this COVID 19-Lockdown
The government has announced measures to contain the spread of Covid-19 virus which include telling stay at home and maintain social distancing if they have to go out. On the 30th of March 2020, the federal government announced a total lockdown of Lagos, Ogun State and Abuja.
Other states such as Kaduna, Kogi, Ogun, Osun, Ondo, and Rivers have imposed partial lockdowns.
The lockdown measure in place is affecting the way many of us live our lives - triggering stress, depression and anxiety. Â While we hope that this pandemic blows over quickly, below are a few ways you can ensure that you make the best out of the current lockdown.
Eat Healthy and Avoid Snacking
Proper nutrition and hydration are vital. Â People who eat a well-balanced diet tend to be healthier with stronger immune systems and lower risk of chronic illnesses and infectious diseases.
You should eat a variety of fresh and unprocessed foods every day to get the vitamins, minerals, dietary fibre, protein and antioxidants your body needs.
Drink enough water. Â Avoid sugar, fat and salt to significantly lower your risk of overweight, obesity, heart disease, stroke, diabetes and certain types of cancer.
Be careful not to consume too much caffeine, and avoid sweetened fruit juices, syrups, fruit juice concentrates, fizzy and still drinks as they all contain sugar.
Ensure You Exercise Daily
If you're currently stuck at home, you may be feeling demoralises about what this will mean for your fitness. Â Even if you're not much of a fitness fan, you may baulk at the prospect of staying indoors for a few weeks while barely raising your step count.
Exercise is vital for our mental and physical health, and is arguably more important than ever during periods of isolation.
One of the most effective workouts that you can do at home is a mix of body-weight exercises and high-intensity interval training (HIIT) called Body-Weight Workouts. Body-weight HIIT workouts are relatively short and don't take up much space.
Best of all, they don't require any equipment.
If you prefer something lower-impact (or don't want to disturb the neighbour), now's the time to roll out a mat or towel and try some yoga.
Yoga is a great way to work on your flexibility and strength. Just about everyone can do it, too -- it's not just for people who can touch their toes or want to meditate.
Just because you're at home doesn't mean you can't access a plethora of yoga videos, fitness routines online on YouTube.
Take Time To Read
I know that the temptation is there to binge on Netflix or to catch up on that video game you friends have been raving about. However, as the Covid-19 crisis has confined us to our homes, there is a silver lining in that it has provided a chance to catch up on our reading.
With every connected device a potential portal for anxiety, it may never have felt so necessary to escape into the printed word.
If you don’t have a physical book library, you can the digital versions or audiobook version from amazon.
Enhance Your Career with an Online Degree or Short Course
It is said that continued learning is the only sustainable competitive advantage in your career journey. Building and developing your skills will improve your performance, build your confidence, open doors and ultimately enable you to reach your personal career goals while increasing your appeal to future employers.
While most schools have put a hold on physical classes, their online equivalents are in high gear.
Now is the time to learn something new. Â
You could enroll for a short online course or get a full-fledged degree from any school of your choice online, irrespective of your location.
The great thing about earing an extra degree is that once you earned it, it is yours. No one can take it away from you. Â
At the Metropolitan School of Business and Management UK, we offer people the opportunity of acquiring stress-free business and management degrees from top British Universities. This includes MBA Degrees, International Post-Graduate Diplomas and Master’s degree.
All these can be earned from the comfort of your home.
We also have an array of online short courses that would be beneficial to your career at these uncertain times.
For more information on how to earn a British Degree here in Nigeria, contact us for a free obligatory discussion.