5 Steps to Get You Through the Coronavirus Isolation

This, too, shall pass.

So here we are, all of us stuck at home. Self-quarantining, or at least self-isolating. No going to the gym, the movies, the restaurant. No quick stop at the bar to have a few pops.

No more work at the office. No meetings, or water cooler gossip. No lunches with friends. No handshakes with clients, hugs with patients or shared computer screens with colleagues.

We are apart.

We are at home.

And mostly, we are really anxious.

Not only are we faced with the worst global pandemic in over a hundred years, but we are also in the grip of a whole new social order. Most of us have lost the routines that have shaped and defined us for years. We have lost our sense of order and our sense of accomplishment.

In the old world, we did our jobs during work time, and we enjoyed our leisure during rest time. All of it was social. All of it was understandable.

But what does it mean to a working professional when suddenly he is expected to continue working when there is no set daily schedule? What does it mean to a family when the kids aren’t going to school, Mom and Dad are stuck in the house trying to order online and stay in touch with friends, and nobody has a clue when any of this will end?