How are you coping with potential new lockdowns?

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Hey,
How are you coping with potential new lockdowns? Does it challenge you mentally, throwing your product plans off the track and vice versa does it increase your motivation to build a product that could help communities and businesses during these difficult times?

Samuel Briskar · Accepted Answer

To be honest... lockdown = fewer distractions + more time to work. 
It is important to keep an eye on mental health.

Stephan Louis · Answer

"In the midst of chaos, there is also opportunity."
-Sun Tzu

Rikki Hillenbrand · Answer

Lots of yoga, walks, and talks with friends and family!
It is really important to not forget to move around everyday and stay in touch with your people to keep up physical and mental health! 🍀

Moritz Wobith · Answer

I try to focus on these 5 steps. This helped me during the last lockdown to improve me and my StartUp:
1. Focusing on being remote
2. Bringing clear structure into my days
3. Set Goals every Morning 
4. Do sports regularly 
5. Learn something new every day (e.g. via an online course)

Läyeh · Answer

I'm more prepared nowadays than I was 7 months ago. It was a punch in my stomach, hard to restore.  It IS a mental challenge and I recalculated and redid my plans during the lockdown. I'm here to serve as a self-esteem builder through visual arts. especially now, in this delicate moment to world population.

Phil Co ✔️ · Answer

@mwobith Clearly a good way to tackle this.

Phil Co ✔️ · Answer

@vineeth_patil Yes that's totally true! But unfortunately I think that it is getting worse because those in power don't see all the side effects (or don't want to see it).
You too, stay safe and don't give up! Take this challenge to become smarter and stronger.

Khosbayar Zolboo · Answer

As a product designer it's been really easy to coupe. Since all my work can be done digitally.

Vineeth Patil · Answer

Social isolation has now become a part of our lives. 2020 has been a blur for many, and the situation keeps getting worse. I was reading a study recently, with a steep increase in the number of mental anxiety and depression cases. Any time I go to a grocery store, I see carts full of alcohol waiting in the long checkout lines.
I am only hoping that these new lockdowns do not trigger an impending economic disaster where people lose their jobs.
Stay safe everyone, please take care of yourselves. Always remember that moderation is the key.

Miles Rowley · Answer

Hi, initially I was scared. It's been really hard adapting to lockdown in general as a tutor that previously travelled to students homes. Recently though traffic to my site englishshop.co.uk has picked up and I reckon that will help. It's forced me to broaden my reach and offer new products such as a practice paper service, so I guess we learn from adversity!

Aaron O'Leary · Answer

The first one was hard. My country is back in one now for 6 weeks, to me, life stays quite normal since I work remotely anyway so that helps.

Jane Kim · Answer

I live in France, and currently and we don't have lockdowns yet but curfews have been set across the whole country where we need to be home by 9pm every day, indefinitely. 
We are coping with it and thankful it is not a full lockdown (yet...) , but more worried for our startup which is in the travel and remote working space, with an emphasis on travel. We are in our beta phase now and taking each day as a new opportunity to learn from our beta users, and how to adapt our offering with these changing times.

Karl Nislow · Answer

Some of the things I've been doing with varying levels of success. Also, depends on the level of the lockdown. 1. Ordering out food and finding other ways to get out of the house. Small walks, nature, scenic drives. 2. When I'm feeling really stressed, I try to do a really intense workout (Peloton Cycle so once time for sleep, I don't even have the energy to ruminate. 3. Find routines that offer fulfillment. I'm training for races I'm looking forward to doing post-COVID Peloton Tread, I'm reading books that take me to other places in lieu of traveling, listening to podcasts Pocket Casts , and creating recurring virtual coffee dates with friends Zoom. 4. Using strategic rewards for weekends to create a sense of novelty. I only watch movies/shows and drink on the weekend Habit . Trying to create that separation between week and weekend. 5. Staying social. Forcing myself to catch up with friends and keep friendships and connections healthy. Telegram 4.0 6. Forcing myself to have a work/life balance. When I hit the end of my work hours, shutting off my computer and unplugging. Using new software and devices to reduce my reliance on being connected 24/7. Tempo 2 Light Phone 2 7. Focusing on stress reduction activities. Remote therapy (no co-pays for insurance in the states rn), meditation, exercise Oak, and self-care. 8. Creating projects and activities that keep me future-focused. I'm trying to use my quarantine time to learn new skills (languages, work skills, creative) and keep myself stimulated. Duolingo Udacity for iOS

Sreekanth PM · Answer

More focus, no distraction. Better results.

Phil Co ✔️ · Answer

@khosbayar_zolboo That's very lucky. Good to hear that!

How are you coping with potential new lockdowns?

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