Name: What Ben wished he knew before 3 coronavirus lockdowns in 3 countries
Uploaded: 2020-04-05T02:50:59.000Z
Duration: 7 min 54 s
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If you can't last the 1st 7 days, then you're definitely doing something wrong.

You're not, you know, taking advantage of the time you have flow there.

Then Governor here in Dublin in a locked down, just like everyone else.

Now the stage, we're all in the same, I think so.

I just thought I'd make this little video won't be too long.

Just some do's and don'ts for the next few weeks and months of how to stay saying while you're in isolation, obviously, first things first.

If you are isolating with people with family with roommates, that's much better than isolating on your own.

But you know, not everyone lives with people in China.

But it's a different story when you can't go outside and interact with other people.

So this is just say some things that I think helped me and might help you as well to get through the next you know, into the future.

No idea how long the last but definitely a few more months anyway.

So the first thing I would do I would say to do on things I've been doing is ah to stay fit or to get fit on.

Dhe, I swear I've never seen so many people going for that, you know, two kilometer jog, since my gosh to Doman.

Just everyone's out walking their dogs, going for a walk on for run just because now we can't go out.

We really want to, and you gotta try and get fit or stay fit, even just for your mental health.

I wouldn't usually do in China, but then during the quarantine, I would.

And in Ireland and England, I've definitely cook.

I learned to cook you things, cook things that you already know how to cook.

And if you can cook, cook new things like even little me is easy.

Easy Spaghetti carbonara is a very easy meal to make its nice.

You know, there's a lot of people who are vegan these days.

You can have vegan carbonara, so that's grand.

Learn how to cook, just google a recipe and then follow it.

Passes the time anyway in your normal day to day life before Cove in 19.

Sometimes we just don't have that much time to do what we want to do.

But now we have nothing but time, especially on the weekends, because, you know, you know, I really do and work on the weekends anyway, for those of you who are working at home, you know, branch out, do something different.

I see people are getting very tired and bored already, and it's been just over a week.

Oh, I mean, my friends and move on have been doing this for 70 days on they didn't get.

I mean, it was boring and it was tiring doing nothing.

You're not, you know, taking advantage of the time you have on dhe.

So it's gonna take such a toll on a lot of our mental health that my advice for that would be don't get into a routine, don't do the same things every day to try and pass the time stew.

But don't like planet up because then you're just kind of following.

Monotonous Got It becomes boring and dull if you do the same thing over and over again, so just do different things.

Don't go for a walk every single day because then the day after you enjoy your walk more because you didn't do it yesterday.

Just trying not to fall into a routine of wake up breakfast exercise.

You just you know that gets boring, that we'll get boring quickly, but do a little different things every day.

One big thing for yourself on dhe for others.

I think a lot of people are doing this anyway, But just say it anyway and call and facetime.

Call your friends, your family, especially the older members of your family.

You know, just give them a call, See how they're getting on anyone who you know, like lives alone, you know, message them.

It'll help you to chat to your friends and your family that you don't get to see any more.

It'll help them, especially if they're getting bored in their house the same way you might be.

So give them a call, it will help you and it will help them.

One thing I think a lot of people are doing again is investing in a streaming service.

Just even a movie A day just passed the time doing different things.

I would recommend watching something, a comedy, something funny, something to take your mind off the current situation.

And then one thing I specifically did in Wuhan Waas Donna Wise at Wuhan.

One thing I did in Wuhan Waas clean a little bit every day or every two days.

Clean the sitting room one day, clean the bathroom the next day, and then don't do it all in the 1st 2 days.

Don't do everything in your house in the first week because then what are you gonna do for the next four weeks?

So just, you know, a little bit every day and people are just going to have to learn to be okay doing very little not being as productive, I think I said before in a in an interview for an Irish newspaper that I don't think people are psychologically ready for what this is for what we are in.

And we're gonna be in this for a long time, coming so psychologically, getting ready on being able to get through.

This is, you know, one of the most important thing.

So do things that will help your own mental health.

I know, you know, people kind of brush over that sometimes stupidly, but a lot of people are gonna be unable to cope with staying inside on DDE.

The the answer isn't to go outside and socialize.

There's a few things you can do, like do different things that you would never have thought of doing.

There's things you you can do now because you have so much more time do new, different things you never thought of doing before.

So But, you know, do some arts, read a book, do some drawing I don't even know Whatever.

Whatever you felt like I'd like to do that, but I mean, now all we've got time to do whatever you'd like to do.

You got the internet, You've got everything you could possibly want.

And I mean, I don't know about everyone s, but I think I'm saving money, not going out.

So use your going out money on buying some stuff like your coloring book A Said Duke.

Oh, but I don't know, a crossword book, anything.