Three Best Ways to Stay Productive
While Facing Pandemic/COVID-19
COVID-19 becomes the worst pandemic
in human history. Not only that, This pandemic makes the world in
chaotic condition. This pandemic appeared at the end of 2019 in Wuhan China and
it spreads easily to all of the world. In fact, from BBC News,
the rates of infected people are increasing day by day. Moreover,
in Indonesia, the cases of this pandemic on April 2nd are about 1790
cases, 170 people died and 112 people recovered. The rate of the cases are
still increasing until now. Because of this, Indonesian
government has already made policy to prevent the spreading of this pandemic. In
detail, Indonesian government decided to lock down and asked the people
to do self quarantine at least for 14 days to stop the spread of COVID-19.
Starting from the lock down, all the activities have already stopped in all
aspects, such as education, economic, social and so on. As
a result, it decreases the productivity of human or even a country. To
solve that problem, there are three best ways to stay productive while facing
COVID-19.
Firstly, don't be
stressful and panic to that condition. As we know, we
can't control the spreading of COVID-19 easily because most of us are not
doctors or a medical staff that can heal the diseases. Then, the
only thing that we can do is stay calm and do not panic or even stress. Panic
and stress will lead us to a wrong action such as panic buying, paranoid, and
being unproductive. We should stay positive, bring the positive vibes to our
environment. Not only that, we can do interesting activities such
as watching movies, listening to music, reading a book and not keep our
attention to the bad news. As we can see, it will lead us to
panic and stress. In fact, after reading, watching, or listening to our
favorite things, immediately follow it up with something that boosts our endorphins,
makes us feel good, and takes our mind off the stress. Therefore,
we don't need to panic or stress, we should do interesting activities that can
bring positivity and make us more productive, even if we are in chaotic
condition.
Secondly, prioritize
our activities. By prioritizing our activities will lead us to be a productive
person while facing COVID-19. Prioritizing our activities means 'do less, but
do it better'. In addition, when we are at home of course the
activity that we can do only for limited activity. Even if we
still can go outside but with the closings and cancellations of activities,
sporting events, and public venues, it also limits the list of things we are
able to do with our time. Because of this, at the moment we know
about it, we should do other activities that we can do better. For example,
finishing our project / working. In addition, take this time to
tackle something we can do that is tied to our business or career goal. Moreover,
the constraint of social distancing will give benefits to us. In fact,
research shows that adding some sort of limitation can really hone the focus so
that we can deeply explore a creative thought. Constraints can direct us to
make the best out of what we already have. With constraints, we can dedicate
our mental energy to acting more resourcefully. So, we can still
be a productive person while facing COVID-19.
Last but not least, stop
thinking negatively. This pandemic can be time for us to show our gratitude to
God. Many people in this world always think negatively while facing a bad
condition. We never think that the bad condition could also be the best time
for us to be a wise person and to show our gratitude to God for all of the
blessings that we get until now. In fact, thinking negatively
will bring bad impact for us during this pandemic. Our brains are wired to hold
on to the negative and quickly forget the positive. Neuropsychologist Rick
Hanson puts it this way: the brain is like velcro for negative experiences, and
teflon for positive ones. This "bias" causes the brain to react
strongly to bad news, compared to good news. Moreover, research
shows that we need a ratio of positive to negative interactions of five to one
in order to thrive because those negative interactions affect us so much more
strongly. That's why, when things seem daunting in this trying
time, ask yourself: What is the good that will come of this? It is the reminder
that our actions have an impact on the rest of the world. Sometimes we have to
sacrifice things for ourselves for the good of our community. As a world,
we are actively thinking about other people right now. At the end of the
day, that's a nice thought to keep hold of, and we can
still be a productive person during COVID-19.
Being productive while facing
COVID-19 is very important. In this pandemic, we should still be a productive
person. Because we still need to fulfill our desires. The moment
we can't fulfill our desires of course it will hamper ourselves especially for
people around us which are our family. As we know, by supporting
the government policy that is to do self quarantine, it doesn't mean we should
stop being productive. We should be productive people because it's really
important and it will help the government indirectly because we still can
provide our own desires without asking the government to provide it. So,
being not stress/panic, prioritizing the activity and thinking positively will
be very beneficial for us and we will still be a productive person while facing
COVID-19.
NB : *** : Signaling Words
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2 komentar:
The topic of this essay is very interesting zaan,
Thank you for the information
You did a great job😆
Hi Syahrizan,
You did a great job. I noticed some minor issues of grammar. No problem. You can improve it later. Apart from that, it seems that you have more than three ideas of how to be productive. Pls double check.
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