How Do I deal with Myself while grounded for weeks?

Indonesia is not in total lockdown, but we advise to stay at home. During this time, only the critical business is running while most of us staying and working at home.

While many people already in their homes starting in early March or even February, I started late than the normal one. I arrived in Jakarta almost in the middle of March and still working here and there before I got isolated because I returned from the infected countries.

The Grounded Shock

During my first few days of stay and work from home, everything was fine. The most bother me was how to deal with the issue in our startup and other businesses. The concern started when it reached ten days. I admit that’s the most days I ground myself in Indonesia without having traveling outside.

As a traveler who constants travel here and there, stuck in one place without even going out is undoubtedly a challenge for me. I couldn’t even think and work as I started to become an aimless person. The routine was beginning to messing up. I woke up during the night, sleep during the day, and it happened nonstop.

I have tons of lists to do, but I was just sat in front of the laptop and doing nothing. The constant eating at night. It wasn’t just a regular night; it was in the middle of the night. People at home started to aware of my way of cooking in the middle of the night. It didn’t bother other people around me, but it started irritated myself. I guess it was a shock therapy for me. Being isolated and facing all those issues at one shot. Indeed a brain shocked. Every person is facing their problems while trying to adjust to this situation is not an easy thing.

How Do I deal with Myself while grounded for weeks?

I took a cold shower in the middle of the night after a night jogging. Trust me; it was a sudden decision to run at night. It seems it woke me up, and release my nerve. I felt like my brain is connected again. After feeling so refresh, I rechecked everything need to be done. While reconnecting everything and trying to figure it out one by one, I settled most of the urgent matters. The first thing first after that was making a schedule of May’s daily post in order to put me back on track of routine in order to keep me sane.

While earth is giving its best to recover, I keep myself filled with positivity. Good reading and listening to music while surrounded by positive people is like oxygen you need for a positive mind, and, of course, keep reminding myself that this too shall pass. Not forget to mention how we train to pray every day in our home. It did help a lot.

You are not alone!

I have no idea what is your conditions when you experience the whole of these stay at home. How you react to it? What were you dealing with? But I can assure you, YOU ARE NOT ALONE! You don’t have to burden yourself to learn new things or many other things. Or trying hard to fix everything. Take time! There is also no need to make target lists. At this moment, don’t be hard on you. You just need to remain sane to survive.