This 18th September, I turned 32 and the god gave me one of the most different birthday experiences of lifetime. On this day, I did not meet anyone in person, no cakes, no parties, nothing, yet it went really well. Yes, I was tested Covid positive and I was under strict home quarantine for 14 days & this phase came exactly three days before my birthday.
Like a common man, before COVID, I was under tremendous fear of being bogged down by it. I was very careful about my health, fitness, and hygiene as well as food habits. Yet one day, I realized that I am affected by this & it gave me extra pain considering enough care was taken by me already.
On day one, the news of COVID was itself a daunting thing for me and my family. We were so worried and felt that the coming phase is going to be the toughest one of lifetime. The news started popping in our minds, the probable health issues, work, servant management, house management & everything needed to be managed by sitting in the house. As and when the initial days progressed, things started falling in its place & I realized the biggest fact about the brain,that is, it accepts anything or any issues quite easily. It adapts to situations the way it comes, so we don’t have to worry so much in advance about COVID, it’s just one of the situations of life; it will come and go. Be careful to the extent you can & if it happens despite that, just relax…..
In the initial days, I was traditionally spending my days but then I got slightly innovative in my ways. Watched series on TVF named cubicles, a very nice and beautiful series on a freshie joining his first corporate job, did office work, spoke to family over video calls, and connected with team over zoom calls & what not. Everything was there but I felt something was missing & was feeling suffocated during those times. Finally I started something for myself, I simply did one thing, I switched off the phone for an hour during the day and sat in my balcony thinking about meaningful expression of my life. Finally I realized that peace was the thing what I was looking for. Realized that meditation of 10-15 minutes a day was really helpful in achieving the peace and listening to songs of Jagjit singh was something, what I really liked. During those busy days, I did not realize that I can do something what I like & I can be happy just by spending an hour only for myself. Earlier, I was under impression that, I did not have time for myself but later on, realised that I am much efficient these days & could do more than my normal days. I did what I liked, yet I was able to do my office work easily, was talking to my family daily for an hour & was much much careful about health also.
Honestly speaking, now it seems that post 3-4 days of COVID+ report, I actually started getting positive & I wish , I can continue the same even after my todays’ negative Covid report.
Finally, today was my last day of quarantine & I will be back to routine from tomorrow. In this entire incident I realized, mental health during this time is very important and staying calm is even more important. Such calmness and patience can come only from within us.
Spending two weeks in four walls is quite difficult but if you start enjoying yourself, it gets easier and different. I found my happiness in the cream colored four walls of my house & I am sure everyone else would too, just the wall color would be different.
