For this activity, I reflected on all of the things that my family and I have done to keep ourselves busy and mentally sane during quarantine. Reflecting on it now, I am surprised how much these little things have kept us all healthy and occupied. I have not been bored this quarantine so far, I’ve actually been pretty busy.
The left half of my concept board represents the activities that are more individual and allow me to self reflect. In the top left corner, the runner represents physical activity. This has had a huge impact on my mental health as working out allows me to feel healthy and relaxed mentally. To the right of this picture is an open road. I have not done this yet, but it is something that I want to do for my mental health, but it represents going on drives and listening to music. This will allow me to get out of my noisy household and have time to relax and get some fresh air. underneath this photo is someone doing yoga. I have been attempting to get myself to do yoga before bed every night to make myself less anxious. To the left of this photo are cleaning supplies. I love to clean and it makes me more productive and relaxed when my room is immaculate. I hope to continue to keep my area clean during quarantine. below these two photos are doing homework and sewing. Homework keeps me busy and distracts me from the things going on in the world right now. Sewing is something that I love to do, but haven’t had the time. I love to take old clothes that I don’t wear anymore and change them into something cool that I would start wearing again.
The right side of this board represents the more social things I am doing to keep up with interactions. The second photo from the right on the top row is a game that my mom ordered called Stratego. My mom has been ordering us all several board games off of amazon to keep out family busy. We have also watched jeopardy together (to the right this) and tried to guess the answers before the contestants did. In the bottom right corner, there are some tie dye t-shirts. My family has been tie dyeing for the past few days and it has really made a difference. It is such a small thing, but when we leave the dye to set overnight we get really excited and it gives us something to look forward to the next day. To the left of this picture are brownies. We have not been making brownies every day, but we have been cooking other things. My sister and I have cooked for our family every night since being home and have started to get more creative with it. We tried some asian fusion tacos one night which were a huge success. I also tried little dessert experiments with Oreos with my younger sister. My younger sister has kept us all very busy with activities like fashion shows (photo above the tie dye) and tik tok dance lessons. We also have watched Netflix shows together and have opened our pool early and planned our own polar plunge in it on a cold day. Finally, in order to interact with my friends, I have mostly been talking to them through FaceTime and we have set up times to do this as a group.
As a whole, looking at this concept board it represents introversion and extroversion at the same time and how there should be a balance between the two. I think that in doing these activities during quarantine that I can hold this balance and become in touch with myself as well as with others despite being in quarantine.
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