Wow, I don’t know about you but this Covid-19 seems to be banging on my door trying to demand my attention, trying to scare me and to take my calm away and hold it hostage. I don’t know if you are feeling it too but I know that a lot of my neighbors and friends are and I want to share some of my tricks with you about how to tell Old Man Scare to go away and offer Sweet Mother Nature a more permanent spot in your life right now.

Helping others

One of the easiest ways to gain a new mindset is to take your eyes off of yourself and to help someone else. Earlier this Spring I started a lot of seeds and soon learned I didn’t have enough room for all my seedlings. I decided to put the extras out at the end of the driveway offering the plants to our neighbors. So many of our neighbors stopped thankful for the plants, it was nice to be helpful to others in my community with something that I really enjoy and stop worrying about things that concern me for a while.  

Gain a new skill

A lot of us have extra time on our hands we can use this time to gain new skills that we are interested in. I’ve taken a class in medicinal herbal teas which I really enjoyed. I’ve already started some seeds for the herbs of the teas I like the best so I’m also learning about how to grow these new herbs in my garden. And because of these crazy times I wanted to learn how to bake better so I am taking a class where I’m learning sourdough bread and other bread baking techniques. Honestly, Ron likes the results from this class more than the herbal tea class. With learning new skills it takes up time and helps the day to go faster and my attitude stays more positive.

Celebrate the little things

So, as you are helping your friends and family not only does it make you feel good also take some time to reward yourself. Buy yourself something special, for me I got some new herbs. It filled more time and made me feel good as I was planting them. When I gained my new skills of making herbal teas and baking bread I celebrated by making some great teas for us to drink and I was able to make some treats for my husband which makes me feel good because it brings him enjoyment.

Yes, these are little things but each one brings little celebrations into my life helping me to take the focus off of myself, to stop feeling sorry for myself and complaining about the situation we are in right now with the stay at home order.

What about you? How are you going to help others, what are some new things you plan on learning. Most importantly, make sure to celebrate in the little things.