Top tips for Wellbeing during Covid

UNICEF staff councillors recommend that their staff create a wellbeing plan during this unprecedented time, and have put together a list of top tips to help anyone do just that.

1. Stick to routines or start new ones

Get up and go to sleep at a regular time. Get dressed. Exercise. Take a shower. Do the dishes. Involve the children so that you have a family plan.

2. Stay connected

Have video chats with your family and friends. Open up about how you’re feeling and ask others how they’re feeling. Check in with colleagues regularly, through secure video facilities especially those who are alone.

3. Engage in hobbies and things you enjoy

Do karaoke. Read. Cook. Do puzzles. Sew or knit.

4. Set up a ‘worry window’

Write down all your worries throughout the day and give yourself permission to think about those worries during a specific time of day.

5. Engage in wellbeing practices

Exercise. Keep a gratitude journal in which you write three things you are grateful for every day. Congratulate yourself and others on having a ‘great day’. Remember lots of things have not been cancelled like music, family, reading, singing, laughing and hope. Make sure you enjoy them.

Reference – Unicef Day four: Executive Director Henrietta H. Fore’s video diary amid the coronavirus outbreak | UNICEF