Wellbeing during lock-down
Keep daily routines or create new ones. Maintain regular routines (meal times, bedtimes, exercise, work etc.) Get out of your PJs and get dressed each day. Make a plan for your day. For example time for school work, socialising, exercising and relaxing. Try to make your weekend days different from your week days.
Do some daily exercise. A walk in the fresh air, do an online workout, use the sports equipment you have at home or make a homemade fitness circuit in your garage or back yard. FaceTime a friend and exercise together. Introduce your family to your favourite Jump Jam videos or Just Dance videos. Lead some physical activity for your family.
Eat well. Try to keep up your intake of fruit and vegetables. Hydrate by drinking water throughout the day.
Make times to connect with your friends and family for a chat e.g. FaceTime, phone call, Zoom, House Party App, Snapchat, Skype…
Limit your media diet. Keep up with the news, but limit how much time you spend watching news updates.
Sleep. Try to go to bed at your usual bed-time. Even though you don’t have to physically be at school for the next four weeks, you may still have Zoom sessions starting at 8:50am. Staying up really late and sleeping in the next day can disrupt your body clock and create unhealthy patterns in the long term.
Include some calming/restful activities in your day. Reading, gardening, cooking, drawing, diary writing, doing puzzles, making/building, sewing, meditating, finding and doing some ‘Yoga for Teens’ routines online, listening to music, playing with your pet…
Do something kind/helpful for your family members/neighbours.