(EN) Helene (27) in Denmark gains new perspectives

Published: April 15, 2020, 7 a.m.

Hello, I'm 27, and I'm staying in Copenhagen. Starting with the impacts of  Covid 19, some of them I think we're a lot of people experiencing them similarly, such as not spending a lot of time with friends in the way that we're used to, missing out on concerts and festivals and spending much more time at home. I'm at home with my partner and my dog. So some of the ways we try to cope with this, being a lot at home only the three of us. This is how we have organized our home: I've done a little home office in the bedroom, so I get to have a place where I can escape and do my studying and then I can also let go of it and be in my living room and not care too much about the studies after work. I'm doing a lot of online hangouts with friends and taking a lot of long walks with distance with friends and family. That's some of the practicalities. I am also practicing a lot of yoga, via livestreaming. I also have increased doing meditations and trying to be a bit more mindful. One of the experiences I have had, is that this whole situation has created a lot of thinking and some new perspectives, spending a bit more time thinking: what is it that you want to spend your time on? and what is it that you miss all of a sudden in these days, but also maybe what you don't really miss? So I am kind of putting everything in perspective and it also helps me to navigate a bit in terms of what is it that I actually value, so I think that this is very interesting..