Well it's official. Georgia is shut down and you may be going a little stir-crazy.
That is what we're talking about today with 5 Ways to Beat Cabin Fever.
Let's dive in!
Hi I'm Daphne Bousquet, your local realtor with Berkshire
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channel and ring that bell so that you never miss a video. Today we are talking
about 5 ways to beat cabin fever. We may be shut down, working from home,
staying inside and keeping our social distancing, but it is important that we
not go stir-crazy and keep our sanity. So here are the 5 ways to beat that
cabin fever. The first one is to go for a walk. No really, even though we're
supposed to stay inside, it is important to go outside and a go for a walk and
just take get the fresh air and just get away from home for a while. You can
walk through your neighborhood, especially if it's a nice day, but
Peachtree City's got 90 miles of multi-use paths. Use them! They are still
open. Just be sure to keep your social distancing.
Six feet away from anybody who does not live in your household. Walk around Lake
Peachtree, Huddleston pond. In Tyrone we have Shamrock Park with its lake,
that is great to walk around. Just go somewhere and walk around if you cannot
walk in your neighborhood. Another great way to get your walk in, is take your dog
for a walk. Yep walking with your dog is great even
if they normally have the run of the yard and you don't really need to take
them out, take them out for a walk. It's not only good for you, it is good for
them as well. And that brings us to number 2. If you don't have a dog, you
can adopt or foster a dog. Bringing a dog in your household is a commitment!
But it is great and it will help your cabin fever, because it will take your
mind off what it is, why we're staying home. If you'd like to adopt or foster a
dog, I suggest you to check out Royal Animal Refuge. I'll have a link down
below. They are still taking adoptions and fosters. They need them, because
there's only so much room that they have. They are using all the precautions.
First you'll have to fill out an application, and again the website is
down below. They will do a virtual meet and greet to get the right dog for
you. After the virtual meet and greet, if you still want to go through with it,
they will follow all the CDC guidelines as well as state and local
mandates, so that everybody stays safe. Number
3 : Learn a new skill. If you have some extra time on your hands between working
from home, homeschooling and doing the other day-to-day things that you're
supposed to do anyway, learning a skill is a great thing to do. I suggested this
to my 21 year old son and he's like Oh I'm doing that mom! I said Great what
are you doing? Oh I'm learning how to play online poker. That was not what I
meant. But what sort of skills could you do? You could learn a language! There are
lots of apps that help you do that. Duolingo, even Rosetta Stone. Maybe you
have a musical instrument laying around that you haven't played for a while.
Learn a new song, pick it up again, learn how to play it. Or take to the
kitchen. Learn how to bake bread or another recipe that is long and involved.
If dancing is more your thing, learn a new dance! What kind of things can you
look up? YouTube is a great source of information. And finally you can create a
new website. Learn how to do that. There are so many things online that you can
learn. Just start looking it up and start implementing. Take a course!
Number 4: Do some gardening. I am personally botanically challenged and I am quite
happy to let my husband do all the the landscaping.
Mowing the lawn and trimming the hedges, and all that stuff.
But this last weekend I actually got outside because it was a beautiful day and I had
to get out of the house. It was a wonderful thing to be out helping
with the gardening. So go out, mow the lawn, help mulch of or spread some pine straw.
Trim the bushes trim the hedges, do some weeding. Yeah not my favorite either, but
it has to be done, so might as well be done now, when you're going inside stir-crazy. Or
if that is not your thing or you don't have a yard where you can do a lot of
things, how about planting an herb garden? It can
be even on your back deck. It is a great way to get outside and get
your hands dirty and not worry about this coronavirus
thing for a while. Finally number 5: Exercise! There are so many things
that you can do, even with all the gyms closed. I know my gyms closed, it's a
sad thing. But you can still go for a run. If you can walk around Lake Peachtree, go
for a run there. Run around Shamrock Park, run in your neighborhood. There's a lot
less traffic, so running is a great way to get going.There are also lots of
other exercises you can do. How about taking a virtual yoga class? YouTube is
full of yogis that teach yoga. You can go anywhere from beginner to advanced.
Just look it up and start doing some yoga. Great way to get some exercise and
clear your mind, and bring some balance into your life.
Local gyms also have online classes. You can look them up give them a call and
see if they do are doing anything online. Some actually have Facebook Lives with
with virtual classes or you can look them up on YouTube. And speaking of
YouTube, YouTube has a ton of home workout videos. Just put it in the search
bar and ton of things come up. You can do yoga, you can do high-intensity interval
training (HIIT), you can do some CrossFit metcons, you can do bodyweight training.
Anything and everything, it is probably on YouTube! And finally there are a lot
of fitness apps that are normally premium and charge, but are offering 30
60 day free memberships just during this shutdown time, so take advantage of it. If
the cabin fever is getting so crazy that you feel that you need a new home or a
new neighborhood, remember I'm your Realtor and I have a
handy a Buyer's Guide in the link below, so take a look. If you like this video be
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