if you can't last the first seven days
then you're definitely doing something
wrong you're not you know taking
advantage of the time you have no their
pen Kevin here
in Dublin in a lockdown just like
everyone else now this stage we're all
in the same boat I think so I just
thought I'd make this little video won't
be too long just some do's and don'ts
for the next few weeks and months of how
to stay sane while you're in isolation
obviously first things first if you are
isolating with people with family with
roommates that's much better than
isolating on your own but you know not
everyone lives with two people in China
I live alone and I love it but it's a
different story when you can't go
outside and interact with other people
so this is I just say some things that I
think helped me and might help you as
well to get through the next you know
into the future no idea how long it'll
last but definitely a few more months
anyway so the first thing I would do I
would say to do and things I've been
doing is to stay fit or to get fit and I
swear I've never seen so many people
going for that you know two kilometre
jog since my gosh Ted omen just
everyone's out walking their dogs going
for a walk on for a run just because now
that we can't go out we really want to
and you got to try and get fit or stay
fit even just for your mental health
it's a good thing to do second thing I
like to do and I wouldn't usually do it
in China but then during the quarantine
I would and in Ireland and England
I've definitely cook cook a lot more
learn to cook new things cook things you
already know how to cook and if you can
cook cook new things like even little
Mia's easy meals like macaroni cheese or
something easy spaghetti carbonara is a
very easy meal to make it's nice who
doesn't like it doesn't have to be you
know there's a lot of people who are a
vegan these days you can have vegan
carbonara so that's grand so yeah it's
just little things like that learn how
to cook just Google a recipe and then
follow it
not hard it's fun passes the time anyway
in your normal day-to-day life before
covert 19 sometimes we just don't have
that much time to do what we want to do
but now we have nothing but time
especially on the weekends because you
know you're not really doing work on the
weekends anyway for those of you who are
working at home you know branch out do
something different that's another big
thing I see people are getting very
tired and bored already and it's been
just over a week so I mean my friends in
Wuhan have been doing this for 70 days
and they didn't get I mean it was boring
and it was tiring doing nothing but you
know the first if you can't last the
first seven days then you're definitely
doing something wrong you're not you
know taking advantage of the time you
have and that's the thing it's gonna be
so it's gonna take such a toll on a lot
of our mental health that my advice for
that would be don't get into a routine
don't do the same things every day to
try and pass the time do different
things different days but don't like
plan it out because then you're just
kind of following your plan it becomes
tedious it becomes monotonous monotonous
it becomes monotonous it becomes
monotonous but not tonight
mm-hmm it becomes monotonous oh my
goodness
monotonous Oh God it becomes boring and
dull if you do the same thing over and
over again so just do different things
don't go for a walk every single day
because then the day after you'll enjoy
your walk more because you didn't do it
yesterday just try not to fall into a
routine of wake up breakfast exercise
dad cook you're just you know that gets
boring that will get boring quickly but
do a little different things every day
one big thing for yourself and for
others I think a lot of people are doing
this anyway but just say it anyway and
call and FaceTime whatsapp call whatsapp
video call Facebook video call your
friends your family especially the older
men
of your family you know just give them a
call see how they're getting on anyone
here you know like lives alone you know
message them give them a call
just it'll help you to chat to your
friends and your family that you don't
get to see anymore it'll help them
especially if they're getting bored in
their house the same way you might be so
give them a call it'll help you and
it'll help them one thing I think a lot
of people are doing again is investing
in a streaming service just even a movie
a day just pass the time doing different
things I would recommend watching
something a comedy something funny
something to take your mind off the
current situation and then one thing I
specifically did in Wuhan was don't know
why I said Wuhan one thing I did in
Wuhan was clean a little bit every day
or every two days clean the sitting room
one day clean the bathroom the next day
and then don't do it all in the first
two days don't do everything in your
house in the first week because then
what are you gonna do for the next four
weeks so just you know a little bit
every day and people are just going to
have to learn to be okay doing very
little not being as productive I think I
said before in a in an interview for an
Irish newspaper that I don't think
people are psychologically ready for
what this is for what we are in and
we're gonna be in this for a long time
coming so psychologically getting ready
and being able to get through this is
you know one of the most important
things so do things that'll help your
own mental health I know you know people
kind of brush over that sometimes
stupidly but a lot of people are gonna
be unable to cope with staying inside
and the the answer isn't to go outside
and socialize that just can't happen you
have to learn to stay inside but there's
a few things you can do like do
different things that you would never
have thought of doing there's things you
you can do now because you have so much
more time do new different things you
never thought of doing before so I don't
know do some arts read
book do some drawing I don't even know
whatever whatever you felt like I'd like
to do that but I mean now all we've got
is time to do whatever you'd like to do
but don't just sit there me like oh my
god I'm so bored how can you possibly be
bored you got the Internet
you've got everything you could possibly
want and I mean I don't know about
everyone else but yeah I think I'm
saving money not going out now going to
the Pope anymore so use your going out
money on buying some stuff like a
coloring book a Sudoku book I don't know
a crossword book anything anything just
someone to distract yourself that's what
I mean do a little bit different
everyday
just don't get try not to get into a
routine it because even if it's a
routine you enjoy it will become
monotonous got it
it will become dull and tedious so
that's my advice I hope people find it
helpful if not that's just kind of some
advice that I've learned through the
last three months of 2020 so I hope
everyone listening to this is healthy
and happy and yeah talk to you later