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Sanity redefined : The New Normal Series

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For decades, we have been enjoying the convenience of technology and have undeniably embedded it on our lifestyle allowing us to get affected at all aspects of our lives. With the Pandemic brought by this corona virus, COVID-19, our normal lives are shifted to cope with the changes, whether we like it or not. This "new normal" is reshaping not just our lifestyle but our jobs, way of life, perception to things, and on what is essential and what isn't. Given this, sanity will undoubtedly be redefined abruptly and dramatically. The coping mechanisms that we have developed the past few years, now might no longer hold water with the new scenario unfolding. The changes can become overwhelming. It can drown your thoughts and paralyze you from doing anything. This can question you relevance and necessities and it's okay. Today is the best time to play again. Play around the possibilities on what else can work for you. Learn on new things that you have not tried be...

Kill the Productivity Mania : The New Normal Series

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The current pandemic has sent most of us to stay at home. Other than the frontliners and essential workers, some of us are left with nothing to do while the others are swamped to finish tasks as they work from home. Prior to this situation, the Productivity Mania has always been the trend and hyped especially in Social Media –grabbing your cup of coffee, showing off how much emails you finished, flaunting your meeting places, traffic, and a few rants to highlight how busy you are.  Yet today, the "new normal" has been testing out the character in each one of us. Industries, economies, people, trends, culture, habits, and many more are being reshaped by the current circumstance brought to us by COVID 19.  So it's okay if you change some of the habits that used to work for you before. Productivity should not solely define the things you finish but also the impact in your life as well, especially mental health.  In this new age that is marked by this pandemic, we all need to...