当我们都准备在全球流行病中进入“季节三”，我们问道公告readers to share self-care strategies that help them cope during difficult times. As your responses rolled in — from digging in the dirt to loving on “COVID dogs” — we couldn’t help but breathe a little easier. We hope the following tips and ideas (edited lightly for clarity) will do the same for you.
- “我喜欢一个好的播客。虽然我听大量关于这个消息的播客，但要改变我的一个去的东西但是使它变得可怕. Each week the host and a guest rewrite a romantic comedy and turn it into a scary movie. It is nice and light which is a great change of pace.” —Vanessa Bak，科学学院
- “FaceTiming with my family，只是说你好，确保他们是安全的，健康和保持活跃。那些时刻给我带来了很多和平和舒适，因为我们没有看到对方一样。“-马德琳布鲁克斯，行业扩张解决方案
- “我是现在有一个人的人之一“covid狗”and I’m so glad for this little pooch. She forces me to take her for walks, snuggles with me when watching a movie, and is an all-around fantastic, loving and entertaining new member of the family. I now know why many people added a pet to their family during the most intense part of the shutdown.” —康妮福勒，詹金斯MBA职业中心
- “拍摄3.0.-minute walks in nature每周几次（特别是在附近的绿道小径上）和daily meditation真的有帮助。我的去舒适活动正在听爵士乐或感觉良好的流行音乐，从斯蒂芬国王或安妮米饭上阅读一个好小说小说，看着一个感觉良好的电视系列在netflix上CommunityandKim’s Convenience，赶上电影，我一直观看但从未到过过pandemer。学习第二语言和观看历史，环境或社会正义纪录片（Netflix上有这么多的好的，HBO Max）真的有助于照顾心灵。-Emma Gosalvez，大学通讯
- “我午休时间漫步，无论是在家里还是在办公室工作，就像我在混合时间表一样。这有助于我保持头脑。我也keep a gratitude journal并将其持续到每天10多年。它帮助我欣赏，甚至意识到即使是最有效的好事，并且在我的生命中期待良好。感恩已成为我看到世界，纪律和练习的镜头。感谢几乎就像选择走在街道的阳光侧面。虽然有时候不容易感激，但我总能想到至少五件事，见解，情况或我感激的人。在年底或我需要提醒时，我读过过去的参赛作品，并提醒所有真正发生的好处。“-艾伦哈蒙德，设计学院
- “找时间照顾好自己和do something that makes you happy.对我来说，它停下来和我的狗依偎在一起，而不是滚动我的手机。“-Maggie Merry, Poole College of Management
- “我的声学吉他坐在旁边的钢琴旁边，我的妻子和孩子们多年来发挥了。灰尘积累在吉他上。当我在大流行期间从家里在线教学时，吉他似乎正在看着我，问“你会回复我吗？”我做了，在加强我的手指后，我发现了与吉他一起工作10-15分钟的插曲，手指锻炼和发挥新歌，帮助了我。进入厨房烹饪罐子的美味巨人一直在满足。“-埃里克米勒，农业学院和生命科学
- “对自己温柔。发生了很多事情。花点时间倾听你的身心和心脏正试图告诉你的东西。用你需要听到的单词回复。特别是在这些较暗的冬天，让自己的空间反思你想要的生活，从自己脱离自己，从你的关系中。梦想到2022年12月，你想成为真实的东西。See the larger picture that this day, week or month fits into. Realize that today is all you need to worry about — you are simply laying one brick in the wall you are building. Occasionally step back and see how much you have done. Celebrate the work in progress. Celebrate you for just showing up.” —詹妮弗佩韦，设计学院
- “As challenging as this pandemic has been,我对“幸福心灵/幸福的健康”的建议是得到宠物。我有一个小猎犬(玛吉) and a yorkie (Peanut) that bring so much joy and happiness. They love to go on walks and play and love so unconditionally. At night, they will hang out with the family like two children watching old TV shows like枪手那马车火车and生皮. They love to watch and bark at the horses.” —Jill Phipps, Office of Information Technology
- “园艺一直是我的治疗方法during the pandemic. Working in the soil to rid our new yard of invasive weeds has kept me grounded. Planting new things which I can monitor as they evolve across the seasons and see how they feed the birds and pollinators gives me joy. Now I’m getting creative to keep the gardening going through the winter. Most recently I used reclaimed milk jugs as mini greenhouses to winter sow seeds that will hopefully germinate in late winter/early spring.” —Tara Watterson，推进服务
- “我认为我们都必须拔掉时间从我们的工作，我们的学校工作，甚至是我们自己的想法。我每天都不这样做，但我一直在做比平时更多。我轻，在我的声音栏上播放一些我最喜欢的音乐，在我感觉时坐下来坐下来冥想/白日梦。这有助于我拔下，找到我的中心，并从更乐观的角度看待生活。-基督教森林，农业学院和生命科学
