Mental Wellness Practices: 10 Easy Practices to Improve Mental Wellness during the Covid-19 Pandemic
Since the COVID-19 pandemic outbreak, I have embarked on a mission to identify simple everyday practices that can enhance our mental health and resilience during these challenging times. Through an exploratory, critical, and investigative approach, I have found several practices that truly work to improve our mental wellness.
These practices are not particularly complex and are often taken for granted, such as getting enough sleep, reducing screen time, keeping a tidy home, and connecting with our weak-tie support network. While there may be more extraordinary wellness practices available, it is surprising how the ordinary practices that we tend to overlook can keep us mentally strong and integrated.
Here's a few wellness enhancing practices which I've found from evidence-based research: 1. Get into nature. 2. Organise your home space. 3. Reduce evening blue light exposure. 4. Get a good night's rest. 5. Access your 'weak tie' social network. 6. Reduce time spent on social media. 7. Exercise. 8. Volunteer. 9. Practice Mindfulness. 10. Savour the good.