Presumably everyone knows the epidemic situation in Beijing. It may be due to the high flow of people in Chaoyang District, or it may be due to the name of Chaoyang District. In a word, in the nut shell located in Chaoyang District, all employees have been working from home for a while.
Because of the different places of residence, some of our colleagues only work from home, and there is no restriction on going out; some colleagues can only walk in the community; .
Although life and food and clothing are worry-free, but due to the hard work of staying at home due to the epidemic, we do realize that: online grocery shopping sometimes runs out of capacity, tossing about cooking and washing dishes every day, worrying about the outbreak of the epidemic Beside me, spend a long time queuing up to do nucleic acid…
This is all around us
In the more than two years of the epidemic, we have written many articles on working from home and isolation at home. But this time, when we were really all at home, we discovered something we never expected and wanted to share with you.
If, I mean if, someday you have to work from home or quarantine at home, I hope you are prepared for these unforeseen circumstances.
Narrator: luna
Residential Status: Shared
Degree of closure: You can go downstairs, but not out of the community
Tell the topic: Be sure to learn to ride a bike!
I can’t ride a bike.
What if you can’t ride a bike? Usually, walk within 1 km, bus more than 1 km, subway or taxi more than 2 km. After all, my range of activities is the East Third Ring Road in Beijing, and my lack of cycling will not affect my life at all.
Until Chaoyang District is closed.
The first week I was locked at home, the second week the subway and buses stopped, and by the third week, I couldn’t even call a taxi or online car-hailing.
But! My review day is coming up soon! I have to go to a distant hospital!
I posted this situation to the group, and everyone opened the map app to help me plan my route. In the end I have two options:
Plan A: Walk 3.8 kilometers to the subway station that is still open;
Plan B: Walk 3.5 kilometers, walk to another area and take a taxi.
Fortunately I’m strong enough to support both numbers. But if I can ride a bike, the distance is only ten minutes, and it takes an hour to walk. For office workers in the city, the size is also a test.
Last month I heard about the heroic deeds of a friend in Shanghai: a tooth suddenly cracked and he had to ride 35 kilometers to and from the hospital. At that time, I was sighing how rough life was during the epidemic. Now I only envy her for being able to ride a bicycle.
Update: I’m in the hospital. Because of allergies, I said that I had a stuffy nose and a runny nose in the registration area at the door, so I didn’t enter the hospital gate. The end.
Narrator: Ercoli
Residential Status: Family of four living together
Level of closure control: you can go downstairs and run near the community
Tell the topic: Wear yoga pants!
Spirit or not almost determines the overall efficiency of working from home.
After observing for a while, I found that even if I made similar efforts every day, such as working and resting on time, doing aerobics on an empty stomach for 20 minutes before getting up, cooking breakfast carefully… Waiting to sit at the desk and start working Son, there will be a burst of tiredness first.
I tried the solution, which is to physically “stand up”: wear yoga pants (or something else that can stand up) Pants)!
Compared with the bells and whistles that I used to shop around in the past, all kinds of yoga pants have the highest upper body rate during this period. They are close-fitting and breathable, and physically remind themselves that they are “open”, especiallyHe did some anaerobic pads at home, supported him on a flat plate when he was tired, then sat back in front of his computer, drank some coffee and refreshed himself, and he was instantly sleepy.
It’s not so easy to find an “out there” state if you’re wearing baggy pants or skirts all the time. And because yoga pants and yoga clothes are more personal, you can also supervise yourself to keep your mouth shut.
I wish you all the best of luck in working from home for a month, and your “release from prison” is still your normal body fat!
Narrator: Colonel Toy Soldier
Residential Status: Shared
Level of closure: no closure, just home office
Tell the topic: Get a cat! ! !
My best friend was worried about me when I learned that I was working from home because I didn’t like being at home.
Working from home in early 2020, I was devastated. Every day, I want to go downstairs and switch offices constantly, and I am often irritable; I feel very lonely, I always want to find someone to chat with, and even rarely have the idea of falling in love.
At home this year, my personal condition is actually worse: work is more annoying, there is a lot of bad news, and there is absolutely no hope for the end of the epidemic. But the house went smoothly. The biggest difference was probably that I had a kitten.
My kitty isn’t very interactive, but it’s good enough for me.
It wakes up and runs to my chair and purrs, so I get up and play with it for a few minutes. Compared to sitting in front of the computer and fishing before, standing up and petting the cat is obviously more friendly to the body – sometimes you have to bargain with it: you wait until I finish typing this line!
When you’re upset about work, you can leave your computer behind and buy your face in the cat’s belly to escape from reality.
Loneliness is largely absent.
Playing whack-a-mole with my kitten, but it hits me more
The kitten didn’t know why its human roommate didn’t go out, much less why the flowing street outside suddenly became quiet. It’s business as usual, still eating, drinking and running around. But these seem to be my buffer zone, a distraction from bad news and bad emotions, knowing that there is there is a timeline that is not disrupted and is still working, and that timeline is my kitty .
Narrator: Bo Bo Chicken Fighter
Residential Status: Solo
Level of closure: no closure, just home office
Tell the topic: Make the whole house sound!
When I was a child at my grandmother’s house, she had to turn on the TV when she was awake. “Don’t turn off the TV, it’s a good sound.” I thought to myself how easy it is for old people to be lonely!
Now I live like my grandma.
It’s really easy to be lonely while living alone and working from home. Closing the door is like closing the world. So When I don’t need to concentrate, I basically use my phone to play audio programs: listening to cooking, listening to the toilet, listening to games, listening to taking a shower, and setting a timer to turn it off before going to bed.
My phone tells me that audio apps are the biggest drain on my phone; audio apps tell me that I’ve listened to millions of words of novels this year.
In this life, I have two lessons to share with you.
One is to wear pockets for your phone, so you can always hear clearly when you are walking around the house and doing things with your hands sound;
Second, when taking a bath and cooking, there is a lot of movement. You can turn on the phone to the maximum volume and put it in a cup or bowl, which can have the effect of amplifying the sound. . Be sure to wipe off the water at the bottom of the cup and bowl before putting it in!
Two cups in the kitchen, one for coffee and one for mobile phone speakers
Narrator: July
Home Conditions: Shared Rental
Level of closure: no closure, just home office
Tell the topic: Wear perfume at work!
Proust recounts in Remembrance of the Lost Years, where the protagonist drinks a sip of hot tea sprinkled with cake crumbs and suddenly jumps into a detailed childhood experience. his mind. This is the famous “Proust effect”.
There is a strange smell that can take you away from the turbulence of the moment and awaken some familiar, almost “nostalgic” subtle emotions. This “smell-evoking nostalgia” effect may predict higher levels of positive affect, self-esteem, self-perpetuation, optimism, and even a sense of meaning in life, according to research.
That’s why I tried the fragrances I used to commute to while working from home, and it worked great.
The familiar taste can not only soothe the anxiety caused by the bombardment of epidemic information, but also bring me back to the familiar office scene. If there is a comparison of work efficiency before and after using perfume, I guess the results will be amazing (leaders will be happy to hear it).
Narrator: The King of Pyjamas
Home Conditions: Shared Rental
Level of closure: no closure, just home office
Tell me about the topic: Toss with furniture! Use incense!
When I was at work, I had expressed my strong desire to stay at home to the editor many times. After I was really at home, I realized that What I want is not home but freedom There’s not much difference between being held at home and being held at the office.
After three days of switching between the bed and the rug, I’m starting to get tired of my home. From day 4 onwards, I’ve moved the dining table and sofa every few days, changed the layout of the home to create a fresh feeling, and woke up every day to rediscover the full set of furniture.
Second week at home, I bought a bottle of Air Melon-flavored fireless aromatherapy that made my home smell like a five-star hotel lobby. The aroma drowns out the smell of lunch and laundry detergent, and close your eyes and feel as if you’re still at the point where you can travel freely.
What I didn’t count was that the aromatherapy was really fragrant. Yesterday, I couldn’t stand it, and I took the aromatherapy to the window. My window was facing the team lined up for nucleic acid production in the community. Everyone in the yard had a chance to incense with me.
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In general, when the epidemic occurs in most areas, basic living materials can still be guaranteed. There is no problem with survival, and it is more reliable to improve the quality of life by yourself. Although, however, life is always to be lived. I wish you all the best of luck no matter where you are or what you are doing.
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Editor: Li Xiaokui
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