Um lembrete de que não é preciso ser produtivo durante o confinamento

Para onde quer que olhe, as pessoas estão a dizer que este é o momento para fazer algumas mudanças cruciais na sua vida.

Todos o aconselham a aproveitar este período para se tornar o a melhor versão possível de si próprio – physically, emotionally, spiritually, and mentally.

Let’s get one thing straight: esta abordagem é fantástica. Motiva muitas pessoas a ultrapassarem a crise com mais facilidade.

Ajuda muitas pessoas a distraírem-se dos seus pensamentos sombrios. Manter-se ocupado ajuda muitas pessoas a manter uma mente sã e um corpo saudável.

Para além disso, you’ve spent the last few decades of your life in a rush.

You’ve never had enough time to exercise, to read all those classic novels you skipped in school, or to learn how to cook.

You’ve always been too tired to learn a new language, to pursue your art career, or to adopt any type of new skill.

Estas são todas as coisas que tem planeado fazer. No entanto, com o tempo, tornou-se a rainha da procrastinação.

You’ve been postponing all of these things for some other time. For a period when you’ll have more time, when you’ll have less work and when your life won’t be as busy.

So, now the time has come. However, you’re still not doing anything to alcançar os seus objectivos.

You have all the time in the world and it seems that the entire Universe has hit the pause button but despite all that, you’re still not doing anything concrete with your life.

Consequently, you can’t help but feel guilty. You feel like you’re an incapable underachiever.

Everyone is doing better than you. It seems like you’re the only one stuck in one place in your life while everyone around you is moving forward.

It’s like every single person in the world will come out of this crisis as an improved, updated version of themselves. Everyone but you.

All of your friends are making something out of their life while you can’t seem to get up from the couch.

You haven’t finished the big spring cleaning of the house, you haven’t painted the walls of your bedroom, you haven’t rearranged your clothes.

The hell with it, you haven’t even read a book or called that friend you’ve been planning to talk to for months.

Your concentration is at its lowest point. You can’t seem to focus and you feel anxious and depressed.

Então deve haver algo de errado consigo, certo? Are you the only one who can’t adapt to this new situation?

Well, let me tell you one thing: you’re not. In fact, there is absolutely no need for you to feel guilty for not being productive.

You don’t have to become fit during the lockdown. You don’t have to set up your own company or change your career.

Ninguém espera que escreva um romance ou que apresente um projeto científico vencedor de um prémio Nobel.

Tudo o que têm de fazer é sobreviver e estão a fazer um ótimo trabalho. So please, forget about shaming yourself. Moreover, don’t let others do it.

Ignore the pressures you’re getting from the society. After all, remember that social media isn’t real.

Todas as pessoas que parecem ser super produtivas durante a crise do confinamento também têm os seus momentos maus.

No entanto, ninguém vai publicar uma fotografia de si próprio deitado na cama ou de pijama durante alguns dias seguidos.

Lembra-te: it’s okay to feel however you’re feeling. It’s okay to be overwhelmed, anxious, or scared and to feel like an destroço emocional.

It’s okay if you’re not able to do your best in a situation like this. It’s okay if you don’t function well under stress.

After all, you’re just a human being made out of flesh and blood.

You’re not a robot and you don’t have the capacity to just flip a switch and get used to new circumstances in your life overnight.

I’m begging you not to allow yourself to be guilted into being more productive during this time.

Don’t push yourself over your limits and don’t do anything you feel uncomfortable doing.

Don’t let anyone judge you and most importantly, don’t judge yourself. Instead of being self-critical, show some compassion towards yourself.

Passem o vosso tempo a agradar e a  amarmo-nos a nós próprios. Utilize este período para recarregar as suas baterias, de modo a poder enfrentar o que se segue com mais facilidade.