Few RITUALS to follow to manage your time well during COVID19 LOCKDOWN:

1. Keep the house organized, else this will burden your mind with extra work to be done. Don’t be worried about coronavirus coverage from all kinds of media sources. Spend limited time on it. A study from the University of Cincinnati showed that 85% of what we worry about never actually happens.
2. With this newfound time, think of doing something different. Make a COVID19 diary, to put all your good and bad thoughts into it. It will be a good remembrance for you in the future. This kind of journaling would keep you engaged for some time in the day.
3. Maintain a healthy relationship with the partner and avoid the stressors as that would lead to unproductive time. Recognize that both people may not cope in the same way and hence you need to sit and listen to each other and give time too. Especially if both of you are working from home together for the first time.
4. Family dynamics and daily routines have drastically changed, for example, managing kids’ emotions, their playtime, online classes all would demand your time and you need to have some routine in place. Make it daily or weekly is what you need to experiment.
5. Lastly, keep sharing your schedule and communicate a lot. Don’t live under the assumption that your time will be understood by family all the time. Your meeting schedule and break times should be explained so that accordingly responsibilities can be shared.