The year 2020 has been an adventurous roller coaster ride, which is mostly a downturn ride, I wish this time passes soon and waiting for better days. Every day I wake up to hear some good/positive news to feel a little better. Surprisingly, I never imagined phasing these low times this good. Holding up and trying not to give up soon. It is a difficult time which teaches us to be prepared for unexpected, It is like hope for the best but prepares for the worst. I am going to share a few things I have learned this year so far.
Author: Yogita Sharma
We are living in Japan and observing the situation and responses worldwide through social media and friends about lockdown and quarantine. Everyone asks me how is the situation in Japan and what actions are being taken to prevent the infection. I am sharing my experience as living in Nagoya, the third most populated city in Japan.
How to be Productive during COVID19 Pandemic
By Yogita Sharma on April 13, 2020When life gives you lemons better take out juice, make margaritas and then store some. Time seems to have seized for each one of us to rejuvenate nature including us. These pandemic days are difficult for all of us in different ways. We might not be able to pursue daily tasks but we can utilize it in many ways while staying at home. When quarantine arrived with this pandemic initially we were stuck. We all are facing a different crisis but we still have ourselves and our family together, and slowly we found different ways to get involved in different productive and self-constructing activities. The things we were postponing since long have now got in a routine, the guitar hanging as a showpiece with the dust settling on it over time has now getting finger strokes. All those saved recipes on Instagram are now in action and so on.
I am just fed up with questions like, “what do you do a whole day while you are not working?” “What do you do to pass your time at home?” “You must not have any work” After being asked this question, again and again, I asked this question to myself and tried to sort out my whole day’s routine and I tried to figure out what is called work exactly. (Is work is something which earns you money). I tracked the time taken by me in each task I do. I am not a hard-working homemaker, I just like my house clean and stomach full and things ready before me and my husband need them. I am not an extraordinarily strong woman, I work until I feel the energy and do not mind to take a break or watch Netflix or talk to the family. This article is not the one with a feminist motive but as these are mostly women who keep things clean, and ready for the family. I tried to figure out my day at home, it is not hectic I would say but as to your curiosity I am not sitting on the couch, munching snacks and just binging on some movies. Even when I am alone, I need clean clothes, a clean house, and food.
Lately, I have watched some of the best series on Amazon Prime as well. I think I am done for this year and can share the review. I keep on watching many seasons but I can keep my interest for few till the last episode. I think it is a nice escape from social media and good for a change of mind. You will find a variety in my review. It is engaging to watch them solving crime cases with logic and everything helps me use my mind more efficiently. LOL
Get to the review now and if you have some good ideas, share them now in the comment.
When I visited Japan as an Indian I found many things new and fascinating for me. Everything was entirely different as in India. There were a few things that were hard to believe. Like, there are no bank-cheques, there are no signatures but a signature stamps for every individual. You mostly have to carry cash because most places only deal in cash, In many temples, you have to pay to visit-fee. I am sharing a few of the things which were surprising to me at first and were kind of culture shock for me as an Indian.
It will be almost a year since I moved to the land of the rising Sun, (Japan) with my husband, I am always curious about the culture, thinking, habits and vision of the people. I have seen and met people and have observed them. I find it very fascinating what makes people who they are and how they live. There are many things I would like to share about Japan. I will start with their health and what are the things that keep them so fit. Japanese people are considered fittest in the World and they live longer than the rest of the world, and I cannot agree more with it. There are some thing s I started to believe once I saw with my eyes
Staying in shape sometimes become difficult with a modern busy lifestyle, and we either try to find easier alternatives or sometimes we give up. Do not ever give up on yourself or your health. If we intend, we will anyhow find ways. Though I will say if you want flowers you have to at least water every day or some days in a week. But if you stop giving water, it will slowly die. And for lazy people like me, we find easy way to do difficult things.
I have shared 10 easy ways to stay in shape:
This year I have been a fan of Netflix’s Series, I am really amazed by the concept and such a real-life natural picturization in each series. Personally, Thrillers, Fantasy, Fiction, Suspense, and Sci-fi is my choice. I appreciate it when some people can beautifully turn their imagination into reality onscreen. I am sharing the reviews of most of the Series I have watched this year. Some of them were so good, that you won’t regret the watch.
So, without much ado, I will share my brief review
If you enjoy cooking for your family and love to shop for groceries. Being a homemaker is the hardest job ever, I want to tell all the mothers and wives out there who spend their time in making their family member’s life convenient and healthy. Juggling with so many things every day from cleaning, laundry, shopping to cooking, dishes, organizing a home is a neverending job. The one who cooks has other people’s health in their hands. So, let us make it more organized and planned. If you do not yet know the benefits of meal planning, have a look at my previous blog here. You will save more money and time with meal planning. It is not hard at all. You just have to follow three simple steps.