How I spent my Lockdown days.

Many of your readers asked me a suggestion on what all to do, what I do and also review on the blogs they started as well. So I am doing this as a part of my Journal blogs, quite out of my conventional monthly journal series. Unlike many of you, I am confused about how to channelise my time not because I don’t have anything to do, but because I am overloaded with work and things to do.

Odisha Govt declared Holiday for all schools and colleges due to Covid 19 epidemic.

Just after the holiday was declared I was in chill mode, I spent the first few days like there was no college ever after. I watched a lot of Youtube video. I also restarted  PUBG which I didn't do for a very long time.

Here are a few things which I did and some I continue to do.

Playing Game

It sounds weird but something I put down just because I didn't have enough time. I restarted playing Euro Truck Simulator 2 where we drive trucks across the Europe-I love that game as I love travelling and I love roads.

I also restarted playing Paladins and my favorite PUBG

College work- Assignments and Online work.

Networking miss just in the first week itself gave two assignments. Soon after that each teacher like competition, are keeping on sending assignments of UPSC and Algorithms, we are asked to do one short assignment every day. Also have SEPM, Web, Mobile Computing and Networking assignment as well.

Cooking

I really miss hotel food now, it has been more than a month since I am eating only homemade food. My mother didn’t allow to eat outside food starting from 10th March. I curse myself for ignoring a lot of restaurants in the locality when there was no covid.

For years, I have consistently been able to manage myself alone at home. At least making omelete if there is batter at home, alluparatha, egg etc. Since quarantine started my urge to explore more food increased and also my urge to cook and eat as well.

I am still determined to continue improving cooking and eating throughout the lockdown and post lockdown also.

Youtube.

Since starting I used to watch a lot of travel videos and things like that but since pandemic, all bloggers are like corona! corona! 

My favourite Digital News, The Lallantop publishes Netanagri story every Saturday where it’s Editor in Chief Saurabh Dwivedi sir and Senior Journalist Rajdeep Sardesai Sir talk on the various important news happening in the country. They have answered two of my questions on the platform and I am very happy about that. The Lallantop was declared as the best Digital news channel Hindi and Rajdeep Sir won the Lifetime achievement award for journalism from INBA. Rajdeep Sir has worked for TOI, then for NDTV, and later started his own TV news network CNN IBN, which later was taken over by Reliance. He now is in Editorial team of India Today TV. The Lallantop has 12 M subscribers on Youtube and is really a very good channel.

Online Courses.

The far most important and the most exciting way I spend my time.

Thank you UNACDEMY and BYJUS IAS.

Movies and Series

I am not a movie maniac. I rarely watch films.But with constant pressure from my sister, I took three months free trial for Amazon Prime. We watch one film every day. I also watched a few documentaries on Iran Nuclear Plants and also on Operation Foxley.

I also restarted watching Pokemon and completed X&Y, my favourite cartoon.

At home, we also video called friends and family members who are their native place.

BOOKS

Completed Marxists Political economy, I rate the book 3/5. Also completed the book on Economics of War, Peace and Terrorism- an American perspective. I am now reading PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION by M Laxmikanth and INDIAN POLITY.

Blogging and Writing

This the last section and I am including this as the last topic. I wrote a lot of blogs and kept it for future publish. I have many articles enough for two months at least. 

Self-Quarantine days are one of the rare time I had ever got. It may not be the best moment ever, but it is enough to make an impact in my life that I will never forget. I don’t see classes starting anytime soon and this status quo will be maintained for now. I am happy enough to stay at home, pursue my passion without any disturbance also I don’t regret missing college too. Certainly, these moments will stay in my heart and thus I decided to document this. It has been a long time since 4 of my family are together for such a long time- 3 weeks over.

My advice will make maximum use of this time to keep yourself entertained and to do something which you wanted to do always or something which you will never be able to do. Most of us will directly set foot to the job soon after college and you won’t time for anything, even for your family. Also, use this time to sharpen your skills and bring up a passion or build your career which you wanted to pursue because career is not formed by your degree but by your skills. That is why people are losing jobs, they will find it hard to restart their career because they were dependant on something which they thought was permanent, say like Travel industry which people once thought to be evergreen field. Now, only people with skills and passion will survive and everyone who entered jobs with nepotism and luck will be thrown out. Many companies have already fired employees. You need to prove that degree is just a piece of paper and ability is something more important for a job.

Do what you guys love and this time is solely for that. Don’t take extra tension. Utilise this time for learning. And do comment on how you guys are spending time in the comments.