Die duiwel is ‘n virus
Sê ‘n vriend nou die dag so half terloops: Weet jy, ek dink die duiwel is ‘n virus. En ek dink sowaar, dis net so. En ek begin ‘n lysie in my kop maak van die eienskappe wat dié twee in gemeen het – die duiwel en COVID 19.
Are you in control of what you think?
One of the side-effects of the present lockdown state, is that we have more time to think. This could be a good thing – for those who have learnt the skill of being positive and making the best of any situation. But it could be devastating for the professional worriers – who default to worst-case scenarios, agonising about the physical and economic effects of COVID 19.
Ons wêreld het verander
Dis nie meer ‘n voorspelling nie – dis nou ‘n feit: Ons leef nie meer in dieselfde wêreld nie. Ons het aan die slaap geraak in een wêreld en wakker geword in ‘n splinternuwe, onderstebo wêreld. Disney World, New York, Parys en plekke met blink ligte het dof geword. Selfs gevaarlik.
Worry
We are such good worriers – in the worry sense of the word, that is.
And COVID-19, I am sure, has done nothing to alleviate this destructive habit.
Geskiedenis Maak
Op skool was ek nie regtig lief vir geskiedenis nie. Want ek het nog nooit daarvan gehou om dinge uit my kop uit te leer nie. Soos datums en oorsake en gevolge van oorloë.
Stress Handling Tips 3
A scientific definition of stress recently stopped me in my tracks. Physics describes it as the force that produces strain on a physical body and ultimately makes it snap. What startled me, was the sentence: Objects subject to stress tend to become distorted or deformed.
Sjokoladebruintjies
Ek het so pas my sewende versoek gekry om ‘n resep te deel. Dis deel van #Kwarantynkosmaak en ek is ‘n spesiaal-genooide wat mag deel in die avontuur. Die opdrag is om vir die persoon in #1 ‘n vinnige, maklike resep aan te stuur. Stap 2 is om die naam in #2 dan bo-aan te sit, jou eie naam in #2 in te skryf en die meegaande vriendelike speletjie te stuur na 20 van jou vriende.
Stress Handling Tips 2
We cannot avoid stress – we can only manage it. It has become part of our daily existence. In our previous blog, we had a closer look at Exercise as a first go-to stress management tool. We now look at a few other stress relief mechanisms we could practise.
Stress Handling Tips 1
Stress is a normal part of life. It is the body’s reaction to any change that requires an adjustment or response. The body reacts to these changes with physical, mental, and emotional responses.
Kom ons leer by Dr Seuss
Today you are You, that is truer than true. There is none alive who is Youer than You.