Human Being or Human Going: Which One Are You?
Source: Adventure Associates We are now experiencing a new norm. Most of us are spending the majority of our time at home either working or studying. Both situations are products of the strongly implemented safety measures against the COVID-19 crisis, whether it's the enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) in the Philippines or the circuit breaker in Singapore. While it's important to use the time that we now have to reassess our priorities, we also have to keep in mind that this is not a productivity contest. Using this quiet time only as an opportunity to show other people how productive we are, does not only cause us to feel pressured but it also negatively affects our mental well-being in the long run. When we observe that other people around show their upbeat state of being productive - such as gaining those perfect abs or mastering a difficult skill - we then begin to think that we must as well maximize the time that we have now to show that we too are cap...