Life Lessons and opportunities we got from COVID-19

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The whole world is in a great shock because of virus outbreak named as Corona and this pandemic is known as COVID 19. Our mother earth is rotating but manmade wheels are stopped everywhere. Some are dying, some are hospitalized, some are busy in providing essential services but many are locked down at home. There are several weaknesses and problems created by this COVID 19. Only humanity can survive from this pandemic. Successful people are in control of almost every single situation and found out some juices from it. Let’s discuss how does lockdown teaches us some life lessons and shows many opportunities.

 “Failure is only the opportunity more intelligently to begin again.” -Henry Ford

Be prepared for the next epidemic

The biggest lesson we got is to be ready for the next epidemic which could hit our Mother Earth anytime, anywhere, and in any form? Some pandemic warnings we neglected given by health experts in the last two, three decades. Now, we have seen several drawbacks in the health systems of many countries. It may be related to health workers, medicines, ventilators, other equipment, or synchronization between the health system, administration and general people. Lots of research have been done on several viruses until nature proved more superior to us. So, setting up of proper health system will be the biggest target after COVID-19.

Insurance should be mandatory

Very few people take insurance on a serious note. Even capable persons, also think it as an option. But COVID-19 highlights the importance of health insurance as well as term insurance. Till now 2.6 million corona cases and 184000 deaths are confirmed (source: worldometers), this shows that insurance is not optional. Here are the big market openings for insurance providers.

Relationship building

All over the world peoples are helping each other by all means. But when you stay at home with your relatives and family a strong bond automatically builds. Sometimes your friends, colleagues, and neighbors help you to provide some stuff at home. This is only possible because of a relationship so after COVID-19 gives some efforts to build a sustainable relationship.

Life of minimalism
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COVID-19 demonstrated to us how to live life in a simple way with the least necessities. Even I know this concept from the last few years but this locked down shows me how to maintain life with the least products pretty well. Now I am thinking to remove all the excess possessions I have. So simplicity will be the motto.

Cleanliness

COVID-19 forced us to clean your hands several times a day, which will help us from several infections we face in daily routine. To avoid further infections governments and some social organisations are trying to maintain hygiene all around the globe. So, The mantra of cleanliness should remain as it is after COVID-19, which will help us to reduce mosquitos, house flies, and several other bacteria also.

Work from home

Whether you like it or not but to keep social distancing lots of manpower wrought to work from home. This encouraged people to search for different methods which will help to work from home. This will be the beginning of a journey of some new businesses. Lots of people started to search for how to earn from home. You can click this link for the tips for earning extra money from COVID-19 

Fitness from home

As people are staying at home, this will definitely be going to increase there belly fat and weight. Also, to fight with such kind of viruses one needs to be healthy. This helped people to find different techniques of diet system, workout, and meditation from home, which will provide new opportunities to many job seekers and entrepreneurs.

“Opportunities are like sunrises, if you wait too long, you miss them.” –William Arthur Ward

Eat at home

The National Restaurant Association of India (NRAI) conducted a survey about eating habits which shows whether Indians dine-in restaurants, grab food on the go, or have a meal delivered at home and found that the national average is 6.6 times per month. But COVID-19 stopped it. This made people to make delicious food, to eat at home. This will helps to improve the diet system and immunity.

Increased Social responsibilities

Yes COVID-19 teaches us a lesson that you live in a society where all layers of people reside. You have to help them in this crucial situation. It may be in food, clothing, medicine, donating money, or groceries. By staying home we are fulfilling our social responsibility.

Frontline Warriors

Doctors, nurses, essential service providers and social workers are frontline warriors against the battle of corona virus. They have the highest risk of fatality. So post COVID -19 all governments have the opportunity to protect their health system with proper insulation, instruments, remuneration, etc.

Air pollution reduction

From Wuhan to Washington and New Delhi to New York air pollution has surprisingly reduced only because of this lockdown. From a few decades, air pollution is the most heated topic among the experts. The ranges of Himalaya are visible right from Jalandhar, 100 miles away, after 30 years in India. Strategies like work from home, virtual meeting, to use vehicles for emergencies only could help to reduce the traffic in post COVID-19 also. Companies from all over the world should take serious steps to make a perfect system for work from home.

Online educational growth
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No matter you are learning from colleges or online, education is a need of the hour. To date E-commerce the market is growing at a rapid speed. Post COVID-19 also, online educational courses and classes will massively attract the world. Even a single student can learn online from the best teachers at a reduced cost. Colleges and online classes will require less space, low rent, fewer infrastructure facilities, and students too, save some money from rent, transportation, food, etc.

Covering mouth while sneezing and coughing

Lots of time, doctors and health workers said that we have to imply the habit of covering our mouth while sneezing and coughing. This corona virus pandemic made us cover our mouth and nose with a mask. Several viral and bacterial diseases spread through water droplets and the air we breathe out. The habit of covering our mouth while coughing and sneezing post-COVID-19 also can save us from several diseases.

Financial a crisis can hit you anytime

Because of this pandemic stock markets over the world are plummeting. Factories and several businesses are closed. Even some employees lost their job. This leads to financial and economic loss for several countries. This proves that liquid cash is more important than stocks, gold, real estate, and bank deposits. Everybody must learn how to prepare a diversified financial portfolio to cope up with this kind of situation.

World is made for all

As per human behavior day by day we try to live better and better which leads to deforestation, rising temperature, reducing animal breed, and many more climatic changes but this lockdown wrought a massive change in all these. Whatever the good change we want in nature and climate, it started within a few months of time. So nature has given this opportunity to think again about our dominating civilization. My teacher always used to say "Nature has the power to regain each and everything is lost. Man can do nothing but to see at that time."

Conclusion 

There are thousands of problems in fighting with corona virus but millions of hopes are also there. If we want to be successful we must learn to find some use from every situation. In past, we tackled and learned from epidemics. This COVID 19 opens doors for some opportunities. Now it’s on us How do we take it?