During the coronavirus mandatory isolation requirements, levels of depression, anxiety, stress, unusual sleep patterns, and even high blood pressure have all been found to increase among everyday citizens.
Keeping yourself busy seems to be the easiest way to get rid of stress and unhappy thoughts. So why not try your best to make someone else happy – while still obeying social distancing laws?
These uncertain times are taking a toll on everyone, especially health care and law enforcement workers. Not only can the following ideas help strangers in social isolation, it can also relieve a bit of the stress on health care workers by putting a smile on their face – without leaving your property, coming within 1.5m of anyone, or costing you anything.
Ordinary citizens are taking initiatives and so the trend of spreading positive energy during these trying times is like a ray of sunshine on a cloudy day. So let’s all add to it, to do our part in making the world a better place.
- Chalk Art
Whip out some chalk
and write a positive message on your driveway or the sidewalk so that strangers can see it, like this artist from Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, reported on the ABC news Australia.
You can make your own sidewalk chalk too using this simple recipe.
2. Painted rocks
Find some rocks in your garden and paint designs
or short messages on them and leave them around the neighbourhood, like these kids in Santa Clarita, California, United States, reported in the LA Times.
3. Door Frame Decoration
Cut out paper letters to make a positive message to stick on your door, like this family in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, reported in the CTV news.
4. Window Messages
Write or draw something positive on a large sheet of paper and stick in your window, like these kids in Brooklyn, New York, United States, reported on the ABC News.
5. Lawn Posters
Grab some poster board and craft up a note of appreciation to health care workers to put in your lawn, like this family in Nolensville, Tennessee, United States, reported in the ABC news.
Do you have a way to show some positivity around the neighbourhood that wasn’t in this article? Share it with us in the comments!
Check out this tutorial for making fluffy sidewalk chalk paint
