3 personal stories about how life changed during self-isolation

The Podorozhnik podcast is a joint project of Lifehacker and Yandex. Taxi". In the second season, we talk about the heroes of our time - people who, even in a pandemic, continue to work, do good deeds and help others.

In every episode of the podcast, we meet three characters. These are people of different ages, different professions and from different cities. In our podcast, they will share their tips and thoughts to help you survive the quarantine easier and better understand what is happening in the country during a pandemic.

1:11 - get to know the heroes of the third episode. Maria (psychologist, family psychotherapist and co-founder of the coronavirus pandemic) will talk about how life has changed during the coronavirus pandemic. kindergarten in Moscow), Artyom (courier from Moscow) and Anna (media coordinator of Greenpeace Russia from the Moscow region Dolgoprudny).

1:44 - we recall together with the heroes when the need to isolate oneself became obvious to everyone. Anna, her husband and two children closed their homes a little earlier than most other people - they learned the alarming news from the doctors they know, registered on Facebook. Maria heard about the pandemic from clients and friends in Spain and Italy and went out of town with her family.

4:02 - we figure out how to spend time in self-isolation with benefit. Anna says that she rediscovered sports and learned to keep herself in shape without leaving home.

5:37 - we figure out how to keep the boundaries between remote work, household chores and leisure. Maria explains how she manages to recuperate after a long day at home. For example, she decided to completely give up cleaning on the weekend.

6:20 - we share tips on how to maintain psychological comfort during self-isolation. For example, make a schedule for the week and structure your day as much as possible, monitor your diet and not read all the news in a row.

7:19 - heroes talk about how courageous couriers help them survive self-isolation. Maria orders baby clothes and food for elderly relatives. And the courier Artyom thinks that people have become much friendlier - even though he can see them from a distance, delivering orders without contact.

9:49 - Artyom shares his impressions of how the attitude towards the work of couriers has changed throughout the country. It seems to him that they began to be noticed more often, and many themselves began to consider the possibility of doing delivery.

10:21 - we understand how our relations with loved ones in self-isolation have changed. Anna noticed that she had more time to answer children's questions, and also talked about an evening ritual that allows children to go to bed on time.

The next episode of the "Plantain" podcast is coming soon. In it we will talk about how not to get sick during a pandemic.

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