Covid-19, Changing Millennials Lifestyle Forever!

This year has taught us that everything around us is just not constant. Before the pandemic, our life was pretty busy and hectic, and we enjoyed it that way without worrying about the consequences. Human's actions have an equal and opposite reaction.

Today’s youth gives a lot of importance to survive in the competition be it in terms of studies, corporate, social media, and many more other things, and slowly they have stopped giving importance to their own life. This year has turned our life upside down, but sometimes you have to let life turn you upside down, so you can learn how to live right side up. 

This is so relatable:)

Being quarantined at home has shown us a new approach in accepting new things in our life. Outdoor parties have now become indoor parties but instead of celebrating it with our friends we celebrate it with our family, right from birthday celebration, to anniversary celebration and many more. For some of them celebrations are over the video calls through various applications and this has even brought them closer to their friends and families. Many things in and around us has changed- delicious food is being cooked at home, online lectures can now be attended while sitting at home, regular video calls are made to our loved ones and we all are loving it. This was the break we all needed and it is turning out to be a beautiful story which is shared by everyone sitting at home.

Lets look into the change in Lifestyle of Millennials which will be accepted Forever:

Change is Inevitable. Change is Constant-

We all face changes everyday in our life whether it was before the pandemic or after the pandemic. We all have accepted the change and adapted ourselves. This pandemic has brought a humongous change in our daily lives. When the lockdown was announced in every parts of the world, respective companies started working from home, this change has turned out to be productive among all of us as lot of time is saved because then we don't need to travel much as virtual meetings are conducted through various applications, minimal dressing is done which makes oneself look presentable. Schools and colleges have started conducting online lectures for their students which is more easy for them to attend because before this pandemic getting up early was a task for every student and their mothers. Webinars are more in need these days and attended by many. The webinar is basically seminars arranged online, a subject expert or industry expert organizes a webinar to share his experiences and expertise regarding a particular topic to the interested audience who have signed up for it. Looking into all this the digital transformation is amazing and accepted by many and as rightly said by - 

Brian Solis- "Digital transformation is more about humans than digital."

YouTube has become everyones therapy-

Today social media plays a very important role for everyone because users spend a lot of time on various social media applications and has become one of the medium for all sorts of information. YouTube has become one of the mainstream platform, which is viewed by everyone. In this pandemic people are more active on various online platforms and because of this the viewers have adapted for a change. Influencers are motivating their viewers to be more conscious about their health at this point of time, so people have started working out at home by doing basic exercises. Many influencers post their stories on YouTube, by posting their daily activities thus influencing others to keep themselves engaged and motivated by doing some kind of activity. Many of them have started "21Days Challenge" for meditation and its been easy for others to follow as they motivate their friends and relative to do it and in a way this has brought them even closer. Many of us have adopted eating a lot healthy veggies and have reduced eating less fat products. Thus this pandemic has taught how health should be the first priority of everyone because if you are Healthy than only you are Wealthy.

Hobby is essential for life-

Hobby plays a very important role in everyone's lives. They make us happy and keeps us engaged during our free time. Hobbies changes one prespective and helps one to escape from the real world thus helping one to forget their worries. When we are done with all the household chores, office work, or studies and we still have time left for us. People have started taking up new hobbies and this has brought an unexpected joy to them. Many of us have come up with their own pages on various social media by putting up the activities they do daily such as painting, gardening, singing, doodling, journaling, cooking, baking, reading etc. This motivates others on social platform to atleast give it a try and thus motivation cycle continues. Even when this pandemic gets over people won't stop doing this because inculcating this hobby has made them happier and for some this has turned out as a source of income.And this quote is very much accurate: 'Find three hobbies you love - One to make you money, One to keep you in shape, and one to be creative.'

Learning never exhausts ones mind-

Learning is a continous process and one can never stop learning and age is just a number when it comes to learning. Learning opens up new skills, knowledge, capabilities, and change our attitudes. In this lockdown digital learning has been very important because there are many tools and strategies which is different because through digital learning many live case studies are discussed of many companies. Digital learning gives you a very different experience and many of these courses are even free of cost on many websites like Coursera, Google Garage, Udemy, Alison, Khan Academy and many more. These courses are advanced according to the need of the industry and this has been used a lot by many interns and students who have passed out so that these courses makes a difference in their career. Through this it is understood that sharing is good and with technology sharing is easy.

George Couros is a leading educator in the area of innovative leadership, teaching and learning. One of the best quote given by him on digital learning - "Technology will not replace great teachers but technology in the hands of the great teachers can be transformational."

They say that a coin has two sides and in the same way this pandemic has shown us both the sides. Online learning, helping others through social media platforms has brought us closer. Clearly we would not have opted for this kind of lifestyle but after this pandemic we all are loving the change and accepting the digital transformation.

"Slaying Together By Staying Home Together."