Life of a self-quarantined woman

The spread of coronavirus has touched every corner of daily lives professionally and personally both across the globe. Many companies have asked their employees to work from home leaving you with time to chill at home, watch movies, read your favorite books or doing what you always wanted to do but couldn’t due to lack of time. You get up at your convenient timings, play with your kids, and spend quality time with family. 

But does all this goes the same for the women at home too?

Let us have look at a daily-routine of many women staying at home in this quarantine period:

6 am: washing clothes before the family members get up.

8 am: Doing different breakfast preparations for the family members according to their demands.

9 am: cleaning the house which includes dusting, brooming and mopping (As maids are on leave)

11 am: serving breakfast

12 pm: making preparations for lunch and cleaning the kitchen

1:30 pm: fruit time

2 pm - teaching kids as online classes of most of the schools have started.

3:30 pm: lunchtime

4:39 washing utensils

5 pm: Collecting the washed clothes, wrapping and arranging in their respective almirahs.

6 pm : Teatime with some snacks

6:30 pm: washing utensils

7 pm: Making dinner preparations

8:30 pm: ironing the washed clothes

9:30 pm- dinner time

11:30 pm: washing utensils

Midnight: go to bed

Where is her self-quarantined life like yours in this busy schedule?

Are they also getting leave from their work or are they allowed to cook according to their timings? Or can they entertain kids at their convenient timings? Or are they getting any type of support in washing clothes? How much she is enjoying? Or how many hobbies is she pursuing?  Why is it restricted to washing clothes, utensils, cleaning, mopping, etc?

Don't you think their lives lack something?

Many of the homemakers are lucky enough to get the support but what about others?

Instead, they got busier after all the family members are at home and maids are on leave.

Don’t forget she is not only your mom or wife or a closed one to your heart but a human being too. Instead of helping her, we keep ourselves busy with what we like and don’t care about her ‘me time’.

She tries to do all the work without expecting anything in return. Don’t you think your being at home should make her work lighter?

What you can do to help her?

• Try helping her in cooking
• Try doing your homework yourself
• You can help her with washing clothes
• You can iron the clothes

You can also try giving them some time for themselves by doing their small works. Don’t feel down while helping her, after all, she is also a part of your family and a human being too.

These small efforts from you will bring a glow of happiness on their face. They will become more dedicated and will do your work more heartedly. Try it. It works.

I hope this small write-up from my side will open the eyes of many and many homemakers will be able to enjoy a small ‘me time’ that will bring happiness on their faces.