How I Cope with Anxiety & Depression in this Current Crisis

The aftermath of the catastrophic tropical cyclone had caused a lot of people in Cebu anxiety and depression but we cannot let this crisis keep us from living the life we want. That's why I started doing things that will help me overcome all these by focusing on things that boost my morale and brings me back to life aside from spending quality time with my family.

Taking care of my emotional well being through fitness

Though fitness does not resolve the core of the anxiety it definitely helps relieve some of the stress and helps me get into a better version of myself.

So, the day after Christmas, I went back to my morning fitness routine. Because of the community clean-up, I and a few residents organized, our playground area and most of the area that we hang out in is now safe and cleaned.

I have been sleeping well and feeling a lot better now. I hope to get back to my Hive projects once the mobile connection gets better and once everyone gets enough rest we got devastated by the typhoon.

Getting my inspiration

On the brighter side, I had opted to focus on things that will inspire me to keep my Hive journey worthwhile and fun while it's hard to organize personal meet-ups because everyone is still recovering after the typhoon hit some parts of the Philippines including Cebu.

I recently upgraded my Canva subscription because I really love using it for my photo headers and I love being creative with the photos and enjoy doing it.

However, due to poor internet connection, it's impossible to even load the whole website on my phone so I had to go outside of our unit to be able to use it.

Aside from the Canva premium subscription, I also upgraded my google drive since I am using it to share photos for @hivecebubloggers materials. And upgrading the storage was such a good idea because now I don’t have to keep deleting the old photos and files.

Unleashing more Hive Creativity

I think it was a little over two weeks since I bought a premium subscription on Filmora on my phone because I have always wanted to try video content creation and upload them on @threespeak. I love the premium features on Filmora because there are so many cool templates and features that you use. I know there are a ton of video editing tools out there but am a little bit familiar with the Filmora app.

That day I subscribed to the premium account, I added some video clips and time-lapses from our Hive Christmas party, last December 11, 2021. Thanks, to@sorenkierkegaard for taking some of the videos for me.

I still have to add some music and texts but it's taking longer because the internet connection is still very slow, and most places do not have any connection at all. Though I cannot wait to share our Christmas video with everyone here on Hive!

Xo,
Gil