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How To Ease The Pressures Of Virtual Socializing During COVID-19
Use this strategy to maintain personal time when under pressure to participate in online social engagements.
Many of us who are quarantined at home during the COVID-19 pandemic have found video conferencing platforms such as FaceTime, Zoom, and Skype to be indispensable tools, allowing us to stay in virtual touch with co-workers, friends, and family.
In fact, organizing virtual socials and events — like online watch parties for television series and movies — has exploded in popularity due to our current reality of social distancing and isolation.
Virtual socializing is a saving grace because we have a visceral need to feel connected to others. It helps us combat loneliness, cabin fever, and allows us to feel engaged with the world around us.
But as many are discovering, there are downsides to socializing online.
The most significant is feeling a heavier sense of obligation to participate in online social events — even when we do not have a desire to do so.
This heavier burden arises from the fact that, for those of us who are very fortunate to be able to work from home, the demands on our time remain considerable.
