 Hello dear friends Rob Greenfield here, and I'm making this video today because I know a lot of you are Sitting at home in some very difficult times in isolation because of the current situation that many of us are in all over the entire world and my heart and my love goes out to all of you these are absolute difficult times and and I'm and I'm here with you and I Wanted to really share this video because I think for a lot of us. This is an opportunity To actually Improve our lives. I think this can be an opportunity for a lot of us to actually set ourselves on a path of Living more in alignment with our beliefs setting our actions in alignment with our beliefs and living the way that we've been Maybe yearning for and striving for for for years or for some of us decades And so the focus of this video today is things that you can do To use your time wisely in the current situation that we're in but not just Use this time but actually come out of this situation Possibly better than you went into it how you can actually walk away from here having set your life in The path that you're that you're striving for and so I want to share about 10 or 15 different Ideas that I have have for you So first of all one of them I'd like to share with you is growing some of your own food Millions of people right now are waking up and realizing That they want their food to be growing right there at home in their communities and not having to be shipped from far Around the world so some of us who have access to our yards and Who can order seeds online or already have some seeds at home can start growing some of our own food now Some of us are in a little more of a difficult situation where we might not be able to Have access to a garden But you might be able to order seeds online and get some basic soil and start growing a little bit of food in pots On your balcony or in your windowsill So this is a time when we can start connecting with our food start growing some of our own food and start gaining independence from the global industrial food system Along that same note the next one is foraging there's food growing freely and abundantly all around us and What's amazing is that a lot of us have food growing right in our yards in our front yards in our back yards in the Abandoned lots next door along the sidewalk on our walks to the grocery store There's food growing freely and abundantly all around us So one thing that we can do during this time is learn the foods that are growing in the area You could pick up some foraging books You can order those online or pick them up at a library if there's a library open still But there's a lot of foraging resources online as well. So foraging is something Learning the plants of your area another thing that we can do during this time that you can do you're doing to kid that you can do during this time is Be of service. So there are a lot of people in need right now. I mean, let's be honest there's a lot of people in need always and so now is the time when you can be of service to people in whatever way that is if you're if Possible, maybe you could be delivering groceries to an elder who's not able to go out themselves So figure out ways that you can be of service There's a lot of ways that you can be of service without leaving your house through the computer or through the phone You could be giving people comfort calls and checking in with them if you have a skill, maybe you're a Psychologist you could be helping people over the phone instead. So think about it brainstorm What are your skills and how can you be of service to people during these difficult times and and all the time? Now this is also a time when you can be of service to yourself as well And one of the ways that you can be of service to yourself is to educate yourself This is an amazing time to gain knowledge that you've been wanting to gain a lot of people are very interested that follow this channel in permaculture and You can actually earn your permaculture design certificate online and you can do it in a matter of a couple weeks So imagine that this situation that we're in you're able to walk out of it With a permaculture design certificate extremely knowledgeable on permaculture and that's just one thing There's many things that you can educate yourself on what is it that you've been really wanting to educate yourself on and you Can take this time to do that Another thing you can do right now is you can build skills. There's a lot of skills that we can develop at home Just as a few things to come to mind. It could be repairing. Maybe you want to learn how to sew It could be craft work knitting for example, or maybe it's something like art. Maybe it's woodwork Maybe you have a garage with some tools There are a lot of skills that we can learn. There's also computer-based skills. Maybe you want to be able to Design websites to help people with sustainability who have ideas that you want to help get out there So this is a time that we can learn skills. Another thing is a language Maybe you've been wanting to learn a language. This is another beautiful time to be able to do that and you could do some of that via face calls with people who speak that language and at the same time have some Have some connection in that way a really important thing to do is is just to maintain if we want to Come out of this situation actually better than we went into it Then we have to take care of ourselves and we have to maintain ourselves and not let ourselves slip away So some physical activity if you're in a place where you can still go for a walk That's something that I would that I would highly recommend and encourage is just getting out Going for a walk and being able to do that in a safe way if you aren't able to even get outside and go for a walk Then at home You can make sure that there's yoga is something that you can do in small spaces right in an apartment or a house Just basic stretching. I mean a Lot of the stretching that I do people would maybe call it yoga, but I was stretching long before I ever did any kind of yoga and just Basic stretching. Oh, I mean, I don't want to stop this already feels so good and Along that, you know some physical movement. The other thing is Our our minds so we have to take care of our bodies. Oh along that lines This is a wonderful time to be able to eat healthy could be an option to build good eating patterns Which could be difficult but making sure to take care of ourselves eating healthy during this time will help with our mental clarity and Depression and things like that really helpful to eat healthy So along the lines of that is also meditating or breath work. So taking care of ourselves mentally and Some basic meditation goes a long way. You don't have to be You don't have to be good at meditating. Just taking the time to sit. I Was just about to cross my legs because that's what I generally do, but you don't even have to do that And just taking a little bit of time and something that I love to do myself That really grounds me as doing 10 ohms a day And I'm not especially good at ohms, but I'm going to do one just to show you I mean Just just once I feel that the difference it makes and just the peacefulness that I feel if I'm just doing that once And again, you don't have to be good. It just has to feel good. That's all that matters The long long the same lines though is just breathing just deep breathing just and if every hour You can just do 10 deep breaths that makes such a huge difference and For others who have skill in that already who have done a lot of that You can go deeper deeper with your your meditation and with your breath work and deeper within yourself That is a very positive way to use this time and to To work forward This is also a time to expand our minds. There are many ways to expand minds for some people That could be that this is a beautiful time to Work with plant medicines to expand our minds, but for other people it could be it could be just basic Breath work and meditation going within a time to really self-reflect There are many ways to to expand our minds education is another one So that's a beautiful way to spend this time now Back to some more, you know physical things If you are not really happy with your house Then this is a beautiful time to downsize declutter and organize Imagine that you know once we're able to go out into the world again Imagine that your house is the way you've wanted it for years that you've managed to organize it and declutter it and downsize your life and get rid of all the stuff that's not serving you and sure at the moment You might not be able to get rid of everything But you could pack it all up and have it ready to be able to donate and Distribute after you know we're out of this situation But imagine having your house really be comfortable and the way that you want it where you can use the space well And and really be efficient with it. So it's a beautiful time to to downsize declutter and and simplify Another wonderful thing to do right now is finish projects So you might have projects that you've been working on for month weeks months years And maybe this is a time when you could finish those projects so that when you're when we're done with this situation When we're out of it You have created that free time to be present and in the moment because you've finished these things that were sort of holding you back These projects that you've been trying to finish so finishing up those projects is a wonderful thing and then a Couple more things. This is a beautiful time to strengthen relationships It can be a time to strengthen relationships with ourselves But a beautiful time to strengthen relationships with others a lot of us are you know kind of locked down with a Couple of people or a few people it could be our families our roommates This is a beautiful time to choose to really nurture those relationships Go deep into them and have discussions that are needed to make sure that the relationships are serving everybody in their best interest and Really, you know expressing your care and your love and your commitment to those relationships and iron ironing things out Working things out that need to be so you know strengthening really strengthening relationships and Another you know meaningful thing to set forward could be Using this as an opportunity to to either say sorry if there's people that you feel like deserve an apology for things that you've done wrong this could be a beautiful time to Gus you know muster up that strength and say sorry and apologize to people who deserve it and For on a personal level for you. This could also be an amazing time to forgive and Forgiving can be beneficial to the person you forgive But really forgiving is is for yourself if you're holding on to things that are holding you back and Holding you down Forgiving is one of the best gives that gifts that you can give to yourself by by releasing that and not letting that hurt Continue to hurt you so this is a an amazing time to forgive So I just wanted to share those with you I I'm personally here in southern France on lockdown I'm in this room that I'm staying in I'm thankful to be next to some woods that I'm able to go out for a walk in every day It's just some small woods. I've been here for over two weeks and heaven And I've got to go to the grocery store once, but I am choosing to do a lot of what I just described use this as a time to really Be of service to you know connect with people For me I'm using this as a time to really catch up on some things that I've been wanting to do And so I'm using this as a beautiful time and a lot of us lived live and privileged scenarios where we still do have the ability to and I'm sure not you can't do all of these things and it's easy to just look at your situation and and want to focus on just the negatives But if you're watching this video There's a very very very good chance that you have the power right now to make positive changes And the idea of these positive changes is to use this time wisely and Actually again be able to step out of this in a better place that you went into it That is how you can turn this negative situation into something positive for you And again my heart and my love pours out to people who are really in deeply difficult scenarios because of this And this is in no way me down playing that but for so many of us This is a time where we can grow and use that as a way to improve the world around us and Create more resilient communities create more resilient selves. So That's it for today. I'll be here producing more videos to help you live the lives that you dream that you desire and if you got a lot out of this video then definitely share it with friends definitely subscribe and Go ahead and ask questions in the comment section if you'd like as well. So I love you all very much and sending my best to you and See you soon. Hopefully for a hug in real life one of these days not too far off. All right. Bye