December 07, 2020, Florida, USA — (https://okayrelax.com/back-to-basics/) The pandemic has brought upon global health and economic woes; everyone from around the world are with no exceptions--rich or poor, big or small, young and old, the virus has one way or another affected all of us.

In spite of everything seemingly not going well, the pandemic has taught us and given us opportunities to look into what is truly needed and which are unimportant, in order for us to survive. In this article, we talk about the changes the pandemic has brought upon us, and what should we be doing about it.

Food preparation and consumption is one of the many things that changed globally. With some governments enforcing reduced human-to-human contact, restaurants and food services had to reduce operationability and some smaller ones unfortunately even had to close business altogether. Delivery services suddenly grew in demand. And our cautiousness has also risen, as we want to ensure that the food we receive, prepare, and eat are disinfected and/or free from contamination.

Aligned with ensuring virus-free food preparation is the next thing that has seen a major change globally: health and safety measures. If before the pandemic, we used to wash hands very few times a day, now we do it more often to the point of some hands getting drier from frequent washing and soaping. Masks became mandatory and some even require facial shields. Before, we used to have a ‘normal’ hygiene routine. Now, we have to double or even triple our disinfection practices.

Next, as people are now more at home rather than outside, time with our family and for ourselves are more attainable. If you are the type of person who are always on-the-go and used to be mobile all the time, today, you are forced to stay at home most of the time, if not all the time. This has given you the opportunity to spend more time with your family. Or if you were already an at-home, introverted kind of person even before the pandemic, then today has given you opportunities to improve the quality of your time with your family. Either way, and altogether, we now have more opprtunities for quality time at home.

Despite having most of us stay at home to survive, businesses try to maintain operations and survive as well. But because of the adjustments brought about by the pandemic, the full, usual in-house team is not possible anymore. OkayRelax is a virtual assistant services provider with a roster of trained virtual personal assistants for hire, ready to take on your business needs. Virtual assistants can take on the tasks needed for your business operation without hindrance as they work remotely, thus removing any concern of pandemic countermeasures affecting their work.
Be sure to check out the full blog post on “Back to Basics, and Then Some” at the OkayRelax website and learn how hiring an online personal assistant can help you do business while surviving the pandemic.