Last week I was diagnosed with flu. It started with tonsillitis, then suddenly fever comes, and I take paracetamol, the fever disappears but after 4 hours it comes again. When the fever always comes back after taking paracetamol for two days, I consulted to a doctor at Medical City here in Eastwood, then the doctor confirms it was a flu. She said I need to have a bed rest for 4 days; I was happy and sad at the same time. I can play mobile legends for 4 days but at the back of my mind, can I survive a week in my bed? Here are the things you can do so that your 4 days bed rest is still productive.

1.Take this time slow down and think about your desires and goals in life.

Since I am in the bed for the whole day, I was able to sleep early and wake up early. Early in the morning, I walk around in Circulo Verde and bought a coffee in the McDonald’s there. The place was quiet and not crowded compare to other McDonald’s, so I take the time to meditate, review and wrote my goals and dreams in life. I realized that I take life so fast and chasing things that didn’t really matters. Starting that day, I ended those activity that I think I am wasting my time and didn’t belong to my futures goals, instead focus and build those things I really value, and I am good at. So, when the flu hits you, take advantage of it.

2. Of course, take medicine and eat well.

Flu is a virus so there’s no cure for it. It needs time to go away in your body. The only prescription the doctor will give you are just bioflu and vitamin C (BeWell C). You must take the paracetamol every 6 hours and vitamin C every after meal for 4 days or more depends on how strong your immune systems. The bioflu is for fever and the BeWell C is to enhance your immune system. Of course, even if you don’t like to eat, you need to force yourself to eat healthy foods such as rice and fruits to enhance your immune systems. Credits to Pinoy MD for photos. Visit their Facebook page here https://www.facebook.com/gma7pinoymd/

3. Enroll your dream online course in Coursera.

Coursera is an online platform with free courses from engineering to finance and anything under the sun. Since I love engineering specially electronics audit courses in power electronics. I learned a lot more about my job. Aside from engineering courses, I also took some accounting and finance subjects, such as accounting and bookkeeping. I feel like I go to graduate school for a week using my smart phones. You can do that too. Visit their website now at https://www.coursera.org/.

4. It’s time to play your favorite mobile or computer games.

I started playing mobile legends again. I am not a fan of computer and mobile games, but games are good killer of your boredom. If you don’t know what to do and don’t want to get crazy, games will save you. During my idle moments, I play mobile legends and shadow fight. It feeds my competitive ego, so I spend an average of 3 hours playing mobile games. I prefer to play Mobile Legends in classic mode so that it won’t hook me into addictions. You must make an extra effort to avoid addictions in games.