The Biggest Prague Lockdown Changes – 4. How to Stay in Touch?

Welcome to the Prague Lockdown mini-series where I share with you my 6 biggest changes caused by the Prague lockdown, how I dealt with them, and some tips which you can try too. This time let’s focus on how to stay in touch.

How to Stay in Touch?

When ‘I’ is replaced with ‘We’, even illness becomes wellness.

Malcolm X

Before the coronavirus, I met friends and had some social or cultural event almost every day. So when this was all suddenly cut off, I was surprised by how well I was able to adapt. Zoom, Skype, Teams, Google Meet… You name it. Those platforms made it easy to move our catch-ups to the online world. Regular video calls with my people satisfy the social needs of an introvert and my boyfriend covers my need for real human contact.

Alex works in a lab while I work from home which gives us both space to miss each other. But ultimately, we spend most of our days together at home. So, how to balance spending quality time together and working on our individual projects? Two romantic words: military efficiency.

First of all, we organize regular tactical meetings. We call them mealtime. Our dining together is of course only cover for us sharing the status of our projects, next steps and time-estimate. 

“I came up with a new line of code and need to program for about two hours,” Alex reports.

“Let’s meet at 21:00 then.” I check the time, “We’ll watch an episode of a TV show and go to bed.”  

“Sir! Yes, sir!” We salute.

At 21:00 sharp, we swap the boot camp for our sweet, sweet sofa and kick our feet up for the rest of the evening.

How to Cope and Stay Sane and Happy amid the Prague Lockdown?

And how do you stay in touch? A lot of you joined in the discussion on my Facebook page and shared your tips. Do you have some more tips on how to deal with the Prague lockdown? Keep the conversation going! 

Read the rest of the posts in the series

1. How to Find the Equilibrium?
2. How to Stay Well-Fed?
3. How to Stay Active
4. How to Stay in Touch?
5. How to Work from Home?
6. How to Keep Up To Date?

Do you miss one resource that is tailor-made for expats living in Prague and will address Covid-19-related issues without an unnecessary fluff? I got you! Here’s a Prague Covid-19 Guide that I prepared for you.

In this guide, I will show you how to navigate life in Prague during the pandemic if you are an English speaker. 

We will cover all essential topics, and you will get quick access to information on: 

How to keep up with what’s going on if I don’t speak Czech?

Where to get reliable and up-to-date information?

What to do in any COVID-19 induced situation?

On top of that, I share how I dealt with the most common day-to-day situations that have changed during the pandemic and offer a couple of tips you can try too.

Get the Prague COVID-19 Guide