The outbreak of COVID-19 has changed the world a lot. Months of lockdown and stay-at-home order impacted our daily lifestyle. A few years back, people used to consider Work from Home or WFH as a luxury. But now, it has become necessary.

Apart from this, people are buying things online more than ever, doing online classes, and so on. Many experts speculate that some of the new trends, such as Work from Home or WFH, will stay forever.

Impacts of COVID-19 on Daily Lifestyle

1. Work & Office

Before COVID-19, most people never thought that there would be a time when they would have to work from home. But since the outbreak of COVID-19, everything has changed. As I mentioned earlier that, work from home isn’t a luxury now; it’s mandatory.

Now, people who used to spend eight to ten hours at their office spend this time at their home and do all their office work from their home.

However, there are few drawbacks of Work from Home. For example, now people will have to sit for hours in front of their laptop or desktop. As a result, many of the people are having back problems and eye related problems.

2. Online Classes

Due to the pandemic, governments and responsible bodies had to shut down schools and colleges. Finding no other way, all the schools and colleges moved online. But this has impacted the lifestyle of students both in a good and bad way.

For example, now students won’t have to travel for hours to attend their school and colleges. They can attend all their classes from their home. But the negative side of online classes is that social interaction between the students has dropped significantly. As a result, students now feel lonelier, and many have started to suffer from depression.

3. Hygiene

As COVID-19 can transmit from one person to another, the importance of hygiene has increased a lot. Before COVID-19, the mask wasn’t necessary. But now, it is punishable not to wear a mask outside. This rule has impacted our daily lifestyle heavily. For example, mask has become a part of our daily fashion.

Again, as COVID-19 can spread by our hands, people are now washing their hands more regularly and carries a hand sanitizer with them whenever they go out.

4. Online Shopping

As people cannot go shopping physically, most people are relying on online shopping more than ever. People now can have all the facilities of a physical shop by sitting at their home. Experts are suggesting that this trend will continue in the upcoming days as well.

5. Health & Fitness

This pandemic has taught us about how important our health is. Now, people are concerned about their health more than ever. As gyms were closed during this pandemic, many people tried different types of home workouts to keep themselves fit. We are seeing a trend that the people are looking for houses that has specific exercise corner. We can expect this trend in the future as well.