Mayo Clinic offers suggestions for self-care during the pandemic.

Here are a few tips you can use to take care of yourself:

Physical health:

• Fuel your body by eating a healthy, well-balanced diet and drinking plenty of water.

• Aim to get seven to eight hours of sleep each night.

• Exercise every day.

• Take deep breaths and stretch often.

• Avoid risky or destructive behaviors, such as abusing alcohol or drugs, excessive gambling or ignoring public health recommendations.

• Spend time outside, such as going for a walk in the park, but follow social distancing guidelines.

Mental health:

• Set and maintain a routine at home.

• Focus on things you can control.

• Use technology to maintain social connections with your loved ones. Consider a regular check-in schedule to give you something to look forward to.

• Focus your thoughts on the present and things to be grateful for today.

• Listen to music or read books.

• Consume reliable news sources that report facts, and avoid media that sensationalizes emotions. Limit your exposure or take a break from news and social media if you find that it makes you anxious.

• Lean on your personal beliefs and faith for support.

• Look for ways to help your community, such as blood donations, checking on older people in your neighborhood, or donating supplies or money to local organizations.

• Acknowledge and appreciate what others are doing to help you and your community.