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5 Reasons Why We Need To Prepare Retirement Fund Early. Financial freedom is when we no longer need to work from dawn to dusk, but abundant income still comes smoothly. We don't work for money, but money works for us. Isn't this really amazing? Especially Bismillahirrahmaanirrahiim when we have entered an unproductive age, ideally our focus is no longer busy making money but how to enjoy togetherness with our children and grandchildren and other religious activities.

Once upon a time a friend said to me, " Your job is good Rie, working as a civil servant gets a fixed salary and you can still retire later. But I have no pension, after work my salary stops and there is no pension ."

I have heard statements like this several times, from different people. These questions that come out of the heart are now even more heart-wrenching during the pandemic. An unexpected situation, suddenly a massive pandemic occurred.

My friend's question made me feel how important it is for us to prepare for retirement because in 10 or 20 years, we never know what other unforeseen circumstances might happen. It is unavoidable, but at least we have preparations, especially financially, to minimize the impact.

Why Do We Need to Prepare for a Retirement Fund? What is the Purpose of a Pension Fund?

Yes.. most of us must have that question and many more.

The simplest reason why we have to prepare a pension fund since we start working, so that when we enter old age we are no longer burdened with daily expenses, so that we can achieve what is called financial independence. Everyone hopes to achieve financial independence after retirement, and more importantly, to break the chain of the sandwich generation.

The sandwich generation is those who have to support their parents or other family members. For those who are married, in addition to having to meet the needs of their own families, this generation also has to bear the finances of their parents or other relatives.

When we're in retirement age period and the ability to carry the burdens of life has decreased, we hope that we will not be a burden to others even though they are our own family like our children. In addition to these basic reasons, there are many reasons why we need to prepare for retirement early and some of them are as below:

The cost of living will increase by the time. Daily needs continue to grow and require more expensive funding from year to year.
The ups and downs of economic conditions are in sync with social polemics, political issues to the current pandemic. No one can predict when a crisis will occur, for example when there is a COVID-19 pandemic which has a wide impact, not only on the health aspect but also on the overall social and economic aspects affected by the pandemic.
Uncertainty about our jobs in the future because there is no guarantee whether we can be free from the threat of layoffs or the like that causes us to be unemployed (temporarily or for long time)
Unpredictable physical or health conditions. Yes, everyone wants to be healthy and fit until old and dead. But also the fact that when a person enters old age, health problems (degenerative) such as dementia, diabetes, impaired kidney function, lung function, hypertension, and other non-communicable diseases will become chronic and multi-pathological if not treated immediately. As figure out from just one aspect of disease, the estimated financing is not cheap and requires a relatively long time to recover.
In order to enjoy a more enjoyable and happier retirement if we can do good (help) others with the financial reserves we have.

In short, let me say “ productivity will surely decline by the age, but the cost of living will continue to increase. We will definitely retire, but living expenses will never retire. “

And important question that must be answered immediately is how to prepare a pension fund before retirement?

What is Retirement Savings?

As we know, our productive and effective time can work actively with the carrying capacity of our energy and mind which is prime, generally between the ages of 20 to 60 years. After that, you could say we are at a less productive age, that's what we call retirement age.

Retirement Savings is a number of funds collected in a certain amount (can be in the form of savings in a bank, investment or other current assets) which we prepare to meet all our needs when we are at an unproductive age (retirement).

In this unproductive age phase, it is very important to have an adequate pension fund. That's why, while still productive, it is highly recommended to allocate a portion of your income, regularly saving or investing. Considering that most people still do not have this passive income source. There are still many who are not aware of preparing funds or savings for retirement.

For those who work in government agencies or agencies that already manage employee salaries with pension facility coverage, they will automatically receive a salary called a pension when they are no longer working. However, for those whose workplace does not accommodate pension funds as suggested by some of my friends, and based on personal finance tips we ourselves must be active and take the initiative to manage income in order to have a pension fund.

HOW to prepare a retirement fund from EARLY ?

In fact, many people are aware of the importance of retirement savings but it is difficult to make it a real. They feel it will be difficult if some of their income is set aside for retirement savings.

One thing we must remember, from every rupiah or dollar or euro or whatever we earn, we have the power to choose our oldness ( future ) we are rich, poor or middle class.

Everyone's retirement needs are different. Therefore, it is important to calculate and estimate retirement needs later. To calculate a safe retirement savings estimate, start by calculating your regular monthly expenses and then set a timeframe.

Retirement funds do not have to be in the form of money deposits that we usually keep in the bank, where the account is devoted to being used in retirement. There are several alternatives to preparing this retirement fund. But in my personal opinion, the one that is more flexible and can be implemented more quickly is to make retirement savings.

In order to prepare for retirement so that you can continue to enjoy oldness with full enjoy any activities and NOT retire from the pleasures of life. Then commitment to saving for old age is one of the wisest ways to prepare for a better retirement.

Financial freedom is the top ladder of a person's financial condition, when someone already has investments or active assets that are able to generate adequate "regular salaries" to finance their daily lives (without having to continue working again), and do as much charity as possible.

Well, to start saving for retirement we need proper financial management. How to maintain a balance between the amount of routine expenses each day and how much you can save for retirement, we need a calculator to help calculate "how much is safe to save as a retirement fund?" of the income we receive each month.

One of the recommended Free Financial Calculators to calculate how much income is safe to set aside as a retirement savings fund is CALCULATOR dot ME.

FYI, in this calculator application there are several menus that can be used FOR FREE, namely the menu are: Loans Amortazation, Mortgages Calculators, Auto Calculators, Credit Cards, Savings Calculators and Financial Planning.

Free Financial Calculators

With a retirement fund calculator, we can find out the amount that must be saved every month to reach the expected retirement fund. Use the retirement fund simulation below to get the numbers you need. For a simple practice, we can start by calculating an estimate of how much the average pension fund we need.

The average retirement age in Indonesia is 58 years with the life expectancy of Indonesians reaching 70-75 years. That is, we need to meet the needs of life during retirement which is about 20 years. In simple terms, if the routine expenditure per month is IDR 3 million, it means that in a year we need IDR 36 million, and within 20 years we need IDR 720 million to finance our own lives.

Once again, the illustration above is only an example. Yes… the variables can be adjusted according to each situation.

Overview of the Retirement Plan Calculator, which is a financial calculation application that functions to find out how much money you need to meet living expenses when you retire, and how much you have to set aside in savings each month. However, when calculating needs, don't forget to include the increase in inflation because the value of money today will be different from that in the future.

The simply use this calculator is by clicking on one of the menus that we need, it will display special help and instructions in the right column. For example, I choose to use the Financial Planning menu and the next step can be continued by entering variables according to the variables listed in the calculator application.

This Free Financial Calculator is suitable for use by anyone who needs a financial calculation tool because it has a variety of financial calculator menus that can be used for free either through desktops, laptops, tablets or cellphones.

At least but not the last, I believe Retirement Planning is Not Impossible.

Let's Plan our future life properly by start investing today, the sooner is better. With proper planning and starting quickly now, it is hoped that our savings will be able to fully finance our lives in the future. The when the time comes for retirement, hopefully we can enjoy financial independence, not only for ourselves, hopefully it can also be useful for many people around us.

So, are you ready to start preparing for retirement savings now, right ? Or maybe someone wants to share their experiences on how to prepare a retirement fund apart from saving in the bank? Feel free to write it in comment please...?

Movie Review: Journey to the Center of the Earth, no doubt if watching a movie is one of the leisure time while at home with beloved family.

And for prolog, I choose this movie because I love this kind of movie (adventure combine with science) and I like the acting of the main actor: Brendan Fraser. And the other reason, this review is a home work when I’m on short course at Bandung, at 2017. Yes, many years ago...not too long but little bit a past time, hehehe

Ceritanya, review rasa resensi atau ringkasan ini saya buat karena dikasih tugas oleh Widya Iswara (WI) untuk mata diklat Bahasa Inggris. Beliau memberikan tugas kepada kami untuk praktek membuat review film dalam bentuk Bahasa Inggris. Tak ada alasan untuk menghindar, ya seperti inilah hasilnya ala-ala amburadul dan mungkin gak nyambung antar kalimat/paragrafnya. Mohon dimaklumi ya, daripada tersimpan nganggur di file laptop boleh kan ya kalau saya posting, lumayan untuk nambahin postingan ~~organik~~ yang masih belum ~~ada peningkatan secara linear~~ bisa ajeg/rutin. Here is the tulisan riview rasa gado-gado ala kadarnya. Plissss....jangan diketawain ya gaiiisss....I'm still learn and learn.

In this movie, The Main Actors are Brendan Fraser as Professor Trevor, Josh Hutcherson as Sean (The Nephew of Professor Trevor) and Anita Briem as Hannah

This movie tells the story of Trevor, whose scientist brother, Max that disappeared during a volcano expedition 10 years earlier. Trevor’s work at the university has been based on his brother’s theories on seismic activity and volcanic unrest but the funding is about to be pulled out from under him.

Trevor Frustrated and returns to his disheveled home only to find out that his nephew (Sean), Max’s son, has arrived for a two-week visit. While going through a box of Max’s belongings, the two discover a well-worn copy of Jules Verne’s Journey to the Center of the Earth. The book contains Max’s scientific notes in the margins. Trevor realizes that his brother was a “Vernian,” someone who seeks to prove that the book by Jules Verne is based on a true story. Trevor and Sean set out to discover what Max discovered and to vindicate his life long research.

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Sean and Trevor head to Iceland in search of a fellow Vernian, an older scientist whose name Max had written in the book. When Sean and Trevor locate the man’s address, they find his daughter, Hannah, who works as a guide through the dangerous Icelandic volcanic terrain. Then Trevor hires Hannah to lead them to the volcanic area that where Max left a seismic sensor.

A storm breaks out and they trapped in a cave. While looking for a way out, they accidentally delve deeper into the earth and encounter fanciful creatures that they must battle to make it to the center. Once Trevor, Sean and Hannah arrive at the center, they get a surprise. Then, they tried to find clues how to get back to the top of the earth.

Along the way, they find evidence that someone had been there a hundred years ago. Trevor remarks that some instruments found are Lidenbrock's (the name of a character in Jules Verne's book Journey to the Center of the Earth). This suggests that another group had previously made the journey, somehow returned to the surface of the earth and recounted the tale of their adventure to Verne. They find some of Max's things as well. Hannah discovers Max's body while Trevor and Sean are examining what they have found. They bury Max on the beach of the underground ocean. Trevor reads a letter that found in Max's journal, to Sean. Trevor discovers that his brother died due to dehydration because of hot magma surrounding the center of the Earth.

Using the information from Max's journal, Trevor determines that they must find a geyser that can send them to the surface of the earth before the temperature rises to 200 °F. Further, they must reach the geyser within 48 hours or the water for the geyser will have evaporated. They build a raft together and begin crossing the underground ocean, but soon encounter a pack of Xiphactinus. They use make shift clubs to bat them away, then a shoal of Elasmosaurus attacks the Xiphactinus, allowing they escape from there. The raft's sail becomes loose. Sean tries to hold on but is blown away and he separated from his uncle and Hannah.

A little bird guides Sean towards to the river. At meanwhile, Trevor and Hannah decide to take a rest but they are attacked by carnivorous plants. Hannah is captured and being strangled by the plants. Trevor defeats the plant that is holding Hannah by the neck, and they continue towards to the geyser.

When Trevor and Hannah arrive at the river, Trevor calls out to Sean but no response. Trevor says he is going to look for Sean and tells Hannah that she should continue on to the geyser and save herself. At meanwhile, Sean has entered an arid, bone-filled land. He hears roars, looks up and sees a Giganotosaurus coming after him. Fortunately, Trevor saves him. When Trevor and Sean get to a river, they find Hannah sailing a boat fashioned from a Tyrannosaurus skull. Finally, Trevor, Sean and Hannah sail to a volcano with magma rising in its crater but they are too late because the water needed for the geyser has evaporated.

Sean notices that the crater walls are wet. Trevor hears water flowing on the other side of the walls and sees that the crater walls contain magnesium. After Trevor uses a flare to ignite the magnesium, a geyser shoots them up and out of the Center of the Earth. They emerge from the volcano. When they fall, they accidentally destroy some of the vines in a vineyard. To make amends with the vineyard's farmer, Sean gives the farmer a diamond that he found while in the center of the Earth. Trevor sees that Sean has many diamonds in his backpack.

Trevor later uses diamonds to fund his brother's laboratory. During the adventure, Hannah and Trevor gradually become closer. After the adventure, Sean visits Trevor and Hannah in their new home purchased using some of the diamonds Sean took from the cave.

Journey to the Center of the Earth is a fantastic family adventure movie with many visual surprises. The characters find at the center of the earth are beautiful, awe-inspiring and augmented with the 3-D effect which makes it appear more lifelike.

Overall, It’s very fun to watching this movie with kids but necessary to be attention that some scary scenes and strange creatures require caution extra for children. Apart from this Brendan Fraser's movie, I also enjoyed watching Ink heart, Blast From the past, The Mummy and The Mummy Returns as well.

And what about you, are there any of your favorite movies that are the same as mine?

Kenali Gejala Batuk TBC Sejak Dini. Pernah mengalami batuk yang berkepanjangan ? Penyakit batuk merupakan salah satu jenis penyakit yang menjadi hits, manakala terjadi pergantian musim pergantian musim. Tapi juga perlu wasapada, batuk yang berkepanjangan bisa juga menjadi indikasi TBC atau Tuberkulosis lho ?

Pandemi Covid-19 penting untuk diwaspadai, tapi bukan berarti kita jadi abai terhadap penyakit lainnya, contohnya TBC ini.

Dan Bismillahirrahmaanirrahiim menjadi presumtif yang jamak terhadap jenis penyakit batuk yang terjadi dianggap penyakit biasa seperti halnya pilek dan demam yang banyak terjadi di saat peralihan musim kemarau ke musim hujan sehingga langkah pengobatan yang diambil juga tergolong ‘santai’, semisal dibelikan obat batuk di apotek, dikasih perasan jeruk nipis +kecap atau treatment makan kencur saja. Langkah awal pengobatan batuk ini memang sudah menjadi resep turun temurun yang terbukti bisa menyembuhkan batuk, tepatnya jika batuknya BUKAN jenis penyakit yang mengarah ke TBC.

Kok ( tetiba ) Nulis Soal Batuk TBC siiih? Ada Apa...?

Honestly, sebenarnya tulisan ini adalah sesi curhatan saya ketika salah satu anak kami mengalami batuk yang terbilang relatif lama, tepatnya saat dia masih tinggal di asrama. Batuknya lumayan bandel juga karena langkah-langkah treatment pengobatan tradisional yang saya terapkan pada Ifa ketika (dulu) mengalami sakit batuk. Terapi pengobatan batuk dengan bahan alami yang saya lakukan salah satunya adalah konsumsi kencur dan jeruk nipis.

Terapi kencur dan jeruk nipis hanya sedikit mengurangi gejala batuknya, artinya harus dibawa ke dokter dan diberi resep untuk mengobati penyakit batuknya. Dua hari istirahat di rumah dan kondisinya mulai membaik, Ifa bersikeras minta balik ke asrama karena jika terlalu lama ijin maka target hafalannya akan semakin banyak yang tidak terselesaikan sesuai jadwal yang seharusnya.

Beberapa waktu berlalu, kabar yang diberikan Ifa meyakinkan bahwa dia baik-baik saja. “ Batuknya tinggal sedikit-sedikit kok”, demikian penjelasannya setiap kali ditanyai tentang batuknya. Mengetahui batuk Ifa yang belum benar-benar sembuh, terbersit kekuatiran kalau-kalau penyakit batuknya Ifa betambah serius atau sebenarnya dia terinfeksi penyakit TBC?

Kekuatiran saya ini berdasarkan hasil kunjungan langsung yang pernah saya lakukan ke asrama Ifa saat awal-awal saya menjadi seorang Ibu dan kebetulan Ifa pas libur rutin yaitu sebulan sekali mendapat kesempatan untuk pulang. Kenapa saya sampai paranoid dan muncul estimasinya sampai ke TBC ya karena alasan berikut ini:

Ifa tinggal di asrama sekolah yang setiap kamarnya dihuni sekitar 10 anak.
Untuk mengatasi ruangan kamar yang gerah, sirkulasi udara digerakkan oleh sebuah kipas angin ukuran sedang.

Dua hal tersebut sangat mungkin bisa menjadi penyebab batuk yang di alami Ifa adalah Tuberkulosis mengingat jenis penyakit ini merupakan penyakit menular yang disebabkan oleh bakteri Mycobacterium tuberculosis yang penyebarannya melalui udara (dari melalui percikan dahak penderita TB yang sudah mengering).

Bukankah seseorang yang sedang sakit TB ketika batuk, bersin, berbicara atau meludah, mereka juga memercikkan banyak kuman ke udara? Kalau salah satu teman Ifa ada yang terjangkit TBC, maka siapapun yang ada di sekitarnya bisa terpapar TB meski hanya menghirup udara yang mengandung sejumlah kecil kuman TB.

Ifa bersikukuh so far she’s just fine setiap kali ditanyai tentang kondisi kesehatannya dan suami juga yakin anak sulungnya sehat wal afiat, maka saya pun mensetting pikiran: Bisa jadi memang saya yang terlalu over reacting karena situasi yang langsung menjadi sosok seorang Ibu.

Hingga hampir sebulan kemudian, saat saya masih di kantor, suami memberitahukan akan menjemput Ifa ke asrama karena baru saja mendapat kabar jika selain batuk yang belum sembuh [tepatnya belum membaik meskipun obat dari dokter sudah habis], Ifa juga mengalami demam dan semalaman tidak bisa tidur.

Kenali Apa Saja Gejala Batuk TBC ?

Spontan muncul lagi paranoid saya jangan-jangan Ifa terkena TBC? Bukankah apa yang di alami Ifa sebagian besar mengarah pada gejala-gejala orang yang kena TBC, antara lain:

Batuk yang berlangsung tiga minggu atau lebih, yang pada tahap selanjutnya, bisa menghasilkan dahak yang berwarna abu-abu atau kekuningan kental, untuk kondisi yang lebih serius dahak tersebut bisa bercampur dengan darah
Demam dan influenza [walaupun tidak terus menurus]
Nafsu makan menurun
Terjadi penurunan berat badan.
Mengalami Kelelahan.
Pada malam hari berkeringat yang dapat dimulai dengan demam hingga menyebabkan keringat berlimpah yang diikuti tubuh jadi menggigil.

Dari beberapa gejala-gejala yang identik dengan penderita TB di atas, setelah Ifa sampai di rumah, saya lihat ada beberapa gejala yang dialami Ifa yaitu pada point 1, 2, 4, 5, 6. Batuk Ifa sudah berlangsung hampir sebulan, berat badan Ifa juga menurun walaupun tidak significant [yang bisa disebabkan karena selera makannya yang menurun], pada malam hari Ifa demam dan menggigil juga.

“ Sekalian minta rontgen dan check darah saja Bi?”
“ Kalau dokternya tidak merujuk, nanti kita dikira kemeruh [=sok tahu] Nda?”
“ Biarin dianggap kemeruh, daripada nanti batuknya Ifa malah lebih parah dan terlambat pengobatannya yang serius, kita sendiri yang nanggung dampaknya kan? “

Melihat kondisi Ifa yang lemas, pucat, badannya demam dan dia bilang kadang-kadang terasa nyeri di dada, maka kami memang harus bersikap sok tahu dan tidak ingin hanya menunggu entah kapan dokter akan memberikan instruksi untuk check darah dan rontgen.

Pertimbangan ini tidak hanya semata demi kesehatan Ifa, tapi juga untuk teman serta orang-orang sekitarnya. Mengingat penularan penyakit TBC ini relatif mudah dan gejala awal terjangkitnya batuk yang dialami seseorang seringkali terlihat dan dianggap sebagai batuk biasa. Oleh karena itu, dengan meminta check darah dan rontgen kami berharap bisa lebih cepat mengetahui jenis batuk yang dialami Ifa, sehingga bisa lebih cepat pula dilakukan tindakan lanjutan yang lebih intensif karena Pengobatan TB ini kan tergolong pengobatan yang bersifat jangka panjang, umumnya butuh waktu sekitar 6-9 bulan.

Cara Meminimalkan Penularan TBC

SEANDAINYA hasil diagnosa menyatakan positif TB, selain pengobatan medis secara intensif, maka dampak paparan bakteri Mycobacterium tuberculosis ini juga bisa sedini mungkin diminimalkan dengan upaya-upaya:

Menggunakan masker untuk mencegah penyebaran bakteri penyebab TBC.
Tidak meludah [mengeluarkan dahak] sembarang tempKenali Gejala Batuk TBC Sejak Diniat
Meminimalkan kontak dengan banyak orang JIKA di suspect sebagai penderita penyakit TBC aktif.
Meningkatkan pola hidup sehat dengan re-setting menu pola makan yang pro-aktif untuk penyembuhan TBC, sanitasi lingkungan lebih dijaga lagi.

After all, Alhamdulillah pemeriksaan foto rontgen dan test darah Ifa Alhamdulillah hasilnya tidak ada indikasi ke TBC, tapi lebih ke Bronchitis dan beberapa parameter test darah yang sedikit melenceng dari baku standar, indikasinya lebih pada akibat selera makan yang menurun dan kurang minum.

*Edisi postingan curhat berlatar true story ketika Ifa masih sekolah di asrama

The 7 Alternative Family Activities For Leisure Time During At Home. Working from home, studying from home and so many activities that we usually do outside, must be done from home. What a surprise, the house, which is usually "only" busy in the morning and evening, suddenly became the center of the whole family's activities.

Bismillahirrahmaanirrahiim, Many activities have had to be reorganized and social interaction have been limited since the Covid-19 pandemic to prevent the spread of the corona virus. Children also feel different sensations. All routines related to school and college must be carried out at home, carrying out “mandatory” activities only from home, followed by a series of routine activities at home: cleaning the house and various kinds of household chores and trying to be productive during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Doing various routine activities at home, rarely traveling for long periods of time, leaving the house only as needed, we vaguely start to feel bored because most of the time at home. They began to express their longing to go around, just like before the pandemic. It cannot be deny if the child starts to feel bored every day at home, which can trigger stress.

The 7 Alternative Family Activities For Leisure Time During At Home

Therefore, ice breaking activities are needed so that the boredom that arises does not accumulate into stress. Some of the following activities can be an alternative to fill your spare time and hopefully become an ice breaking that can get rid of boredom while at home.

Here are the 7 Alternative Family Activities For Leisure Time During At Home:

Take a light picnic by enjoying the beauty of the atmosphere (nature) around the house. This activity is considered the easiest and cheapest thing to do, but it can raise a good mood. It is enough to visit the rice fields that spread green or yellowish rice plants when the harvest season arrives, the sensation of leisure time is not inferior to traveling to Raja Ampat Island.

Explore new hobbies such as growing flowers and various ornamental plants. Or keep freshwater ornamental fish such as betta fish, koi fish, louhan fish, molly fish, guppy fish or other types of freshwater ornamental fish that are not difficult to care for because they are types of freshwater fish that do not die easily.

Learn to make cake, pizza, cake, or other types of simple cakes. When at home, you like snacking and your appetite increases, right? Therefore, the choice of making various types of cakes can be an activity that has two benefits, namely utilizing free time productively and also producing food stocks for us. Even though most of the results are not what we expected, we have had a lot of fun together because of the mutual cooperation process. We learned a lot and found out tricks and tips on how to test failure-safe recipes.

Sorting clothes that no longer fit anymore. Dress-sorting sessions are a really fun and enjoyable alternative. Unpacking the contents of the wardrobe, sorting out which clothes do not fit. Usually, when sorting through, scenes of haggling between brothers and sisters will appear. Actually this is one of the best moments to build bonds between siblings.

Facial skin care at home. The idea to do this facial treatment initially arose because the youngest who entered puberty had acne syndrome on his face. Imagine, a man who doesn't care about appearance but two sisters is the type of woman who really cares about appearance. Then the eldest daughter provoked her younger sister to buy anti-acne products, one of which was a face mask. It's so funny, every time I see a boy with a mask on his face. The atmosphere around us is getting more exciting. Hehehehe… ..

Redecorating a room or family room can be a choice of activities with children that are guaranteed to provide a lot of fun. Changing interior paint colors is one of the easiest and cheapest ways when compared to completely renovating the shape and layout or adding new furniture. Changing the color of the walls will bring a new dimension into the room, it offers a significant effect on your mood, feelings at home or even on your psychology.

Playing free online games. What is no less fun to reduce boredom at home is to playing online games that are very popular with children and adults. Every adult still has a childish side, and one thing that is presented by almost all ages is doing fun activities, even if only to accompany children.

I am sure there are many activities to reduce stress and to enjoy all the time at home, especially since the Covid-19 pandemic. The 7 Alternative Family Activities for Free Time at Home that I mentioned above are only part of it. Of course, there are still many other exciting and interesting activities that bring excitement to every family.

Playing online games with parents is one of the activities that we can enjoy. Especially nowadays getting many types of online games available, we only need to filter and choose the best educational games that are not addictive or choose games that can be played with the whole of family.

In simple terms, I think a good game will be the right game for how old you are. We just need to choose quality and useful games, do limit reasonable time online. Then let's look at the benefits of playing online games for kids, also for us as parents and adults.

Like or not, the digital era can't possibly separate children from playing online games, this is an integral part of the growth in the digital era. Parents should engage and spend time with children when they play online games. Although it could be that playing the game is against their nature. This is a wise way for parents who regularly engage with children's online activities to accompany them to minimize the effects of addiction and find out who their child is playing online with.

From that point of view, all activities can be beneficial and have a positive impact, as long as they are used wisely and apply a fairness standard (not excessive). By minimizing the negative effects of playing online games, hopefully we get good benefits from playing online games to fill our spare time, relieve stress / relax, enjoy quality time with family by playing online games?

The 7 Criteria For Favorite Free Online Family Games

So if our intention and goal is to play games in our spare time, one of the platforms that provides free games can be a favorite choice with the following considerations:

Completely free game, no need to pay even if you level up.
Game design that is easy to understand and play, fun and not addictive
We don't need to download an application to play
We don't need to register or create a user account
There are no advertisements on this site, so we can focus on playing without being distracted by advertisements.
We can play on mobile devices like Apple iPhone, Google Android powered phones from manufacturers like Samsung, tablets like iPad or Kindle Fire, laptops, and Windows powered desktop computers.
All game files are stored locally in the web browser cache and the game can work on Apple Safari, Google Chrome, Microsoft Edge, Mozilla Firefox, Opera and other modern web browsers. This is truly extraordinary, isn't it ?

The more special from this Free Games platform "only" uses tracking service ( instrument ) CLICKY, a web analytics tool. The results of the web analysis obtained will be used to determine which types of games are popular and track the overall health of the website. For certain games or game categories that are very popular and have high traffic, this will be the basis for developing other (new) games related to that type of game.

My opinion about Free Games at the plays.org

Well, here is my opinion after I tried some free games from plays dot org. Currently there are more than 150 games available and every day a new game is published, at least 1 or 2 additional games. Accessing it is very easy, just by clicking on the "free games" on the top header, automatically linked to the new free games menu every day.

We can also find a catalog of online game menus in the footer section of the plays.org site, there is a category - based navigation for the available game collections. No need to worry about how to use this game because in each type of game there are clear and easy instructions for playing it, including the strategy.

Free Game Catalog

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TypeShift of Free Games

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Tips Mengatur Belanja Dan Keuangan Keluarga Agar Tetap Eksis Saat Krisis. Semua orang tentu mendambakan cash flow keuangan yang stabil tak goyah meski terjadi pandemi ataupun krisis ekonomi lainnya. Satu tahun lebih setelah pandemi covid diberlakukan di Indonesia khususnya, hingga saat ini belum ada pihak, lembaga atau institusi dari negara manapun yang bisa memastikan kapan penyebaran virus corona akan berakhir, secara regional maupun global. Meskipun program vaksinasi covid-19 sudah dilaksanakan, namun untuk mengatasi dampak akibat pandemi covid-19 ini akan membutuhkan waktu beberapa tahun untuk memulihkan dampak krisis yang terjadi.

Bismillahirrahmaanirrahiim, Saat membaca salah satu tayangan di BBC Indonesia tentang Krisis Ekonomi Akibat Covid-19, dimana IMF memperkirakan 'luka ekonomi' karena krisis global akibat pandemi virus corona lebih buruk dari perkiraan. Peristiwa pandemi ini tak hanya berdampak pada kesehatan yang mengancam nyawa manusia tapi juga membawa dampak pada hampir seluruh sektor ekonomi. Terjadinya krisis yang lebih kompleks dan dampaknya melebar ke berbagai sektor mulai dari kesehatan hingga mengancam stabilitas sistem keuangan dan tidak ada yang tahu pasti kapan berhenti.

Penerapan protocol kesehatan dan anjuran agar masyarakat melakukan aktivitas lebih banyak dari rumah, seperti bekerja, sekolah, dan ibadah sebagai langkah untuk mengurangi risiko penularan virus corona, akibatnya aktivitas ekonomi terganggu. Penurunan pendapatan (gaji) hingga ancaman PHK massal merupakan masalah serius yang dihadapi oleh banyak keluarga. Di sisi lain, kebutuhan yang harus dipenuhi malah mengalami kenaikan, beberapa kebutuhan tak terduga yang membutuhkan dana tidak sedikit pun bermunculan. Jika kondisi ini berkepanjangan, menurut prediksi para ahli sangat mungkin akan memicu resesi ekonomi dunia.

Para ahli ekonomi dunia memiliki pendapat yang hampir sama, Pandemi COVID-19 yang terjadi di dunia menyebabkan perekonomian tertekan dan menimbulkan krisis finansial yang lebih berat dibandingkan krisis ekonomi 2007-2008 lalu. Sebab, saat itu hanya sektor keuangan yang terkena dampak dari krisis ekonomi yang terjadi.

Honestly, saya dan kita semua tentu tidak ingin prediksi resesi ekonomi global tersebut terjadi kan? Maka sangat penting bagi setiap keluarga memiliki ketahanan ekonomi ditengah pandemi covid dan ancaman kemungkinan terjadinya resesi ekonomi. Artinya, keluarga sebagai unit masyarakat terkecil sebagai penopang ekonomi dari sebuah Negara harus memiliki imunitas atau ketahanan ekonomi. Lalu apa yang bisa kita persiapkan terkait kemungkinan terjadinya krisis ekonomi akibat wabah pandemi covid ini?

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5 tips mengatur belanja dan keuangan keluarga ini bisa kita lakukan saat ini, sekarang juga dan seterusnya untuk mengelola keuangan keluarga agar survive dari krisis ekonomi yang diakibatkan pandemi covid-19.

Evalusi pengeluaran dan melakukan pemangkasan pengeluaran yang sifatnya tidak penting. Analisa (lagi) Daftar Kebutuhan !

Serius deh, point pertama ini wajib banget diperhitungkan karena kebutuhan tiap orang berbeda-beda. Jadi, yang tahu persisi mengenai kebutuhan kita ya diri kita sendiri. Bedakan antara kebutuhan pokok dan kebutuhan ‘nafsu’ ya.

Eittsss, serius ini sekaligus ngomongin sama diri sendiri, soalnya saya pun kadang masih suka khilaf membeli barang yang sebetulnya nggak dibutuhkan banget dan sekadar mupeng doang. Iya sih memang sesekali it's oke untuk membeli sesuatu yang kita inginkan, tapi kalau setiap saat kita mengikuti keinginan kita, ya repot kan yaaaa....?

Kudu benar-benar menyadari seberapa besar kemampuan kita, jangan sampai lebih besar pasak daripada tiang.

Bagaimana peta keuangan saat ini?
Apakah ada biaya-biaya yang bisa dihemat atau bahkan dihentikan ?
Apakah ada sumber daya lain yang bisa dioptimalkan (lagi) untuk dijadikan sumber pendapatan tambahan ?
Berapa banyak pengeluaran setiap bulan?
Beli barang ini memang dibutuhkan apa hanya karena ingin atau tertarik karena sedang ada diskonan, flash sale...or what?

Dan serangkain pertanyaan lainnya yang lebih detail untuk internal audit kondisi keuangan keluarga kita. Harus benar-benar menyadari seberapa besar kemampuan kita, jangan sampai lebih besar pasak daripada tiang.

Be Creative Mencari Penghasilan Tambahan

Mencari penghasilan tambahan bisa menjadi salah satu cara yang ampuh dalam memastikan pendapatan kita tidak berkurang dan cicilan kita bisa tetap dibayar tepat waktu. Beberapa pekerjaan freelance yang marak dibutuhkan di kala pandemi ini, semisal admin media sosial, berjualan tanaman, makanan, atau menjadi re-seller. Intinya, siapa saja bisa mendapatkan penghasilan tambahan selama mau berusaha dan mengambil peluang yang ada.

It's Time Untuk Melakukan Restrukturisasi Hutang

Cari tahu program keringanan cicilan dari bank atau lembaga keuangan lainnya, seperti penurunan bunga atau penambahan periode cicilan. Pertimbangkan untuk menutup cicilan yang sifatnya konsumtif. Misalnya bila saat ini masih lebih banyak bekerja dari rumah, akan lebih bijak jika dipertimangkan untuk menghentikan cicilan mobil. Jadi kan kita bisa mendapat uang tambahan dari over kredit atau penjualan mobil tersebut.

Hindari Menggunakan Kartu Kredit dan Pay Later

Well, belanja menggunakan kartu kredit atau sistem pay later memang enak sih. Beli ini dan itu gak erlu pusing untuk langsung bayar. Tapi kan tetap jatuhnya hutang dan kewajiban bayar tetap harus dilunasi tuh.

Makanya, penting banget untuk mulai bijak menggunakan kartu kredit atau belanja online yang dibayar kemudian hari karena hal ini bisa membuat nafsu belanja meningkat (merasa santuy untuk beli ini dan itu ). Membuat catatan semua pengeluaran yang terjadi, baik pengeluaran besar maupun kecil. Meskipun ada diskon besar-besaran, tetap tahan diri jika barang diskonan tersebut sifatnya barang sekunder atau bukan kebutuhan pokok.

Mengalokasikan Emergency Fund ( Dana Darurat ) Dan Dana Proteksi

Seyogyanya kita selalu bersiap untuk mengamankan keuangan di kemudian hari. Meski dalam kondisi krisis, sebisa mungkin jangan menghapus pos-pos untuk kepentingan jangka panjang. Iyesss, it's easy to say but hard to do. Yang kita butuhkan adalah kemauan untuk "memaksa" diri menyiapkan dana darurat secukupnya, 3x - 6x pendapatan bulanan.

Memiliki produk investasi jangka panjang menjadi sangat penting, di saat kita dituntut untuk tetap produktif di tengah pandemi ini. Apalagi bila ada keluarga yang bergantung secara finansial kepada kita. Entah itu pasangan, anak, orangtua, atau saudara.

Emergency fund atau dana darurat harus di perbesar. investasi atau produk keuangan yang bisa di akses atau dicairkan dengan mudah. Dana darurat ini bisa dalam bentuk tabungan, logam mulia dan produk keuangan lainnya yang sifatnya mudah dan cepat dicairkan saat kita membutuhkan.

Terkait dengan penyediaan emergency fund, bagaimana cara dan strategi untuk menyediakan dana darurat ini bisa dibaca langsung di Forbes. Bahkan jika saat ini belum punya alokasi dana darurat, kita bisa sesegera mulai untuk menyimpan sebagian uang yang dimiliki saat ini, meskipun mungkin jumlahnya masih kecil.

Jika ada penghasilan terduga, seperti menerima bonus, dapat THR, gaji ke-13, atau pendapatan lainnya yang sifatnya tidak terduga, kita bisa menempatkan uang tersebut ke rekening emergency fund dong.

Selain 5 tips tersebut, saya yakin masih banyak cara cerdas lainnya untuk mengelola keuangan agar survive saat krisis akibat pandemi covid-19 yang terjadi sekarang ini. Tiap keluarga tentu memiliki strategi yang didesain sedemikian rupa sehingga flexible untuk dipilih dan digunakan, sesuai dengan kondisi masing-masing.

Naaaahh, untuk lebih mempermudah penerapan strategi pengelolaan keuangan keluarga, sangat direkomendasikan menggunakan alat bantu KALKULATOR agar perhitungan dan maping perencanaan keuangan bisa lebih optimal dan maksimal hasilnya.

Berbicara tentang kalkulator yang saya maksudkan disini sudah pernah saya tulis secara ringkas, salah satu aplikasi kalkulator investasi yang recommended Pigly dot com. Agar kita bisa mengatur keuangan keluarga secara lebih sistematis, sehingga bisa mengalokasikan dana untuk emergency (menabung atau investasi), perhitungan cash flow keuangan harus cermat dan teliti.

Apapun strategi yang dilakukan untuk Mengelola keuangan agar survive saat terjadi krisis ekonomi, memiliki kunci yang sama yaitu kemauan yang kuat, fokus dan disiplin untuk menerapkan strategi yang sudah kita desain agar kondisi finansial kita memiliki ketahanan yang solid saat terjadi krisis.

Dua Tahapan Penentu Pelaksanaan Vaksinasi Covid-19 Di Indonesia. Meskipun pelaksanaan vaksinasi secara bertahap sudah berlangsung sejak awal tahun 2021, akan tetapi Kepatuhan untuk menerapkan protocol kesehatan sebagai bagian new normal tetap menjadi concern semenjak terjadinya pandemi covid-19.

Seperti kita ketahui bahwa target Indonesia untuk memvaksinasi penduduknya adalah sebanyak 181 juta orang, Dengan target orang yang tervaksinasi tersebut, diharapkan bisa terbentuk herd immunity terhadap virus corona.

Dengan Bismillahirrahmaanirrahiim, target 181 juta orang Indonesia bisa diimunisasi covid-19, dalam pelaksanaannya memang dilakukan dengan skala prioritas mulai dari tenaga kesehatan, pekerja garis depan, lansia dan populasi rentan. Setelahnya baru dilakukan vaksin covid-19 untuk kelompok umum, dengan batasan usia 18 tahun ke atas. Semoga proses vaksinasi berjalan lancar dan target 181 juta masyarakat tervaksinasi bisa segera terwujud.

Sebagai lanjutan sharing session berdasarkan pelaksanaan vaksin covid-19 tahap 1 dan 2 yang sudah saya terima beberapa waktu lalu, kali ini saya ingin berbagi kisi-kisi pertanyaan yang harus kita jawab pada saat pelaksanaan vaksin covid-19 tersebut.

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DUA TAHAPAN PENENTU VAKSINASI COVID-19

Pada saat pelaksanaan vaksin covid-19, ( based on my experience ) bisa saya simpulkan bahwa secara garis besar terdapat dua tahapan yang bisa dikatakan sebagai tahap filtering (critical step) apakah bisa lanjut dilakukan vaksinasi atau harus reschedule.

Dua tahapan penentu (critical step) pelaksanaan vaksinasi Covid-19 adalah sebagai berikut:

Tahapan Penentu Pertama

Tahapan penentu yang pertama adalah pada saat Pra Vaksin covid-19, yaitu saat dilakukan pengukuran tensi dan check suhu tubuh dengan ketentuan:

Suhu Suhu > 37,5 0C vaksinasi ditunda sampai yang bersangkutan ( yang akan divaksin) dinayatakan sembuh.
Dan Tekanan darah jika tekanan darah >180/110 mmHg pengukuran tekanan darah diulang 5 (lima) sampai 10 (sepuluh) menit kemudian. Jika masih tinggi maka vaksin covid-19 ditunda sampai kondisi tensi bisa terkontrol ( berada pada level aman antara 90/60 mmHg sampai dengan 180/120 mmHg ).

Tahapan Penentu yang kedua

Tahapan penentu yang kedua apakah pemberian vaksin covid-19 bisa dilakukan atau ditunda adalah pada saat di meja dua. Pada tahapan ini akan diberikan sederet pertanyaan untuk mengetahui kondisi actual kesehatan diri kita. Berdasarkan jawaban-jawaban yang kita berikan adalah informasi penting apakah proses vaksin bisa dilakukan pada hari itu atau perlu ditunda.

Sebagai bahan internal evaluasi dan bahan persiapan jika hendak mengikuti vaksin covid-19, berikut saya share kisi-kisi pertanyaan yang diberikan.

DISCLAIMER:

Daftar pertanyaan di bawah ini tidak bersifat persis secara mutlak, sangat mungkin pertanyaan yang diberikan pada tiap orang akan berbeda atau dimodifikasi dengan menyesuaikan terhadap masing-masing calon penerima vaksin covid-19.

At least, daftar pertanyaan yang saya share berikut ini saya peroleh dari kantor untuk digunakan (disetorkan) ke petugas medis pada saat pelaksanaan vaksin tahap kedua. Tujuannya untuk mempercepat proses filtering, dan pada prakteknya kami tetap di “interogasi” lagi secara langsung dengan sederet pertanyaan terkait kondisi kesehatan actual pada saat tersebut.

Semoga list pertanyaan berikut ini bisa bermanfaat agar lebih siap saat hendak mengikuti imunisasi covid-19. Baiklah, kuy kita simak (SOP) kisi-kisi pertanyaan atau QnA di bawah ini:

Pertanyaan Khsusus untuk vaksinasi covid-19 ke-1
Apakah Anda memiliki riwayat alergi berat seperti sesak napas, bengkak dan urtikaria seluruh badan atau reaksi berat lainnya karena vaksin? Jika Ya: vaksinasi diberikan di Rumah Sakit
FYI, jeda waktu antara vaksin 1 dan vaksin kedua adalah 14 – 28 hari berikutnya.

Pertanyaan khusus untuk vaksinasi covid-19 ke-2
Apakah Anda memiliki riwayat alergi berat atau mengalami gejala sesak napas, bengkak dan urtikaria seluruh badan setelah divaksinasi COVID-19 sebelumnya? Jika Ya: tidak diberikan lagi untuk vaksinasi ke-2

Baca juga: Pelaksanaan Vaksin Covid-19 tahap 1 dan 2

Selain kedua pertanyaan tersebut, daftar pertanyaan lainnya yang diberikan adalah sebagai berikut:

Q 1. Apakah ada kontak dengan orang yang sedang dalam pemeriksaan/terkonfirmasi/sedang dalam perawatan karena penyakit COVID-19 dalam waktu 14 hari terakhir? Jika Ya lihat pertanyaan nomor 2 (dua)

Q 2. Jika pertanyaan nomor 1 (satu) Ya, apakah mengalami gejala demam batuk/pilek/sesak napas dalam 7 hari terakhir? Jika Ya: vaksinasi ditunda sampai 14 hari setelah gejala muncul

Q 3. Apakah Anda pernah terkonfirmasi menderita COVID-19? Jika Ya: Vaksinasi ditunda sampai tiga (3) bulan sejak terkonfirmasi COVID-19 dapat diberikan vaksinasi.

Q 3. Apakah Anda sedang hamil ? Jika sedang hamil vaksinasi ditunda sampai melahirkan

Q 4. Apakah anda sedang menyusui? Ibu menyusui boleh divaksinasi covid-19

Q 5. Apakah Anda mengidap penyakit kronik (seperti penyakit paru obstruktif kronis dan asma, penyakit jantung, gangguan ginjal, dan penyakit hati/liver) yang sedang dalam kondisi akut atau yang belum terkendali? Jika Ya, maka vaksinasi tidak dapat diberikan

Q 6. Apakah Anda dalam pengobatan TBC lebih dari dua minggu? Jika Ya: vaksinasi dapat diberikan

Q 7. Apakah Anda menyandang dan sedang mendapat pengobatan penyakit kanker? Jika Ya: vaksinasi tidak dapat diberikan, kecuali ada surat rekomendasi dari dokter yang merawat

Q 8. Apakah Anda sedang mendapat pengobatan untuk gangguan pembekuan darah, defisiensi imun dan penerima produk darah/transfusi? Jika Ya: vaksinasi ditunda dan dirujuk

Q 9. Apakah Anda memiliki riwayat penyakit epilepsi? Jika Ya: vaksinasi dapat diberikan jika dalam keadaan terkontrol

Q 10. Apakah Anda sedang mengidap penyakit autoimun sistemik? Jika Ya : vaksinasi ditunda dan dikonsultasikan kepada Dokter yang merawat

Q 11. Apakah Anda penyandang penyakit Diabetes Melitus yang minum obat teratur? Jika Ya: vaksinasi dapat diberikan

Q 12. Apakah Anda Orang dengan HIV yang minum obat teratur? Jika Ya: vaksinasi dapat diberikan

Q 13. Apakah Anda mendapatkan vaksinasi lain selain vaksin Covid-19 kurang dari satu bulan terakhir? Jika Ya: vaksinasi ditunda sampai satu bulan setelah vaksinasi sebelumnya.

Q 14. Pertanyaan tambahan bagi sasaran vaksinasi covid lansia ( ≥60 tahun ) :

Apakah Anda mengalami kesulitan untuk naik 10 anak tangga?
Apakah Anda sering merasa kelelahan?
Apakah Anda memiliki paling sedikit 5 dari 11 penyakit (Hipertensi, diabetes, kanker, penyakit paru kronis, serangan jantung, gagal jantung kongestif, nyeri dada, asma, nyeri sendi, stroke dan penyakit ginjal)?
Apakah Anda mengalami kesulitan berjalan kira-kira 100 sampai 200 meter?
Apakah Anda mengalami penurunan berat badan yang bermakna dalam setahun terakhir?

Jika Q 14 ini terdapat jawaban IYA sebanyak 3 atau lebih, maka vaksin covid-19 tidak dapat diberikan.

Bagi yang phobia jarum suntik (seperti saya), gak perlu was-was, apalagi dag-dig-der karena jarum suntiknya keciiil kok dan nyaris tidak terasa. Semakin kita rileks, maka akan semakin baik proses penyuntikannya.

Demikian kisi-kisi pertanyaan yang diberikan pada tahaan vaksinasi covid-19 saat kita berada di meja kedua. Semoga dengan sharing ini bisa menjadi motivasi untuk mempersiapkan diri secara lebih baik. Harapannya, target 181 juta warga +62 yang divaksinasi covid-19 bisa segera terlaksana agar kondisi herd immunity bisa segera terwujud dan kita bisa lebih sehat wal afiat serta produktif lagi. Juga semoga drama obesitas gain weight during pandemi covid-19 ( bagi yang ngalamin kenaikan berat badan akibat porsi ngemil yang meningkat ) ini bisa teratasi.

Tapi teuteup jaga kesehatan dan imunitas setiap saat ya? Karena sehat jasmani dan ruhani adalah bentuk ikhtiar yang berkelanjutan.

The 5 Causes of Weight Gain During pandemic and How to Achieve Ideal Weight. The Covid-19 Pandemic situation has "forced" everyone around the world to adapt with new habit patterns. We should choose to spend more time at home, to prevent and reduce the exposure to Coronavirus, less mobility and avoid crowding. in essentially every one was recommended Remote working, learning, and all activities are done from home as many as possible.

Worksheets, organizational activities, school and college activities are also conducted through an online system. In addition to impacting work patterns, the coronavirus pandemic also makes many people experience weight gain. Including me and my family. Since the Covid-19 Pandemic, my weight has gain up to 2 kg. So did our eldest children. Her weight increased by about 3 kg

NEW NORMAL and WEIGHT GAIN CHALLENGES

Bismillahirrahmaanirrahiim Since the COVID-19 pandemic which is changing people's lifestyles. More time at home does have many good benefits, apart from preventing exposure to the corona virus, we can spend more time by exploring business ideas and potential that have been hidden. There are chance to find new passion as hobby and others profitable desires to increase family income.

The COVID-19 pandemic has changed people's lifestyles. Similarly, with the diet that changed significantly during the Corona pandemic, weight gain gradually and only we realized when the weight gain has passed the obesity threshold.

Recent research show that two out of three adults struggle against weight gain during the quarantine period during the coronavirus pandemic. The impacts of COVID-19 on health habits, eating, exercise, weight management.

As we knew that Obesity is a common comorbidity of other potential risk factors for severe diseases due to COVID-19, such as diabetes, lung disease, and heart disease. A scientific study suggests that people with a history of obesity, hypertension, chronic lung disease, diabetes, and heart disease may have the worst prognosis of COVID-19.

The 5 Causes of Weight Gain During the COVID-19 Pandemic

More time at home and doing various activities centered from home, has a linear relationship with the tendency to improve the consumption patterns of food and beverages. Here are the 5 Main Causes of Weight Gain During the COVID-19 Pandemic:

1. Snacking is NEW friend in the New Normal

If previously we were among workmates or schoolmates who could distract us from the temptation of eating and drinking, then the opposite condition occurs when we are more at home. If there are usually many friends around us who can be invited to share opinions, chat casually or chat, then when at home the "best" friends who are near us are food, snacks.

Whatever the activity along at home, usually side by side and accompanied by snacks, food and drinks (rich of sugar).

2. Reduced Physical Activity and Workout Habits

Irregular changes in the schedule of activities, closure of fitness centers and Recreation areas, restrictions on mobility, surely have an impact on physical activity. At the same time, amount of food that we are consumed every day tends to be the same. It has meaning that the food intake is not comparable with physic activity, no wonder so many people complain of gaining weight during a pandemic.

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If previously, the morning routine began with jogging or cycling ang the ends of the day by stopping to the gym, it's no longer anymore. So, slowly but sure weight gain due to more frequent stay at home, less moving and decreased exercise habits, while the portion of eating tends to be the same as during normal activities.

3. Using free time to play games, watch movies, or browsing on social media

School closing and remote learning have led to young children being more sedentary during the lesson conducting. After that, they take leisure time to look at smartphones or watch tv will be spent more than usual. They also tend to spend time by playing social media such as Instagram, Facebook, WhatsApp, Line TikTok and etc, some are more interested in playing online games or watching movies from smartphone or laptop.

Even though children, adolescents or adults who spend a lot of time playing video games, spending time by watching film or do browsing for many hours tend to have a higher risk of obesity. How it can be?

Apart from the lack of movement due to most games or watching movies while sitting relaxed for a long time ( 2-3 hours, even longer) so that it does not exert much energy, it is still exacerbated by the habit of snacking while playing games. The worst thing from the snack that they consume are also high calories, sugar and fat.

4. Plenty od Discount, promos and cashback from ready-to-deliver culinary

On the other hand, Pandemic also changed the way of doing business, adapting and changing strategies with a series of promotions, providing discounts, cashback to shipping services. Plentiful of promo culinary, discount and cashback become an attraction in itself. This could be the reason we originally bought food so we could share the online motorcycle taxis that had delivered our food.

This could be the reason we originally bought food so we could share the online motorcycle taxis that had delivered our food. Then we buy other food online because we are tempted by the promos offered, then become loyal customers and regularly order the preferred culinary menu.

As a result, body weight increases significantly because the selected food menu does not pay attention to the balance of nutrients the body needs. The concept of a healthy eating menu and balanced nutrition is still shifting towards a menu that is high in carbohydrates, rich in fat and contains lots of sugar (sweet).

5. Boredom Or Stressed

Boredom and or stress have many triggers, one of which is when someone who is usually outside activities changes to being more at home.

Stress about health problems, financial and other problems that arisen due to the COVID-19 pandemic are likely to contribute to stress. This added stress can change our eating behavior and lead to weight gain. People are likely to "stress" usually become higher consumption of foods, including fast food. Stress can also make people feel less motivated to workout.

The Increased unstructured schedule, closure of gyms and recreation centers, restrictions on movement, and the immense pressure of a pandemic is likely to affect people's sleep patterns, eating habits and levels of physical exercise, which can contribute to weight gain.

Obese people has higher risk of developing severe disease from COVID-19. metabolic disorders due to obesity contribute to the negative outcome.

How to Achieve Ideal Weight Again?

Must adapt in the midst of a lockdown situation in a timely manner to change the daily routine that has been set. There is no certainty when the hard times of Covid-19 will end, at mean while the distribution of COVID-19 vaccine takes a long time.

Everyone has to anticipate so they don't get caught up in the phenomenon of Quarantine 15. Quarantine 15 is a term that refers to weight gain of 15 pounds or 6.8 kilograms. How to lose weight during quarantine Generally, the most effective weight loss methods are a healthy diet and adequate exercise. Some of the following tips below can help you lose weight:

Let's do various exercises in or around the house

Yoga, body weight training, or just a walk around the house. Can also try online exercise programs, in addition to being more flexible, also cheaper than the gym there is even a free one. There are many variations to choose from, which may suit a person's preferred activity and health goals.

Research shows that using an online app or program to exercise can help people overcome obstacles such as lack of time, facilities, or pleasure.

Create an interesting new activity with children

Create an interesting new activity with children to reduce their portion of mager (relax watching drakor or playing games while snacking never ending).

Cycling with the family at least once a week, utilizing empty land to grow a new hobby of planting various ornamental plants, or other activities that can make us move and expend energy and divert the temptation to intermittently eat.

Trying to prioritize the balance of food nutrition

Even though it's tempting to enjoy a delicious or soothing meal, it's better to choose a culinary menu that is rich in high-quality fruit, vegetables, whole grains, and protein ..

Slowly we can reduce foods high in salt, sugar, saturated fats, and trans fats, such as salty foods, fried foods, junk food.

Developing a new daily routine to keep things normal

Developing a new daily routine to keep things normal during covid-19 pandemic. This can involve scheduling regular times to wake up, eat, exercise, and sleep. People can also plan their meals and set aside time to prepare meals.

It's also important to establish a regular sleep routine and get adequate rest. Evidence suggests a link between obesity and lack of sleep. Setting aside regular time for daily exercise can also help people maintain regular physical activity.

Using a health and fitness calculator to monitor weight gain

Using a Health and Fitness Calculators application. Health and Fitness Calculator can be an effective tool so that we can design more targeted strategies to lose weight and maintain a weight chart in ideal conditions.

Although body weight cannot be used as an ideal benchmark, paying attention to weight gain is a surefire way not to get fat. Knowing the ideal body weight can be done by knowing the body mass index, which is often known as BMI or Body Mass Index. To calculate BMI more precisely, we can use a health calculator.

In today's digital era, there are many Health calculator applications that can be used for free with a variety of features. One of the recommended Health Calculators is the Health & Fitness Calculator.

Health and Fitness Calculators

Health calculator is one of the easy and quick ways to determine if our weight is normal, less, or excess. As we know that the BMI calculator will be very useful to tell how much actual weight. Later, the BMI value of the calculation of this calculator is compared to the table of weight categories, whether our bodies are thin, normal or even overweight or obese.

Doing weight calculation with BMI Calculator can indeed be a solution to quickly find out the actual weight we have. Nevertheless, whatever the result makes it a motivation so that we can improve it so that the weight returns to normal.

How to use this health calculator is fairly easy. For example, I calculate my BMI. The data that needs to be entered is weight and height, just choose to use IMPERIAL or METRIC units, then click CALCULTE. BMI results instantly appear in the table below. Here are the results of my BMI calculation using Metric calculations:

Performance of BMI Calculator

If we want to know how much weight we have to lose to achieve the norm weight condition, we can directly select the Weight Loss feature. To calculate weight loss, the required data is:

Health basic: Gender, Age, Height,
Condotion and Activity: Weight, Daily Activity and Body Fat% (optional)
Your Goals: Want to lose or gain weight (please check your ideal weight first)
Time (duration) to achieve goal

Let's have a look below for an example of How to Use this health calculator app.

Performance of Weight Lose Calculator

The results of weight loss calculations can be saved in the form of a link, making it easier for us to access them at any time. By saving our calculations, help us for quick reference by emailing this link or sharing it on social media. Here is the link to my weight loss calculation:

https://www.calculators.org/health/weight-loss-metric.php?age=39&length=159&kg=60&change=11.16&bfp=0&time=3&tt=2&lg=0&gen=0&act=1.2

Beside the calculation results that we can save in the form of a link, we also get a Weight Loss Plan.

Weight Loss Plan ( based on the result of weight lose calculator )

To calculate weight loss, we must first know the Ideal Body Weight, like the calculation below:

Performance How to use Ideal Weight Calculator

How to calculate Ideal Body Weight is also quite practical, we just need to enter the basic health data: gender, age, height and the value of result of calculating Ideal Body Weight in the form of data on Ideal Body Weight (IBW), the value of % compared to our IBW and how much should be Adjusted body weight (ABW).

For summary, here are of the advantages of this Health Calculator application:

Quite simple, easy to understand, user friendly and of course this application is totally FREE.

High flexibility and will not waste time or effort because it can be done through a smartphone and other devices at anytime and anywhere.

Not only that, we can also get a variety of information to tips and tricks how to normalize weight. There are suggestions or actions follow up step to achieve ideal body based on the calculation results (according to the condition of each person who uses this health calculator).

In addition to the BMI and Weight Loss calculation features that I tried above, there are many other menus that we can use. In generally, there are 3 sub menus in this health calculator that we can use, namely: FITNESS Menu, Health Risks and Health Savings Account (HSA).

3 sub menus in this health calculator: FITNESS, Health Risks
and Health Savings Account (HSA)

Having an ideal and healthy weight is certainly the desire of almost everyone. Not only for the reason of appearance, keeping an ideal weight is also important to maintain the health of the body.

People who are underweight or overweight are known to be more susceptible to various health problems, such as malnutrition, weakened immune system, to heart disease and diabetes. Therefore, we need to monitor the weight regularly.

Well, Wanna know more about this health and fitness calculator ? Having curious to know your BMI? Want to know what is the ideal weight or how much weight loss to be conduct ? Well, just feel free to calculate it using Health &Fitness Calculators.

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