With the normalization of the prevention and control of the new crown pneumonia epidemic, many people have reduced going out to gather and stay at home for longer.

What followed was a test of life ability.

A few days ago, a survey conducted by the Social Survey Center of China Youth Daily and the questionnaire network (wenjuan.com) on 1,156 young respondents showed that 80.0% of the young respondents said that they were more aware of the importance of living ability in the process of staying at home. .

Cooking (49.9%), cleaning (47.1%) and organizing storage (44.1%) are the aspects that the interviewed young people feel that their ability to stay at home has been greatly improved.

  Among the youth surveyed, 39.1% were male and 60.9% were female.

Post-00s accounted for 25.5%, post-90s accounted for 46.4%, and post-80s accounted for 24.4%.

  80.0% of the surveyed young people are more aware of the importance of living ability in the process of staying at home

  Liu Jie (pseudonym), who works in a public institution in Beijing, has recently spent more time at home due to epidemic prevention and control and work transfer.

She said that she was not very comfortable at first, but slowly began to plan her life and find something to do after work.

"Spring is here, and I recently bought some potted plants and placed them on the balcony. The colorful flowers also add a touch of spring to the room." Liu Jie said that when she sees the flowers she cultivated by herself grow longer and better, she will have a great sense of accomplishment. "When viewing flowers, I feel that time has slowed down, which is very healing. This feeling of vitality also makes me full of hope in life."

  Zhao Yayun, a post-90s generation, said that in the past, she often hurried to work before she could make the bed in the morning.

Now that I work from home, there is more time in the morning, and the pace of life has changed.

"After getting up, open the window to ventilate, and do some simple stretching on the balcony by the way."

  The data shows that 62.9% of the young people surveyed said that during the epidemic prevention and control process, their time at home has become longer.

73.4% of the surveyed young people feel that the quality of life at home is high. The interactive analysis shows that the proportion of young respondents born in the 1990s who feel that the quality of life at home is high is even higher (74.6%).

  Yu Shan, who works in a private company in Beijing, used to seldom eat at home, and there were no cooking utensils in the kitchen.

In the process of epidemic prevention and control, as the time at home became longer, Yu Shan also began to learn to cook by herself.

"Starting with the simplest breakfast, I specially bought a breakfast machine that can make sandwiches and omelettes."

Yu Shan said that in the past, in a hurry to go to work in the morning, sometimes she simply skipped breakfast.

In the process of staying at home, not only did I learn to cook, but my diet became more regular.

  "I'm used to ordering takeaways and eating in the cafeteria, so I'm too lazy to do it myself. But when you need to live at home, you need these seemingly simple but very important life skills." Yu Shan said that in the process of staying at home, she was also right Life has more thinking, and constantly improve "the ability to live".

  "The noodles and cooking that I learned from my mother in the past have come in handy now." Meng Si, a post-00s generation, said that in the process of living at home, he not only did laundry, cooking, and tidying up the house, but also watched the sharing of some fashion bloggers. , I learned to cut my own hair, and I feel that my life ability has been exercised.

  In the survey, 80.0% of the young people surveyed said that they were more aware of the importance of living ability in the process of staying at home.

The interaction analysis showed that the post-00 selection ratio was higher (82.4%).

  Cooking, cleaning and tidying up are the aspects that greatly improved the living ability of the interviewed young people

  "The kitchen used to be the place that gave me the most headaches. I felt it was difficult to clean. Sometimes I would ask a cleaner to help me with cleaning." Liu Yu, who works in Hebei, put more energy into storage and organization during his stay at home and learned a lot. Organizing skills.

After saying goodbye to the messy house, she felt more comfortable at home, "I also took this opportunity to give the house a big cleaning. In the past, when the season changed, I would find that a lot of clothes were pressed into the bottom of the box. Now it's timely. 'Cut off'".

  "I used to have the habit of exercising, but now it's inconvenient to go to the offline gym, so I started to practice at home." Liu Jie downloaded the fitness software and purchased home fitness equipment online.

She feels that if she can keep exercising at home, she can also get a good figure.

  In the process of staying at home, Zhao Yayun pays more attention to the cleanliness of the room and personal health.

"Now changing sheets, quilts, and home clothes will be very frequent, and we will pay more attention to personal hygiene. For example, when you come back from going out, the first thing is to wash your hands, and you will follow the 'seven-step handwashing method' to wash."

  The data shows that in order to improve the state of home, the life skills that the interviewed young people generally learn are: cleaning (65.1%), organizing and storing (59.5%), and cooking (57.8%).

Next are personal hygiene and cleaning (52.3%), daily routine (40.3%), schedule planning (39.2%), family member communication (33.0%) and family financial planning (25.1%).

  "My family is still afraid that I will not eat well at home by myself. I specially sent the photos of the prawns and chicken wings I made to my parents to reassure them." Now Yu Shan is learning from short videos and cooking apps on the Internet. Had a few specialty dishes.

She felt that cooking by herself not only gave her a sense of accomplishment, but also felt more at ease and at ease.

  In the survey, the young respondents felt that their ability to stay at home was greatly improved in terms of cooking (49.9%), cleaning (47.1%), and organizing (44.1%).

Others include: personal hygiene (37.8%), schedule planning (31.6%), daily routine (28.8%) and communication with family members (22.6%).

  "In the process of cooking, I will also pay attention to food hygiene and healthy eating habits." In Yu Shan's view, mastering these life skills is very useful.

Develop a habit and stick to it, it will help your physical and mental health, and "you can enjoy life better."

  "In the process of staying at home, I also have more time for myself." Zhao Yayun feels that in the process of being alone at home, she can better settle herself by withdrawing from some complicated social interactions. More thinking and planning, understanding and knowing life are also very important aspects.”

  China Youth Daily, China Youth Daily reporter Sun Shan Source: China Youth Daily

  April 28, 2022 Version 10