Continuing to communicate is key according to Boons. Just like setting priorities and suspending some tasks for a while, in consultation with her colleagues and manager. But perhaps most important, according to Boons: “Keep taking care of yourself. Take breaks on time, drink enough and don’t try to be available twenty-four hours a day.”

She usually manages this quite well, by the way: “I find myself and my health most important. I don't want to peak now and later suffer a collapse. What also helps me when I work from home is to get up at the time I usually do time, have breakfast and shower on time. Of course it is very comfy to sit behind your laptop in your sweatpants, and everyone should decide that for themselves. But I am a lot more productive and efficient if I stick to my regular routine.”

And if she happens to unexpectedly forget the latter herself, then her baby daughter is there to remind her of the much needed 'peace, cleanliness and regularity'. She laughs: “She really shows when she is hungry or tired. But I also want to be there for my students. So I regularly try to answer my emails and their questions.” And yes, under the current circumstances those ‘set times’ are sometimes in the evenings or during the weekend, "but that is easy to manage."

Students simply face many questions at the moment, the study advisor notes. “There is a lot of uncertainty. How can I take online classes, conduct practicals, take exams? What about deadlines, graduation, exchanges? These are all justified questions, but at the moment we do not yet have the answer to everything.”

Does she feel she can reassure students in the current circumstances of uncertainty? "I hope so. But I don't see them in person now, I don't see the non-verbal communication. But I am committed to allay their concerns remotely."