60+ Things To Do When You’re Stuck At Home Isolating from COVID-19 (or whenever you’re feeling bored)

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Cabin fever is real. We’re getting stir crazy. Everyone is stuck at home and OMG it’s so bo-ring. The kids are getting on your last nerve and why does everyone breathe so loudly..? 

The news is distressing, social media gets overwhelming and there’s only so much Netflix (and chill? 👀) that can be done before you start to question life. Even if you’re working from home, you’re looking at the same walls and being in the same space alllll dayyyy looooong. 

Now that we are mandated to be inside, staying home is suddenly the hardest thing to do. Remember the last time you were at work/school and you were just dying to get home, literally counting down the days to your next vacation? Why is it that now we are being told to stay home, we just don’t wanna do it?? 

Human nature? Folly? I dunno. And honestly, it doesn’t matter. What does matter is that we have full control over what we actually do with this time. FULL. CONTROL. 

Y’all. We can’t be complaining about boredom when we have the entire world at our fingertips right now! There’s never been a better time to be stuck at home. We have the internet, electricity, access to smart devices and a WEALTH of information, entertainment, education and ALL THE THINGS right at our fingertips. We can do, experience, learn, see, hear just about anything our minds can imagine right now! 

Check out the list and choose something that sounds interesting to you. Feel free to add to this list and let’s get un-bored!

  1. Workout (of course!)

  2. Try a new recipe with only items in your pantry.

  3. Stretch.

  4. Start practicing yoga.

  5. Learn to meditate.

  6. Read a book. A real one, with pages.

  7. Read an online book.

  8. Listen to an audio book.

  9. Learn a new language.

  10. Learn a new skill (check Udemy or Skillshare for an abundance of courses on ANYTHING).

  11. Learn a Tik Tok dance. Record it. Post it.

  12. Laugh!

  13. Start that business you have been dreaming of.

  14. Or start a side hustle.

  15. Finish that one task you keep saying you will get back to.

  16. Do some home improvement.

  17. Learn art - draw, paint, graphics.

  18. Have a virtual karaoke party.

  19. Attend a virtual fete.

  20. Create the best feel-good music playlist ever.

  21. Learn about a famous person you admire. List what lessons you will apply to your own life.

  22. Write that book.

  23. Improve on a subject you always thought you were bad at (lookin at you Math).

  24. Play with your kiddies.

  25. Put on a family fashion show with what’s in your wardrobe, what you forgot you had, those special occasion clothes/accessories/shoes you were saving for whatever. Take nuff pictures!

  26. Put on a play with your family. Or learn and perform a soliloquy. Look up ‘soliloquy’.

  27. Connect with your partner.

  28. Virtually date. You never know!

  29. Give yourself a manicure and pedicure.

  30. Use ingredients from your kitchen to create an all-natural face mask/scrub.

  31. Give your hair a deep treatment.

  32. Heck, have a whole spa day!

  33. Start a garden and learn how to grow your own food.

  34. Make friends with Pinterest.

  35. Rearrange your furniture.

  36. Organise your emails.

  37. Declutter your home.

  38. Spring clean all the things.

  39. Reconnect with old friends. This is a great time to check in on people - some of us are really struggling.

  40. Connect with new friends!

  41. Post only uplifting and positive stuff for 3 whole days.

  42. Social distance from social media.

  43. Attend a virtual fitness class.

  44. Attend a virtual dance class.

  45. Learn to sew.

  46. Learn to cook.

  47. Step outside your house and ground your bare feet in the grass.

  48. Wash your car.

  49. Deep clean inside your car.

  50. Learn how to do strict push ups.

  51. Organise your computer files.

  52. Commit to drinking 2 liters of water every day. You’re home, frequent toilet trips are easy.

  53. Give thanks every day. Give thanks for what you DO have - internet, electricity, water, food, shelter, life. Some are not as fortunate.

  54. Plan an epic vacation.

  55. Budget.

  56. Reconnect with yourself. Say hi.

  57. Create a vision board.

  58. Daydream.

  59. Sleep.

  60. Create funny memes.

  61. Volunteer whatever you can. The world needs as much help as it can get right now.

  62. Reframe your thoughts: you’re not “stuck” at home, you get to be home.

Let's come out of this better humans than we went in. Let's take this time to reflect and regroup.

Also stay home, wash your hands and stop touching your face! Good.

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