Coronavirus; Fun things to do while staying at home

By Rebecca

23 March 2020

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Staying at home during the coronavirus pandemic can become very boring not just for extroverts but everyone. Especially since the NCDC has advised that everyone remains at home, everyone will try to find a way to remain sane while also ensuring that they are staying safe and out of the pandemics way.

Staying in self-isolation or quarantine should not be a death wish whether you live alone or not. If you stay at home alone then there are certain things you can certainly work on and enjoy alone. if on the other hand, you are staying indoors with people, then you have more options for things to do in order to take away every form of boredom.?

To that effect, whether you are abiding by the social distancing rule, or you are in self-isolation, find below various fun things you can do while staying indoors during the Coronavirus pandemic.

See a movie.

Going to the cinema is not going to be a very good idea now for lovers of movies so it is advisable to create your own cinema effect right there in your home. You can use the opportunity that staying at home gives to catch up on old movies that you have been putting off for a while. You can even use the opportunity to rewatch old movies that caught your fancy in times past.

Read a book.

For the lovers of books, having to go out daily can really put a lull to the rate at which you get to read your favorite bestsellers. Staying at home now avails you the opportunity to avoid that entirely. You can curl up in bed or on your favorite sofa and read away.

Make Tiktok videos

Tiktok videos are in things right now. Depending on how willing you are, there are a variety of contents on the app that is available for you to remake to your taste. Find a perfect location at your home wit a background that you like and get to creating your own videoes

Startup a blog or vlog.

Every other person who is staying indoors is as bored as you are. This will be a perfect opportunity to share your most random thoughts and ideas that have been at the back of your head for a really long while. Pick a topic of interest and share your ideas on it. You will get your desired audience as long as you are certain that what you are working on is something that everyone, or a certain category of people, would be interested in.

Cook or bake.

As long as you have stocked up on the needed ingredients and you are an avid fan of baking, then now is the time to fill up your time with baking. You can decide to make cookies, chinchin or whatever snacks appeal to you at this time. You can even go-ahead to start baking your own bread. Saves you money as far as it is what you love doing.

Take an online course that interests you.

Some people have been on the same online course since the beginning of last year and they have kept hoping for the right time to complete the course. Do not think too far about it, now is the right time to go back to that online course you started on months ago and finish upon it. There are as well various other interesting things that you can learn for free online these days. Ranging from SEO to digital marketing, content writing copywriting, coding, designing, the list is endless. Pick the one you know will interest you the most and go ahead to learn.

Get to reach out to your contacts and cover-up on lost times.

Being an adult can be really stressful. Knowing you should reach out to certain people who will just pop into your mind suddenly but knowing you have no spare time to chitchat can be a reason to put them on hold. Now is your opportunity to make a list of old friends you should reach out to and try to catch up. You would be surprised at how much you have missed talking to them and how much time has passed since you last spoke.

Play games.

If you are the lover of an extra adrenaline rush and you have housemates staying at home with you, now is the time to gather and dust out the board game you all found interesting at the start of your lives together. If it?s not board games then you can play various games like COD, Gears of wars, or Jenga. Chess has never gone out of style and neither has scrabble. There is a whole lot of options to select from. Find the one that interests you the most and get to playing.

Find your inner passion

Keep trying out new things that you have been putting off for a while. You can try to see how good you still are at painting or calligraphy. Whatever you know that interests you, here is a time to give it a try and make an effort toward seeing how well you can do at it. You can go ahead to watch tutorials on youtube to be more informed, you can as well read blog posts on how to go about anything. The internet is your friend, explore it to your benefit.

Remodel your house with the things you have in them.

Having the same things in the same location for too long gives your home a permanent and old feel sometimes. If you do not mind getting dirty and sweaty, you can give the physical exercise a try. Change the sitting arrangement and try to put out new covers for your table. You can take a before and after pictures to share with your friends so you can get their thoughts on the new look. Who knows, your next or first gig after this might come from there.

Rearrange your Closet.

For some people, having and keeping a sane closet is a chore that can never work well for them especially since they are always too busy. Well now is your time, you can spend the whole day rearranging the entire closet, nobody will be there to rush you. Take your time and set things in order in your closet and see the satisfaction that comes with that.

Update your playlist

If you would rather not rearrange, you can decide to clear out and update your music list. There are songs that we all know are due on our playlist. Every time they come on we lose total interest or even skip it entirely. We know such a song should be deleted, but there has never been a perfect time to do that. You can take the time out now to do it. Especially since a lot of people are coming out now to create and share playlist to help people through the coronavirus pandemic. You can check out anyone you think suits your mood and enjoy the season.

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