It's no secret that we are all facing difficult times right now. There is so much tragedy, hopelessness, and fear all over the globe.
If you're fortunate enough to be in a safe, healthy, and financially stable condition right now, then you are fortunate enough to feel boredom rather than pain. It took me a while to realize it, but yes, boredom is a privilege.
With boredom, however, comes lack of productivity.
For our own mental, emotional, and physical well-being, we have to keep ourselves busy and make positive changes in our lives. Here are 50 ways to do it:
- Set quarantine goals
- Set post-quarantine goals
- Establish a daily routine
- Set fitness goals
- Go outside at least once a day
- Pursue a new interest
- Connect with friends/family daily
- Start a bullet journal
- Read books
- Clean your room
- Learn a new language
- Try meditation
- Develop a skincare routine
- Clean out your closet and donate clothes
- Learn a new recipe
- Support local businesses by buying gift cards
- Play a board game
- Do a puzzle
- Go on a hike
- Plan your post-corona vacation
- Paint a Bob Ross painting
- Work on your weakness
- Do that thing you always said you would do
- Listen to podcasts
- Help a sibling/friend/parent with something
- Start a blog
- Work on your resume
- Look into different career paths
- Call someone you haven't talked to in awhile
- Start a garden
- Learn to knit/sew
- Take a bath
- DIY tie-dye an old shirt
- Organize your home office/work space
- Try a new hairstyle/learn to cut your hair
- Try a new diet
- Learn to bake bread
- Make a new Spotify playlist
- Finish that scrapbook
- Watch some old home videos
- Sign up for a newsletter
- Tidy up your social media accounts
- Clean/vacuum your home
- Give yourself a mani pedi
- Make your own DIY face masks
- Redecorate your room/house
- Send your friends/family little gifts/letters
- Finally break that bad habit you have
- Avoid binge watching TV everyday (but it's okay sometimes)
- And do not watch the news all of the time or go on Twitter— it's ugly right now