Sunday, July 19, 2020

50 things to do alone...

I came to this blog after several months' absense, and saw that there were a lot of comments! YAY! Someone actually reads this blog! I have an audience! Wow!

It was all SPAM.

Great.

*sigh*

Well... maybe someone sees something here anyway.

So, today I tumbled over "50 Ways to Spend Time Alone" on Pinterest


And the reactions were... hmm...
"need more like these to survive quarantine"
"
Right I'm Sooper bored!!!!"

How? Why? There isn't enough time for me to do all I want to do and I'm practically bedridden!

Ok... here's some other things you can do:

1) play "floor is lava"

2) give yourself a manicure or pedicure - or both


3) try different facial masks


4) try different reading challenges. I recommend "around the world in books" - find out information about the country and culture the book is from, cook something from that culture etc.
There is also a reading challenge where one is supposed to do an activity connected to the book, for example read a book about a bus ride and then take a bus ride. Read and Go

Create your own reading challenge
 

5) learn a language

6) start an art journal


7) make a junk journal of all the junk mail that comes this week 


8) Learn a new skill
- for example, choose one from https://diy.org

9) Go to bucketlist.org and pick one 


10) Find an interesting tv series in foreign language (foreign to you - I mean, English is my second language, and thus could be counted as "foreign", but most tv series I follow are in English, so it's not foreign to me :-D)

11) Find a new YouTube channel

12) Learn to read tarot cards or another divination method (No, it's not Satanic or supernatural or paranormal or anything like that. It's a pile of pictures based on common Western symbolism, and is all about your subconscious and free association.)

13) Learn to give massage

14) Take a 30 day challenge

15) Take the 100 species challenge (Make a list of 100 plant species found within walking distance from your home)
Bonus points if you learn the usage of these plants; if they are edible, and how they are eaten; if they can be used to dye fibers, or other crafts, are they medicinal etc.

16) Learn to draw

17) Learn about the history, culture and attractions in your home area.

18) Write fan fiction

19) Find a new band
Or listen through the whole production of a famous band you aren't that familiar with.

20) Make home cosmetics. Bath bombs are easy and fun.

21) Learn to make 10 drinks

22) Learn to make barista art

23) Learn card tricks and coin tricks

24) Learn origami
Learn to fold a crane by heart and fold 1000 cranes


25) Learn a skill that looks good on your resumé - that makes you more employable

26) Think about what advice you would give to your younger self. Think how it would have changed your life. What would you have done differently? Would it have changed something better in your life now? Can you change it now?

27) Leave 10 positive, encouraging, nice comments on different blogs or vlogs

28) Learn to bake bagels

29) Choose something on Pinterest and do it; a recipe, a craft tutorial, a pattern

30) Learn to sew, knit, crochet, or some other such thing

31) Learn carpentry

32) Learn to sing your favorite song

33) Make a meal from scratch

34) Learn to make hot sauce

35) Learn to make chili

36) Play a board game - with yourself
Develop a board game
 
37) Learn to find 10 constellations on the night sky and go find them

38) Write the best, most amazing letter you can imagine - to yourself

39) Read a newspaper. An actual paper newspaper. Cut out the most interesting articles. 
Use the rest of the newspaper to make some craft, like basket or papermache

40) plant the seeds from the fruits you eat

41) Come up with a project you’d like to pursue

42) Learn tai chi

43) Play a game you loved as a child.
If you don't remember or didn't play any games, look at old children's games and play some of them.
I remember playing wall ball for hours... all by myself. I was a very lonely kid, being the youngest in my family, living on the countryside. The closest neighbor was several miles away.

44) Lay puzzle

45) Make a zoo of paper (how to make simple paper animals)
You can, of course, learn to whittle and make wooden animals, or make animals of clay (for example salt dough, though that isn't very good for that purpose)

46) Make a collage

47) Find a swing and swing

48) Learn to play the guitar

49) Learn to dance


50) Sing karaoke

Some more good ideas:
50 things to do when you unplug
 

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