15 Ways To Spend Your Quarantine Nicoló Follow Apr 5 · 3 min read

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As COVID-19 proliferates through the world faster and faster every day, more and more of us are slowly being pushed into complete quarantine. Countries like the UK are still allowing exercise every day whilst countries like France have imposed much stricter restrictions on its citizens. I think what is clear is that the longer we wait, the more severe the quarantine will become. I, therefore, put together the following lists to serve as a bit of inspiration for how to spend your time in quarantine time productively and how to try to look on the bright side of the situation.

Binge Watch TV Shows

Just pick a good TV show, preferably one with a large number of seasons, watch it in its entirety and live an exciting life through its characters. Some of my favourites are Prison Break, Lost, Designated Survivor and 24.

Read Books

Go through and read every single book you have ever written down in the notes section of your phone and never gotten round to reading. I guarantee you will feel inspired and smarter every day.

Online Workouts

Find a home workout channel you enjoy on YouTube and follow every workout step by step. Perhaps even set yourself a goal such as being able to plank for 10 minutes without breaking a sweat and try to come out of the quarantine fitter than when you came in.

Video Call Friends & Family

Use this time to call and connect with all the relatives you have always put off calling and make them feel special. Video calling is such an efficient way to talk to and connect with many people regardless of how far away they are. Leverage this as much as possible!

Write a Novel

Have you ever had a great idea for a book and never gotten round to it? Try to take a stab at writing it. You may never publish it, but it will do wonders for your writing in any case.

Learn to Cook

Get creative with your cooking. There are plenty of fantastic recipe websites out there, and if you just pick a new recipe every day, you will come out of quarantine with hundreds of new recipes you can deploy any time with ease.

Deep Clean your House

Spend some time going through all your belongings and deciding what you actually need. Donate anything superfluous to charity and scrub the dust out of every single nook and cranny.

Work On Your Music Playlists

Clean up your Spotify or Apple Music playlist collections. Sort your music into different genres, create custom album art, curate your music as people did just ten years ago.

Learn a Song or a Dance By Heart

It can be very gratifying to learn a dance or a song with friends or family or even on your own and makes for great social media content when you’re done!

Jigsaw Puzzles

Finishing a massive jigsaw puzzle can feel like one of the most basic and fulfilling accomplishments. Order a complicated puzzle online and spend your days trying to finish it, it will feel productive and will keep your problem-solving mind alive!

Learn a Language

Download a language learning app and treat it like a job, spend a predetermined amount of time on the app every day and learn the basics of any language you have ever wanted to be able to speak.

Catch Up On Sleep

Use this time to finally sleep all those hours you previously couldn’t whilst you were working 9–5 and commuting. Your body will thank you long-term.

Sift Through Your Email

Take this time to triage through your email inbox and finally get to inbox-zero.

Keep A Journal

This will be a memorable time for decades to come, make sure you document it properly so you can relive these memories in the future.

Take an Online Course

There are plenty of very high-quality online courses by many of the world’s leading universities on websites like Coursera and Ed, take advantage of these and learn a new skill!

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