10 Things You Can Do While Practicing Social Distancing

Practising social distancing has become more of a protective measure for everyone across the world as the coronavirus cases continue to increase. One challenge that you might face with social distancing is not knowing what to do with a lot of time on your hands especially if you are used to being busy all the time. You can consider trying out some of my recommended options to reduce boredom and increase your productivity while staying at home.

10 Things You Can Do While Practicing Social Distancing

1. Spring Cleaning

Let’s face it, we do not know how long this might last, but while hoping for better days ahead you can put energy into making your home more beautiful. This might even be a good opportunity to arrange your wardrobe and select some of the clothing or home appliances you would like to give out after the pandemic.

2. Exercise

There is no more excuse for not having an exercise routine now that you are home. If you are worried that there is no gym equipment in your home, then you can make a research about simple routine exercises you can carry out within the comfort of your home.

3. Take Online Courses

If there was any reason why you have been postponing taking one course or the other, or maybe you even have the intention to take an online course later on in the year, you could use this opportunity to take beginner or foundational courses which would give you more insight so you can make the decision to continue or opt-out for something else.

4. Learn A New Skill

Learning is a never-ending process, all you need sometimes is consistency and hard work. Also, there are lots of online resources that you can make use of to make significant progress in the new skill you have decided to learn.

5. Try Finishing A Crossword Puzzle

Crossword puzzles take time to complete depending on how large it is, or how many objects are in the puzzle. This could be a fun activity for you and your family/friends as it would help bring you together during this period.

6. Improve Your Cooking Skill

There are lots of online video channels to make use of in learning new skills or cooking hacks which makes cooking less stressful. You can also document this process on youtube for your followers to watch while also making money from it.

7. Contact Old Friends and Family

Now is a time to reach out to your loved ones to know how they are faring during this period, this could also be a wonderful opportunity to reach out to old friends to check up on them or rekindle memories from old times.

8. Virtual Shop

Shopping from the comfort of your house couldn’t be more exciting right? Furthermore, you might get yourself the best deals as prices are being slashed with some stores giving good discounts.

9. Arrange Contents On Your Laptop/Start A Journal

Starting a journal where you can write on daily can be therapeutic because it gives you the sense of being heard while being distanced from the world. You could also take time to arrange applications, pictures and documents in an orderly manner on your Laptop/Phone. Your future self would be thankful when you need to quickly access a document without panicking.

10. Read A Book

If you are a student, now would be a good time to practise some self-study without any pressure whatsoever. For other people, reading apps like Any books, Wattpad e.t.c can be a good place to source for books of different genres.

Conclusion

If you still find yourself being bored at any point in time after trying out some of the things on this list, then you can also try Netflix and chill with loved ones and family.