Being stuck at home for the foreseeable future was not something
many of us envisioned.
Now that coronavirus has sent workers and students home, closed businesses
and canceled events, it’s going to be important to create new routines and
find meaningful ways to spend our long days at home.
From self isolations to government-imposed lockdowns for the
safety of its people, the world is taking a break from the usual routine. And
thus, you are left with a lot of time at home! So how do you use it
productively?
The following organizing tasks are simple and
will help you structure your day and create a small sense of control.
ReadBooks
These are certain books that people of all ages can enjoy here
are a few engaging books you should be able to find online for free to make
this Coronavirus lockdown time a fun experience for you lazing around with an
engrossing book.
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Any Ruskin bond
collection
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'The Alchemist’ by
Paulo Coelho
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The Harry Potter
series by JK Rowling
If you love reading and want to check out advanced authors, you
can also go for Arundhati Roy’s 'The God of Small Things’, RK Narayan’s 'The
Guide’, Khuswant Singh’s 'Train to Pakistan’, motivational books by Shiv Khera,
and 'The Kite Runner' by Khaled Hosseini.
Grow Plants At Home
This COVID-19 lockdown time can be utilized in growing plants in
your garden. Grow as many plants as you can. Try to grow tulsi and aloe vera
which emit oxygen. If you have enough garden space, you can even try planting
neem and peepal saplings. As the world is deprived of clean air, they will work
wonders when they grow into trees in a few decades even if you may not be there
to see them. If you grow 5 to 10 oxygen-emitting plants, you will add to the
pre-existing resources.
Giloy, tulsi, and neem are plants that grow very easily and can
be found anywhere. Giloy has medicinal properties along with Neem and tulsi. It
will prevent diseases also.
Since fresh vegetables might be scare during the Coronavirus
lockdown, you can also grow vegetables at home and get organic vegetable supply
without spending money and going out.
Watch The Top Movies And Educational TV Series
There is a long list of TV series that will educate you on
various topics. The National Geographic documentaries are a way fun way to
learn. Pick the genre of your choice and go watch them online. If you have
access to a Netflix connection or Amazon Prime, there are a vast number of
documentaries and docu-series you can watch on a variety of genres.
If you want to watch the top movies, just check out the IMDB top
50 list and check which ones you haven’t watched. If you are lucky, you can
find them online or you can always download.
So, watch your favorite movie or TV series along with juice or a
coffee for that perfect quarantine escape. Here are some good TV series which
students can watch:
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Myth Busters
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How it’s made
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Man vs. Wild
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Modern Marvels
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Nat Geo Shows
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Destination Truth
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Electric Company
Click Photographs
Not being a professional photographer does not mean you cannot
click pictures. Not being able to explore new things or stepping out from your
place does not restrict any talent.
Necessity is the mother of the invention to find out what you can
photograph around your home. Therefore, during this coronavirus lockdown, with
restricted area and limited resources, brainstorming and figure out your best
shot locations and also the best photography times since there will be some
time periods during the day when the natural light would be the prettiest.
Pick up your mobile
phone or borrow it from your parents. Arrange the objects that you find quite
fascinating for your picture at home and start clicking. Click pictures that
will make their way to Instagram and maybe even help you discover a talent you
never knew you had!
Start Painting!
Take out all those paint brushes that have been dying to use for
ages. If you do not have paintbrushes, go for plastic spoons, ice cream sticks,
a sturdy old visiting card, or use your hands instead.
You can check out any painting challenge website and print or
save a list of 21 painting ideas. Each day, you can give painting one hour of
your time and simply experiment with whatever idea you get for the day.
It can be anything from a fruit, a memory, a place or abstract
designs with paint. Painting is a very natural form of expression and it can be
meditative too as it soothes your mind and keeps it calm. So, go ahead and
explore this creative language!
Exercising improves strength, flexibility, agility, and mobility
and most importantly it can help build your immunity during this Coronavirus
pandemic.
Practice meditation and pranayama to destress your life and
relax your soul. This will also inculcate a lot of energy and boost your
stamina.
It is 70% diet and 30% exercise that gives the desired results.
So along with yoga, meditation and pranayama, eat almonds, cashew, resins along
with all the nutrients you need in a balanced diet.
Get up and make a healthy diet plan which has all the veggies
and fruits and dals. Since you won’t be able to go out and buy groceries all
the time, make a 21-day diet plan and list everything you need so that you can
buy them all in one go. This will make you healthier while you stay at home
during the lockdown.
Learn A Language
Learning a language is a fun experience but it does need
dedication. A language learned will give you an edge over others. It will add
to your CV and will help you in your career as well if you do it right. That
will open new avenues of education and jobs in the future.
Check out the various online courses and mobile apps available
to easily learn new languages. Ask your parents to help you apply or do it
yourself. Attend the online classes and appear for the test to get an online
certificate for your new language skills!
This will not let you get bored while everything is locked down.
Not only can you learn yourself with an online course, but you can teach your
family members too.
While everyone is fighting the war against coronavirus, you can
turn this into an opportunity to learn new skills.
Read About Future Goals
Read books, magazines, online websites on career planning and
life goals and plan your targets in life. List down what you want to be 10
years from now and start working on your goals during the COVID-19 lockdown.
Study journals and books that will take you closer to your
dreams and start working on them. This practice can become the most fruitful
practice during the Coronavirus lockdown period.
Play Old-School Games
Many houses will have a chessboard or a ludo board or both!
Sharpen your mental skills with chess and beat your siblings while you play and
for some family fun, indulge in some ludo, and snakes and ladders!
Since ludo needs four players, it can fully engage all your
family members while you all are together during the coronavirus lockdown.
Last, But Not The Least, Share Your Stories
All of us like posting our pictures and stories on our social
media accounts. So, tell us how you spent your day when everything is locked
down. Share with us on the mail or on our Facebook page
Lately, people have been playing with Instagram challenges,
posting stories, and asking questions COVID-19. Write about how you made a
quarantine time period productive.
You can also start your own blog about what you are doing during
the Coronavirus lockdown and post there every day along with interesting photos
of what you are doing around the house.
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