Times are tough. All of us have to do our part to get through the Corona Pandemic as good as we can.

Lots of countries ask their citizens to practice Social Distancing and Self-Quarantine to ‘flatten the curve’.

But staying at home doesn’t have to be boring or unproductive.

Please keep yourself and others safe. Enjoy your stay at home.

Social Distancing: 100+ Ideas What to Do at Home

🚧Here are some alternatives to reading the news:

1. [Social ☺️] Call your family and tell them you think about them
2. Call a friend who lives by him-/herself and see how they are doing
3. Have shared lunch/dinner via video call
4. Do a happy hour via video call
5. Go through your contacts and talk to people you wanted to reach out to
6. [Home 🏡] Clean your apartment/house/room
7. Go through your clothes/items/etc. and see what you can donate or get rid of
8. Go through your wardrobe/items/etc. and re-discover forgotten favorites
9. Rearrange rooms, which don’t quite feel right
10. Fix broken stuff (change light bulbs; fix broken furniture; etc.)
11. Tidy up and/or decorate areas of your apartment where it needs improvement
12. Set up a working area (if your work allows you to work remotely)
13. Walk through the various rooms and see how many steps it takes to cross the room (smallest steps possible vs. largest steps possible)
14. Walk through the apartment and see how many steps it takes to cross the entire apartment (smallest steps possible vs. largest steps possible)
15. Look around and try to notice 10 things you haven’t noticed before
16. [Mind 💆] Try meditation (mindfulness; mantra; exercise; … whatever works for you)
17. Mediate 5 days in a row (if/once more experienced)
18. Learn about 1 philosopher (pick first one that comes to mind) … if none comes to mind, just google
19. Learn about 3 different philosophies from 3 different regions (Europe; Asia; Middle East; etc.)
20. Learn about the concept of mental models
21. Pick 5 mental models and learn about them
22. Write down the absolutely worst that could happen in the next 3/6/12/24 months
23. Write down all the things you’ve done/achieved in your life (e.g. graduated; moved to ….; etc.) – [thanks h/t Friedemann]
24. Write a list of 39 goals/dreams
25. Read the book you always wanted to read but have pushed off reading
26. Re-read your favorite book
27. Search for a blog on 3 topics (1: your hobby; 2: something you want to learn; 3: …. [wildcard])
28. Setup a blog and write 1 blog post
29. Write blog posts 5 days in a row
30. Do an annual review of the previous year/years
31. Build a positive habit and couple it with something you do every day (e.g. ‘go to the bathroom’ = trigger)
32. Play a game
33. Tell a joke
34. [Health 💪] Notice when you touch your face and commit to saying something stupid every time you do [e.g. trigger: touching your face –> reaction: saying ‘Bingo Bongo’]
35. Learn about bodyweight exercises
36. Exercise 5 days in a row
37. Learn about gymnastics/stretching
38. Stretch 5 days in a row
39. Learn about breathing exercises
40. Exercise breathing 5 days in a row
41. Go to sleep before 10pm
42. Wake up before 6am
43. Take a siesta
44. Listen to an interview with the sleep scientist
45. Treat yourself and take a long shower
46. Challenge yourself and take the shortest shower possible
47. End a shower with cold water running for 15/30 seconds+
48. Read about longevity research
49. Attempt/master handstand (h/t Michi)
50. Attempt/master walking on your hands
51. [Food/Cooking 🍲] Cook something very simple (3 ingredients)
52. Cook something sophisticated
53. Learn 3 new recipes
54. Learn about 2 new cuisines
55. Write down the recipes you know and share with friends (if they are interested)
56. Drink water and try to notice how it tastes
57. If you usually drink coffee, try tea
58. If you usually drink alcohol, don’t drink 5 days in a row
59. [Ideas 💡] Come up 10 fictional book ideas you’d like to read/write
60. Come up with 5 movie ideas you would like to see
61. Write down 10 insights that you have, which are not widely known
62. Come up with 5 business ideas you could start with $500 in the bank
63. Come up with 5 improvement ideas for household items/goods
64. [Work 💻] Learn about GTD
65. Learn about 5 different productivity systems/frameworks (quora thread)
66. Find your most productive hours and see if you can adapt your schedule to fit your personal energy/focus/motivation levels
67. Write a TaDa-List 5 days in a row
68. Finish a small task that you have been pushing off for a long time
69. Tackle a large/important project
70. If you have a day without meetings, start working before 6am and finish your ‘working day’ by 12pm // enjoy the afternoon
71. Get to inbox 0
72. Set up your inbox for success
73. Clean your desk
74. Clean your desktop
75. Delete unused files on your hard drive
76. Archive unused files on your cloud drive
77. Back up important files
78. [Skills/Learning 📚] Learn the basics of a programming language (SQL; etc.)
79. Learn the basics of excel
80. Learn the basics of presentations/slides
81. Learn the basics of story telling
82. Learn the basics of writing
83. Learn the basics of ___________
84. Learn about physics
85. Learn about chemistry
86. Learn about math
87. Create a collection of your favorite resources
88. [Creative 🎹] Write down your 3 favorite artists from childhood
89. Listen to 3 styles of music you usually don’t listen to and learn about the roots of the music
90. Pick up a new instrument
91. Practice an instrument or digital instrument for 1 hour (alternative: if you don’t have an instrument, then sing or use your fingers as percussion instrument)
92. Practice an instrument or digital instrument 5 days in a row
93. Write/create a song and share it with friends
94. Play music for 1 hour
95. Listen to an album from start to finish
96. Learn something new about your favorite genre of music
97. Learn about your favorite artist
98. Take a selfie that you like
99. Find 3 different pictures that you really like and write why you like them
100. Take this free photo class
101. Take 10 different pictures from the same subject/item
102. Take a short video of yourself explaining a concept
103. Take a short video of yourself telling a joke
104. Take a short video of yourself recreating a movie scene
105. Write a poem/haiku
106. [Other 🔍] Send me your ideas how to spend time at home 🙂
107. Take an onlince course
108. Create an online course

Communication Matters: Renaming ‘Social Distancing’

Very good and thoughtful tweet.