What Can You Do When You Are Stuck At Home?

• Sleep: Get the recommended amount.  You have the time now!
•  Exercise: 
  • Check out indoor workouts online or stream them, come up with your own 
    • Jump rope, planks/burpees, free weights, resistance bands 
  • Be creative and try to get 60 minutes per day of increased physical activity.
  • Go Outside (without crowds) 
    • Walking, with your dog, rain walk with your kids (puddle stomping)
    • go hiking/snowshoeing still practicing social distancing
    • Biking 
    • Gardening, grow vegetables/herbs 
• Self Care: Take care of yourself so you can better take care of others 
  • Time to work on a healthier diet, real food you have time to prepare,  get rid of the junk (see #4) 
  • Try giving yourself the perfect pedicure, doing a hair mask, reevaluating your closet to have a  capsule wardrobe  
• Cook up a storm.  
  • Try new recipes and include your kids.  
  • Use Every Single Gadget You Have
  • Everyone gets to pick a meal they like to share
  • look at cooking shows and try out some of their ideas
  • Use cooking as a  history lesson/learning opportunity 
    • The h/o the noodle
    • Hot dogs

• Get an earthquake kit together, emergency pack, disaster plan 
  • Have a what-if bag? 
  • Get your photos onto digital hard drive 
  • Sort through old photos 
  • Make an inventory of your house  
• Don't try to take on the teacher role 
  • Things you can do which are educational but are not curriculum based 
• This is an amazing opportunity to reconnect with the "real" world if you look at it that way 
• Harness compassion for other people rather than feeling sorry for yourself 
• Meditate 
• Make playlists/share them, listen to something new, have an indoor dance party 
• Read a book, audiobooks, start a series (as a family): Harry Potter, Little House on the Prairie, Percy Jackson 
• Creative Writing: journaling or start writing a story or graphic novel 
• Socializing/ Reconnection: Facetiming 
• Organizing: maybe now is the time to finally get those photos organized, scanning files, getting tax info together 
• Let your inner child out: encourage your kids to pretend play and then join them in doing that! 
  • Make a tent inside with a blanket thrown over a table, tell spooky stories by lantern light (as long as this is age appropriate)  camp type dinner, S'Mores with your toaster oven/oven 
  • Picnic inside or in the yard, Candlelight dinner, Breakfast for Dinner 
  • Wear pajamas all day 
  • Make a fort with old delivery boxes or a fancy house for your cat 
  • Puzzles, real board games  
• Start to learn a new language. 
  • See if your kids pick it up faster than you do!  
• Teach yourself a new skill 
  • Practice on that piano, learn to play the guitar 
  • DIY projects at home 
  • Learn a new language 
  • Sewing, knitting [start a virtual knitting circle]  
• Hardware stores are open, think about a repair project, DIY paint project, some spring cleaning, TONS of ideas online.  
• Start an art project or craft: painting, homemade playdoh, beading, friendship bracelets. Be creative!  
• Now that we are making do with less, are there permanent changes you can make to help save our planet?