Cures for Quarantine Boredom

Hi everyone! This past month has been wild and not at all what any of us expected. Our school shut down on March 16 and began online classes on the 18th, sports, theater, trips we had planned, and everything else have been canceled and my family is on day 16 of self-imposed quarantine. During this quarantine, all of us are bound to find ourselves saying at some point "There's nothing to do!" so we (as a group because I did not come up with, nor do I want credit for, some of these ideas haha) came up with a LONG list of things to cure your boredom! We hope you enjoy! -Sarah Catherine :)

Food

• Learn how to do the thing where you squirt whipped cream on the back of your hand and try to toss it in your mouth

• Make your brother and sister a smores poptart

• Make fluffy pancakes

• Order food from a small business before they shut down

• Bake something with what you find in your house (mug cakes are great)

• Try a new recipe- ask us for some:)

Crafts or creations

• Make a diary/bullet journal to document your time

• Make and paint a birdhouse

• Paint a meme on your sisters back and tell her it's a sunset

• Get started on people’s birthday presents

• Make a house of cards

• Paint a picture that slightly resembles a sunset (I’m not talented, but it's ok)

• Dye your hair a new color (It’s kind of a craft right?)

• Make tik toks

• Make a code for you and your friends to communicate with

• knit yourself some socks

• Give yourself a haircut- but not really unless you want - make sure your hair is WET

• Scrapbook- find some pictures and mementos from the past year and collect them in a single place with writing on it

• Write your own story

• Draw a picture of a monkey

• Make your bucket list like really spend some time on it… create your life goals

• Make a vlog of your day just cause

Things to learn or practice

• Maybe learn a tik tok dance

• Learn a fact a day

• Do a word of the day

• Practice pitching a softball

• Learn a new song on your instrument!

• Learn how to do the Heimlich maneuver ya know just in case

• Learn a new dance, do it for your family or neighbors BUT AT A SOCIAL DISTANCE

• Learn the alphabet backwards

• Learn a new hairstyle

• Learn to speak in pig latin because your dad can't understand it and you think that's funny

• Learn about your family history and ask your parents to tell you stories from their childhood

• Learn about the founding fathers they are really interesting

• Learn how to play a new video game

• Learn a new language (or practice the one you're taking at school- talk to your family in that language… they don't know what you're saying which makes it twice as fun)

Things to watch

• Watch sad movies all-day

• Watch Mr. Holland’s opus

• Watch Good Will Hunting

• Watch Drake and Josh

• Watch the princess bride again

• Watch ironman (best avenger)

• Watch all of the MCU movies in order

• Find someway to watch friends

• Set up a free trial on Disney+ and when that ends set up another one

• Watch the news, it's important to stay updated and to understand what is going on in America (As well as internationally) and it’s also important to know how to keep up with the news, so this is a good opportunity to practice (it's also a good opportunity to find news sources that you personally like (Shout out FoxNews :)))

Things to read

• Read something by George Orwell

• Also read something by Stephen King (The Shining is next on my list)

• F. Scott Fitzgerald (I LOVE HIM)

• Read the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution of the United States of America… they're really interesting and vitaly important for understanding the origins of our government (other good reads for that are Montesquieu's The Spirit of the Laws, and The Federalist Papers)

• In the same way The Declaration and Constitution are important for our country, The Bible is important for our faith… May I recommend Job, Esther and Tobit :)

• Audible is giving free books to listen to so while you clean or journal or sit and stare at the ceiling culture yourself with some good classics

Stuff to do outside :)

• If it rains: play in the rain or go for a run in the rain or watch the lightning

• Take a walk

• Throw a football

• Throw a baseball

• Go swimming

• Climb a tree

• Plant a garden

• Go outside and tan while reading a book or listening to music

• Go out and eno (or any hammock)

Practical things

• Buy toilet paper on eBay (https://thefitking.com/products/1-jumbo-massive-toilet-paper-roll-premium-industrial-quality-with-4-layers-of-strength-and-absorption?variant=32093901619293&utm_medium=cpc&utm_source=google&utm_campaign=Google%20Shopping&utm_campaign=gs-2019-11-07&utm_source=google&utm_medium=smart_campaign&gclid=Cj0KCQjwpfHzBRCiARIsAHHzyZpD33bwKS5DEL5iy-TSlxnDCA-yfXgKnshdVnW8cj_smOM9YOv2L9waAjheEALw_wcB)

• Take some vitamins and be healthy and well (especially vitamin c bc it tastes like sunshine and makes you feel all good)

• Start college applications so you're not stressed later… be good to your future self

• Order a product from a small business

• Make your Christmas list on amazon

• Write a paper

• Clean up your Spotify because let's be honest it's cluttered with playlists

• Same with your camera roll (or go through your pictures and write out your memories from this past year)

• Research some organizations you can volunteer for when this is all over. Look at job opportunities for the summer

• Redesign your room(or just clean it bc it’s messy @maggie)

• PUT DOWN YOUR PHONE

• Paint your nails

• Practice new makeup techniques

• Spend one day doing something you've always wanted to do but never had time to (Like learning to skateboard, having a photo shoot with your siblings, or prank calling everyone in your contacts… the opportunities are limitless)

• Work out!!!!! There are so many ways to strengthen your body and stay in shape because we all know we’ve all been constantly eating

Stuff for your faith

• Spending time in silence

• Spend some extra time in prayer

• PRAY THE ROSARY- it literally takes like 20 minutes and we NEED THIS

• Attend a virtual holy hour- Blessed is She has scheduled ones- check our their insta

Social Things (while social distancing of course)

• Facetime your friends and pray a rosary

• Start a virtual book club!!!!

• WEBKINZ

• Club Penguin

• Have a massive google meet with all the friends you miss- watch a movie together, play an online game, sing for each other, LAUGH

• Text a friend you haven’t spoken to in a long time (maybe reconnect with a childhood friend)

• Call your grandparents, I’m sure they would love to hear your voice

• Write letters to all the friends you miss, and especially to your grandparents who may be lonely during this quarantine

Things to do with your family

• Beat your brother and sister in an epic game of jenga

• Leg wrestle your sister and lose horribly (and hurt your foot in the process lol)

• PRANK WAR

• Play Yahtzee and win by cheating just like your great grandmother taught you

• Throw water balloons at your brother

• Listen to an entire musical soundtrack all the way through and try to deduce the plot from there and then perform for your family

• Speak in a random accent for a whole day, and don't tell anyone why… Just pretend its normal

• Challenge your brother to any sort of competition and he will probably say yes, because boys are competitive (except for my brother who would rather play Rainbow Six Siege but I digress…)

Other things …??

• Buy a goat off ebay then spend your quarantine trying to hide it from your parents

• Become a genius, billionaire, playboy, philanthropist

• Go in your closet and create some new outfit combos with what you have. Never underestimate a good fashion show in your room (or on Webkinz)

• Pinterest

Hope these helped! We're praying for all of you and hoping that your quarantine is going well and that you're all safe and healthy! If you have any prayer requests or just need someone to talk to feel free to send an email to theeastcoastbloggers@gmail.com! Can't wait to hear from y'all!