What to do with yourself in quarantine? 7 ideas for a pleasant pastime

Quarantine is not a sentence! On the contrary, it is a great opportunity to devote your time to family, self-development, mastering new skills, reading, cultural recreation, and so on.

We have prepared for you 7 simple ideas how to occupy yourself on a forced "vacation", so that it is not only interesting, but also useful.

Books are a source of valuable knowledge, wisdom and inspiration. And it doesn't matter what exactly you read — fiction, detective stories, women's novels or non-fiction. Any book will benefit you! Therefore, take up reading as soon as possible! And keep in mind, now excuses like "I don't have time" won't work anymore!

Yes, fitness halls have really closed, but this does not mean that now you can go on a food "spree" and forget about a healthy lifestyle. Now more than ever it is important to monitor your health and nutrition! With the second, everything is clear — more vitamins, less sweet, flour, fatty, maximum drinking.

But with the first one, numerous video tutorials on YouTube can help you. Now, watching various videos, you can not only perform elementary exercises for weight loss or weight gain, but even learn the basics of kung fu and other martial arts! You can do it with the whole family — it will be even more fun!

Of course, quarantine is a great opportunity to watch new movies and TV series. Moreover, the world's production studios, as if anticipating trouble, flooded the Internet with selected works! For example, in March, new seasons of the already beloved "Diary of a Handmaid", "World of the Wild West" and the drama "Better Call Saul" were released. In addition, some novelties are also pleasing: "Conspiracy against America", "Dracula" and "The Keys of Locke". In general, there will definitely be enough TV shows for a few weeks!

As for the films, the situation here is not so joyful. We won't see many new items this year at all, or we will see them much later, since most studios have decided to cancel or postpone premieres due to the coronavirus. However, we still have online cinemas with a rich selection of movies for every taste — for example, you can review 100 of the audience's favorite movies according to Rotten Tomatoes or plunge into the exciting world of French cinema of the 80s.

You can spend time at home not only fun, but also useful! Now on the Internet you can easily find training courses, master classes and webinars on a wide variety of topics ranging from child psychology, to cooking delicious desserts and maintaining Instagram accounts. Choose what you like best and get started!

Who knows, perhaps this knowledge will be useful to you in the future and after a long break you will want to master some new profession!

Have you always wanted to draw, but you didn't have time for it? Forced "vacations" are a wonderful reason to fulfill your old dream. During these few weeks (and maybe more), you can easily master almost any creative direction — knitting, embroidery, drawing, clay modeling, sewing, papier-mache, and so on. Again thanks to the same YouTube.

A nice bonus will be that you can sell finished products! Once we already told you which 5 types of needlework can be profitably monetized.

With all the abundance of opportunities that have opened up to you thanks to quarantine, do not forget about your relatives! Now you can literally spend whole days together - playing board games, drawing, watching movies, exercising in the morning, cooking, reading books and so on! There is no need to treat this as a heavy burden and think "when is it time to go to work". Enjoy the opportunity to be near your family — it's very expensive!

Many people are so focused on improving their financial and social situation that they forget about another important aspect of life — spiritual development. Quarantine is just the time when you can learn more about your inner world, study aspects of psychology, meditate, do yoga, and so on.