We’re going nowhere and doing nothing for the foreseeable future. No sports, no school, no concerts, but a lot of free time around the house and in our neighborhoods, so long as we practice appropriate social distancing and wash our hands.
If you’re at a loss and wondering what to do with your free time, I’ve compiled a list of 50 ideas that can hopefully help:
talk to your spouse
play with your children
call your parents on the phone
clean up around the house
pick up trash in the neighborhood
go outside and play sports with other people, throw a football, toss a baseball, etc
take the dog to the park (dogs can’t get Coronavirus)
exercise
organize your email inbox
gather unwanted clothes to donate to Goodwill or local thrift store
read a book
read CrossingBroad.com
play a sports video game like Madden or FIFA
listen to a podcast
sweep your front porch
ask neighbors how they’re doing and check on elderly folks in the area
waste your time on the hellhole known as “Twitter”
argue about politics on Facebook
take an Instagram selfie
record a TikTok video
update your Linkedin profile and resume
sleep
shred old paperwork you don’t need
meditate and/or do yoga moves
play a musical instrument, draw a picture, or do something creative
call 94 WIP or 97.5 the Fanatic and share a sports opinion
watch old games on ESPN Classic
argue with co workers on Slack
compile a list
do your taxes
send story ideas to local writers (kevin@crossingbroad.com)
look through those photo albums you told yourself you’d definitely look through and never have
take all of the pictures and videos off your phone and put them on your laptop or desktop
watch all those videos you filmed at concerts that you said you’d go back and watch only to realize the audio quality is terrible and you weren’t really that close
Netflix, Hulu, etc
plant a tree
identify things to sell and put them up on Ebay or Craigslist
volunteer your time
cook dinner for the family
get absolutely wasted
answer your 10,000 unread text messages
delete apps on your phone you aren’t using
go through your bank statements and see where you can save money