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THINGS TO DO WHILST SOCIAL DISTANCING 🏡

As many of you may now know, A-level exams are no longer happening due to the Covid-19 outbreak, with a vast amount of uncertainty about what’s happening regarding our grades and what’s going to happen regarding higher education, whether than be through an apprenticeship, job, or university. Although this is not one of the governments biggest worries at the moment, which is completely understandable, it is a worrying time personally for all those in education, and I hope those in the same position I am are doing okay. Other than that, I hope everyone is safe and staying home to help the crisis as much as possible, this is something I never thought I would have to face in my lifetime and is truly upsetting for many of us. That being said, I want to try and uplift spirits during this horrific time by helping those of you in my situation with nothing to do or those of you fortunate enough to have time off of work to help the pandemic rid of itself. No, by all means, this is not a holiday, but I think we take many things for granted such as being able to pop to a friend or family’s home whenever we want and that these times will bring us a positive when on the other side. That being said, whilst we have this time to spend with our families, again if you are fortunate enough to do this, then we should use this time productively and positively to help other people through these uncertain times also. This blog is merely to give tou guys some ideas of what to do if you’re feeling bored. Again, I hope you’re all safe, and that being said, let’s get into the post! 💞

LEARN A NEW SKILL/ START A NEW HOBBY 🎷

Is there something you’ve always wanted to do or learn but never had the time or patience to do it? Maybe this is something creative such as learning how to paint or play an instrument, or maybe even something helpful like learning a new language or even sign language. Whatever it may be, maybe this is your time to start a new hobby and learn a skill which you may even keep for the rest of your lifetime, and even enjoy it! Also, don’t just limit yourself to learning something new, but maybe starting a new hobby that you’ve never thought about before! I will leave some ideas below for you guys to have a think about:

- play an instrument

- learn how to draw or paint

- learn a new language

- learn sign language

- learn how to juggle

- learn to cook some new recipies

- start a blog/instagram

- reading

- start a youtube channel

VIDEO CHAT YOUR LOVED ONES 💻

In these times, you underestimate how lonely the ones you love are feeling, and this is where the beauty of the internet comes into play! If your loved ones, both friends and family, have a smartphone, tablet or computer with an accessible camera, give them a quick facetime or skype call, see how they’re doing! If this isn’t avaliable, as a lot of elderly don’t have accessible internet, which I’m aware of as my older Nan herself doesnt, is they happen to have a landline or mobile phone, even a quick phone call could make their day, even if its just for 5 minutes when they wake up, or 5 minutes before they go to bed. It gives them a sense of hope through these times and also lets them know you are caring and thinking about them during these times which can get really lonely! So, if you haven’t yet called your loved ones, pick up your phone and do so now!

SELF-CARE 🧖🏼‍♀️

I am aware lot of us don’t leave ourselves any time for taking care of ourselves, and with how, again, lonely and scary times like this are, this is the time more than ever to start looking after ourselves! Take care of yourself more than ever, you deserve it! ❤️ Give yourself time out of the day, even if it’s just half an hour, to do something you enjoy and pamper yourself! I will leave some ideas below:

- take a bubble bath

- do a face mask

- complete a full skin care routine

- make sure to shower and get dressed out of yo pyjamas every morning!

- light a candle and read a blog post/book/magazine

- have some time to reflect on your day

- maybe start a dream journal, bullet journal, or even a gratitude journal! You can look ideas for all of these on pinterest, we heart it, instagram and even tumblr!

- change your bed sheets, this honestly is a dream!

- organise your things and tidy your room/living space, if your space is clean this is so much better to help your mind!

ENTERTAIN YOURSELF 📽

Pretty simple as a lot of us do this on a day to day basis, but instead of getting into a pit of sadness, start a new series, watch a movie, watch someone new on YouTube or anything of that sort! I will leave some recommendations below for you to check out!

YouTube:

- TGF Bros

- Anastasia Kingsnorth

- Elle Darby

- Sidemen

- Patricia Bright

Podcasts:

- The Girls Bathroom

- True Crime

- Philosophise This

Music:

- The Weeknd

- Blackbear

- Lil Tecca

- Lil Uzi Vert

- Trippie Redd

- NAV

- Rae Sremmurd

- Gorillaz

- The Smiths

- The Stone Roses

- BROCKHAMPTON

Movies:

- Gone Girl

- Love, Rosie

- Us

- Hercueles

- Princess and the Frog

- Now You See Me

- Horrible Bosses

- Clueless

- Divergent series

- Twilight series

- Pirates of the Carribean series

- Maze Runner series

- Good Fellas

- Fury

- The Perks of Being a Wallflower

- Friends with Benefits

- 50 First Dates

- Easy A

- American Psycho

- Dirty Grandpa

- Mortal Instruments

- Jurassic World series

- 6 Years

- Shutter Island

- Inception

- Trainwreck

- Sinister

- Fifty Shades series

- The Wolf of Wall Street

TV Series:

- Gossip Girl

- Bates Motel

- Skins

- The Invetweeners

- Gavin and Stacey

- Friday Night Dinner

- The Young Offenders

- Bad Education

- Yummy Mummies

- Dynasty

- Rupaul’s Drag Race

- Sex Education

- Peaky Blinders

- The Stranger

- Stranger Things

- Love is Blind

- You

- The Trials od Gabriel Fernandez

- The Good Place

- Benidorm

- Rick and Morty

- Once Upon a Time

- American Horror Story

- Black Mirror

- Teen Wolf

- The Vampire Diaries

- Pretty Little Liars

- Safe

- Atypical

- Chilling Adventures of Sabrina

- The Haunting of Hill House

- When They See Us

- The Umbrella Academy

- Don’t F*** With Cats

- The Disappeareance of Madeleine McCann

Books:

- VOX

- The Last

- My Sister, The Seriel Killer

- Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine

- Normal People

- The One

- The Break

- the Crazy Rich Asians series

- The Handmaid’s Tale

- Women Talking

- To Kill a Mockingbird

- The Great Gatsby

- Native Son

- Then She Was Gone

- You series

- The Outsider

- Panic Room

- The Psychology of Time Travel

- Admissions ; A Life in Brain Surgery

Thank you for reading this very long blog post and I hope I’ve given you some good ideas! Stay inside and stay safe everybody 💞

- Saff with The Weekly Sugar x