WHAT CAN YOU DO DURING YOUR SELF-ISOLATION?

WHAT CAN YOU DO DURING YOUR SELF-ISOLATION?

When life deals you a bag of lemons don’t lament, make lemonade. Or so the expression goes. Well, when the current pandemic deals you a 14-day quarantine or two weeks of self-isolation, transform it into an opportunity. Take advantage of your sentence in solitary to do all of the things that you didn’t have time or the inclination to do when you were operating in your busy-mode. To assist you I am providing my list of some opportunities for the oppressed! 

• Start your own blog! It is not hard and there are Youtube videos to walk you through the process.
• You might just want to start a journal of how you are feeling and what you are doing during your fourteen-day exile. It doesn’t need to be creative or fancy, just honest and open.
• Time for a clothes closet cull. Go through all of your clothes and start to graduate old favourites to the thrift store bag and take the tags off the five shirts that you have hung up to acclimatize in your closet from two years ago.
• After the cull, hang all of your shirts, sweaters, T-shirts by colour like in a fashionable men’s (lady’s) store. 
• When was the last time all of your shoes received a good polish and shine? Have you something better to do?
• If you get on a roll, you can also address cleaning and reorganizing of the pantry, pots and pans drawer, towels and bedding shelves, the medicine cabinet and the junk drawer. 
• Now is the time to clean the “out-of-sight” locations in the house. eg under the rugs, behind the couch, under the couch cushions, behind the bed. Have you washed your lightbulbs lately? (I am really digging deep here!)
• Search for two new websites every day that you have never been on before and explore them in some depth.
• Watch a complete program on two TV channels that you never watch and see what you can discover.
• Go through your contact or telephone directory and every day make a point of phoning or face-timing at least one or two different people that you haven’t been in touch with lately. Now is the time when you can talk and talk - take advantage of it.
• Start to learn a new skill by exploring the YouTube world where there are lessons on everything from learning Spanish, to painting with watercolours, to playing guitar, to making soup. Learn something new.
• If you are in self-isolation it is still OK to go for a walk outdoors and still avoid any social contact under six feet. Wear gloves and walk in the park or around the block or in the backyard. Keep moving!
• Lots of time now to sort through old photo albums or organize your computer photo files. It will provide a great distraction.
• Of course, you can always read a book. It may be time to learn how to download books from the public library for free if you haven’t already done so.

And I have saved my number one suggestion for last. If you are searching for something interesting or stimulating to do with your time, you can always phone (403 - 474 -7520), email or FaceTime ME! That will not only help you pass the time but it will help make my days of isolation much more enjoyable! Thanks, in advance!