These sure are wild times for our world. I hope everyone is safe, supported & healthy during this period of uncertainty.
While many of us are just beginning our self-quarantine and social isolation, I wanted to compile some activities, recommendations for what to do while practicing social distancing. Here are some activities and favorite things to help keep yourself busy while at home:
Social Distancing Activities:
- Re-organize your apartment space
- Celan out + color coordinate your closet
- Organize your books
- FaceTime your family & friends
- Enjoy a bath
- Home workout
- Make your bed, daily
- Send loved ones flowers
- Do a challenging puzzle
- Bake cookies
- Gratitude journal
- Learn a new language (via DuoLingo)
- be sure to recycle
TV shows/ to stream:
- Succession (HBO)
- The Crown (Netflix)
- Elite (Netflix)
- Westworld (HBO)
- Hilary (Hulu)
- Black Mirror (Netflix)
- Twin Peaks (Hulu)
- Fleabag (Prime)
- Trials of Gabriel Fernandez (Netflix)
- The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel (Prime)
- Don’t Fuck with Cats (Netflix)
- Veep (HBO)
- Schitt’s Creek (Netflix)
- 30 Rock (Hulu)
- Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt (Netflix)
- Marriage Story (Netflix)
- Booksmart (Hulu)
- The Irishman (Netflix)
- Honey Boy (Prime)
- A Star is Born (HBO)
Movies:
- Momento
- Slumdog Millionaire
- Lord of the Rings (trilogy)
- Star Wars (Saga)
- Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
- Saving Private Ryan
- Back to the Future (trilogy)
- Indiana Jones (trilogy)
- The Matrix (trilogy)
- Being John Malkovich
- Adaptation
- Clue
- The Fall
- Inception
- The Princess Bride
- Raging Bull
- The Godfather I & II
- Amelie
- Annie Hall
- Schindler’s List
- A Clockwork Orange
- The Shawshank Redemption
- Chinatown
- Looper
- Vanilla Sky
- The Fountain
- Cafe de Fleur
- 25th Hour
- Arrival
- Thank you for Smoking
- Roma
- Citizen Kane
- City of God
- Tell No One
- Sound of Music
- The Prestige
- Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
- Knives Out
- All the President’s Men
- The Wizard of Oz
- Amadeus
Books:
- Just Kids by Patti Smith
- Sapiens by Yuval Noah Harari
- The Martian by Andy Weir
- On the Road by Jack Kerouac
- In Cold Blood by Truman Capote
- Tubes by Andrew Blum
- The First Bad Man by Miranda July
- Less by Andrew Sean Greer
- Norwegian Wood by Haruki Marakami
- Call Me By Your Name by Andre Aciman
- A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara
- You Are A Badass by Jen Sincero
- To Shake The Sleeping Self by Jedidiah Jenkins
- Binge by Tyler Oakley
- The Sixth Extinction by Elizabeth Kolbert
- Red, White & Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston
- 21 Lessons for the 21st Century by Yuval Noah Harari
- Tin Man by Sarah Winman
- Velvet Rage by Alan Downs
Podcasts:
- The New York Times‘ The Daily
- Monocle24: The Globalist
- Song Exploder
- Making Gay History
- The Moth
- How He Does It
- Shut Up Evan
- The Deviant’s World
- Oprah’s SuperSoul Conversations
- Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard
- NPR’s How I Built This
- TED Talks Daily
- The Joe Rogan Experience
- Mirriam-Webster’s Word of the Day
Now these are just some of MY favorites and if you didn’t see your personal faves on the list – let me know .. I’m always looking for more to add as well!
Stay Risky,
– John
