Down Time during the Quarantine

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