Having Fun Staying at Home – Bye Corona!

Hello readers, it’s me again!

It is June of 2020 and I am now writing my first post on my blog. It’s been a year already and I know I keep saying this in my every post that I miss writing so bad! So today, why not start it all again? ;)

How are you doing in 2020? I do hope that you are okay and be healthy mentally and physically because healthiness is all that matters now. 2020 is such a surprising year, isn’t it? I remember what I wished for in new year’s eve last December and how I expected a big change in this year but 2020 turns out to be a year when we all need to stop and break, I supposed.

I have been staying at home for working and not going anywhere since April. It has been two months now and gotta tell you that it’s so boring! I’m living by myself in a kost, so I don’t have anyone really to talk every day. I spend my money in internet mostly because it’s the only source of entertainment I have. How I miss going out, without mask and hand sanitizer of course. Despite of how bored I am, there are many people out there who still need to work at the office and even many of them lost their job so I’m feeling so grateful with my condition now.

When boredom attacks, it feels like there is nothing to do, literally. I could lying on my bed and scrolling Instagram for hours. I feel my mind is so full of social media stuffs which in fact has given me bigger insecurities. There are too much problems shared on my twitter page, too much viral news, and also too many online shop to visit hahaha. I know how bad social media has affected my mind so I try so hard to limit my social media activity and try to do other things instead. Please let me share the activities for my me-time which you could also try in your house.

• .       Watching More Inspirational Youtube Channel

There are so many videos in Youtube you can watch, but have you ever think to search inspirational talks or motivational videos?  I have been watching Lana Blakely youtube channel and now I have practiced for minimalism life because of her videos. Whenever I feel the need to exercise, Chloe Ting certainly has lists of videos on how to build up my body. I also starts to check and listen to Ted talks videos. They usually create videos with duration only 10 – 15 minutes about science or history with nice animation and it might give you new ideas and also becomes a new source of knowledge. I know that living in our houses might have limited our interactions with friends and colleagues and we may feel be less motivated, I obviously have been in that feeling too. Nonetheless, being inspired and motivated actually can come from your own thoughts and using smartphone or whatever gadget you have to seek for them is a basic we need to keep in mind.  

• .       Try Dart!

Well this is actually the activity I always wanted to try since I was in college. So, I bought a dart set online and now it has been a month for practicing it. It is a lot of fun! I suppose that this idea of buying dartboard might not interest you at all. Well, what I’m trying to say is that you may keep some games in your house that might light up your mood. It might be lego, rubic, monopoly, and many else. I’m sure that some of you might have thought about THAT Playstation 5, ahahah, but it’s okay though. As long as the game keeps you stay at home, and make you stay away from Covid 19, and you get the fun part of it, then no worries! 

•  Journaling, Doodling, Drawing

I dare you to visit Amazon online now, and start searching for a nice journal book and buy it right away! I can guarantee there will be no regret because a lot of memories will be kept safely and forever be documented started from now on. I think there is a beautiful part of journalling, it is a way to let it out emotion and feeling on a paper and that feeling or emotion suddenly will freeze and stay forever. When you read it again in the future, you will travel again to the past and realizing those feeling and emotion again.  I do hope you know what I mean, haha. Your journal does not need to be pretty with colorful pens or with nice sketch. Try to create your own journal, make it as if you are the only person who could only read it! You may also write down the plans or bucket list of the things you want to do after the pandemic is over. Also, try to add some doodles and drawings. Be creative as possible!

• Listening to Podcast

I’ve been listening to Podcast for a lot of time now, mostly listening to local Indonesian ones. I remember back then when I was a kid, I used to put my headset on and wait for my favorite anchor to start a radio. Listening to Podcast is much likely the same thing, only it is more fun because we could catch up our favorite anchor at any time. It also covers a lot of topics such as comedy, film, politics, economics, or even business and sports. When I feel like I’m not in the mood while working, I can open Spotify and search for BKR Brother, Podkesmas, or Makna Talks and listen to their stories. I was quite sceptical about listening to Podcast at the first time, I thought, “what’s the interesting thing for listening to people chatting to each other?”. But now, I’m addicted to it! You should try too! Oh, I wish we can share our Podcast list :D

• Reading Books, definitely

During pandemic or not, reading books might have been your daily basis, but not for me, haha. I target myself to read one book per month, how sad it is right :p. I know that reading books should be an essential activity as long as we live so I try to read more books now. The last time I remember was I have spent 8 books and I finally found an author that inspires in so many ways, Yuval Noah Harari with his book title, Homo Deus. I’ve never been so eager before to really digging science and searching for knowledge from books. I thought that it was quite late for me to begin reading books but better late than never right? I know that some of you might not like this idea,  but please just try for one book and finish it! It can be a novel, a magazine, a comic, or even the bible! Never judge a book by its cover though, you might be surprised :D

That’s it, my 5 activities that I try to keep during this pandemic. These activities surely have distracted me from my phone and have given me good changes. I know that we have our own hard times during this pandemic, but I would like to suggest you to keep that positivity inside youself alive and please consume as many as inspirational and motivational ideas as you could. If you have your own ideas about what activity should be done at home, please share and comment.

Stay sane, every one!

Ps. I think blogging again will be my 6th activity! >,<