15 Ways You Can Spend Your Time While Stuck At Home
The beginning of last year seems eerily similar to Lebanon's fresh start in 2021, as Lebanese residents are still trying, a year later, to live through a lockdown considered as Lebanon's strictest closure.
The switch from your everyday life to an indoor one while so much chaos is happening outside from protesters and security forces clashing in Tripoli to panic buying in grocery shops , is definitely not easy, to say the least.
In order to come out of this phase sharper and manage to rescue any bit of sanity left, here are 15 best possible ways to constructively spend your time while stuck at home!
#1 Read a book that you've been putting off
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This is exactly where you should be starting. Once you engulf yourself in a good literature piece, its characters and the storyline will immerse you in a different time, strapping you out of your bedroom into a world that's different and exciting.
So, pick up that fiction novel that's starting to accumulate dust on top of it, and give it a shot!
#2 Improve Your Posture
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Everyone at one point during the total lockdown has experienced back problems due to long amount of time we spend sitting down, working from home, or keeping up with university classes.
You can try to improve your posture by stretching every morning once you wake up, or maybe even try getting into yoga exercises, as they will definitley help your body on the long run!
#3 Take a virtual Harry Potter tour
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#4 Start writing a journal
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This has been a tough time for everyone with so many complex emotions brewing inside of us. Keeping track of your thoughts and having an outlet to let out mixed emotions is always a good idea, and can be quite therapeutic.
if you're not the type to bring out a notebook and start jotting down your feelings, you also have the option to privately journaling on your computer or mobile.
Either way, jotting down your locked up feelings might possibly be the best 20 minutes you spend during the day.
#5 Begin a workout routine
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I'll save you from all the talk on the benefits of working out and staying fit, as I'm sure we all have heard it over and over.
However, you're stuck at home, and barely moving your body. If anything, now is the time to actually get up and force yourself to set up a successful and consistent workout regime.
You don't need access to a lavish gym, all you need is some motivation and consistency. Your body will thank you by ensuring that you're one step closer to seeing progress as well as feeling your best.
#6 Meditate
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It's important to take some time from your day to close your eyes and focus on your breath, with absolutely nothing on your mind to occupy you. Detoxing our minds these days is actually the best gift we can give ourselves.
We all experience overthinking, stress, anxiety, rushing thoughts, all these noises can be released by meditating, as it will help you get a bit of peace of mind in times of uncertainty.