- Tidy your wardrobe
- Tidy your shelves/bookcases/cupboards/drawers
- Tidy your room
- Tidy your flat/house - moving on to bigger things now!
- Shred old documents that you no longer need
- Admin tasks
- Vacuum clean
- Do the laundry
- Do the washing up
- Fold up your clothes
- Clean light switches, door and cupboard handles
- Learn a new language or pick up an old language
- Learn a programming language
- Learn to bake
- Try out a new recipe - YouTube the recipe or look on the tasty food app
- Make a smoothie
- Exercise, got push up grips or weights at home?
- Create your own home gym
- Online workouts - we love Catalyst Climbing free live sessions
- Yoga - we love Yoga with Adriene
- Meditation - download headspace/calm apps or YouTube meditation clips
- Relax
- Sort out your make up (get rid of old make up, clean your make up brushes)
- Work on your make up looks - perfect the cat flick or smokey eye look
- Create a new or work on your skincare routine
- Give yourself a manicure/pedicure
- Get your boyfriend/partner/husband to give you a manicure/pedicure - this one is even better than the one above as you can turn it into a spa day (light some candles and lie down)
- Cut your partner's hair (watch multiple YouTube videos before actually cutting their hair)
- Start a YouTube channel
- Start a blog/website
- Reach out to 5 friends and ask how their day went
- Use Zoom, Skype, Houseparty, WhatsApp, Messenger to have a catch up with friends and family
- Create a steam account and learn how to game
- Do an online course - there are so many free courses out there
- Download justdance on your phone and visit Just Dance Now to play - useful if you missed out on getting a Nintendo Switch before lockdown!
- Read a book - bought those books on your kindle and never read them? Time to start...
- Netflix/watch TV/documentaries/films
- Listen to music
- Sing - there are so many YouTube tutorials out there, especially warm up exercises which you can all do!
- Learn a new instrument or pick up an old instrument! Ukulele? Simple and easy to learn
- Learn how to knit
- Learn how to sew
- Uninstall phone apps you no longer use
- Clear out your old emails
- Unsubscribe from mailing lists that no longer interest you
- Cancel or pause unnecessary subscriptions
- Back up your phone data and photos
- Look at your old photos
- Make a photo album from the photos you download
- Board games
- Card games
- Do a puzzle
- Do crosswords or Sudoku
- Origami
- Water your plants
- Work on a DIY project
- Draw
- Colour in
- Have a bake off or host your own restaurant night at home
- Indoor picnic
- Online tours of museums
- Virtual gigs
- Watch musicals online
- Update your CV - may as well since you have time now
- Work on your interview skills
- Make a travel bucket list
- Write a gratitude list
- Keep a diary
- Indoor treasure hunt
- Take a nap
- Find a podcast to listen to
- Start your own podcast
- Design your dream house
- Create a vlog
- Learn how to video edit
- Look up the meaning of your dreams
- Read up on your horoscopes
- Write a song
- Write a poem
- Write a short play
- Write a novel
- Plan what outfits you'd wear once we're out of lockdown
- Plan out your perfect day
- Read my blog and watch my YouTube covers
- Do nothing
85 Things to do indoors during Lockdown
Tuesday, 28 April 2020
Posted by Fiona
We're now into our 6th week of London lockdown. For those of you telling me you're bored, have a look at the list I put together and see how else you can kill some time:
How to survive lockdown with your partner
Saturday, 25 April 2020
Posted by Fiona
During this lockdown, you've either decided to spend it with your partner or without your partner.
Whichever you've decided, there's pros and cons to both...I am spending it with my partner and although it's strengthening our relationship, it also highlights how bizarre these circumstances are since we are seeing each other pretty much 24/7 surrounded by the 4 walls.
Here are some tips which have worked well for us:
Whichever you've decided, there's pros and cons to both...I am spending it with my partner and although it's strengthening our relationship, it also highlights how bizarre these circumstances are since we are seeing each other pretty much 24/7 surrounded by the 4 walls.
Here are some tips which have worked well for us:
- When working from home, I work in our room and my partner works in the living room. This means we both have our own space during the day and we have lunch and dinner together. For those who are living together in a smaller space, try and separate the room if you can so you both have your own "work area".
- Being in the same space as your partner means you notice their idiosyncrasies. If you argue or have disagreements, don't give each other silent treatment! Sit down and have a calm conversation stating what you didn't like what the other did, apologise and talk about ways to resolve it so that it doesn't happen again in the future. Silent treatment isn't useful in the long term as you never solve the problem in the first place.
- Split chores! Since you'll be at home a lot, the amount of chores will naturally increase, from the washing up to the laundry! Best thing to do is to split chores, if one cooks, the other should wash up. If one loads the laundry, the other should hang the clothes to dry.
- Yoga or stretching. There is something really relaxing about this, we do this either in the morning before work or before dinner in the evening. If it's in the morning, we like to draw the blinds up so we get some natural sunlight; we do yoga with Adriene on YouTube.
- Take a morning walk or evening stroll. We go at these times as less people are out and we'll take the trash out as well then do a quick loop around the block. It helps just to stretch a bit as we're seated for most of the day. Remember to maintain social distancing and wash your hands/shower as soon as you get back!
- We game online together. I installed Counter Strike on Steam and we played a round. It helps to destress from the lockdown and instead of arguing, we shoot each other virtually instead. It's also a good laugh, even if I die a good 90% of the time.
How to save money during lockdown times
Friday, 24 April 2020
Posted by Fiona
It's week 5 of London lockdown. We are slowly getting used to the new normal, finding out the best places to buy fruit and vegetables, household supplies, adapting to working from home and being in the same space with your family, partner, flatmates for extensive periods of time. This is a time of both uncertainty and reflection and many have been affected financially, whether that be being made redundant, furloughed or on a reduced working hours contract which means reduced pay temporarily.
Here are a couple of things which may help you save money and reduce your spending during lockdown times:
Here are a couple of things which may help you save money and reduce your spending during lockdown times:
- Pause/cancel unnecessary subscriptions and direct debits - whether that be your contact lenses, apple music, spotify, Netflix - if it's just you watching, have you switched it to the Basic £5.99 plan compared to the Standard £8.99 plan? You'd save £3 a month if you downgrade and that means £36 a year which may not be much but it's still money!
- Reduce your phone bill - for those of you who are on a pay monthly contract, if you have finished that pay monthly contract, you can usually reduce the price as you've finished paying for the phone!
- Commute money - unless you're a key worker, you most likely no longer need to commute on public transport which means you're saving money. Put this money in your emergency savings fund or use this money towards your monthly food shop instead!
- Check holiday/concert/events/travel refund options - see if you're able to get your money back
- Before you order from an online retailer, ask yourself - do you actually need that item?
- Budget - work out how much money you need to use per week and stick to it!
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