Things to do:)

1. Start a journal or blog.

2. Dust off that old instrument and practice.

3. Write poetry. Just try it!

4. Download Duolingo, or a similar app, and teach yourself a foreign language.

5. Finally read!!!

6. Meditate.

7. Write actual letters to family and friends. After that? Write thank-you notes to service people who you remember went out of their way for you.

8. Learn calligraphy. YouTube can help.

9. Finally read the rules to those long and intense board games you've never played with the family. Encourage the family to play.

10. Knit or crochet.

11. Try out at-home aerobics or yoga videos. Consider downloading a fitness app with curated workout playlists.

12. Write a short story or get started on that novel.

13. Interview your parents or grandparents (over the phone, of course) and save the audio. Can you create an audio story or book with that file?

14. Go on a health kick and learn how to cook new recipes with ingredients you may not be using already, from miso to tahini.

15. Make a list of things for which you are grateful.

16. Write a book with your family. Pick a character and each member writes a chapter about their adventures. Read aloud to each other.

17. Get into baking.

18. Organise indoor scavenger hunt for kids.

19. Alternate reading the Harry Potter series with your kids and cap each one off with the movie.

20. Make lists of places you would like to go to.

21. Rearrange your furniture to make it seem like your home is a totally different space.

22. Learn a new style of dance via YouTube, from bellydancing to breaking.

23. Learn origami. Make cranes for your loved ones.

24. Talk to your plants. How are they doing? Make sure they are getting the amount of sunlight they should be. Check their soil. Water if necessary.

25. Write a song.

26. Sleep. Get lots of it.

And please don’t worry - it will be over soon!:)