Some useful activities to kill time

Stuck in home for more than a year, locked away from people and starring at those same four walls – all helped me find so many hobbies in this lockdown. The most difficult task in this world is to stay still and do nothing. We all get bored so quickly. Here are some activities which I do in my free times to relax my mind and have fun at the same time. Let’s get started!!

1. Learn a new language:-

I recently started practicing this. Believe me, it’s totally interesting. You don’t have to write down with the thought of learning it. You can do it for fun or to kill some time.

What to do?
   I) Select any language that you like or show interest like french, korean or tamil.
  II) Now choose any writings from internet in the form of short stories or even lyrics. Since I listen to songs from at least 5 different languages, I mostly prefer lyrics.
III) Pick any notebook and fill it with stickers, color pens, tapes and other decorative items to make the learning more enjoyable.
IV) Copy each and every single word from it to your notebook or in a piece of paper.

As you know I’m a huge fan of kpop songs, I’ve been trying to learn Korean. Since I’m learning it on my own through watching YouTube, my progress is too slow but still i didn’t give up. It’s so much fun to learn and write something new.

(my small personalized diary for Korean language)

In this way we can at least value, appreciate and understand the beauty of other languages.
I actually got this inspiration from my school. Can you even believe they conducted a competition like this!? One day they suddenly asked for the name list for ‘Arabic handwriting competition’ and none of them knew even its alphabets. They still asked us to give our names saying that it doesn’t matter and all we have to do is write down a paragraph exactly like they give. All that matters is our handwriting so we have to be careful while copying every single letters in the paper.

2. Spend time with books:-

“Either write something worth reading or do something worth writing.” – Benjamin Franklin
I live and stand by this quote.

What to do?
I) Like me, if you are a reading type of a person more than a writer, then there are many books, free websites and colorful apps offering you the best stories online. If you have only less time, I highly recommend you to download the app called ‘webtoon‘, a comic app where you get your chapters updated every week. Read blog posts regularly. It helps you to understand the people around us. I think there is no need to mention the benefits of reading as we already knew them but the important one to point out is that it improves your vocabulary and language skills.

(Selected ones from my collections)

II) If you love to write then I suggest you to write about everything and anything. It can be a fan fiction, poem, stories, letter, diary entry or your personal feelings in one or two lines. It helps to reduce stress level and understand yourself more.

3. Draw:-

I repeat, you don’t have to be good at it too. “Everyone is a born artist” is what I say to myself frequently.

What to do?
I) Close your eyes in a peaceful environment and think for 2 minutes.
II) Recollect what came to your mind at that moment.
III) Take a paper and start scribbling.
IV) Make it look more cute and lovely by adding stickers and colors to it.

If you are good at drawing, then try to enhance it. Not because you should be perfect or something but to represent yourself that you are getting improved by taking steps forward.

4. Decorate or clean your room:-

This is one of the thing which i love doing the most. Moving a single lamp from your table near to your bedroom can bring a lot of difference.  We all are stuck within these four walls due to this covid pandemic, so changing your room interior can bring a lot of difference in your life. It will definitely brighten up your mood.

What to do?
1. Play some music in the background
2. Clean up the mess around you or even your cupboard and drawers
3. Play randomly with the things which you just found while cleaning. Who knows, maybe you’ll find that long lost birthday present from your bestie!?
4. Look around for a empty spot and hang around some beautiful handmade crafts, photo collage or led lights.

Bonus-A fun activity: Try your own combination of food

I) Go to kitchen
II) From the shelf, grab a food item that you love the most.
III) Think what other items goes best with it
IV) Don’t forget to search in the fridge too
V) Put it in the bowl and eat it altogether.

I’m not even joking! Try, it’s fun!! I’m sure everyone will have their own creation and weird combination of food. The most weird yet delicious food I’ve ever made was ‘cheese cucumber sandwich with ketchup’.

A simple and normal one can be like vanilla ice cream on top of a choco chip sponge cake besides a kinder bunero. It lifts up my mood like charm ❤️

(Are you hungry? Because I made myself hungry now 🤤)

That’s it!! I don’t do anything useful other than these. I spend lot of my free time in listening to music, analyzing the lyrics and checking out it’s cover and instrumental versions.
I also read comics and watch lot of series at midnight hoping my eyes won’t get puffy in the morning : )

Did you find these activities useful!? What other things you do in your free time? Tell me in the comments below.

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