A list not about working from home but what I’m doing or am aiming to be doing. A list in no particular order to go with all the other lists out there. Hoping you find some inspiration within and are not one of the unlucky ones with serious things to do like look for work or care for a sick family member.
This is the list of what I’m telling myself to be doing (subject to change at any point in time for any reason whatsoever):
- Look at images from the great museums and art collections of the world. Here is a list of open-access galleries: https://www.apollo-magazine.com/open-access-image-libraries-a-handy-list/.
- Read a book, or two, or three. Here is my list from last year: https://getonwithit.blog/2019/12/16/books-i-read-in-2019/.
- Tidy up.
- Listen to Philip Glass: https://open.spotify.com/artist/69lxxQvsfAIoQbB20bEPFC?si=2Z1Kfi6ASj2dQjQKxsXYlg
- Be affectionate.
- Listen to an album you never have listened to before. Here is a helpful list to get started: https://www.kexp.org/kexp-top-903-albums-2019/
- Start a blog. Here is a great place to do it (and it’s free): https://wordpress.com/
- Get a helmut: https://getonwithit.blog/2020/02/20/get-a-helmet/
- Make a mini-zine: https://austinkleon.com/2020/03/04/how-to-make-a-zine-from-a-single-sheet-of-paper/. Here is mine: https://getonwithit.blog/2020/03/07/four-little-fires/
- Doodle with Mo Willems: https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=%23MoLunchDoodles
- Do some watercoloring.
- Build a fire.
- Take a walk.
- Go running. Better yet go running in the rain: https://getonwithit.blog/2019/11/07/running-in-the-rain/
- Write some thank you cards.
- Get 8 hours of sleep.
- Write a letter to someone.
- Read some poetry. Start with how to be a perfect: https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/57243/how-to-be-perfect
- Listen to This is Water: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8CrOL-ydFMI
- Play hide-and-seek.
- Cook something you love, and cook something you’ve never cooked before.
- Learn to cook.
- Meditate. Here is the app I like currently: https://wakingup.com/
- Build something with legos.
- Have a wrestling match.
- Bake some bread.
- Have a camp out in your living room.
- Watch a documentary.
- Take care of your plants.
- Eat healthy.
- Read the Burrito Rant: https://medium.com/@jackdire/dear-guy-who-just-made-my-burrito-fd08c0babb57
- Try to learn something new. And then write about it: https://getonwithit.blog/category/willw/
- Bake some cookies.
- Make a collage from a magazine, old wrapping paper, or a book.
- Host an online meetup using Zoom: http://zoom.us
- Draw something. Try a drawing a day: https://getonwithit.blog/2019/01/04/a-drawing-a-day/
- Use this list of ice breakers to generate a fun conversation: https://zoom.us/
- Write in a physical notebook.
- Practice gratitude. See the 5MJ questions for a good start: https://www.intelligentchange.com/blogs/news/the-five-minute-journal-questions
- Search Twitter like Google instead of looking at your feed.
- Look at pictures from previous trips. Here is my most recent: https://getonwithit.blog/2020/03/01/notes-from-islay-and-jura/
- Update your resume.
- Think of something you can do to help someone else.
- Reach out to a person who you haven’t talked to in a while.
- Give yourself a foot massage.
- Look at the stars.
- Read The Tail End: https://waitbutwhy.com/2015/12/the-tail-end.html
- Be gentle with yourself.
- Relax.
- Stop looking at your phone. Call someone.
Comments welcome!