What to do in spring? If the desire to fill every day with something special is your thing, then be sure to take a look at our calendar of creativity and comfort, where changing dates brings new exciting tasks. And today we will offer more 10 ideas for those who prefer to spend time at home - and do it fun, creatively, for the benefit of the soul and business. Join us and share your options in the comments!
Play some sports or just take a walk
Sergey Nivens/Shutterstock.com You've heard this advice many times, and you'll likely hear it again and again.
The importance of physical activity cannot be overestimated. It increases our creativity, self-confidence and emotional stability both at work and in our personal lives. No matter what you do: whether it's a gym class, yoga, or a walk in the park, if you want to be productive during your eight hours at work, spend some free time on your body.
Find inspiration and be open to new experiences
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There is so much new and interesting stuff in the world around us that it’s simply a sin to sit in the evenings on your favorite sofa. Get out of your cozy little world more often and look for inspiration in the most unexpected places: if you are a cook, visit a museum, if you are an artist, go to a restaurant. A new environment will restart your brain and help you find solutions to long-standing problems.
Home life is good, but look around you. Have you ever seen stay-at-home innovators or executives of large companies who spend their free time watching TV on the sofa? We are not.
Create gifts with your own hands.
Giving gifts to friends is always a pleasure. What good things can you create with your own hands?
- Postcard with paper applications.
- Collage of joint photos.
- Home decoration.
- Picture frame.
- Bouquet of paper flowers and sweets.
- Dream Catcher.
- Jewelry - bracelet, chain, choker, hair tie.
- A beautifully designed set with sweets, stationery or hygiene products.
- Poster with funny pictures and notes.
- A painted jar with applications containing notes with wishes, compliments, and short pleasant memories.
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Build relationships with family, friends and colleagues
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We don't even have enough time to make calls, let alone meet with loved ones and those with whom we do business. But live communication in a close circle is much more important, and should never be neglected. All the problems and omissions eat us up, prevent us from focusing on work and ultimately affect productivity.
A joint dinner or a home event will help strengthen ties with colleagues and family (if everything is that bad). Who knows, perhaps the changed attitude of your colleagues for the better will become a springboard for career growth.
Why is it important to keep yourself busy?
Even a happy and completely satisfied person is capable of finding some shortcomings in himself. This will not happen if he does not have time for boredom and stupid thoughts. From childhood, parents try to keep their children busy with various clubs: they send some to dance, others to football, and others to music school. Most families explain this with a simple phrase: “So that there is no time for all sorts of nonsense.” Although the older generation doesn’t think that way about itself. After work, people lie down in front of the TV and absorb the television, but they could spend this time usefully.
The modern world is very dangerous for those who are consumed by boredom. A person dissatisfied with life with a lot of free time is easily drawn into dysfunctional organizations, which ends rather pitifully. Therefore, it is very important to think about what to do when you are bored at home.
Learn to say no
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Wise people understand that you can't be in several places at once and do all the work in one day. Before taking on an extra project, accepting an invitation to a party, or agreeing to help a colleague, they ask themselves: “What is my priority goal right now? Will what I’m about to do bring me closer to it, or will it only make it more difficult?”
Saying “yes” to an unnecessary task means automatically giving up hundreds of others, sometimes more important. The sooner you come to this realization, the better it will be for you.
How I spent the summer: 100 activities for each of the long-awaited days
Instructions for use
Summer ideas are divided into categories. You can choose the one that is closest to you or take a little from each. Of course, you don’t have to implement the whole hundred, but even if you complete a dozen, your summer will become much brighter. As with any serious project, planning is important here. We have prepared special templates for this (clicking on the picture opens a printable version).
To make it easier to choose which idea to implement in the near future, write down what you like on separate pieces of paper, roll it up and put it in a beautiful jar. When it's time to implement, take out a random recording. And don't forget to share the results of your summer adventures. To do this, you can take a photo of each completed item, keep a diary, sketchbook, write posts on social networks, or start your own blog.
For desperate homebodies
If you can’t be kicked out of your house even at gunpoint, and your favorite poem is “Don’t Leave the Room” by Brodsky, then even this is not a problem. You can follow your favorite poet and start writing or start making paper cranes. But it’s better to go outside a couple of times. Or at least let friends into your home.
- Make homemade lemonade
- Throw a cooking party
- Make ice cream at home
- Learn to make origami
- Create a garden on your balcony
- Make a designer t-shirt
- Write a story
- Paint a picture with watercolors
- Watch cartoons all day
- Play a game with a childhood friend
- Write a poem
- Read a book in one day
- Assemble a huge puzzle
- Take an online course
- Make homemade pizza
- Prepare a vegetarian dinner
- Create your own smoothie recipe
- Organize a home movie marathon
- Host a summer book club
- Make a summer playlist (or better yet, buy records from your favorite artists at a flea market and listen to them on a player from the Player.ru store)
- Watch the full moon through a telescope
- Throw a themed party
- To plant a tree
For incorrigible workaholics
Work is good, especially if you don't hate it. But even if it seems to you that vacation is for weaklings, it seems to you. Take a break from your laptop, turn off your phone and look at the starry sky. Get out of your comfort zone and do something completely out of character. And you will return to work as a different person - even more focused and productive.
- Spend the whole day in silence
- Take a pottery class
- Volunteer
- Go to the nearest nature reserve
- Get a new hairstyle
- Learn 10 constellations
- Create your own hashtag on Instagram
- Go to the spa
- Dress in a style that is unusual for you
- Learn to play a musical instrument
- Sing karaoke
- Send postcards from an unfamiliar city
- Go to a late night movie
- Play tennis
- Watch an open-air performance
- Go on a trip to a museum in your city
- Go fishing (for the pros: catch something)
- Have a picnic
- Travel around the city by bike all day
- Sign up for a dance lesson (it is advisable not only to sign up, but also to attend)
- Play badminton
- Take a ride in a convertible (or at least lean out of the sunroof)
- Go to an open-air cinema
- Find a cool item at a thrift store
- Get a henna tattoo (you don’t have to use henna, but then the entertainment automatically falls into the “for daredevils” category)
- Visit a new restaurant
- Rollerblading
- Play volleyball on the beach
- Do yoga outdoors
- Order a new dish at your favorite restaurant
For daredevils
This part of the list is for the most desperate. You need to move on to it very carefully, having first tried something from the other categories. But she is also the most interesting. And just in case: the editors are not responsible for side effects.
- Jump with a parachute
- Overcome your fear (if you are afraid to jump with a parachute, you can cross out two points at once)
- Go on a double date
- Swim in the river at night
- Draw graffiti
- Fly on a helicopter
- Go on a hike
- Cook food over a fire
- Bury a “time capsule” (remember where you hid it, you’ll get it out in 10 years)
- Make a film (all the equipment necessary for this - for example, tripods or filters - can be found in the Zoombix store)
- Hitchhiking
- Walk in the pouring rain without an umbrella
- Take the first train you come across
- Learn to ride a horse
- Turn off all gadgets for three days (for the bravest, it is better to consult a doctor first)
- Go rock climbing
- Fly in a hot air balloon
- Walk all night in an unfamiliar city
- Spend the night in a tent
- Go to a rock festival
- Meet the dawn
- Go boating
- Explore the nearest city
- Ride a motorcycle
For big kids (and little ones too)
This part is recommended for both the most straightforward and the most serious readers. The first is to maintain the mood, and the second is to relax. If you don’t know where to start, ask the children - they will be happy to help with execution.
- Go to the zoo
- Take family photos
- Play paintball
- Shoot at the shooting range
- Climb a tree
- Take part in a water battle
- Play bowling
- Blow bubbles in a nearby park
- Make a wish under a falling star
- Spend the whole day at the water park
- Play Frisbee
- Play board games all night (Mosigra has a full arsenal for this)
- Build a sand castle
- Learn to perform a trick (not with a torn off finger, but something more difficult)
- Fly a kite
- Set off fireworks
- Play Twister
- Draw on the asphalt with crayons
- Go to an amusement park
- Go to the aquarium
- Fool around in the photo booth
- Feed the ducks
- Collect a bouquet of wild flowers
Spend time in nature
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It's hard to stay fit when you spend your days breathing air conditioning and working under artificial lighting. It’s impossible not only to work, but also to live in general. Purposeful people find ways to unite with nature, in contact with which your strength and energy are replenished.
There is nothing stopping you from doing the same: go on a picnic with your family, go out of town, or simply move your workspace to the garden if you work remotely. There are a lot of possibilities - you just have to want to realize them.
What to do if you have a lot of free time
A large amount of free time should be occupied with deep hobbies. If a man doesn’t know how to entertain himself and still has a lot of free time, he can try his hand at fishing. There are a lot of advantages in this business: privacy, nature, fresh air, male company, and fresh food on the table. This type of holiday is relevant even in winter.
Fishing
Women on maternity leave often suffer from the fact that their work life has been replaced by crying babies and diapers, and self-realization has reached a dead end. For such girls, there is an opportunity to master knitting from wool - and the child can always create a new wardrobe item, and his free time, while the baby is sleeping, will be occupied with a quiet activity.
Stay offline
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Intrusive notifications, email and social networks haunt us around the clock. And if not everyone can “go off the air” during work, then in their free time everyone can arrange a digital detox. Successful people are just as busy as you are, but they set aside time that is theirs and theirs alone.
You won't be able to get proper rest if you're distracted by your smartphone every few minutes. Disconnect from the outside world, don’t spoil your leisure time and don’t irritate your loved ones - in a few hours of your “silence” the end of the world is unlikely to come.
Create evening habits
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Everyone knows that the right morning “rituals” affect your productivity and mood throughout the day. However, few people know that its completion is no less important. Some people collect their thoughts, replaying the events of the past day in their heads, others read to escape from problems and relieve stress, and some turn off their phone until the morning so as not to wake up in the middle of the night from a late notification.
Pay attention to your evening activities and create your own habits that will help you face the new day full of energy for future achievements.
Ninth method: cleansing
In the literal sense of the word, because order in the house means order in the thoughts and soul.
Of course, if you prefer to reign over chaos, then so be it. But in any case, it’s worth checking whether it’s time to get rid of unnecessary and simply harmful things that have accumulated in the house. And sorting and arranging creative materials is truly a meditative activity!
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Treat yourself to a real vacation
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Only a lucky few can boast of actually having a vacation. The modern rhythm of life does not allow us to escape from work even in our personal time. And yet, even the most important leaders take vacations. If they could afford it, why not you?
If you are such an indispensable employee, then agree with management on at least a few untouchable days or set aside a certain time when you will be available. Rest should be rest!
Invest in yourself and learn something new
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By gaining knowledge and mastering new skills, we not only “pump up” ourselves, but also keep our mind in good shape, preventing it from relaxing and withering away. It doesn't matter how serious your training is, it's the process that matters.
Sign up for courses, attend seminars, or enroll in a correspondence course at a university to get another education. By investing in yourself, you become a more experienced and valuable employee, which will only contribute to professional growth.
Relieve stress and take time for yourself
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No matter who or where we work, stress accompanies us everywhere and accumulates, affecting our well-being and productivity. Successful people understand this and use their free time for healthy relaxation, paying attention to themselves.
It can be anything: meditation, yoga, breathing practices. Any activity that will help you take your mind off and relax.
There are 168 hours in every week, 40 of which (or so) you spend at work. There are still 128 hours left for eating, sleeping, resting and everything else. What will you spend it on?
Use your time wisely.
Sixth method: educational
Don't get bored - study! Moreover, at the Masters Fair there are many opportunities for this:
- see photo and video lessons on interesting topics here >
- sign up for upcoming webinars at the Academy of the Masters Fair to participate online. Schedule >
- work at your own pace: purchase recordings of past classes or watch lessons from a selection of free webinars >
