100 Lockdown Activities You Can do to Beat Boredom

100 Lockdown Activities You Can do to Beat Boredom

Being in Lockdown sucks!

It can be really boring when you’re seeing the same surroundings every day and there’s not much you can do about it.

Plus, with the overwhelming amount of bad news that seems to be steam rolling across the world right now, we may feel a bit on edge and looking for something to do to take our minds off of it. 

Keeping busy and doing activities that will banish the boredom is probably one of the most important things we can do during this lockdown as well as self-care.

But you may have hit a wall when it comes to thinking of ways to keep yourself busy.

That’s where this post comes in! 

I have curated a list of 100 activities that you can do while you’re in lockdown that will keep you busy and help alleviate some of that boredom. 

Here are 100 Lockdown Activities Yo Can do to Beat Boredom

• Do a jigsaw puzzle
• Read a book
• Play a game
• Recreate your favourite takeaway
• Have a pamper night
• Start a blog
• Organize your room
• Create a vision board
• Have a home cinema night
• Do your nails
• Draw
• Do some yoga
• Watch a musical Online
• Organize your files
• Work out
• Meditate
• Do some gardening
• Bake
• Have a bubble bath
• Do some colouring
• Learn calligraphy
• Give yourself a pedicure
• Practice breathing techniques
• Create an indoor obstacle course
• Start scrapbooking 
• Write some poems
• Update old blog posts
• Organize your wardrobe
• Create a photo album
• Have a faux Christmas
• Put on a face mask
• Watch some YouTube
• Watch an online concert
• Learn a new skill
• Practice make up
• Rearrange your room
• Face time with friends
• Have a themed night
• Listen to music and have a little dance
• Watch a series on Netflix
• Play with your animal/s
• Paint
• Declutter your house
• Improve on something
• Try out new things in the bedroom
• Learn an instrument
• Have a Netflix watch party
• Create a video diary
• Start a bullet journal
• Play some board games 

100 Lockdown Activities

• Organize your finances
• Do some pilates
• Learn a new language
• Back up your blog
• Start writing a book
• Get on top of blog maintenance
• Have a social media detox
• Write a song
• Mend broken items/ ripped clothes
• Create some Spotify playlists
• Spring clean your home
• Have an indoor picnic
• Sort your books into alphabetical order
• Listen to podcasts
• Have a live Q&A on Instagram
• Read some self help books
• Experiment in the kitchen
• Create a list of movies you want to watch this year
• Take a nap
• Create an Instagram inspiration pinterest board
• Decorate
• Give yourself a makeover
• Do some DIY projects
• Clear out your phone
• Organise family photos 
• Write out positive affirmations daily
• Start a new challenge
• Have a social media clear out
• Write some blog posts
• Work on your memory with games to test your mind
• Work on your Photography
• Have some family time
• Try following a recipe & cook a new meal
• Start doing YouTube videos
• Try listening to some ASMR
• Back up your files
• Spend some time with your significant other
• Go to a museum – virtual tours
• Plan your dream vacation
• Back up files from your phone
• Have a faux Halloween
• Start a savings jar
• Listen to audible
• Organize your wires
• Listen to radio stations around the world – http://radio.garden
• Start an Etsy store
• Find new blogs to read
• Clear out your laptop/computer
• Write your 5 year plan
• Make a time capsule

And there you have it!

There are so many things that we can do whilst in lockdown, like the list above proves.

But I know how hard it can be trying to think up new Lockdown activities, especially when our brains are in overthinking mode!

So, I hope that this post comes in handy and that you spot a few ideas in here that will help you to keep your mind focused on something a bit more happier rather than all the negative that is going on in the world right now. 

Everything has changed

This is a huge change to our routines and our lives have been turned upside down because of the virus.

We are going through a pandemic which I’m sure most of us never imagined we would have to face; It’s affecting people all over the world from all walks of life which makes this even scarier and a lot more dangerous than I personally could have thought. 

Because of this, I think that it’s only natural that we look for some light in this darkness.

We will all cope in our own way and that’s perfectly normal.

We are allowed to do things that make us happy and make a dark time feel a little more bearable.

So, just remember that whatever you are doing to get yourself through with lockdown activities, whether it be baking, going live on Instagram, creating art or more, it’s ok and you have every right to curate a routine that helps you get through. 

I hope everyone is safe and doing well, I truly do. 

What are some ways you have been keeping yourself busy so far?