Now,
as we all are staying ALERT at our homes and will be locked inside for next 21
days to defeat the deadly COVID-19, making good use of this plenty of time will
be a wise decision.
While
many of us might be wondering how to pass this plenty of time (21 ‘Sundays’ in
one shot) in useful manner; here is my list of 21 BEST THINGS to do INSIDE HOME during these 21 ‘BEST’ DAYS OF LIFE:
1.
Role
Swapping
Let’s do role reversal for few days between spouses. For ex. For
the next few days, the male members of the family will make morning tea. (Try
variety of teas making ideas, just google.) If want to go one step forward, the
‘gentlemen’ can try their gentle hands at making variety of breakfasts. Specially those ‘महा’StreetFoodLover‘पुरुष’
who are badly missing their regular ‘OTT’ (Over The ‘Thela’) snacks, they must
try making some of their loved snacks at home with help of YOUtube and YOUrWife.
2.
Help
in Household chores by males
Definitely..And now there is one more reason which is absence
of housemaids’ help. The hard working husbands should show their ‘hard work’ in
doing some of daily household chores viz brooming, washing utensils, hanging
& un-hanging clothes; cutting vegetables, watering plants etc.
3.
Re-connect
to old pals/relatives
If you have not connected to your old pals/relatives/close
persons since long time, then this is the very right time to re-connect with
them over phone call/video call/chats. Remember the old times-refresh the old
experiences.
4.
Household/Personal
pending work
We all must have some pending household/personal works which
we kept on deferring from Sunday to Sunday since last few months like organising
clothes cabinets/almirahs, organising bookshelves, taking out old items/clothes
which are not being used now but stuffed inside beds/almirahs, organising
personal papers/files etc.
5.
Business/Professional
pending work
Similarly, we might have various business/professional related
pending list viz organizing/filing various financial papers & important
loose papers/documents; organizing email box & soft data (folders/files) in
laptop; backup of important data if not done recently.
6.
Read
Books-E-Books/Listen Audio Books/ Read Online Articles
If there are books laying in the bookshelves and waiting for
you but due to lack of sufficient ‘me’ time, you couldn’t start reading (or
left unfinished), then this is the golden chance to resume ‘date’ with the waiting
books.
If you don’t have any books right now, then too it is Best
time for starting the journey of Best Investment i.e. in yourself by reading
online/e-books/pdf copy available on net.
My recommendations:
Blogs
E-Books/Free PDF copy available online
Who Will Cry When You Die-Robin Sharma
You Can Win-Shiv Khera
The Monk Who Eold His Ferrari-Robin Sharma
The Power of Now- Eckhart Tolle
As A Man Thinketh (1902)- James Allen
Your Forces And How To Use Them (1910)- Christian D Larson
The 7 Spiritual Laws Of Success- Deepak Chopra
The One Minute Manager- K Blanchard & S Johnson
Give To Live- Dr Rick Barrett
The Richest Man In Babylon (1926)- George S Clason
Swami Vivekananda's Speech (1893)
Midnight's Children- Salman Rushdie
Three Mistakes of My Life-Chetan Bhagat
And many more...Just google...
If you are not interested in reading whole book (or just want to read
the gist first before trying the original book, here is one of best blog &
app for reading such ‘Micro Books’ under 12 minutes.
https://blog.12min.com/ (also
available Playstore App in name of 12min - Books and Audiobooks)
7.
Revisit
Old Personal/Family Memories
In this free time, one can visit old photo albums/old compiled
personal videos/watch marriage videos and other old personal/family things
which will refresh one’s old memories.
8.
Start/Expand
Writing
This is also the best time to start your journey with words. Just
download the best writing app YourQuote
and start sharing your thoughts/shayaries/poems/short stories/life
experiences/any other creative piece of writing with the world. You can even
also publish your book (QuoteBook) through this app. You can also start your
personal blog through blogger.com
(Free Product by Google).
If you want to gain and share knowledge, there is https://www.quora.com-the
biggest platform to ask questions and connect with people all around the world
who contribute with unique and quality answers.
One can also start Journaling (Diary) for organizing one’s
very personal thoughts-ideas. There are many life changing benefits of
Journaling. Just google and start Journaling.
9.
Music
–The Soul Connector
One of Most Favourite & Good Time Pass for every age. Listen
old-new-folk Songs/Bhajans/Krishna Kirtans on Mobile/TV every morning and
evening.
10.
Explore
Singing
Connect your mobile to bluetooth speaker and start Karaoke
Singing with Karaoke version of your favourite songs available on net. Or just
sing loud along with songs.
11.
Quality
time spend with Kids
Play with Kids (More Home Games/Less Mobile Games), teach them
Yoga-Pranayam-Meditation, Read Stories for them (Don’t have kids story book?
Use Youtube/Kids website).
Also it is a once in a life time opportunity to remove the tag
of “Sunday Wale Papa”, if one has. J
12.
Watch
Movies
Best time to complete the ‘lovable’ pending list. Look at your
‘To Watch Movie List’ and enjoy watching one by one.
Some of my recommendations of Must Watch Movie:
No One Killed Jessica (2011)/The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
(2014)
A Quiet Place (2018)/26/11 Attacks Mumbai (2013)
Trapped (2016)/The Shawshank Redemption (1994)
The Pursuit of Happyness (2006)/The Wolf of Wall Street (2013)
Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara (2011)/3 Idiots (2009)
Ankur Arora Murder Case (2013) /Talvar (2015)
Neerja (2016)/Life of a Pie (2012)
City Lights (2014)/ Bhopal: A Prayer for Rain (2013)
The Lunch Box (2013)/India’s Most Wanted (2019)
Madaari (2016)/Lucknow Central (2017)
It (2017)/ The Conjuring (2013)
13.
Spend
‘Quality wala’ Quantity time with Spouse
Even if a husband is not interested in spending so much time,
he will have to as no other option left. J
14.
Life Learnings’-Life
Experience Sharing Sessions by Elders with Younger ones
Family which are lucky to have elders should have such
sessions to guide/mentor the younger generations with valuable insights from
life of elder generations.
15.
Character
‘Renovation’
After organising one’s personal and professional data, now it
is time to organise the ‘data’ of world’s biggest super computer i.e. Mind. In
this plenty of free time, one can allot few hours per day to work upon to regulate,
simplify and master thoughts and feelings of Mind so that it functions in the
best possible manner.
During this time, one can develop new habits as any new habit takes
21 continuous days as per research studies. If one sticks to any good habit for
21 days, then it will be easier for him/her to continue the habit with lesser
amount of efforts in future.
If one has tag of ‘Impatient’; ‘Short tempered’; ‘Procrastinator’;
‘Stress lover’; or any such other tag, then it is the best time to start
journey of self-renovation/’new avatar’ by learning relevant knowledge
available online and implementing the same in one’s day to day life.
Persons, who remember their ‘mother’ and ‘sister’ too much in
their every 3-4 sentences, too can improve a lot in this aspect. Just google
‘how to stop using bad words’/’how to stop saying curse words’.
16.
Learn
any new skill (for personal use)
One can use this free time in learning new skill. For ex.
Improving Oral/Written Communication; Meditation; Yoga-Pranayam; NLP
(Neuro-Linguistic Programming), How to use power of the biggest asset everyone
has i.e. sub-conscious mind. There are many books/videos/blogs and free/paid
courses are available online on these subjects/skills.
17.
Learn
any new skill (for professional use)
Similarly, if one is interested in learning leadership/professional/management
related course, there are many free and
paid courses from industry experts are available at portals such as https://www.udemy.com/; https://unacademy.com/.
18.
Give
to Live
Search and Read about wonderful NGOs who are really making
significant changes in their respective fields and striving hard in making this
planet earth a better place for coming generations. You can start with https://www.helpyourngo.com/ which
fulfils the gap between credible NGOs and donors who want to support and has
listed over 600 NGOs across 13 sectors. You can also checkout the below mentioned
my short listed NGOs and if satisfied, then add to your “Regular Donation NGOs
List”:
19.
Social
Investment
If not started yet, then it is right time to start your
journey of Social Investment with www.RangDe.in. Just create account, log in the portal and start Social Investing
with as low as Rs. 500/-.
20.
Musical
Evening/Night
Kirtan/Bhajan/Antarakshari by family members on every evening/night
if possible or twice/thrice in a week. Good chance for members to showcase
their singing/playing musical instruments talent.
21.
Do
childish and childlike activities
Many of us may be ‘sick’ of being adult, then it is wonderful
chance to experience childlike playfulness. Few Inside Home ideas are-Pillow
fight; Wall Painting; Experiments in cooking; Dance; Dress as a clown/other
fancy dress; Mimicry; Long & Loud Laughter; Colouring; Drawing sketches etc
Believe me; you will enter your childhood and forget the
adulthood for some time.
Last but not the
least...
Draft
Your List of Contribution you wish to make to Society and Phase wise Steps to Implement
the same and other such things which are very close to your heart but you
couldn’t find time in this ‘भाग-दौड़ की
जिंदगी’.
This
was my list of ‘21 Best Things to Do during Lockdown’. One can use creativity
to explore more ideas in addition to above.
Remember, this period (21 days’ lockdown) is
a Blessing in Disguise. If used properly, it will prove the Best investment for
our future Life and will always be part of our beautiful life memories.
Stay ALERT at Home and Stay Safe
while Enjoying this Lockdown Period of 21 days.
#StayHomeStaySafe #21DaysLockdown #StayHomeChallenge
Enjoy Lockdown Period !
Enjoy NOW !!
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