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7 Fun Things I’m Learning While in Quarantine
Confinement doesn’t mean that learning has to stop
For a lot of countries, it’s now been at least a few weeks since the Coronavirus lockdown started. That’s a long time to stay inside, sometimes with no backyard, and with as little as 1 hour per day allowed to go run some errands (like in Italy or France).
It’s very hard to maintain a healthy routine when you’re locked up, even if you were healthy before. Your brain might be constantly foggy, your motivation close to zero, and your schedule completely disorganised. The worst thing is that you have more time than you know what to do with! Yet you can’t seem to fill up those hours.
To try and help you with that problem, I put together a list of fun things to learn, on your own or with others (if you’re lucky enough to not be alone at your place).
These activities are not about exercising, working, or maximising your time use. Of course this huge amount of free time can be an opportunity to work on side projects you’ve postponed a dozen times already. That’s for you to decide. But it’s also important to have fun, and to train your brain a little bit. Especially while in confinement, you need to put your brain cells to work, because there’s nothing to stimulate them. This can go a long way into bringing back…
