1. CARPE DIEM (Seize the Day)

• Enjoy some quality sleep/rest.
• Cook some healthy and delicious meals at home.
• Clean the house. Clean the garage or the pesky cabinet, which has become everyone’s junk yard.
• Rearrange furniture. Refresh the look of your home.
• Get a pet. Pets are great for companionship. They keep you busy.
• Pick up gardening. Plant your own basil, tomatoes and flowers.
• Read books. You know that pile of books on your shelf you have been wanting to read. Now is the time.
• Movie. You heard rave reviews about a movie but you just never had the chance to watch it.
• Go ahead spoil yourself. Binge watch one or two TV shows. I recently watch all 8 seasons of Monk. I absolutely loved it.
• Exercise. Walk around the neighborhood. Exercise in and around the house.
• Read God’s Word, pray, worship.
• Seize the day. Instead of complaining, do something.

2. CREATE. Take up a new hobby

• How about you start a journal or a blog? You have it in you to write. Go ahead and write a book, a song, or a poem. If ever there was a time, the time is now!
• Listen to a new podcast or start your own podcast.
• Join Tik-Tok or just learn to sing and dance.
• Talking about singing – compose and record a song. How about Karaoke?
• Purchase and play new board games. You could try video games, puzzle or the Rubik’s Cube.
• Dust of the instrument and practice that piece. Learn a new instrument.
• Purchase the kits and start knitting or crocheting.
• You can try your hand at drawing or painting. Bring out the inner artist in you.
• Have fun.

3. CONNECT. Check on others

• Prayer. Pray for people. Pray with people on the phone or online.
• Phone calls. Call two different people a day.  
• Social media. Contact two different people on Social media each day.
• FaceTime, Zoom, etc. Contact two people a day on a video call.
• Check in on each other… relatives, friends, neighbors
• Adopt a senior. Write and send letters or cards to seniors or to your church members.
• Participate in a friend’s drive by birthday celebration.

• Online. Tune in on Sundays for live-streaming, join prayer, Bible Study and fellowship groups online.
• Talk with your mentor, coach or therapist.
• Plan quality Family – Zoom calls.
• Play family Games, record family movies, chalk art outside.
• Sleepover living room pitch a tent, make it fun.