I’m off until at least 5 Feb due to a boxers fracture. I’m getting sick of TV and movies. Today I’ll clean my apartment, but even with my busted hand it will only take a couple of hours. I can’t really go anywhere as I need to save as much money as I can to cover for missed time at work.

Here’s what I’ve tried so far:

  • Solve Rubik’s cubes
  • Work on music production
  • Sleep

Thing I probably should do:

  • Continue to learn Swift
  • Follow makeup tutorials

Lemmy, what would you do?

EDIT: Keep ‘em coming Lemmsters! I LOVE the suggestions, and can’t wait to give some of these a go!

  • BananaTrifleViolin@lemmy.worldEnglish
    24·
    5 months ago

    I’d play videogames, depending how much use you have of the hand. If you can use a controller or a mouse without discomfort I’d game. You could complete a lengthy RPG like Witcher 3, Cyberpunk 2077 or Baldurs Gate 3. Or you could learn and play Dwarf Fortress or try and get as far as possible in Stardew Valley or whatever games you like.

    Id also go out and walk - explore your city, or go hiking if you have nature near by. Its free and it beats being cooped up in your house.

    Or you could make a start on a new skill. Like coding with freecodecamp.org or start learning a language.

    9 days is a luxury - I’d even enjoy just lazing about, catching up with friends and family. You dont have to do anything meaningful - you could have some me time.

  • Samsy@lemmy.ml
    13·
    5 months ago

    Setting up Paperless-ngx and scan up all the papers (which now can be recycled).

    That’s what I did with my last free days.

    • Jessica@lemmy.blahaj.zoneOPEnglish
      61·
      5 months ago

      That’s really interesting! I don’t really have much that I would need to scan in, but the process would be a nice challenge.

      • Samsy@lemmy.ml
        2·
        5 months ago

        That’s my struggle now. Nothing more to scan. But it’s like a rabbit hole. I’m actually make use of the ASN numbers and use a mail address to hord the digital papers, too.

  • jordanlund@lemmy.world
    5·
    5 months ago

    Had the same deal last year when I tore an achilles tendon. :(

    #1) Do what the doc/physical therapist tells you to do.

    #2) It’s OK to push yourself a little, but pain is your body telling you when to stop.

    I figured out how to stream the PS5 and Xbox to the Steam Deck in the bedroom, your mileage may vary! :)

    Dying to know though… boxers fracture? Hopefully a good story there! Always lead with your first 2 knuckles!

  • Brave Little Hitachi Wand@lemmy.worldEnglish
    4·
    5 months ago

    Spend time thinking about changes I want to make in life, like better eating habits or more exercise, then rethink my home and how to set up for long term success, maybe.

    Maybe just cruise Lemmy/all and make braindead jokes at smart people as per usual.

    • Jessica@lemmy.blahaj.zoneOPEnglish
      41·
      5 months ago

      Maybe just cruise Lemmy/all and make braindead jokes at smart people as per usual.

      Wayyy ahead of ya lol.

      I had just started going to the gym again, and then I went and turned my life upside down lol.

      I fall into the trap of procrastination and end up mindlessly consuming YT. How do you keep yourself on track?

  • weeeeum@lemmy.worldEnglish
    4·
    5 months ago

    Get a bunch of groceries delivered and cook a bunch of food. Freeze a lot of it for later to save yourself time cooking

      • weeeeum@lemmy.worldEnglish
        2·
        5 months ago

        I make a lot of scrap soup. Any random ingredients, like cans of veggies, food scraps I’ve been saving for stock, any other ingredients in the fridge about to go back, and any ingredients I want to get rid off, I throw in the scrap soup.

        I usually like to make a cheese base, since it goes well with damn near everything. Cheese base doesn’t freeze well though.

        Veggie Mac and cheese is good, lasagna is good and freezes well, I also cook a lot of noodles and stir fry’s.

        You can your own frozen junkfood like frozen pizzas to toss in then oven when you feel like it, and stuff like that. You dont even have to complete it, just assemble it, and when your hungry take it out of the freezer and chuck it into the oven, like lasagna, and casseroles.

        Instant pot is great for fast meals too. Its also incredible for stock. If you want to upgrade your knife skills you can buy bone-in cuts or whole birds to use all of the bones and scraps for stock. Basically all food waste goes through the stock pot first before being tossed

        • Jessica@lemmy.blahaj.zoneOPEnglish
          11·
          5 months ago

          Wow, that’s so resourceful. I’ve just started to get back into cooking, and am def on the lookout for ideas like this.

  • ace_garp@lemmy.world
    4·
    5 months ago

    Playing boardgames online.

    Yucata.de is a community built website, where you can play any of 211 boardgames online for free, with people from every country of the world.

    Small games to start with:

    Mountain Goats

    Ali Baba

    Balloon Cup

    Chinagold

    Hey, that’s my fish

    Lemminge

    • Jessica@lemmy.blahaj.zoneOPEnglish
      31·
      5 months ago

      That’s pretty cool! I had no idea one could play board games online. Thank you for the suggestions too!

  • kittenzrulz123@lemmy.blahaj.zone
    3·
    5 months ago

    Watch a bunch of history videos and become a nerd :3 Channel recommendations (from easiest to hardest to get into):

    • Oversimplified: They recently released part 3 on the second Punic war and in general they are very funny. Good for entertainment with history thrown in.
    • Extra History: They focus on historical accuracy and making longer series (but shorter videos), generally they focus on less talked about subjects. For example they recently finished a series on the Pazzi conspiracy and started one on Frederick II.
    • The Cold War: They focus exclusively on the cold war and go into great detail. They recently made a video on the Georgian civil war.
    • The Great War: Same as above but for WWI, they go into extreme detail. Very long videos and very historically accurate. They recently made a video on the German surrender.
    • Real Time History: They focus on extreme accuracy to the point that they very often describe the battles exactly as they happened in real time (as the name implies). They recently made a video on Russias military strategy.
    • Jessica@lemmy.blahaj.zoneOPEnglish
      21·
      5 months ago

      Thank you so much, I think I can handle those tutorials. Everything else I’ve looked at is either way above my knowledge level or so uninteresting that it felt like pulling teeth.

      Like, I’ve gone through the documentation and made it to methods, but now my eyes just glass over.

      My dream is to create and release an iOS app.

      • Destide@feddit.ukEnglish
        3·
        5 months ago

        Cool just remember you don’t need to memorise the docs, they’re for reference and even the seasoned pros have to use them daily.

        Making small things is more important than the big ideas app you have right now.

        So if you already have an idea for an app, you want to get to write smaller apps that have a small amount of that big idea. So just make an app that says hello world on the screen, then make a login screen for it, then authenticators, etc.

        I would say the 9 days challenge would be on that level to get a simple app working, at least in the emulator. If you have to use an LLM(AI) always always get it to break down the explanation so you are still learning and not copy and pasting. I made a GPT that never tells me the right answer, uses other examples and always explains the solution,

        • Jessica@lemmy.blahaj.zoneOPEnglish
          11·
          5 months ago

          I appreciate the advice. I don’t have an idea for an app in mind at the moment, I just want to make something.

          I made a GPT that never tells me the right answer, uses other examples and always explains the solution.

          Could you elaborate a bit? How does one set something like that up? I think that would be fun to do on its own. I’ve only used AI stuff to make music videos for my music, and that is just clicking buttons on a website.

          Thanks again for your reply!

          • Destide@feddit.ukEnglish
            3·
            5 months ago

            The GTP is a paid feature of ChatGPT, you can just give it declarative prompts so it behaves and focuses more on what you want. If you don’t use AI don’t worry about it. I put that in as I know a lot of people use it and end up just copy and pasting solutions rather than learning. Like slack, it’s a great resource, but you have to use it well to learn. I find GPT to be good for replacing Slack as it’s quicker, non-toxic, and more obvious when it gives bad advice. Have fun with Swift look forward to seeing the your first app!

            • Jessica@lemmy.blahaj.zoneOPEnglish
              11·
              5 months ago

              Thanks friend! I’ll definitely check out the whole ChatGPT thing, but of course that won’t replace learning the old fashioned way (reading and doing). I’ll let ya know when I have something made, perhaps you could critique it if that is something you’re into.