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
    23·
    4 days 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.

    • Jessica@lemmy.blahaj.zoneOPEnglish
      2·
      2 days ago

      Today, I got my nails done, my eyebrows waxed and picked out an áo dài for the upcoming lunar new year. I suppose I did enjoy myself ☺️

  • ace_garp@lemmy.world
    4·
    3 days 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
      3·
      3 days ago

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

  • Samsy@lemmy.ml
    13·
    4 days 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
      6·
      4 days 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·
        4 days 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.

  • kittenzrulz123@lemmy.blahaj.zone
    3·
    3 days 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.
  • Eiri@lemmy.ca
    3·
    3 days ago

    I’d try to use that time to study a language I’ve always wanted to speak.

    I’d probably fail and do something utterly unproductive, but maybe you wouldn’t.

    • Jessica@lemmy.blahaj.zoneOPEnglish
      2·
      3 days ago

      I’ve wanted to learn Vietnamese for a while now. I start and then kinda fall off after a few days. I might give it a go again. Good idea!

  • weeeeum@lemmy.worldEnglish
    4·
    4 days 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·
        3 days 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
          1·
          3 days 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.