Going Stir Crazy?

So you have been locked inside.  Whether it is from the crazy March Storm that just dumped a ton of snow, another Sunday without sports, or from the virus.  You are running out of ideas, and going a bit stir crazy.   Here is a list of 100 things to do when you are trapped alone inside.

1. read
2. wash the dog
3. clean out the linen closet
4. bake cookies
5. play solitaire
6. watch Downton Abbey
7. make campfire cones
8. write thank you notes from the holidays
9. call your mom
10. shop online
11. clean out your inbox for email
12. throw out all your junk mail and old catalogs
13. floss your teeth
14. make popcorn and watch a classic movie
15. take photos of random things around the house, and post on social media
16. make a grocery list
17. create the ultimate smoothie
18. make oragami out of dollar bills
19. make coffee
20. try out a wild new hairstyle and post on social media
21. give yourself a pedicure
22. give the dog a pedicure
23. plan a happy hour in the living room
24. do laundry
25. invent a new cocktail
26. learn something new off YouTube
27. practice a musical instrument
28. tie-dye white underwear using food coloring and vinegar
29. join a wine club 
30. do squats… or diddily-squats
31. update your resume
32. look at adoptable animals at the shelter online site
33. yoga
34. clean under the sink
35. try on all the clothes in the closet, and donate most of them
36. take a bubble bath
37. dance in the kitchen
38. sing opera
39. practice your Miss America wave
40. give the cat a haircut
41. shoot marbles in the kitchen
42. practice doing a plank for as long as you can
43. find a place to volunteer
44. donate online to a worthy cause
45. join a Facebook page and comment
46. post photo of cat with new haircut on Instagram
47. Start a travel bucket list
48. make children’s clothing out of drapes after watching The Sound of Music
49. learn how to yodel
50. binge watch TEDtalk

Still stir crazy? Here are 50 more…

1. uncork a great bottle of wine
2. shave your legs
3. flip over the mattress
4. iron
5. knit something
6. go through photo albums and write names and dates on photos
7. cruise Pinterest for cool ideas
8. plan a party
9. write a glowing review for a service provider
10. work on an acceptance speech for an Oscar… when your life is made into a movie
11. shopvac the fireplace or oven
12. doodle on all the pages in your daytimer that aren’t filled with something
13. make something out of macaroni
14. define your career goals
15. teach your dog a cool parlor trick
16. color
17. put on cool sunglasses, red lipstick and lipsinc a video
18. pretend to be someone else for 5 minutes, and see how that feels
19. pretend the person you are with is someone else
20. act like you are waiting for the servants to show up, and keep a straight face
21. work on you monthly goals
22. come up with the 5 worst jokes you can…. that make you laugh
23. iron some clothes, singing “I am Iron Man”
24. throw out all the expired medicine in your medicine cabinet
25. wash the dog blanket
26. call an older person and have a nice long chat
27. record a new phone message
28. develop an age-appropriate gymnastics routine to be done in the living room
29. balance your checkbook
30. figure out the Instant Pot thing
31. do your taxes
32. sing loudly
33. rearrange the furniture
34. take up scrapbooking
35. have a teaparty
36. write a love letter
37. try to play the spoons  like Abby the Spoon Lady
38. redo your Facebook bio
39. watch Ken Burns Country Music
40. Learn how to say Hello, Goodbye and Thank You in a different language
41. see what is living under the silverware divider
42. start a wine journal
43. plant some seeds inside in an egg carton
44. listen to music
45. send positive thoughts out into the universe
46. be grateful
47. begin a journal
48. wash the windows
49. take a nap
50. blog

Hope these suggestions prove to be helpful with your stir crazy days.

Thanks for visiting my post!

–Tracy