50 Things To Do During Home Quarantine

The fear of Ebola is real. With the laws and executive orders in place to govern the control of contagions, the government can force you into quarantine.

With the threat of Ebola exposures throughout the United States, many people do not know what to do with themselves when they have so much time on their hands. Mandatory quarantine increases the chances of sensory deprivation and can be overwhelming if you are not ready for it. Symptoms from sensory deprivation, often include anxiety, sensory illusions, or even distortions of time and perception. In animal experiments, solitude has been shown to cause psychosis. The best chance to avoid this is by knowing how to keep yourself busy.

If you are unfortunately exposed to Ebola, prepare yourself for the possibility of being in complete home isolation for 21 days. Now is the time to plan on what you will do during that time because you don’t want to be stuck twiddling your thumbs for that entire time.

Here are 50 things to do after you have napped and watched movie marathons.

50 Things To Do During Home Quarantine

1. Set up your isolation or sick room
2. Organize your preparedness supplies
3. Start a hobby (learn to knit, make survival bracelets, draw, paint, etc.)
4. Take a few online courses or get online certification. Some are even free
5. Read The Prepper’s Blueprint or the other books you haven’t had a chance to read
6. Make some natural household cleaner
7. Organize the house
8. Finally get around to the honey-do list and fix things around the house
9. Make some freezer meals
10. Write a book
11. Watch documentaries or movies
12. Start a daily journal
13. Document your struggle against boredom and take a picture every hour
14. Rearrange your house
15. Practice yoga
16. Exercise
17. Meditate or pray
18. Talk to friends and family
19. Learn how to play an instrument
20. Play a joke on other family members and swap their closet contents with yours
21. Make homemade yogurt
22. Cut your hair
23. Make a trash can a basketball hoop and throw crumpled up paper for baskets
24. Make a bucket list
25. Plan your next season garden
26. Create your own language and then write a dictionary
27. Play board games, legos or cards
28. Make crafts out of wine corks
29. Film yourself cooking and talk like Julia Child
30. Relearn the art of the handstand
31. Make homemade cards and write a note to family member and friends
32. Organize old pictures or make a scrapbook
33. Have spa day
34. Make a battery out of pennies
35. Practice martial arts
36. Play hide and seek
37. Master dance moves
38. Upcycle mason jars into home decor
39. Memorize your favorite quote or poem
40. Plan your next trip or vacation
41. Start a Pinterest account
42. Learn about photography and take photos
43. Start a blog
44. Make survival preps out of unused household items
45. Learn the Cups song from Pitch Perfect
46. Learn how to play chess
47. Karaoke like a rock star
48. Have a Nerf gun battle
49. Take a nap
50. Make a list of things to do after your are not quarantined

Being quarantined with children can be even more challenging. Here are 30 things you can do with the kids.

Keeping your mind off the excessive amount of time you have on your hands by staying busy will help you avoid the symptoms of sensory deprivation.

This information has been made available by Ready Nutrition