Twelve Fun Quarantine Activities for the Lazy or Busy

I’m not into sourdough starters

Quarantine putting more pressure on you than ever? Don’t worry, I got you.

The world’s COVID cases are once again spiking through the roof and I’m quarantining in a house in Munich, the morning sun shooting into the living room, where I’m contemplating a second espresso. The day already feels hard for a variety of reasons, but as an outdoor cat, it mostly comes down to the fact that being trapped inside scares and upsets me.

Here’s the truth. For people who suffer from anxiety and depression, this pandemic has been a lengthy, exhausting marathon of fear, and a queasy feeling that won’t seem to go away. For those who don’t suffer from anxiety and depression, this period has been confusing. They don’t quite understand why their loved ones are trudging around the house in an existential crisis.

Not only that, but there have been a lot of conversations about productivity during this time. Miranda’s career is flourishing. Dale bakes bread. Lucy lost ten pounds. Well, congratulations to the practical strangers on Instagram! I successfully feel like shit. But let’s remember that this pandemic hasn’t been a cakewalk for anyone. Even Dale and his delicious bread.

So let’s all cut ourselves some slack. And by some slack, I mean spools and spools of it. It’s a confusing time. We’re having to learn a lot more…