What to do during self isolation

Some people are looking for ideas for things that they and their families, housemates etc can do during the current self isolation period. We are only to leave the house for necessities, which leaves some people spending a lot more time at home than they normally would. Here is a list of ideas that may give you or someone you live with something to think about:

1. Get into your garden, that is the obvious place to start.
2. Go to our blog and browse through the mountain of compiled material  
3. Submit material for us to include on our blog to news@bellingenseedsavers.com
4. Ask or answer some questions, or just read what others are saying on the Bellingen Seed Saver Chatter Facebook page (you'll need a Facebook login).
5. Visit a museum online, for example do a virtual tour of the Australian Museum.
6. Start some online study. See for example the good universities guide or open learning universities.
7. Listen to some podcasts.
8. Do something crafty - knitting, pottery, sewing, build a trellis, build a greenhouse.
9. Keep fit - do some stretching, stay mobile.
10. Cook something that you haven't made for ages or something from our blog.
11. Phone a friend or relative. Some people are really lonely.
12. Write a letter.
13. Do some jigsaws.
14. Start writing that book you have had stuck inside you for years.
15. Camp out in your backyard.
16. Unleash your inner artist. Draw, paint or do some colouring.
17. Learn some music. If you don't have an instrument at home, you can always learn to play the spoons. You don't even need a tuning fork for them.
18. Start a nature journal.
19. Document your gardening.
20. Do some star gazing.
21. Do some cloud watching.
22. When the next storm comes, watch it roll in!
23. Get on with your todo list.
24. Practise mindfulness and meditation.
25. Learn to juggle.
26. Practise some origami.
27. Do some puzzles - Sudoku, crosswords etc.
28. Organise your photo collection
29. Clean out your email inbox.
30. Go through your list of things that you have put in the too hard basket until you have more time.
31. Go through your belongings and see if you can make a box of things you no longer need to give to a charity (when they reopen).
32. Play some board or card games. If you are alone, you can play for free online here or here.
33. Start tracing your family tree.
34. Do some photography in your home and garden.

This is just the tip of the iceberg. There are heaps of things we can do at home. You don't need hectares of space. One man has spent hours of his life studying one square meter.