This pandemic-physical-distancing-and-caregiving-at-home experience has been a strange combination of re-discovering old-school activities and learning or using more often new technologies. We're doing a little of everything, to pass time and for mental sanity.
Usual or re-discovered activities: Technology used more often or for first time:
keeping a written journal blogging, social media more often
using a clothesline ordering clothesline online along with groceries
writing a letter emailing and texting more often
reading the newspaper using apps to get headlines
basic cooking curbside take-out and drive-through
reading books from library listening to podcasts, audio books
puzzles app games
phone calls Zoom, Facetime, Conference calls
handcrafts YouTube tutorials
organizing photos into albums editing, uploading, posting photos
hand-sewing, mending making and ordering masks, Etsy
buying seeds and plants at a nursery getting seeds in the mail, ordering potting soil
studying nature with pocket field guides using naturalist apps
playing an instrument getting really familiar with Spotify
spending time with immediate family electronic communication with extended family
scheduling doctor appointments scheduling video appointments
online shopping for some things online shopping for everything
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