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How would you keep occupied in self isolation?

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travelsafar Thu 05-Mar-20 18:54:37

Catch up on housework if able to. Defo wash my windows and curtains if weather was ok. Write letters, read, knit watch tv and potter in the garden if well enough.

Curlywhirly Thu 05-Mar-20 18:53:38

Read some Charles Dickens! I keep promising myself to read some of the classics, but never get around to it. Would also watch all the programmes I have recorded, but never found time to watch. If I wasn't too ill, I'd have a really good clear out of all the wardrobes and cupboards and throw out all the old paperwork that I've been hanging onto. Might need a month's isolation to do that lot!

MamaCaz Thu 05-Mar-20 18:51:54

Two weeks on my own sounds like absolute bliss to me, as long as I was well enough to make the most of it!

I would make a start on some of the craft projects that I have been planning, watch what I want to on television for a change, and do lots of gardening.

BlueBelle Thu 05-Mar-20 18:50:15

Go totally mad
I have no intention of staying in unless I m ordered to I think we re much better off in the fresh air

tanith Thu 05-Mar-20 18:48:51

Reading, iPad, tv I’m guessing I’d have to walk around the garden a lot and up and down the stairs for a bit of excercise.

Harris27 Thu 05-Mar-20 18:46:20

Knitting reading and gardening ( back garden of course) .

GagaJo Thu 05-Mar-20 18:45:10

Sewing, cleaning, redecorating. Or at least, I would if I were at home, which I'm not.

rosecarmel Thu 05-Mar-20 18:44:53

Well, in the US, it seems that there is isolation at home or "having" to stay where they place you in an effort to contain and meet your medical needs- The portable units they showed in the news don't have windows! It's a divided white trailer with doors-

To be honest, I don't know!

SynchroSwimmer Thu 05-Mar-20 18:41:15

I would spend 2 weeks on the Ipad
Then probably get DVT
Might flick a duster around...

MrsPickle Thu 05-Mar-20 18:35:37

Two weeks on your own, or with your partner, is a long time!
What would you do?

I paint a lot, so some of the time woud be spent on that. I'm also learning a new language via Duolingo. Obviously reading. Hub is also a reader and photographer.

With 4 dogs, going 'out' will entail an entirely different regime.

What would you do to pass the time? Jigsaws?