I have the next 20 days off from work and in an extreme lockdown in Germany. What can I do to stay productive, learn, grow/ build a hobby from home? I'm 25 and do not want to waste this vacation doing nothing at home

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Start your resolutions for the New Year early. What are your values, connections, interests?

Or maybe start w a list of all the stuff you never have time to do bc of work?

Learn or brush up on a language, learn a few new complicated recipes (the kind that take a day or two), try a new fitness routine or challenge, research charitable orgs you want to support financially or otherwise, spend 20 min a day doing something silly you’d never do in public, reset your sleep schedule, read a book every few days....

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I plan to walk up the stairs of my condo for exercise every day. Sad, yes, but desperate times ...

It’s 32 floors.

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I’ve been home since March (wfh). It started off feeling indulgent and completely unproductive, but I’ve read 47 books this year. 75% fiction, 25% non-fiction. I have nothing concrete to show for it, but my dreams are vivid and my mind feels sharper than ever and I feel hopeful and ready to pick up my own writing again.

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Hell yeah I’m bragging about reading 47 books! That’s more than I read in the previous 5 years combined!

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Honestly I would just use the time to relax and zone out. The past 8 months have been difficult, so I would honestly enjoy my hobbies, cook good food and watch tv for 20 days

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Learn a new language. Duolingo can definitely help. Good luck and enjoy your break.

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Have you played Kerbal Space Program? Ha its a computer game but teaches you a lot about rocket science and avionics. Fun way to spend some time and not feel so slothful.

Snort speed and listen to Wagner

Start healthy habits! Get up in the morning and do some yoga/Pilates/HIIT, put together a reading list and tackle that, cook or bake a complicated recipe, FaceTime friends and family, binge watch that series you’ve been dying to see (Flight Attendant, Queen’s Gambit), meditate, go for a run (if allowed), and just embrace not having to open your work laptop!

Go to martial arts class every single day, then eat what the hell you want, sleep and binge watch Trailer Park Boys in the evening baked to oblivion.

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Oh god enjoy it!!!!! That sounds fabulous. And unprecedented. Enjoy some me time.

I used to have this massive link to free online courses you could take on any number of subjects. Something like that maybe.

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