Here are my thoughts/recommendations for spending and passing time while home. Feel free to add your own. Free unless otherwise noted.
Podcasts
Including our home here, a precious resource.
Hoopla (e-books and audiobooks), Kanopy (movies), and Libby/Overdrive
Often provided through the other precious resource, our public library card.
Lynda.com
Lots of coding, graphic design, and Excel tutorials. An incredibly valuable resource. Often free through your library.
Udemy
Much like Lynda. While there are many free courses, most are paid. The plus side is there is a broader breadth of topics. Most of these courses can be found for $10 with discount codes from...
Retailmenot
Online sales and discounts
MOOCs
I've not found these as compelling/useful as Udemy or Lynda, but you can audit college courses for free. I wish we had these 25 years ago.
Tai Chi
Youtube is an endless resource. My favorite is the wonderful David Wong's 10 Minute Tai Chi.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RYzBbo0462s
Gutenberg
Free public domain e-books.
btw, Gutenberg-Australia has books unavailable in the US version, for example "Down and Out in Paris and London"
Pluto TV App
Streaming Viacom TV and movies from the last 15 years. Includes MTV and Asylum (Sharknado, etc) programming.
Free and cost-effective resources for quanantine.
Free and cost-effective resources for quanantine.
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A person with a "why" can endure any "how". -Viktor Frankl
Which is better: to be born good or to overcome your evil nature through great effort? -Skyrim
A person with a "why" can endure any "how". -Viktor Frankl
Which is better: to be born good or to overcome your evil nature through great effort? -Skyrim
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Re: Free and cost-effective resources for quanantine.
On a slightly different note, here's the things I found helped with my mental health:
in bed before midnight, alarm at 8 and up by 9. I find I'm most optimistic in the morning, so want to capitalize on that
make breakfast an event. we're doing a a freshly baked good, coffee, youtube relax channel music,sitting outside (sometimes with coats on)
every couple of nights, a tablecloth at dinner
strict limit on reading about the virus. new info in the morning,check in the evening, and nothing near bedtime
don't judge others. I was young and felt invincible once, too
be aware of other's fear responses--disbelief, cynicism--but set boundaries around how they are permitted to express them around you
Best of luck, everyone.
Heather
in bed before midnight, alarm at 8 and up by 9. I find I'm most optimistic in the morning, so want to capitalize on that
make breakfast an event. we're doing a a freshly baked good, coffee, youtube relax channel music,sitting outside (sometimes with coats on)
every couple of nights, a tablecloth at dinner
strict limit on reading about the virus. new info in the morning,check in the evening, and nothing near bedtime
don't judge others. I was young and felt invincible once, too
be aware of other's fear responses--disbelief, cynicism--but set boundaries around how they are permitted to express them around you
Best of luck, everyone.
Heather