After months of quarantine, you’re probably binged all your usual TV shows, cooked all your favourite meals and spent more time staring aimlessly at your phone than you’d care to admit to. To break up seemingly endless monotonous days, here are 15 fun things to do when you’re bored.

1. WATCH LIVESTREAMS OF BIRD FEEDERS ON YOUTUBE SO YOU FEELS LIKE YOU’RE OUTSIDE

Weeks of being cooped up in your house may be making you long for the times you could actually step outside and frolic in the park. To observe nature in the Great Indoors, fire up Youtube and watch livestreams of birds gathering for a quick munch at feeders around the world. The Cornell Lab of Ornithology operates feedercams at its headquarters in New York, a backyard in Ontario and a rainforest in Panama. Also, there are quick a few amateur birders that have hooked up GoPros to their feeders and are sharing it with the world online.

2. WATCH THE MOST POPULAR MOVIE FROM THE YEAR YOU WERE BORN

Babies are adorable, but they don’t exactly watch movies. Take a trip down memory lane and check out the world of cinema from the year you were born. I bet there are some classics you haven’t yet watched – and just might enjoy. (Hint: The movie from my year of birth I plan to watch is Purple Rain).

3. PLAN OUT YOUR DREAM TRIP

Nothing will make you want to travel than being told that you can’t and since you can’t hop on a plane or drive to a new place, why not just plan for a time when you can? Use this time to plan your ultimate dream vacation and because you don’t have much else to do, you can research all parts of the trip, including flights, hotels, restaurants, things to do etc. Save photos and links you find in one place and come back to them when you need an escape or when it’s finally time to book for a real trip.

4. READ A BOOK YOU LOVED AS A KID

Not only is it comforting to explore a known joy, but you’ll start to analyse it differently and begin to enjoy it from an different perspective – the perspective of the adult you.

5. MAKE A MEAL USING THE ITEMS THAT HAVE BEEN IN THE BACK OF YOUR PANTRY/ FREEZER FOR MONTHS

Being stuck at home is a great excuse to eat the items that have been sitting in your pantry for months. Clear out the boxes and cans from your shelves (make sure they’re not expired) and use them to make dinner. You can cook with other products in your kitchen of course, but try make the final meal feature the ingredients you started with. Think of it as a mini Chopped challenge.

6. ACTUALLY CLEAR OUT YOUR INBOX

Most of us have email accounts that have hundreds (sometimes thousands) of unread messages in our inbox and junk folders. If you have some free time, pick up your phone, or sit at your computer and start the slow process of purging your email account so when things get hectic again, you can start all over again afresh.

7. EXPERIMENT WITH BAKING CHEMISTRY

Baking can be a great stress-reliver but it’s also an easy opportunity to conduct chemistry experiments you can eat. You can sub out different ingredients to see the effect they have on your baked goods. For example, baking soda, which is basic, needs an acid to react with. It’s basically a slow-motion version of a science fair volcano that helps your cookies rise. Adding brown sugar to your recipe will lead to a puffier cookie, while white sugar will give you a flatter, more spread-out end product. So try it out and improve those skills.

8. MASTER ONE COCKTAIL TO MAKE YOUR SIGNATURE DRINK WHENEVER YOU HOST PARTIES

If you love hosting parties or drinkies with friends, why not brush up on your cocktail making skills – or better yet, invent your own cocktail?

9. LEARN THE DANCE MOVES TO ICONIC ‘80S AND ‘90S MUSIC VIDEOS

A fan of Micheal Jackson’s ‘Thriller’ moves? Or were you obsessed with MC Hammer’s ‘Can’t Touch This’? Then why not use your quarantine time to teach yourself a few new moves? It’s a fun way to keep active and it’s also sure to put a smile on your face and make you look awesome at parties.

10. MAKE A VISION BOARD

Get crafty and make a vision board. It can be physical or virtual. Just cut out (or copy and paste) images and words that fit your theme and start thinking about life after quarantine.