I’m off until at least 5 Feb due to a boxers fracture. I’m getting sick of TV and movies. Today I’ll clean my apartment, but even with my busted hand it will only take a couple of hours. I can’t really go anywhere as I need to save as much money as I can to cover for missed time at work.

Here’s what I’ve tried so far:

  • Solve Rubik’s cubes
  • Work on music production
  • Sleep

Thing I probably should do:

  • Continue to learn Swift
  • Follow makeup tutorials

Lemmy, what would you do?

EDIT: Keep ‘em coming Lemmsters! I LOVE the suggestions, and can’t wait to give some of these a go!

  • kittenzrulz123@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    6 days ago

    Watch a bunch of history videos and become a nerd :3 Channel recommendations (from easiest to hardest to get into):

    • Oversimplified: They recently released part 3 on the second Punic war and in general they are very funny. Good for entertainment with history thrown in.
    • Extra History: They focus on historical accuracy and making longer series (but shorter videos), generally they focus on less talked about subjects. For example they recently finished a series on the Pazzi conspiracy and started one on Frederick II.
    • The Cold War: They focus exclusively on the cold war and go into great detail. They recently made a video on the Georgian civil war.
    • The Great War: Same as above but for WWI, they go into extreme detail. Very long videos and very historically accurate. They recently made a video on the German surrender.
    • Real Time History: They focus on extreme accuracy to the point that they very often describe the battles exactly as they happened in real time (as the name implies). They recently made a video on Russias military strategy.
  • ace_garp@lemmy.world
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    6 days ago

    Playing boardgames online.

    Yucata.de is a community built website, where you can play any of 211 boardgames online for free, with people from every country of the world.

    Small games to start with:

    Mountain Goats

    Ali Baba

    Balloon Cup

    Chinagold

    Hey, that’s my fish

    Lemminge

    • Jessica@lemmy.blahaj.zoneOPEnglish
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      6 days ago

      That’s pretty cool! I had no idea one could play board games online. Thank you for the suggestions too!

    • Jessica@lemmy.blahaj.zoneOPEnglish
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      6 days ago

      I’m not too much of a gamer. I really only play COD Mobile these days. That game looks pretty cool though.

  • Eiri@lemmy.ca
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    7 days ago

    I’d try to use that time to study a language I’ve always wanted to speak.

    I’d probably fail and do something utterly unproductive, but maybe you wouldn’t.

    • Jessica@lemmy.blahaj.zoneOPEnglish
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      7 days ago

      I’ve wanted to learn Vietnamese for a while now. I start and then kinda fall off after a few days. I might give it a go again. Good idea!

  • Smokeydope@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    7 days ago

    Download and play the free demo of Factorio

    If you have a desktop computer with a somewhat modern graphics card you can give an hour or two trying to install kobold.cpp and a local large language model.

    You can give your feet a good scrub down in hot water mixed with Epson salt and whatever fancy oils or nice smelling scents you want to throw in.

    You can cook a big meal.

    You can sort your kitchen and pantry out throw away the old fridge bad food stuff.

    You can do some art. You can play a single player pen and paper game like Delve or a classic puzzle like sedoku

  • Teknikal@eviltoast.orgEnglish
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    7 days ago

    Had a similar amount of time recently and rewatched the whole Buffy/Angel shows was quite a time killer. I remember doing similar with the stargate shows a few years back but yeah that’s like a couple of months time investment.

  • AnarchistArtificer@slrpnk.netEnglish
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    7 days ago

    “Follow makeup tutorials” is pretty vague, do you have more specifics on what you’re aiming for with that? Part of why I ask if because I know that I can find the functionally infinite array of tutorials overwhelming, and if I don’t have a clear goal, I’ll end up burning out.

    The other part of why I ask is because I’m curious about your style goals — what do you want to be able to do that you can’t currently do? Is this part of a larger endeavour to shape your style?

    • Jessica@lemmy.blahaj.zoneOPEnglish
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      7 days ago

      I haven’t done my makeup in so long. I’m re-learning basics rn. I just want to be able to have a natural look that I can put on in a reasonable amount of time. It’s Viet Lunar New Year this weekend, and I want to look nice. Specifically I want to work on contouring, as I have like no idea what I’m doing.