What can you do when you are bored at home? Right now, many people are spending a lot of time at home. Maybe your holiday trip has been cancelled or you are in home quarantine because of this nasty coronavirus. Here are our top tips for things to do when you're bored.
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1. start watching a new TV series
What's better than getting into a really good TV series? Check out Netflix, for example, where there are lots of great series. Load up on fruit and binge watch several episodes.
2. read a good book
Sometimes you can actually get an even better experience from a book than from a TV series. Buy a physical book or download to a tablet and curl up in the most comfortable armchair with a blanket.
3. Take care of your wardrobe
A thorough wardrobe overhaul can sometimes feel like a 'new' wardrobe. Clear out, wash, mend... and rediscover old favourites you've forgotten about.
4. take care of yourself
Not only do you need to take care of your clothes, but also yourself sometimes. Maybe it's time for a body wrap, a new hair colour or just a good old-fashioned foot bath?
5. start training at home
When you have time to spare, it's the perfect opportunity to plan an exercise programme. Set up a training corner, find a training video on YouTube and make a training schedule.
6. Call a friend you haven't talked to in a long time.
Is there a friend or relative you've been thinking about but haven't got round to calling? Take the opportunity to make that phone call now.
7. Play a favourite game
Dust off one of the board games on your bookshelf, or dig out your old Playstation. If you prefer online casino games, you can compare different games according to the website sveacasino.se.
8. Clear your mobile phone
Is your mobile phone's memory getting full, or is it just hard to find? Clear out photos and apps you don't need. Sort your apps so you can easily find the ones you need.
9. Surprise with a new dish
It's easy to get stuck cooking the same dishes over and over again. Now that you have time, you can search the web for new inspirational dishes. Surprise yourself or your family!
10. Study a language
It's good to know languages when travelling, but it's often difficult to find time to study. Look for a good online course and supplement it by watching films in the 'right' language.
11. Sort your photos
Do you keep track of your photos on your computer? Take this opportunity to sort them out. Create a structure so you can easily find your photos and throw away the ones you don't want. Maybe you want to print a photo for the wall?
12. Tidy up
Deep cleaning can feel pretty boring, but once you get started, it's nice to get it fresh and tidy. Take the opportunity to do that "little extra" that you never have time for otherwise.
13. Be creative
Do you have a creative streak? Do you really like to paint, write, craft, sew or renovate, but find you never have the time? Now is your chance to repaint that dresser or write that book.
14. Write a bucket list
What do you dream of seeing and experiencing in life? Write a list! Feel free to mix big and small - things that are easy to realise and things that may remain dreams.
15. Start a blog
Start a blog about something you like to write about or are passionate about. Do you already have a blog? Think about whether it's time to spruce it up with a new design!
What are your best tips for things to do when you are bored?
Do you have any other good tips for things to do when you're at home and bored? Tell me, tell me!
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Lena - good for the soul says:
Oh my goodness. You won't be bored at home with such a good imagination of what you can do 🙂.
I don't have time to be bored at home because I work. Then the days usually go really fast.
Hug Lena
18 March 2020 - 6:35
Helena says:
We also work, but I feel this "just being at home". Always work at the computer really, but feel the need to vary myself. So yes, we probably already think that it feels a little boring ... 😉
18 March 2020 - 16:13
Sofia says:
Heeeeeeeeeeee
06 March 2022 - 12:07
Lovis says:
Bye-bye
14 June 2022 - 16:36
Millie Edfeldt says:
Hey does anyone want to be my friend?
Crane Millie😝😝😝
05 June 2023 - 20:59
Aava says:
I am very often bored 😩now for example I am home from school alone and my friend is also sick but she can't be with me 🙁 thank you for the tips
21 September 2022 - 12:53
Secret says:
Only things for adults and bad tips
15 October 2022 - 11:47
Anonymous says:
Things I already do and I am 13 years old
07 January 2023 - 17:17
Lollo says:
None of this can be done
05 February 2023 - 15:29
Millie Edfeldt says:
I like to read. I am going to the library sometime this week.
05 June 2023 - 20:39
Ella says:
I am a child who is usually bored when I am home from school and searched for a page and this came up as the best one
30 May 2022 - 17:47
Anonymous says:
Funny things I actually want to redesign my wardrobe now😊.
03 January 2023 - 14:24
Solan says:
We entered Germany yesterday despite a zealous police force. Strange situation,
after five months on the road, it's not boring for a second to come home. Among other things, I will renovate a secretary and decorate the balcony for Easter! ???
18 March 2020 - 7:32
Helena says:
I'm glad it went well! Yes, it is a strange and different situation! Exciting with the secretary project 🙂
18 March 2020 - 16:13
4000mil says:
A colleague rushed off to buy wallpaper and paint in case they were quarantined. 🙂
I think many Swedes will renovate their homes instead of travelling this year.
18 March 2020 - 7:51
Helena says:
It can certainly be like that! I think many people will be holidaying in Sweden too.
18 March 2020 - 16:14
I am a secret says:
Can't find anything good here😳😳😳
05 July 2023 - 15:02
Ebba Ek says:
Hi, there! Sounds like good things to do when you're bored. I was just going to say that my brother is just starting first grade so would there be anything new for him? ( They don't mind if you don't come up with something he is very fussy.
13 October 2022 - 18:37
Goatfish says:
Yes, you have made-up stuff so it's a bit too much 😀 but then you are two who can inspire each other. I don't really want to box myself in, haha!
But I'm taking the time to clear out some things.
More time in front of the TV, listening to podcasts, audio books, knitting, crocheting, talking on the phone (!) which no young person wants, but there are older people 😀.
Take care! Love, Gerd
18 March 2020 - 9:25
Helena says:
It sounds like you have everything going for you! Take care of yourself!
18 March 2020 - 16:15
Mum C says:
There are plenty of things you can do while in quarantine.
Carin
18 March 2020 - 9:41
Helena says:
Yes, it does, but you have to vary it a bit so it doesn't get too boring 😉.
18 March 2020 - 16:15
Tindra says:
I'm bored now but I don't know what to do🤔😜
12 March 2022 - 11:05
Ama de casa says:
Or you can play football games - if you have any 😉 .
Many good tips! May be needed these days...
18 March 2020 - 10:17
Helena says:
Haha, yes! But no, we don't have a football game ... 😉 .
18 March 2020 - 16:16
Ditte says:
I go out and walk for a few hours every day. Usually 8-10 kilometres a day. But I don't have to be bored to do that, it's just part of the daily routine. However, I don't know when or if there will be a curfew. Reading books, listening to books, investing more time in my Spanish course, sorting pictures, sorting, cleaning, cooking extra good food - Maybe there will be a little more watching TV and the radio is almost always on when we are at home. But maybe more now. Of course, life feels limited but compared to friends who live and stay in Spain, it is still quite ok. Just to line up in the ranks. And life goes on here and now so we make the best of the situation.
18 March 2020 - 10:29
Helena says:
Well done with the walks! Good to move and also good to be outside, I think. Soooo glad we don't have a curfew, at least not yet. We humans need to get out, I think.
18 March 2020 - 16:17
Stone Aribag says:
Wow, after this I will never be bored again! 💃
18 January 2022 - 16:21
bmlarstravellingblog says:
If we had been at home, we would have started clearing the house and storeroom this year, and gone for a walk. Now we consume lots of books and TV. We feel totally deprived, but will have to take care of it when we get home.
18 March 2020 - 11:01
Helena says:
What else can you be but a little drunk under those circumstances? Hope you find good books and TV! And you can move more when you get home!
18 March 2020 - 16:18
Maria / MagnoliaMagis says:
But what a great list!!! Mobile phone checked - check! Reading book - check!
watching series on TV4 play and SVTplay (Seen both seasons of BLOOD and now watching DNA. Quite ok!) -check! Clears the blogs and changes - check! Is creative (crocheting, replanting, baking) - check! Talked to the kids via messenger - check! Enjoying the sun starting to appear in the forest. Totally ok location. How is it going for you and to unwind? You who have 120 otherwise in speed, do you climb the walls or can you enjoy? 😉
18 March 2020 - 12:35
Helena says:
Really check on that list! 😉 Well, how are we doing? I know it's good to unwind, but I can't help but find this a bit boring... Even though we have a lot we can do at the computers, it gets pretty monotonous, if you don't make an effort. Trying to alternate computer work with other things!
18 March 2020 - 16:20
Maria / MagnoliaMagis says:
Do you have nice weather? Go for a walk! 😉 Photograph in a new way? Not blog thinking but because it's fun?
19 March 2020 - 12:19
Eva/Living like Eva says:
Yes, indeed! Many of your suggestions have been "shelf-warmers" in my to-do list for years: e.g. learn a language (... some Russian), be creative (tie a bulb in macramé), sort photos... Now maybe it will happen! I also expect to intensely love my garden this spring 🙂.
18 March 2020 - 14:01
Helena says:
Nice to be able to grab such plans that you have had lying around! 🙂
18 March 2020 - 16:21
Ruth in Virginia says:
Doing nothing is probably the best I'm at. 🙂
18 March 2020 - 15:31
Helena says:
Good!!! We need to get better at it too 😉
18 March 2020 - 16:21
Lisa says:
When we come home after 5 months on the road, we will have a lot to do. The pelargoniums that were cut down in October and that the nice neighbour sometimes watered will be given new soil and planted apart. We will also clear out unnecessary stuff to make more space. Forest walks with Cissi and smell the spring around our beautiful Kinnekulle. After a few days of quarantine, we hope to meet children and grandchildren. There will probably also be some picking sticks and branches in the garden because it is said to have been a windy winter.
Now we long for home .
18 March 2020 - 16:25
Matts Torebring says:
I can't think of a single day that I am bored!
18 March 2020 - 18:49
BP says:
As Ruth says - what's wrong with not doing anything for a while. It gets boring in the long run, but I have no problem with it for a month or so.
Googled today how many blogs there are in the world. The answer was between 500 and 600 million. So expanding blog contacts is an idea, if you don't want to do anything yourself.
But I understand you. You are used to mingling, events and not least travelling. So sitting at home is probably more boring for you than for me.
18 March 2020 - 20:30
Emma, sun like sun? says:
At this point, I'm glad I'm not the kind of person who has to go out every day. I find it very easy to occupy myself with something. Have NEVER said "I have nothing to do..." So not being able to leave the house doesn't bother me. But of course, I can go out into the garden, sit in the sun if it's out, do a bit of clearing in the countryside. If I lived in a flat without a balcony, the situation would probably be more stressful.
Right now I'm in a reading period, I got a new ebook reader for my birthday and it's almost in my hand now.
I almost laughed out loud at the choice of image there when loading fruit on the table and watching TV programmes. Yes, grapes in a "different state" can be counted as fruit!
18 March 2020 - 23:17
Lisa says:
Many good tips, but sow a seed, make a half stop and think about what is important in life, learn something new can be something. 🙂
19 March 2020 - 13:18
Across the board says:
With that long list, you never have to be idle, that's for sure! I think a little bit the other way round - sometimes we need a little bit of boredom to appreciate the rest even more 😉.
19 March 2020 - 20:56
Lia says:
Dancing to good music for about 40 minutes, cuddling with the cat, baking, painting your nails and taking care of plants/flowers, etc.
20 March 2020 - 0:05
Maria's Memoirs says:
Great tips! 8, 11, 12 I should address, but so far I haven't been bored enough 😉 And really, I don't have much more free time than usual either, as I still work as usual (we can't exactly leave the kids at the accommodation alone). I've been walking almost every day now and we've also had really nice weather ever since the exceptional conditions officially started. I have recently blogged about book tips actually 🙂 .
20 March 2020 - 21:50
Ida says:
I like to draw something if I'm bored.
04 December 2020 - 16:32
Anonymous says:
There are no good tips here!!!
22 October 2023 - 11:18
Bunged says:
I would say that you can call someone you are in love with and ask for a chance (guaranteed to work).
28 April 2021 - 1:42
the looker says:
super good tips
18 June 2021 - 9:57
Astrid says:
MAKE UP A NEW SONG
22 August 2021 - 11:41
Hilma says:
It was fun to
clear your mobile phone
20 October 2021 - 9:00
Anonymous says:
kola on a new Series Netflix💻🦻😍
13 November 2021 - 19:17
Stone Aribag says:
Cool💃
18 January 2022 - 16:21
Ella Sundgren says:
I love what you do
22 February 2022 - 12:35
Molly says:
It is called do
29 October 2022 - 16:12
. says:
I have read everything but still don't know what to do!
07 March 2022 - 19:18
Anonymous says:
Me too!
17 March 2022 - 15:37
Anonymous says:
Agree, have read everything but still have nothing to do ☹
18 May 2023 - 9:12
Tindra says:
I'm bored now do you have any suggestions?🤔😇
12 March 2022 - 11:09
Thea says:
hello, my name is thea and I'm wondering what you can do on a break (I'm in school) We have a 50 minutes - 70 minutes break and me and my friends have nothing to do... If you have a suggestion let me know!!!
05 May 2022 - 13:25
Lea says:
My child often comes home after school so I usually tell her to clean the dishwasher and walk the dog after school.
15 August 2022 - 12:05
The sponge cake says:
Hey what great tips!
I usually draw, read or watch my big sister's computer (a good programme is Girls on SVT Children).
25 September 2022 - 16:36
Foffo says:
The tips may be good for adults, but as a teenager, for example, I'm not too keen on the tips...
Have a good day sweetheart😘!
30 December 2022 - 18:35
Anonymous says:
Want some more tips where to go somewhere. Otherwise it was very good tips 👍🏻
19 February 2023 - 13:23
No name says:
I have had a friend at home and she has gone home because now I am bored.
11 April 2023 - 17:34
CAT says:
ARE SOOOOOO SORRY AND HOPE THE TIPS WORK 🧐🧐🧐🧐🧐🧐🧐
22 November 2023 - 12:31