How to take practical advantage of isolation

[Croix]

Dear All

I wonder if it might be an idea for people to say all the actual things that can be done while cooped up in isolation. Things they do themselves or recommend for others.
If you can think of something that has constantly occupied or distracted you, or better yet has had a concrete positive outcome one can point to later on that would be perfect (within the bounds of decency of course:)

We already have a very popular thread on how to assist in coping with the virus

https://www.beyondblue.org.au/get-support/online-forums/staying-well/coping-during-the-coronavirus-o...

and I'd really like this one to be on a different theme, practical occupations.

So I will start the ball rolling with two, the first right here on the Forum:

• Jot down a happy memory for you and others to take enjoyment from in the future in this thread
  
  https://www.beyondblue.org.au/get-support/online-forums/staying-well/store-your-happy-memories-here-
  
  

• The second is external and an ongoing challenge:
  
  Correct the National Library’s many mistakes in all the digitized newspapers from the 1800’s onwards to the 1950's. This can be fascinating and lead you not only to make resources better for all, but can even lead you to snippets of your own family history. Plus discover blogs, podcasts and all sorts of other areas.
  
  Would you believe there is an editors' Hall of Fame for public contributors!
  
  I admit the content of the link below seems a trifle imposing, but once you get started it can be completely absorbing, plus library staff (yes they are still on duty) are very friendly and helpful.
  
  https://help.nla.gov.au/trove/digitised-newspapers/text-correction-guidelines
  
  As someone who has to spend a lot of time stuck at home anyway I’d be most interested in your occupations (not so much on cooking I'm afraid – I’m on a diet:(
  
  Croix

[Aaronsis]

“Yes sir yes sir about 476 bags full” can I ask u why you come around to my tower every day, sing your song that u know the answer to. What I would really like is to be free from this tower so.......

[Guest_1055]

... she grapped the sheets of her bed and behold behold there was a frying pan under the sheets. That is wants she was hoping for all along so....

[Croix]

She picked up the frypan,
and the end of her hair,
went down the steps
to the ground floor
where she used it to ...

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[eight]

she knotted the end of her hair to like, that hole on the handle i think they're for putting your spoons in, and heaved it up before bashing it onto the locks. she rolled a 10 when she did her strength check but that doesn't surpass the lock's difficulty class and i hope i'm not misremembering what the c in dc stands for in 5th edition

[Croix]

Dear All

First off I'have to say I'm enjoying the communal game about the princess and the frypan, please keep it going. (My next installment is at the end of this post).

Apart from that, when sitting at home and feeling at a loose end have you considered Citizen Science? Here people from all over the world make contributions to human knowledge in all sorts of areas (there are thousands, not just what I've listed). They often talk to each other about their projects as they go.

If you Google Citizen Science you will see what I mean.

I've just listed three here to wet your appetite:

1. Describing the changes in the seasons on Mars from hi-res photos
   https://www.zooniverse.org/projects/mschwamb/planet-four
2. Map put the careers of famous criminals from old accounts
   https://www.zooniverse.org/projects/ajpiper/criminal-characters
3. Use your phone to record the presence and sounds of frogs
   https://australianmuseum.net.au/get-involved/citizen-science/frogid/

Now for the bit you have been waiting for 🙂

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... knock out the glass of a window
She had of course padded the window first
with the sheets to stop glass flying.
Then she climbed out, unfortunately ...
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Croix

[Guest_1055]

... she was too late. The dude and his horse had galloped away. She felt a tear roll down her cheek. Then she heard a soft noise coming from the wicker basket that was on her front step. She knelt down and carefully lifted the lid and saw a....

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[Guest_1055]

... no wait!

What was she thinking? What sort of royal princess goes around with their hair knotted up somehow in the handle of a frying pan. And there maybe even glass in her hair from all the glass. So...

[Guest_1055]

While in isolation

You could give yourself your own natural makeover and beauty treatments. There is loads of tutorials and tips on YouTube. I actually put on a clay face mask today.

You could also attend to neglected gardens. I worked half way down the driveway garden yesterday and pulled out weeds.

[Aaronsis]

..she saw a reflection in the shards of glass on the ground and realized that all this time she was worried about her hair, that she was trapped in a tower and that an annoying dude on a horse kept singing to her, when all along she had this frying pan and she could have smashed her way out at anytime, the power was always hers and she just had to reach out and take it. So with that she untied the knot in her hair, shook out the shards of glass and picked up her frying pan, she marched down the end of the very long and stoney road to where she reached....

[Croix]

Dear All~

I guess attending to the garden can be a most satisfying occupation with the fruits of your labor visible (sometimes even there for the picking) as you go. I confess I'm not an enthusiastic gardener and tended to prune à la Wal Footrot at Auntie Dolly's. However by leaving plenty of shrubs and trees I can see an never ending parade of birds throughout the year, from black cockatoos heralding rain to superb wrens chivvying their harems. I have an Observer's Book of Birds to assist me tell white-eyes from pardelopes.

And now for something completely different:

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... an open stage concert with
Helen Reddy singing
"I AM WOMAN"
The princess happily brandished her frypan
in time with the music
until she was spied by ...

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Croix