Remedies for Social Distancing Guide
Sylvie Goldner, ‘21
March 2020
A guide created by fellow classmates of things you can do now to make your time at home a little more enjoyable!
Self Care
Face masks
Meditate
Make homemade scrub
Don’t stay up too late every night
Change out of pajamas each morning so it feels like a real day
Set a routine (get up at the same time every day, eat meals at regular times, get some fresh air, etc) -- follow your regular school schedule for some structure, even if you’re just doing online work at that set time
Activities
MAKE A QUARANTINE VLOG SERIES
Draw or paint
Make friendship bracelets
Organize your room/closet
Play a ton of board games
Write poetry
GROUP FACETIME #houseparty
Write a song and journal
Make DIY candles
Study for the SAT/ACT/SAT2s
College research
Read outside (on your fire escape)
Duolingo -- learn another language
Practice an instrument
Learn Tik Tok dances
Learn something new! (instrument, craft, language, gardening, Ayurveda)
Play a lot of Minecraft
Play SIMS 4 (currently $6 on Origin)
Food To Make
Whipped coffee
Risotto! If you have a pressure cooker it’s 10/10
Homemade challah is a win.
Muffins Galore
Kombucha
Try to perfect the chocolate chip cookie
Flourless Brownies
Baked apples :)
Make homemade bread
Movies
Always Be My Maybe
About Time
Love Actually
Shawshank Redemption
Sophie’s Choice
The Hangover
The Big Lebowski
SuperBad
Booksmart
Parasite
Midsommar (If you want to go crazy)
Chef
Julie & Julia
Any Miyazaki movie (Totoro, Spirited Away, etc)
Napoleon Dynamite (if you want a good laugh)
Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure
The House Bunny (Bad but good)
Assasination Nation (looks dumb but it is VERY GOOD)
Space Jam
Rom coms!!! When Harry Met Sally, You’ve Got Mail, Hitch, Sleepless in Seattle, Three Weddings and a Funeral
Feel good movies: Life is beautiful and Clueless
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
TV Shows
Cheer
College Behind Bars (Bard’s Prison Initiative Docu. Series)
Breaking Bad
Russian Doll (so so good)!
Elite (new season just came out)!
Sex Education
Downton Abbey
Brooklyn 99
This Is Us
Broad City
Peaky Blinders
Orange is the new black
Baby (italian)
Quicksand (swedish)
Euphoria
The L Word
Books
Educated
I Know Where The Crawdad Sings
A Room of One's own- Virgina Woolf
1984 or Animal Farm
Catcher in the Rye
Becoming
Of Mice and Men
Braiding Sweetgrass
Sophie’s Choice
Half of a Yellow Sun
Are We Smart Enough to Know How Smart Animals Are
The Bell Jar
Podcasts
Criminal
Still Processing
Coffee Break (insert language you want to learn)
Revisionist History (so freakin’ fabulous)!
Tedx radio
RadioLab
NPR
The Daily (to stay updated with today’s events)
Exercise
Yoga!
30 day ab challenge (app) YESS!!!
Squat Challenge #PerfectTheBooty
Go on a run/walk
Bike!
Things Not to Do
Kill a family member
Touch people or be with a big group of people
Accidentally order too much stuff online
Make rice pudding
Spend all your time scrolling through NYT articles
Stay in bed and pajamas all day
Be on screens all day
Overwhelm yourself with social media/media in general
Stay unclean
MISS ZOOM CLASSES
Forget what day of the week it is
Forget about work
WATCH THE JESUS ROLLS
BARD
Wake up ON TIME for Zoom
Catch up on work/readings
Be aware of how you look on Zoom
Don’t get behind on assignments!