Learn a new skill
For all we know lockdown may way end up producing the next wave of dazzling creatives.
If cooking’s you’re thing, recreate food from the movies with Binging with Babish or get back to basics with Bon Appetit’s Brad Leone. Even TikTok is delivering on sweet content too.
Or maybe perfect your makeup skills, and this goes out to the lads too - everyone needs a skincare routine. Vogue has a treasure trove of tutorials or check out YouTubers like India Grace and Jaclyn Hill.
Exercise
The rise in people going for runs, bike rides or even working out at home has sky-rocketed within the past two months or so, almost in line with the virus itself. Not only is it a great way to relieve yourself of any worries but it simultaneously improves both your physical and mental health. Even something as small as a walk around the block is much better than staying inside all day - as long as you keep your distance.
Get creative
There are two types of people in the world, those who draw and those of us who dream of drawing. But thanks to critically acclaimed animation studio, Studio Ghibli, you can perhaps be the former with a free virtual anime drawing lesson.
Or why not learn from one of the coolest art galleries in NYC with four free online courses from MOMA covering contemporary art, photography, fashion as design and post war abstract painting.
Interiors more your thing? TikTok comes through again speedy tutorials from carpentry tips to pretty interiors
Socialise sensibly
Communicating electronically is second nature and regular contact outside of your household is vital right now. TikTok especially has taken off during lockdown, so if you want to be a part of the latest dance craze, just enjoy Chriselle Lim’s, TikTok's resident 'rich mom', wonderful videos, then the world of social media is your oyster.
Go to a gig
No, seriously - just don’t leave your house. DJs and clubs have moved online, streaming concerts and performances for live music fix from your front room. Try a set from Virgil Abloh and Radio 1 DJ Benji B streamed through their Instagrams.
The Record Club hosts a bi-monthly virtual club ( https://www.facebook.com/rsdayuk/ ) via Facebook live every other Wednesday at 6:30pm, hosted by BBC introducing's Jess Iszatt. Or dip into the Boiler Room's 'Streaming from Isolation'.
Go to the theatre
Yep, the stage is streaming too. Dip into some of Shakespeare's best, the hit play 'The Barber Shop Chronicles’ and even Phoebe Waller-Bridge's award winning Fleabag.
Every Thursday, at 7PM the National Theatre puts a new play on their Youtube channel, so grab a friend, dress your best and enjoy the theatre from your living room.
Help around the house
Daily life is nowhere near as structured as it was two months ago, which can have a negative effect on anyone, but young people in particular. Helping out with jobs around the house not only fills the gap of a very absent routine but also supports parents and carers.
Schoolwork
Sorry, but it’s still got to be done, and is a key factor into maintaining a solid routine. Even an hour or two a day still gives you an aim and sense of accomplishment. If you are transitioning between certain year groups or you have big exams in the next academic year, it is important to not let to momentum drop.
Stay together, watch together, play together
You can’t play a board game with pals, but you can get into online games from pictionary to using Facetime and Skype to play charades or pub quizzes. You can even host a Netflix Party app where you watch your favourite movies in sync with your friends and loved ones, as if they were in the room with you.
Stay positive
It has been said repeatedly that this crisis is ‘once in a lifetime’ so inevitably it is hard to stay positive when you are surrounded by uncertainty and missing friends and family. But it’s important that you do not let the negativity overcome you and stay resilient- this will end at some point, it is just a matter of when.