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!

    • Jessica@lemmy.blahaj.zoneOPEnglish
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      2 months ago

      lol I wish I had thought of that in the moment. I pretty much just saw red and lost control of my anger.

      • Maeve@kbin.earth
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        2 months ago

        It happens. It doesn’t have to happen again. If you have money for gym, maybe Tai chi to learn how to manage energy, shouldn’t be an issue with your injury. I would love a tai chi class, myself, but it may not be for you.

  • Eiri@lemmy.ca
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    2 months 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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      2 months 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!

  • Teknikal@eviltoast.orgEnglish
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    2 months 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.

    • Jessica@lemmy.blahaj.zoneOPEnglish
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      2 months ago

      My son and I have been watching The Office for the first time over the past few days. It’s nice that we have a new show that we both like.

  • AnarchistArtificer@slrpnk.netEnglish
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    2 months 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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      2 months 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.

      • kittenzrulz123@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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        2 months ago

        Its not acturally difficult, as an Arch user (btw) some Arch users will convince you to manually install Arch (and you should at one point but you dont need to). You can use Archinstall and itll basically install like any other OS.

  • Toes♀@ani.social
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    2 months ago

    Learn to play cdda (it’s free and open source). Once you get the general flow of the game it’s a great experience.

    aavak on YouTube has a bunch of playthroughs to get you familiar.

    https://cataclysmdda.org/

    • Jessica@lemmy.blahaj.zoneOPEnglish
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      2 months ago

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

  • weeeeum@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    2 months ago

    Get a bunch of groceries delivered and cook a bunch of food. Freeze a lot of it for later to save yourself time cooking

      • weeeeum@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        2 months ago

        I make a lot of scrap soup. Any random ingredients, like cans of veggies, food scraps I’ve been saving for stock, any other ingredients in the fridge about to go back, and any ingredients I want to get rid off, I throw in the scrap soup.

        I usually like to make a cheese base, since it goes well with damn near everything. Cheese base doesn’t freeze well though.

        Veggie Mac and cheese is good, lasagna is good and freezes well, I also cook a lot of noodles and stir fry’s.

        You can your own frozen junkfood like frozen pizzas to toss in then oven when you feel like it, and stuff like that. You dont even have to complete it, just assemble it, and when your hungry take it out of the freezer and chuck it into the oven, like lasagna, and casseroles.

        Instant pot is great for fast meals too. Its also incredible for stock. If you want to upgrade your knife skills you can buy bone-in cuts or whole birds to use all of the bones and scraps for stock. Basically all food waste goes through the stock pot first before being tossed

        • Jessica@lemmy.blahaj.zoneOPEnglish
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          2 months ago

          Wow, that’s so resourceful. I’ve just started to get back into cooking, and am def on the lookout for ideas like this.

  • jordanlund@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    Had the same deal last year when I tore an achilles tendon. :(

    #1) Do what the doc/physical therapist tells you to do.

    #2) It’s OK to push yourself a little, but pain is your body telling you when to stop.

    I figured out how to stream the PS5 and Xbox to the Steam Deck in the bedroom, your mileage may vary! :)

    Dying to know though… boxers fracture? Hopefully a good story there! Always lead with your first 2 knuckles!