aloha friday

Well, it’s been quite a few weeks for everyone. It seems many of us will be staying close to home for a bit. Let’s check in with others who may need help with getting their daily needs or a friendly voice to talk to, practice things that reduce our stress, and hey maybe we will finally start doing all those things around the house that we’ve been putting off. Here are a few idea of things to do. Have a cozy week.

~ Exercise at home - These are all free and have a great selection of classes from as short as 5 minutes to an hour. Yoga with Adriene is the best online yoga I’ve tried. On Fitness Blender you put in the type of exercise, duration, and difficulty, and it gives you the classes that fit your parameters. You can save the ones you like to your favorites. Super clean format and straight forward workouts. Take a walk, no instructions needed.

~ Over haul clean out of your closet- Spring is around the corner so this is the perfect time to clear out your winter clothes. The Anna Edit is a darling gal from the UK and Style at a Certain Age is a daily fashion blog. I honestly don’t know how these ladies do an outfit of the day, everyday and look great. I could do the un-outfit of the day I suppose.

While we are clearing out our closet, Audrey Coyne has some good tips on how to layer jewelry which is a fun trend. What a great way to change up a look and use pieces that you’ve not worn in a while.

~ Speaking of clearing out, some of the grocery store shelves seem to getting low so I was thinking about how much food I should stock up on. What I’m going to try and do instead is cook out what I already have. There is a lot of strange stuff in my freezer and pantry and this is time to use it. That may mean some very creative and interesting meals over the next couple of weeks….

~ Reading - How about starting a book series? Book Riot and Off the Shelf are great places to start if you need ideas from different genres. I’m reading The Nature of the Beast which is in the Louise Penny series and started The Murder on the Links which is the 2nd book in Agatha Cristie’s Hercule Poirot series.

~ Watch - Same as above. Instead of watching just singular shows, start an interesting series so you’ve got the next one to look forward to. Or make your own theme like watch a bunch of movies all with the same actor, director, or genre. TCM does a great job with this and it’s interesting to see how an actor progresses over time with different roles.

~ Listen - Did you know there are over 900,000 different podcasts? And the great thing about it is that they are getting more niche, so whatever you’re interested in, there is a probably a podcast about it. New ones are constantly coming online so check the top charts in your favorite podcast apps frequently to see what’s popular. Here is a list of the most popular podcast apps and if you’ve never listened to a podcast here is an article on how to get started.

~ Take an online class