Ideas for spending confinement at home

SARS-CoV-2 has forced to impose a confinement to avoid increasing the contagion curve. Those who live in a house in the country or with a garden are not so affected. But some people who need to stay inside small floors without terraces, balconies, etc., can be somewhat more uncomfortable. However, there are many things you can do at home to spend these days in the best way possible and stay healthy.

Whether you live alone or are accompanied, you need to consider a series of recommendations so that this does not affect your mental health or your physical health. Also, you should look for sources of distraction so that the day passes faster and avoid over-exposure to such negative news these days. That’s not going to help you at all, quite the opposite. Especially vulnerable are the youngest and the elderly.

Cooking with yours

It’s amazing that most people who are confined have chosen to perform many household chores that were previously neglected or were postponing due to laziness or lack of time. In addition, the number of people who are spending more time cooking is very high. In fact, according to statistical analysis, the sale of products such as flour, sugar and other basic ingredients have increased these days.

Proof of this is also that people are making lots of sweets and homemade pastries. This is also seen in the impact it has had on the sale of industrial pastries, which curiously has declined considerably. They say there is no bad that for good he doesn’t come. And it seems that this pandemic has made people decide to eat healthier and replace those processed with much healthier home recipes.

And the kitchen is something that unites the family. It allows you to have fun and do an activity that can distract you during these days of confinement. In addition, adults and children can participate, provided that a series of safety measures are respected to ensure that there are no accidents. And best of all, once you finish preparing the recipe you can taste and check the result. Even many children who do not like certain foods or vegetables, if they are the ones who collaborate, will eat them. A way to promote a healthier diet…

To be able to prepare the best recipes during these days, you can make use of a multitude of recipe blogs that exist online, or cookbooks you can find. A good example if you have a Thermomix food processor is the book by Thermorecetas. A title full of healthy recipes of all kinds and for the whole family. Sweet and savory recipes, suitable for all models of the Vorwerk food processor and even if you have some kind of food intolerance or are vegetarian…

Entertainment

Another activity you can do during these days of confinement has to do with the world of entertainment. That goes from books, to video games, to streaming content platforms where you can watch all kinds of content.

All this is not only a way to be distracted and not get bored by the impossibility of going out on the street. It is also a small mental health pill so you don’t go crazy or fall into depression. Anxiety and depression (and associated disorders such as nervousness, insomnia, outcrop of fears…) are two of the ills of advanced society that are soaring right now. Especially if you only consume negative news in the media.

Recommendations

Some ideas to better pass confinement are:

• Streaming platforms: Netflix, HBO, Amazon Prime Video, Quibi, Movistar+, Rakuten TV, Youtube, Play Video, Apple TV, etc., have seen an increase in users right now. So they can do marathons of favorite movies and series. Even some platforms are offering free quarantine offers or trial periods, such as Movistar+ Lite.
  • Apple TV
  • Amazon Stick Fire TV
• Video Games: If you have a mobile device, PC, or console, another way to have fun is to spend a few hours playing your favorite titles. A lot of video games have seen a considerable price reduction as a gesture from developers to help users in these times. Some recommended titles are:
  • F1 2019 Legend Edition PS4/Xbox One: If you have motorsport monkey when the calendar is cancelled, you can play a virtual game.
  • FIFA 20 for PC/PS4/Xbox One
  • GTA V: If you don’t like sport and want to take action, this is one of the best-selling games of 2020 and with motifs…
  • Minecraft Story Mode for PC/Xbox One/PS4: And if you want to wake up your most creative side and mix survival and construction, then this is your game.
• Board games: It is likely that with so long at home and with teleworking you are somewhat tired of looking at a screen. If you want to give your eyes a breath and do something different, you can use traditional board games. They will allow you to spend family moments that were so forgotten before by the pace of life and new technologies. Some recommendations are:
  • Jenga: fun video game of pieces in which you have to take out the blocks without the tower collapsing. A game that was especially popular after the series The Big Bang Theory.
  • Carcassonne: fun medieval game with the name of the French commune that inspired it.
  • Party: If you want to have fun and laugh, this board game is what you’re looking for, with a variety of tests that will challenge your ingenuity.
• Books/ebooks: Book Day is approaching, and what better way to celebrate it than giving you a book or e-reader like Amazon’s Kindle. So you can have thousands of books on one device and read them comfortably. If you allow me some recommendations:
  • The Last Crypt/Captain Riley: two books by Fernando Gamboa that have become number one sales in Spain and that immerse you in a world of unparalleled adventures.
  • SIDI: Arturo Pérez Reverte is another of the recommended novels that will put you in the shoes of the banished warrior in the middle of crusades.
  • The luck of idiots: another bestseller who has won by pulse this Galician thriller.

Exercising

Another thing you should not neglect during confinement is physical exercise. Now that you can’t go out to the gym or run into the street, it’s especially important that you stay in shape. Especially if you have devoted yourself to cooking sweets or recipes with a lot of calories during these days.

That you can’t go out doesn’t mean you can’t exercise. There are many workout routines that you can do at home without the need for dumbbells, weights, or gym machines. Simply with the help of your body or objects that everyone has in the house. At most some mat to be able to make them on the floor in a more comfortable way.

Activity apps or virtual assistants’ functions to act as personal trainers are also some options to motivate and set your goals. With just a few minutes a day it will be enough, and thus avoid falling into sedentary lifestyle that will make you take a few extra pounds and start to notice effects on your health.

Your body is wise and you must listen to it. Some signs that alert you to lack of physical activity include:

• Depressed immune system: One of the most dangerous alerts of lack of physical activity is that you will get sick faster. And that in these times is quite dangerous. Regular physical activity will help you strengthen your defense system.
• Psychological Disorders: Lack of exercise can also increase your level of stress, anxiety, can lead to sudden mood swings, lack of mood, etc. If you are noticing that, maybe not all the blame is the fact of being confined…Fatigue: You will notice more tired, that
• you will be feeling more tired, that you will be it is difficult to breathe or get tired by making any small effort or physical activity.
• Insomnia: Lack of physical activity can also lead to sleep disorders or insomnia.
• Constipation: If you don’t move your gut does not do it correctly either. Therefore, if you want to be more regular and don’t cost you to go to the bathroom so much, physical activity is a good remedy.

Exercise routines to do at home

Some of the most effective exercises you can do at home without the need for a gym are:

Squats

Abdominals

Climbing and down stairs

Lunches

Push-ups

Mountain Climber

Playing with children

Children are another major victim of this pandemic, along with the elderly. Although children appear to be more invulnerable to the virus, they are vulnerable to government restriction measures. That’s why children who are now trapped at home are going to leave in a controlled manner, often without fully understanding why they can’t go outside when other adults in the house do come out.

That’s why now is a good time to spend time with them. That time for work, or so bustling lifestyle, you can’t devote to them. If you play with them or do crafts, they will have a better time in this quarantine. Also, you will prevent them from spending too much time glued to a screen. Something that’s not the best either… If they have homework or virtual classes, you can also help them with that so they feel close and are supported.