2024 Author: Malcolm Clapton | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 03:44
With this list of useful and pleasant things, you will remember what real life is, and realize that being left without the Internet is not at all scary.
A terrible thing happened: you have no Internet. There can be many reasons: the provider has something broken, the smartphone is discharged, they forgot to pay on time, all your devices at once ended up in the service center. Or you just decided to give yourself a digital detox. These 30 tasks will help you pass the time and even learn new skills.
1. Audit your bookcase. Arrange the books in alphabetical order, leaf through, start reading something.
2. Clean up. There may be unwashed dishes in the sink, and dust has accumulated in the corners.
3. Write down your thoughts. Make a plan for the current month, dream about how you will spend the first million. Yes, this is not the same as posting on Facebook with likes, but the experience is interesting.
4. Spend time with your pet. You can play with cats and dogs, feed the fish, pat the back of the Madagascar hissing cockroaches.
5. Sleep. Dreams can be as exciting as TV shows.
6. Call your friends. Messengers and social networks have brought live voice communication to naught. Remember how it was before.
7. Call your family. Not only to mom and dad, but also to grandmother, grandfather, aunt and uncle.
8. Fix something. Maybe you have an old chair with a broken leg? Or do you need to sew something up? Or is the faucet leaking in the kitchen?
9. Disassemble the balcony. Many people use it as a warehouse for old and unnecessary things. Have the courage to look in there and throw away all the trash.
10. Play a musical instrument. Piano, guitar, harmonica, wooden spoons - almost every house has something.
11. Take a walk. Walking without a smartphone and perpetual notifications can be something completely new.
12. Take a trip. To do this, just take the train and drive to the nearest station, which you have never been to. An intercity bus will work too.
13. Visit a museum. Incredible, but true: you can learn as much in a museum as you can from articles on Wikipedia.
14. Go to the movies. Yes, all the new items can be viewed on the Internet a little later for free, but why not please yourself with a large screen and expensive popcorn?
15. Have an evening of board games. It will surprise you, but many friends and acquaintances will agree to come and play.
16. Unleash your feelings and cry. Lack of internet is a serious loss!
17. Go in for sports. Charging, jogging or trendy plank - feel your body, wake it up. Maybe you even have a gym membership?
18. Prepare something. It is easy to make a delicious dish when a recipe from the Internet is at hand. What about a culinary experiment?
19. Watch TV. In addition to news, TV shows, films and educational programs are shown there.
20. Flip through your photo albums. Remember how you were as a child, what your parents and grandparents were like. Feel the connection between generations.
21. Have a beauty day. Go for a manicure, pedicure, get your hair done. This also applies to guys.
22. Visit the water park. Slides, pools, fountains and other water activities are no worse than hanging on social networks.
23. Move furniture. You will be surprised, but by swapping the wardrobe and table, you will feel that you are in a completely different apartment.
24. Change your surroundings. Go to a cafe, on the river bank, on a bench at the entrance. A new place can lead to different thoughts and feelings.
25. Practice meditation. It's not difficult at all, just close your eyes and start counting in and out.
26. Get busy with handicrafts. Old jeans can be turned into shorts and shirts into vests.
27. Start renovating your apartment. It is not difficult at all, it is enough to clean the walls and buy liquid wallpaper.
28. Go shopping. Treat yourself to a new shirt, furniture, or just a meal you've never tasted.
29. Go on a date. Without Tinder and Badoo, this is real, the main thing is to be bolder.
30. Just look out the window and listen to the sounds around you. This is life.
Remember: falling out of the information flow for a while and being alone with reality is not at all scary.
Recommended:
Why there is not enough time and energy for the most important things and what to do about it
The urgency trap is to blame for our continually postponing necessary cases and decisions. We figure out how it works and how not to get into it
"Where there are two, there are three, and where three, there are four": why people become parents with many children
Large families often cause surprise and a barrage of questions. A mother of four children talks about her experience, parenting motives and a palette of emotions
What is useful to do if there is no Internet?
Remember to save the list so you can use it when you find yourself offline. This question was submitted by our reader. You also ask your question to Lifehacker - if it is interesting, we will definitely answer. What can you do useful without an Internet?
"There are bad countries, but there are no bad peoples" - an interview with the traveler Leonid Pashkovsky
Leonid Pashkovsky, author of the documentary series I Want to Home, spoke in an interview about his travels, Eastern countries and social inequality
How to listen to audiobooks from your phone even when there is no internet
Audiobooks are a real salvation for those who are always busy. Lifehacker talks about the Storytel app, with which you can listen to thousands of books