I had to leave college 2 years ago because I became too ill to carry on, I've stuck on my own at home for the entire time since then, still too ill to work or study. But I found LOADS of things to do! You never ever have to go bored at home
Some of the things I do to keep occupied are as follows:
I compose music, write songs and produce music on Logic Pro, I also play a variety of musical instruments and sing at home (None of its any good, but it keeps me occupied! I'm lucky I live in The City Of London, My neighbors are at work at the crack of dawn and don't come home until late, by which time I've stopped with the racket! lol) . Have you considered learning a musical instrument? Or learning to read and compose music? It is very relaxing and passes the time so quickly!
I also do fine art, painting and drawing make the time disappear, without you even realizing! Its like magic!
I've recently started to do Paranyama, meditation and Yoga as well, Pranayama and meditation you can do on your own easy and its great. With Yoga I struggle to do it alone, its just hard to do it properly out of the group setting, even with a DVD. So I don't tend to do Yoga at home much, but I do some light stretches everyday, just to keep supple.
I also do photography. You can create really cool, arty sculptures with everyday items and then take really bizarre pictures, then edit them and make them look even more wacky!
I also learn 3 languages, German, French and Spanish. There's loads of websites out there that will help you to start learning languages and you can purchase language CDs from Waterstones, which I found were brilliant in the early days! I love German so much I even went out and bought loads of DVDs, which are in German, its really fun watching them and trying to work out what they are saying! It gives you an incredible sense of pride and achievement when you can actually see the progress you are making with the languages.
I've also written stories and articles about subjects that really fascinate me about History, Astronomy, art, music, nutrition, science etc... anything! It fills your time brilliantly, because you have to do all the research behind the stories and articles as well as write them! Join Hub pages, its fantastic!
I've learned to knit as well, although this is a bit boring when you've done it for an hour or so, so it won't pass HUGE wads of time, but every little helps!
I have to admit, without these activities to keep my mind busy I think I'd have gone insane staying in all these years. I really hope you find some of my suggestions of use and have a lot of fun in the process!
Big Hugs and much love
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