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!

  • BananaTrifleViolin@lemmy.worldEnglish
    33·
    4 days ago

    I’d play videogames, depending how much use you have of the hand. If you can use a controller or a mouse without discomfort I’d game. You could complete a lengthy RPG like Witcher 3, Cyberpunk 2077 or Baldurs Gate 3. Or you could learn and play Dwarf Fortress or try and get as far as possible in Stardew Valley or whatever games you like.

    Id also go out and walk - explore your city, or go hiking if you have nature near by. Its free and it beats being cooped up in your house.

    Or you could make a start on a new skill. Like coding with freecodecamp.org or start learning a language.

    9 days is a luxury - I’d even enjoy just lazing about, catching up with friends and family. You dont have to do anything meaningful - you could have some me time.

  • amelia@feddit.org
    23·
    4 days ago

    I can’t really go anywhere as I need to save as much money as I can to cover for missed time at work.

    By far the most American thing I’ve read in a while.

    Answering the question: How about reading some books?

    Get well soon, OP!

    • Jessica@lemmy.blahaj.zoneOPEnglish
      2·
      4 days ago

      Thanks for the well wishes ☺️ I’ve ordered like 7 books based on recs from everyone. Do you have a fave book?

      • amelia@feddit.org
        3·
        4 days ago

        Recommendations would probably depend a lot on what kind of books you like.

        One I read recently and loved is “Extremely loud and incredibly close” by Jonathan Safran Foer.

      • Captain Aggravated@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        2·
        3 days ago

        Satisfactory’s devs call out Factorio as an inspiration, but they’re fairly different games.

        Factorio is a top-down 2D game built in its own engine. Graphically it looks like Age of Empires with a 3 pack a day habit; buildings are grungy and smoky with something of a dieselpunk look to them.

        Satisfactory is a first person 3D game built in the Unreal engine. Gorgeous and colorful alien landscapes with buildings that have a tonka truck kind of vibe to them.

        Factorio’s environments are procedurally generated and can get to be extremely large. Satisfactory has one hand-made world with no procedural generation, the game world is approximately 25 square miles IIRC.

        Factorio has pollution and base defense as major gameplay mechanics, as your factory pollutes you will attract larger hordes of alien creatures who will try to destroy your factories, and you can build walls and automated defenses. Satisfactory has no pollution mechanic and some FPS combat mechanics which amount to “there’s some alien wildlife that will attempt to gore you on sight.” Satisfactory’s buildings cannot be harmed in any way.

        Factorio has a more paranoid feel to it; you’re never sure when the edge of your base will come under attack. Satisfactory is a lot more chill.

  • Samsy@lemmy.ml
    18·
    4 days ago

    Setting up Paperless-ngx and scan up all the papers (which now can be recycled).

    That’s what I did with my last free days.

    • Jessica@lemmy.blahaj.zoneOPEnglish
      8·
      4 days ago

      That’s really interesting! I don’t really have much that I would need to scan in, but the process would be a nice challenge.

      • Samsy@lemmy.ml
        2·
        4 days ago

        That’s my struggle now. Nothing more to scan. But it’s like a rabbit hole. I’m actually make use of the ASN numbers and use a mail address to hord the digital papers, too.

    • Jessica@lemmy.blahaj.zoneOPEnglish
      3·
      3 days ago

      Today, I got my nails done, my eyebrows waxed and picked out an áo dài for the upcoming lunar new year. I suppose I did enjoy myself ☺️

  • kittenzrulz123@lemmy.blahaj.zone
    4·
    4 days ago

    Watch a bunch of history videos and become a nerd :3 Channel recommendations (from easiest to hardest to get into):

    • Oversimplified: They recently released part 3 on the second Punic war and in general they are very funny. Good for entertainment with history thrown in.
    • Extra History: They focus on historical accuracy and making longer series (but shorter videos), generally they focus on less talked about subjects. For example they recently finished a series on the Pazzi conspiracy and started one on Frederick II.
    • The Cold War: They focus exclusively on the cold war and go into great detail. They recently made a video on the Georgian civil war.
    • The Great War: Same as above but for WWI, they go into extreme detail. Very long videos and very historically accurate. They recently made a video on the German surrender.
    • Real Time History: They focus on extreme accuracy to the point that they very often describe the battles exactly as they happened in real time (as the name implies). They recently made a video on Russias military strategy.
  • ace_garp@lemmy.world
    4·
    4 days ago

    Playing boardgames online.

    Yucata.de is a community built website, where you can play any of 211 boardgames online for free, with people from every country of the world.

    Small games to start with:

    Mountain Goats

    Ali Baba

    Balloon Cup

    Chinagold

    Hey, that’s my fish

    Lemminge

    • Jessica@lemmy.blahaj.zoneOPEnglish
      3·
      3 days ago

      That’s pretty cool! I had no idea one could play board games online. Thank you for the suggestions too!