Giving is Good for Your Health & Other Nice Things You Can Do From Home
These days it seems that everything is a danger to our health, even going outside, considering the recent pandemic. Being cooped up can be frustrating and lead to poor sleeping patterns and the lack of social interaction can play havoc on our mental and emotional health. Fortunately, all is not lost and if you’ve got bored of the same old boxsets and fancy some beneficial things to do from the comfort of your own home, we are here to offer some inspiration.
Giving Is Good For Your Health
As the title suggests, giving is an underrated activity that you can do from the ease of your sofa or at your home computer and has huge benefits to your health. When you give, whether it’s monetary, a physical gift, offering your time or simply sharing a smile, your brain releases certain chemicals known as endorphins that create that happy feeling that makes you feel all cosy inside.
To raise awareness about the importance of giving and the benefits it has to both the giver and receiver, the International Day of Charity was set up. The day falls on the 5th of September every year in commemoration of the passing away of Mother Teresa.
Giving doesn’t take a lot of time and it doesn’t have to cost a lot either. You can support a developing country that lacks supportive programmes for its civilians and see your donation go quite far to feeding or housing those in need.
A Surprise Picnic
Do you live with others? It could be your partner, your immediate family, your greater family or even your friends! Regardless of who you live with, nice surprises will always go down a treat and a surprise picnic is no different. Simply clear some space, roll out the blankets and cosy down on the floor with some good food and fun drinks. You could make the experience that much closer to the real thing by introducing a carpet of artificial grass and only eating things you can fit in the traditional cooler bag. Although even if you want a genuine experience, you will probably want to leave the ants and wasps outside!
When you are stuck at home, days don’t have to be overly exciting or engaging, but can be as simple as a picnic to put a smile on someone’s face.
Create the Escape Room
Are you a fan of the head-scratching puzzles that an escape room offers? Well, don’t despair, just because you are at home or respectfully socially distancing doesn’t mean you can’t have some devious fun. If you can’t get out to an escape room, there are few options for escape room and puzzle-themed subscription boxes. With the option to have a new box sent through every month, you can stay truly entertained as you work through the mystery either alone or with friends.
Boxes are usually available as one-off purchases or rolling subscriptions but if a pre-packaged experience doesn’t pique your interest, why not try creating your own devilish escape room?
Find Some History
What do you know about your property, or your street, or even your town? While there are plenty of new residential areas always popping up across the country, that doesn’t mean that the area simply popped into existence when it was required. It’s surprising what history you can uncover with a bit of investigation and you never know the interesting facts from your local area you might find. Maybe the ground was used in religious rituals, or there are hidden tunnels leftover from cheeky smugglers, or during the excavation, they found pottery and coins from civilisations that lived thousands of years ago. We exist today because of what came before us and you never know what amazing facts you might discover when you simply start to look.
Life is a little bit different for the foreseeable future but that doesn’t mean we need to stop having fun and doing nice things for ourselves or others. If you’ve been feeling a bit down recently, pick yourself up and try something new. You might discover a new favourite pastime or even find something to share with others. Together, we can get through this.
This is a collaborative post.
