The days are getting longer, and the weather is getting better. Spring and summer are around the corner. Normally that would be one of the best times of the year. Classes are completed, the yearly summer vacation is due BUT COVID-19 seems to stay a bit longer. As the government announcement, the lock-down in Dublin will be extended until May.

But don’t worry, if you were just about to turn crazy about the fact that you have to spend even longer without a good wine and dine or a chilled house party after your studies, we, the Offline team, have gathered a couple of to dos:

1.Plan a Scavenger Hunt for your friends or family

Even though you may not have seen your friends in a long time, you can brighten their days with a self-made scavenger hunt through your city. You can be creative and may learn new things about your city. Your friends are getting their 10k steps and improving their problem-solving techniques. If you don’t want to do it the old fashion way with paper and pen, you can use several online tools to generate your hunt on an app which your friends can download. Like ActionBound. With that app you can create missions and tasks and you can see which of your friends was the quickest or who solved the most riddles.

2.Start a Journal or Blog

In 10 years or even less, you will look back and will be happy to have written some pages about this historical pandemic. Besides that, a journal is helps you to reflect about your day and how you deal with the feelings of isolation. You even could write a blog about a specific topic you like and gain some new friends who are also into that topic. Best case: You’re becoming a blogger. Who knows, you may have to tell your grandchildren about the global pandemic one day. 😉

3.make a Pen Pal friend

Ugh! That’s old school stuff you might think. But we can’t just jump on the next flight to Taiwan or Australia to meet new people. So why not using apps like  You can even build awesome friendships during the lock-down and plan some trips to your new friends afterwards. Or do a “sweets” exchange parcel with your pen pal and find something out about the culture there. So many options! Slowly to connect with people from all over the world and text some old school letters through your phone. Or if you’re an “old soul” try it the traditional way and find some pen pale friends on websites like PenPalWorld. You can even build awesome friendships during the lookdown and plan some trips to your new friends afterwards. Or do a “sweets” exchange parcel with your pen pal and find something out about the culture there. So many options!

4.Start meditation and Manifesting

The interest in these techniques is increasing rapidly since the first COVID outbreak and the following lock-down. You may have heard about the law of attraction. If not, its maybe time to get your hands on one of the books. The situation we are in is unpresented and we are currently living in a period of time where we have so much time left to pursue our dreams or find out more about ourselves. Using apps like Calm can help you learn how to meditate and track your improvement. You can even look up some meditation courses on YouTube. Manifesting is a great way to became aware of what you really want and how you would like to achieve that. Ask yourself, do I really know what I want?

5.Self-care day

We have more time than ever. So why don’t you use this time to slow down and take a day for you and create your own home spa. You can also plan a home spa experience for your family or partner. When you’re staying with roommates that could be turning into a nice sleepover spa experience. You can get some face sheets, lip masks, hair treatments, foot masks and nice food and drinks. Be creative! Add some nice music or scented candles. Just relax. You deserve it!

6.Start a podcast

Have you ever been having a funny conversation with your friends and you thought: I wish I could keep that forever? Ok, keep reading because it's your turn to create your own little podcast with your friends or even family. There is an app called "cappuccino", which is a little podcast app where you can make your own podcasts. You can create groups and send in snippets and your friends can join.

7.Start organising your desktop

I know that struggle too well. to many chrome taps are open, the desktop is too cluttered and so on. Time to get everything nice and clean. To organize your taps into specific folders you just have to right click on the tap. Now a new window will appear. Click at “add to new group”. Give the folder a name and colour if you want to and easily drag everything into the folder. So, you can create chrome folders for school, work and maybe DIY you’re currently searching for. Beside that did u knew you can change the appearance of your folders on apple. Just search online for a folder look u like (tip into google folder icons png) and copy the picture you like the most. Go back to your folder and select the folder and press “Command” and “I”. a new window will appear. Just select the little folder icon on the left top and use “command” and “v” to paste your new folder in. So now you can personalize your desktop. Beside that there are several free online templates to use to organize your desktop.

8.Just drive and relax

Sounds like I’m trying to get you out on the road, but there is an online website called "drive and listen " where you can select a city and several other options and just drive through it like you would be there. A perfect way to travel without even leaving the house.

9.Play some interactive games with friends

We all now the house party app or Netflix party, where you just kind of talk with your friends throug your phone or laptop. But it’s kind of boring over time. So why don’t you try to use AiDungeon. It’s a typing based multiplayer game in which you can pick from several story lines and characters. You can invite people and start playing. Or use the website backyard.co for a funny virtual game night with friends.

10.Built your own “Guess Who” Game for your Bestie

Everyone knows the popular game where you have to guess who the person on the others board is. So why don’t u spray paint the old one into a fancy colour. Print some pictures of your friends or family and create your own little board with these characters. Super funny game nights are promised 😉

 11. Download the App "Offline"

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