100 Things To Do in a Lock Down
Wholesome, creative ways of passing the next god knows how long
“The mind is an extremely large place in a very small space…” — Carl Sagan
For the foreseeable future we’re all in the same boat…a coronavirus-enforced lock down.
As strange, annoying and unwelcome as things are right now…this lock down provides us with a massive surplus of time which we can use to learn new things, get reacquainted with our family… and challenge ourselves to get outside of our comfort zones.
The following is a list of things my family and I have been doing — and not doing — so far.
Some of it’s corny, a lot of it’s quite practical and all of it is fun, engaging and intellectually challenging.
I promise to update this list every few days for as long as this goes on for.
How to Build a Strong Core
How to Get a Great Workout in 7 Minutes
How to Do a Full Split
How to Be More Flexible
How the Mars Rover Operates
How to Pick a Lock with a Paperclip
How to Crack a Combination Lock
How to Moonwalk
How to Learn The Basics of Yoga
How to Do a Back Flip
How to Do a Front Flip
How to Do a Handstand
How to Jump Rope
How to Jump Rope Like Floyd Mayweather
How to Be a Better Ping Pong Player
How to Tie a Necktie
How to Tie a Bowtie
How to Fold Clothes for Packing
How to Fold Your Clothes for Saving Space
How to Pit an Avocado
How to Chop an Onion Without Crying
How to Yodel
How to Beatbox
How to Play the Harmonica
How to Cut Pineapple Wedges
How to Check the Oil in Your Car
How to Change a Flat Tire
How to Jump Start Your Car
How to Understand Bitcoin and Crypto Currencies
How to Understand Money and Economic Principles
How to do Pen Spinning Tricks
How to Spin a Basketball
How to Stack Dice
How to Juggle a Soccer Ball
How to Juggle 3 Balls
How to Learn 5 Cool Juggling Tricks
How to Ride a Unicycle
How to Skateboard
How to Do Calligraphy With a Pen
How to Throw Playing Cards
How to Spin a Book on Your Finger
How to Spin Your Cell Phone on Your Finger
How to Rip a Phone Book in Half
How to Solve a Rubik’s Cube
How to Bounce a Golf Ball
How to Use Chopsticks
How to Whistle With Your Fingers
How to Tie 5 Different Knots in 5 Minutes
How to Play the Ukulele
How to Shuffle a Deck of Cards
How to Make an Origami Butterfly
How to Make 5 Incredible Paper Airplanes
How to Throw a Frisbee for Distance
How to Perform Rubber Band Tricks
How to Make Trick Shots in Pool
How to Use a Map and Compass
How to Iron a Shirt
How to Filet a Fish
How to Make Balloon Animals
How to Market Any Product
How to Learn Copywriting and Sales Ads
How to Negotiate and Win
How to Build a Rube Goldberg Machine
How to Peel an Orange Trick
How to Solve a Rubik’s Cube
How to Learn Microsoft Excel
How to Shuffle Cards Like a Pro
How to Whistle With Your Fingers
How to Make the Perfect Poached Eggs
How to Master 5 Basic Cooking Skills
How to Play Chess
How to Create a Budget
How to Crack an Apple With Your Bare Hands
Learn How to Speed Read
How to Improve Your Handwriting
How to Teach Yourself to Code
How to Do Basic CPR
A PERSONAL REQUEST…please use the comment box below to pass along any additional things people and families can do to make the best use of time during this lock down period. I’ll update this post.
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Gary Ryan Blair is creator of the 100 Day Challenge…a radical approach to goal achievement that shows people how to achieve 10X size goals by applying the methods and best practices of growth hacking.
