Q&A for How to Keep Busy when You're Stuck at Home

Meditate to help to control your mind; daily meditation will do the magic. Read some good, positive books to occupy your mind and change the way of thinking or to divert your mind from the bad thoughts. Concentrate only on what you're doing. Learn a music, language, art or anything else that you like to learn. Meet someone you like and talk to them, fill your heart with good things.

You can exercise inside! Try yoga or stretching, dance, do cardio workouts, and just make yourself more flexible and stronger for your sport. The exercises you do at home can help with your training.

Origami, drawing, creating puppets, sewing, etc. Check Pinterest and/or YouTube for more ideas.

Try to keep it entertaining without making it feel like a chore. Space things out, doing different activities between doing the hobby so that you don't lose interest. Try to get your friends (or favourite person) into said hobby so you won't have to do the hobby alone.

Make a detailed list of exactly what you need to get done and then go straight down the list, don't stop for any reason until you're finished. Also plan on giving yourself a reward. No cheating! If you don't finish, don't give yourself the reward.

You could try meditation, or distracting yourself with a book, music, or television program. You could even try exercise (jogging in place, calisthenics, abdominal crunches, weight-lifting using household items, etc.).

If you are able to stay at home with your children, you could always play games with them, teach them a new hobby (ie: cooking, baking, or gardening), or ask them to help you with household chores. You could also "trick" them into doing housework, such as: using laundry like basketballs, dancing with a mop, pretending to be filming a cooking/reality show, etc. If you are unable to be with them at all times, you could always let them watch TV, do some arts and crafts, or play out in the garden.

You should see a therapist for that question. It's important to get professional help for mental health issues such as suicide, because average people often don't know how to properly answer questions like this. Look up methods to deal with intrusive thoughts: try doing something you enjoy, like dancing or painting. Do something sensory that distracts you from negative thoughts. Anything hands-on works great. Doing something that makes you happy can also make life seem more worth living when you're feeling suicidal. Again, getting professional help is the best and safest way to deal with suicidal thoughts.

If you already speak English, it shouldn't be hard. Teach them simple words and phrases, and slowly progress. You can get a book or use an online resource for it if you want. Or sign them up for a class. Most importantly, talk to them in English regularly.

You can google it, and the search will return great options for origami.

Read anything you are curious about, like hobbies or exotic pets. On the Apple store, look for coloring apps. These are very calming. Another app called "CALM" is beautiful. And you can check ut books on sign language, world languages, history books, philosophy, sociology, etc.

Learn from your mistakes. With enough practice you will improve. YouTube has lots of videos on how to improve your art skills.