Battling the boredom

[sillysmiles]

With winter and shorter evenings looming and further restrictions how do you fill your evenings?
With it just being myself and dh - no kids, living rurally and nothing open anyway due to C19 restrictions- how are you planning on staying occupied?

It's great you've got time. Have you looked at volunteering at all? There are so many more people in need right now, but many volunteers are unable to help right now, often because they are older or vulnerable, or because they have extra caring responsibilities due to covid.

Or even if volunteering doesn't appeal, you may well have friends or family who'd love your help. Either regular calls or letters for isolated older family members, or parents who'd love someone to remotely help out with maths homework, or someone who'd just like a walk and chat.

Ive bought a book and beginner art set, (Drawing on the right side of the brain). Also bought a keyboard and a couple of begineer books. Trying to get back into jigsaws as i have a few ive not done yet. Need to bring the treadmill in for the winter as well, all this wfh is not doing me any favors.
That said we do have 2 kids so evenings are easier to fill. Esp as ive promised the eldest to improve my chess game so we can play together without him just trashing me in 20 mins every time.

We have one dc, and stared watching film together every night since lock down. And before film, we play some kind of board game every night. It's become a habit, no time to get bored in the evening.

I've applied to volunteer, but they can't take people because of covid restrictions. And you can't go to other people's houses either.

I do speak to family regularly but myself and dh have noticed we've hit a rut of watching TV and falling asleep on thre couch so we think we need something where we are spending time together and not just in the same room.

@sillysmiles

I've applied to volunteer, but they can't take people because of covid restrictions. And you can't go to other people's houses either. I do speak to family regularly but myself and dh have noticed we've hit a rut of watching TV and falling asleep on thre couch so we think we need something where we are spending time together and not just in the same room.

That seems odd on the volunteering. My family live in a rural area and there are still a ton of food banks needing helpers, churches running support for disadvantaged families who need people to drop things off, charity shops needing donations organised etc. Or without doing anything official, there are older people around who need help with gardens, picking up prescriptions etc, all of which can be done without contact. Other things are online or can be done at home, either using a skill you already have or fundraising.

Or if there is not any option for that, there are board games, a ton of online courses for free or very cheap (e.g. Udemy), or learning a language together for when we can finally travel again.