What do you do when you are home alone?

[imnina]

What do you actually do when you’re home alone?
Asking as an introvert who’s currently padding around the flat waiting for my boyfriend to come home.
Could be daytime or night — I’m curious.

Vacuum the house. Change the bedsheets. Stick a wash on. Do some gardening. Hang the wash. Prep dinner. Have a brew. Do a crossword puzzle. Read a book. Watch TV. Mindful colouring. Bake a cake. Read a magazine. Meal plan for next week. Pre-populate the online food shop. Do some Pilates. Play my instrument. Pootle on the internet. Pop to the corner shop for a chocolate. Find a new hiding place for the chocolate to keep it safe from DP. Eat a.bit of it first obvs. Call a friend. Call Mum. Facetime family. Hang pictures on the wall with power tools. Vacuum again.

If I've got no jobs to do, nap, read a book, Mumsnet

Clean windows.. Nowt quite as satisfying!

I like being alone. Today I’ve had breakfast in bed, painted a bookcase, sorted out a new phone contract, been shopping for food and a birthday present, had lunch out, and am now faffing on my phone before going for a walk. Later will be holiday planning (possibly with my husband), reading, and the excitement of laundry sorting.

Have a bath, read in bed, watch junk romance movies, gorge on pasta and cheese, have a wine, listen to some records, doom scroll, do some crafting, do some gardening, do some cleaning, sort out junk. Anything I’d do if he was in really.

Listen to an audiobook or podcast
Do some watercolour painting/embroidery/drawing/knitting
Gardening
Reading
Tidy my craft room
Take the dogs for a walk
Crafting
Plenty of things to keep me occupied.

I'm usually home alone for most of Sundays. I will clean kitchen, do washing, change beds, hoover etc.

Then I make a pot of lovely loose leaf tea and work on my current jigsaw listening to podcasts.

Go to the gym
Have a crafty fag (gave up years ago, I'm home alone very very occasionally, few times a year)

Pot of tea, podcast and jigsaw also sounds like my idea of heaven

Watch tv, watch a film, batch cook, do the cleaning, give myself a gel manicure, have a bath, read a book, do a YouTube yoga or weights workout.

I’m rarely home alone, so when I am, I like to make the most of it.

I’ve actually been alone most of today so I had a bath, listen to a bit of an audiobook, cleaned my conservatory, filled up some plastic eggs with chocolate ready for Easter (I know it’s early but I won’t get another chance!) and now I’m watching a horror film and eating tea. I’m probably going to play The Sims as well.

I’ve had an absolutely brilliant day!

Play loud music and dance

I'm another single, so live alone. Days when I don't have work it's sit in bed with a cup of tea and write (I'm a novelist), go for a long run with the dog, put the TV on and sit on the exercise bike for a bit, do a Pilates class online, potter in the garden for a bit, pop down to the shop and buy myself something I fancy to eat, take the dog for another walk, faff about in the kitchen cooking, ring one of my DDs or my agent for a chat, tidy up a bit, long shower, bit of house tidying, read, watch TV, go to bed.

I can do this for days at a time...

I sit in a bath full of water with the shower on, and pretend that I'm a in a U-boat that has been hit by a depth charge.

(Courtesy of U.S. comedien Steve Wright)

I love being in the house on my own & can literally faff about for hours!

Read, watch TV/Netflix, read online news, read MN, tidy up/clean, sort out my wardrobe, look on Vinted, do something oddly specific like polish all the leather shoes/boots in the house.

I love, love, love faffy days like that.

Depends on my energy levels. If it's good I zoom around doing the floors, the washing, a bit of garden tidying (weather permitting), cupboard organising, wardrobe blitzing for the charity shops (a lot done, more to do), dust chasing, that kind of thing.

If energy is low, I have a leisurely breakfast, listen to podcast, do a bit of armchair travelling on YouTube, then get sucked into dream travel ideas, and before I know it, it's time to get dinner. Time flies.

I think it's all about being comfortable in your own company and not needing others all the time.

I'd make the most of it!

In the last few days on my own at home, I've painted a room and the window-sills, fixed my greenhouse, read books, written, done the laundry, done battle with the neighbour's overspill into my garden, spent time doing my own gardening, tidied up, played a musical instrument, read a few books, spent a lot of time with my dogs, watched documentaries and knitted. I should probably get some batch cooking done, as I love coming home from work to the smell of whatever is in my slow cooker!

I should technically vacuum the stairs, but it's one of my least favourite jobs, so that can wait.

Watch TV, read, play a video game, drink tea, random bursts of cleaning, organise our lives on the computer.

I watch terrible TV that he’d mock.
I order a takeaway or just eat toast, as I can’t be arsed to cook got one.
Maybe do some sewing.

Just potter around, chat with the dog.

I’m quite happy in my own company for a day/night but beyond that I’d need to go out or invite someone round for a bit.

I’ve lived on my own for 25 years. When I’m at home, I do things like watch tv/netflix, read on my kindle, browse mumsnet and other sites, I cook a lot, am on a constant decluttering mission, have a monthly house/garden maintenance schedule, I do Pilates and weights online, have friends over for dinner or drinks or just coffee, bake, do things like organising the photos on my phone, go for a walk, go swimming, ring a friend/family member.

I’m very content with my own company and can happily potter round for hours.

There have been weekends when I didn’t leave the house or talk to another soul and tbh they’ve been blissful.

Read, write, garden, cook something only I like.

Iron by Girvan. Sleep. Meal plan.

Eat pizza and chocolate, drink wine, have TV on louder, feel relaxed! Is that bad?

My DP works away regularly, and I honestly love having the house to myself.

The first day he’s away I tend to absolutely blitz the house cleaning-wise. If it gets messy, it’s my mess, and no-one leaving trainers lying in the living room. Then I eat food he doesn’t like (he’s allergic to fish, so I only eat it when he’s away), read, have long baths, watch junk telly, hang out with the cat - often in bed - scroll TikTok, meet friends for lunch or have them round for dinner/wine. Enjoy having the bed to myself!

I get this op. It's usually when I know someone is coming over or something is scheduled to happen and I feel like I can't do anything else until that event has happened/passed.

You just have to get in the habit of realising that because something will happen in a few hours time doesn't mean you have to be paralysed until then. Force yourself into something productive, something you would do around the house if you weren't waiting. I have quote a few projects and usually force myself to do a few hours work on one.