Staying entertained during quarantine

While some forms of entertainment such as binge-watching, baking, and gardening have been revived since the Covid lockdown in March, other group activities such as graduations have been modified to follow health and social distancing guidelines.
One form of entertainment that has been revived is streaming movies or television shows at home. Movie theatres have been closed for the safety of the community, therefore, many individuals have been enjoying movies through streaming services such as Netflix, Disney+, and Hulu.

Quarantine has allowed people to spend more time on their current hobbies as well as discovering new ones.


In addition to binge-watching movies and television, people have also started to turn to their hobbies as another way to keep entertained. Quarantine has allowed people to spend more time on their current hobbies as well as discovering new ones. Junior Brandon Woo says, “My sister and I have been baking cookies, pies, and other pastry. I have been doing it for a while, but I am doing it more because of quarantine. I am trying new baking recipes with my sister, cooking something other than cakes and desserts.’’ Woo adds that he has been calling, texting, and playing online games such as “Among Us” more often with his friends. Junior Emily Dodge says, “I cook but in quarantine, I’ve been cooking a lot more.” Dodge adds that in her free time, she has been working as an intern for a business company in which she has stated that she will continue engaging in after quarantine.
During this time, it has become difficult to have in-person events such as weddings and birthday parties. There have been drive-in events for things such as graduations, concerts, and movies. People do not need to get out of their vehicles, therefore, do not have to worry about exposing themselves to COVID-19. Many events such as weddings and birthday parties have been canceled as it includes gatherings of people. To work around health guidelines, some people have been using Zoom calls to communicate and stream these events to their families and friends. Activities such as visiting zoos and aquariums, mini-golfing, and kart racing have been allowed to re-open outdoors with modifications.
Even through the pandemic, people have found ways to work around quarantine and started to hold events online or in-person while implementing health measures such as social distancing and sanitizing frequently used surfaces. While holding events virtually and participating in activities with social distancing modifications is not how people would expect to do things, it is the best we can do with the given circumstances of COVID-19.