Coping With COVID-19 Restrictions

• Go outdoors. Go for a walk or hike or visit a park. Walk your dog. Sit outside to get some fresh air. (Remember to wear sunscreen.) Prepare or plan for your spring garden.
  
• Visit with friends and family (especially those who are most at risk of loneliness) by phone or video chat. Return to the practice of writing and mailing letters.
  
• Tackle home improvement or organization projects on your to-do list. 
• Get back to at-home hobbies. Learn a new hobby online or join an online interest group. 
• Commit to a new fitness routine. Try daily yoga or meditation to deal with COVID-19-related stress. 
• Update your streaming service to-watch lists. (Don’t forget the popcorn and movie candy.) Check out these recommendations:

• The New York Times: What We’re Watching.
• New York Vulture: Vulture’s guide to the TV Shows and movies available for streaming on Netflix, Amazon, HBO, and Hulu
• Rotten Tomatoes:
  • Free movies online: 100 fresh movies to watch online for free.
  • The best Netflix series and shows to watch right now.
  • The best Amazon TV shows and movies.
  • All Apple TV+ shows and movies, ranked by Tomatometer.
  • Best Hulu shows and movies by Tomatometer.
• IndieWire: The 50 Best Streaming TV Shows of All Time.
• BGR: Here are the top 20 most-watched streaming TV series of 2019 – did you see them all? 

• Catch up on your reading. Visit your library website for digital reading and audiobook resources. Some reading lists to check out:
  
• GatesNotes: Books.
• The Complete List of All 83 Books in Oprah's Book Club.
• Your gift guide: Books for all kinds of readers, from TED.
• New York Magazine Reading Lists.
• American Library Association: Recommended Reading: Adults. 

Get back to real-life puzzles and games. Some suggestions:

• USA Today: The 5 best board games to play in coronavirus quarantine (beyond Monopoly and Clue).
• Popular Mechanics: The 50 Best New Board Games.
• Better Homes&Gardens: The 50 Best Board Games of All Time.

• Discover a new app. Some ideas: 
• Digital Trends:
• The best iPhone apps (March 2020).
• The best Android apps (March 2020).
• PCMag:
• The 100 Best iPhone Apps for 2020.
• The 100 Best Android Apps for 2020.
• TechRadar:
• The best Android apps 2020.
• The best iPhone apps of 2020.

For answers to your COVID-19 questions, call 1-833-4ASKODH (1-833-427-5634).

Learn more at https://coronavirus.ohio.gov/wps/portal/gov/covid-19/checklists/english-checklists/covid-19-checklists