The holiday season is here and with it comes a desire to connect with friends, family, or anyone outside our household! We could probably also stand to take a break from our devices (eye strain is a real concern).
Here are a 50 ways to feel connected to others–even when we’re physically distanced.
- Write letters and send them in the mail
- Make a meal and leave it at a loved one’s door
- Read the same book as a friend (or a group) and discuss by phone
- Share a pair of jeans (or comfier pants) among your group of friends
- Join an outdoor team like disc golf, bocce, soccer
- Join an outdoor workout group
- Start a gratitude jar
- Make the same recipe as a loved one
- Send flowers
- Volunteer
- Go for a walk and talk. Walktails optional!
- Play board games
- Go for a hike
- Decorate your front porch for passersby to enjoy
- Fill a little free library
- Post toys and games you’re done with to your local Buy Nothing for someone else to love
- Read a memoir or biography
- Donate funds to a cause you care about
- Spend some time playing with your pet
- Set up a fun theme night for your household members
- Clean up in your neighborhood
- Make a handmade gift for a loved one or order a customized one from cheapest personalised canvas printing company online in UK or the likes.
- Look through old photos and swap out the pictures in your frames
- Go through your closet for warm clothes and shoes to donate to a shelter
- Visit Intentionalist and support a local business
- Offer to pick up and drop off donations from neighbors or friends
- Plant a tree
- Paint and share a kindness rock
- Visit a friend and wave through the windows
- Rake the neighbor’s leaves or shovel their driveway
- Share playlists with a friend
- Do a puzzle together
- Do one of your significant other’s usual chores
- Enjoy a distraction-free dinner with your family
- Try some old family recipes
- Introduce yourself to your neighbors
- Play a virtual game of Bingo and mail or deliver prizes. To make some extra money along with fun, you can try the online version as well, check bingo cash reviews, for example.
- Leave a chalk art surprise on a friend’s driveway
- Decorate cookies or build a gingerbread house at the same time and text each other pictures.
- Create window art to inspire neighbors
- Challenge friends to a winter scavenger hunt
- Leave a seasonal surprise like a pumpkin or valentine
- Go to the farmer’s market or an pop-up craft fair and support local businesses
- Say hello to people you pass on the street
- Put a teddy bear in the window for kids going on a neighborhood “bear hunt”
- Applaud for healthcare workers at 7 p.m.
- Listen to a podcast
- Tell a trusted friend about your stress, anxiety, or depression
- Ask your loved ones if they’re OK
- Ask a loved one what they need to feel better
