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Ilham Usman

Finding Beautiful

Personal growth · July 22, 2021

99 Things to Do By Yourself — How to Have Fun Alone

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Do you dread being home alone?

Do you feel bored when there’s no TV, no internet and can’t possibly think of anything you can do with your time?

Does it get worse if your friends or family can’t spend time with you and you’re left alone?

You feel lonely right?

Well, I hate to break it to you but you’re not alone.

Jokes apart, there’s someone with you. You.

Just like you play games and activities, talk with other people, you should be able to do the same with yourself.

Spending time with people is bad for you. When you spend time with people, you dedicate that time to making them feel better, which makes you feel better but what you don’t realize is that the more you spend time with them, the more you’re ignoring yourself.

And when you ignore yourself you ignore your problems, your needs, your priorities, and your life, which is going to make your life worse not better. It starts with small things.

I’m also sure there are times your friends take to do their own things, which makes you feel bad because you can’t think of anything else to do.

Well, you should find your own thing and it doesn’t even have to be a hobby.

It could just be spending time alone in a way that allows you to know yourself more, give yourself attention, practice self-care, and increase your self-confidence.

Because when you know yourself, you love yourself and you believe in yourself that’s what confidence is and when you do that you will be able to do anything and your life will turn around.

That’s what my life did and the more I do it, the more I love it and the more i love me. That’s what will happen to you after this, you’re going to start loving yourself, appreciate yourself, and improve your whole wellbeing.

In this article, I’m going to tell you the benefits of spending time alone and 100 things to do while spending time with yourself.

Why you should spend time alone

Having alone time is crucial for your self-care routine. Even without a self-care routine, you should set aside a day all to yourself. Once or twice every month, or at least once every three months.

Spending time alone will help you learn more about yourself, your strengths, and your weaknesses and make your life a lot better just by listening to yourself.

A day sent alone is like an inventory of your life by you. You will learn a lot about yourself, your good and bad sides, your goals, your priorities and it will help you find joy and confidence within yourself and make you more independent.

Having an attachment to materialistic things is bad for you and so is having an attachment to people. Spending time alone will make you lose attachment to people.

 

Benefits of spending time alone

  • Having a self-care alone day with activities that will help you put yourself first, listen to your thoughts, reset your priorities will help you set a lot of things straight and will remove so many regrets and times wasted to come.
  • Having alone time will also make you explore your creative side and open up new opportunities for you. You will give out joy, relax and good things will come to you.
  • Your alone day is your life-changing day because I’m going to give you 100 things you can do alone that will open paths to changing and improving your life for the better.

 

99 Things to Do By Yourself

  1. Meditate
  2. Go for a walk
  3. Sleep
  4. Read a book
  5. Have a spa day
  6. Take a long shower
  7. Buy something new
  8. Take a short online class
  9. Feed birds in the park
  10. Let your imagination run wild and write a short story
  11. Craft a morning and evening routine
  12. Make a business plan
  13. Brainstorm side hustles for side income
  14. Rewrite your finances
  15. Pay attention and assess your mental health
  16. Stretch
  17. Do a puzzle
  18. Do a onetime self-defense class
  19. Make a list of habits you want to adopt
  20. Take a healthy soothe
  21. Purge expires makeup, foods or skincare products
  22. Read a children’s book
  23. Go for a hike
  24. Start a bullet journal
  25. Watch a movie
  26. Organize your room
  27. Write
  28. Take a long bath
  29. Watch inspiring ted talks
  30. Listen to podcasts
  31. Go on self-date
  32. Listen to music
  33. Get a massage
  34. Paint your nails
  35. Do some yoga
  36. Watch funny videos
  37. Go through old family albums
  38. Apply a face mask
  39. Visit a café
  40. Explore your city
  41. Take a long quiet drive
  42. do a social media detox
  43. Visit a museum and see art
  44. Rearrange your closet
  45. Go for a mini-retreat
  46. Watch the sunrise and sunset
  47. Do a photoshoot
  48. Create a vision board on Pinterest
  49. Clear your email inbox
  50. Write a letter to your younger self
  51. Make a gratitude list
  52. Explore your creativity
  53. Walk-in a park and absorb nature
  54. Notice three new things about your surroundings
  55. Make a recap of your week
  56. Drink water
  57. Go to the movies
  58. Try a new recipe
  59. Watch a documentary
  60. Make a vision board
  61. Do your laundry
  62. De-clutter your social media
  63. Do some volunteer work
  64. Say hi to an elderly on the streets
  65. Meal prep
  66. Write down affirmations
  67. Plan your week ahead
  68. Set new priorities
  69. Try on makeup
  70. Dress up
  71. Go window shopping
  72. Go on a skincare splurge
  73. Make a video and pretend you’re on YouTube
  74. Make a bucket list
  75. Do something you’d normally not do
  76. Call a friend
  77. Call your family
  78. Make a new friend online
  79. Write a biography of yourself
  80. Reflect on how far you’ve come and how far you’re going to go
  81. Make a plan for all the things you want to achieve
  82. DIY a soap, face scrub or a gift box
  83. Do nothing
  84. Watch the view
  85. Read conspiracy theories
  86. Watch the news
  87. Start a bullet journal
  88. Go to a handcraft class: use your hands
  89. make a strangers day
  90. write 3 good things about the most important people in your life
  91. clear your online shopping carts
  92. buy something from a thrift store
  93. look for anyone you can offer help on the streets and help them
  94. Pitch someone you’ve been wanting to collaborate with
  95. Send job applications
  96. Buy some self-help books and make a reading list
  97. Change your food menu/routine
  98. Talk to yourself
  99. Cry: let it all out, everything you’ve been bottling up, crying will make everything seem better and remove the load from your chest.
  100. Play a game. You’ve probably never heard this before but there are games you can play that are both fun and help with self-care. It’s an amazing thing to try and will help you in the long run.

This Self-Care Gaming pack has six different digital worksheets that will add a little bit of fun to your day! Print them out from your home computer or fill them in digitally!

  • One WordSearch You can find all the words at once or one at a time – doing each act of self-care you find!
  • One Crossword Puzzle Digital fill-in is enabled, meaning you can fill it in right from your computer!
  • One Word Scramble Make a cup of tea and unscramble these 10 important self-care messages
  • Self-Care Bingo! Plan your day to make a bingo or check-in at the end of the day to see how if you got one.
  • Self-Care Dice Game Roll the dice and do the self-care activity on the space you land on.
  • Self-Care Board Game For each self-care activity you do, move that many spaces on the board.
Download now for $5

On A Final Note:

These are 99 things you can do when you’re alone, to enjoy your company, make yourself better.  You don’t have to do all of them, just choose a few, whichever fits your lifestyle, and you’ll have a life-changing day.

Watch out though, because once you start enjoying your time alone by yourself, you are going to find who you are and you will love yourself.

Then you’ll believe in yourself, increase your self-esteem, self-worth, confidence and you’ll be able to do great things.

If there’s a way spending time alone made your life better, say it in the comments below, you can also tell us what you do in your time alone and your self-care day that isn’t here.


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  1. Michal B.l. says

    December 14, 2020 at 8:22 am

    Too many people neglect themselves and forget that they need to develop and maintain a relationship with themselves, just like every other relationship they have in their life. Dating yourself, self care… are a huge part of that. Doing fun and exciting things that will help grow the bond you have with yourself. Learning to have a good time alone, in your own presence. Alone isn’t lonely, it’s actually pretty awesome. Thanks so much for sharing this, such wonderful ideas and I can’t wait to try them out!

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    • Ilham says

      December 14, 2020 at 3:36 pm

      So true! I’m glad you liked them as well.

      Reply

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