The Cornell Daily Sun (https://cornellsun.com/tag/quarantine-activities/)
COVID-19, however, has redefined what is possible for students to accomplish. As we look forward to next fall and fully in-person classes, I would like to submit this version of 161 Things Every Cornellian Should Do: 2020-2021 Edition. How many did you do?!
Back in ye olden days, I spent my afternoons maxing out the book limit at my local library and my evenings traveling to Oz or Narnia for hours at a time. The table by my bed perpetually labored under a precarious stack of novels that always seemed to grow higher. But soon enough, that library card spent more and more time inside some drawer or another before I eventually misplaced it. My nightstand heaved a sigh of relief as the pile of books dwindled to nothing.
Somewhere between sixth-grade’s The Giver (which I enjoyed) and twelfth-grade’s Hamlet (which I skimmed before the exam), I put down leisure reading for good. There was no more time for such things, I reasoned.
Students tap into their creativity during quarantine, taking on passion projects through art and music.
People have kept themselves busy during quarantine through doing TikTok dances, making whipped coffee and completing puzzles. Another activity that has become popular during the pandemic is making sourdough bread from scratch, since it can be entertaining and time killing.