Bored? Here are 3 Things to Do

With an educational twist.

“An investment in knowledge pays the best interest” — Benjamin Franklin

Feeling bored at home? Binged YouTube or Netflix for too many hours? Feel like your brain has slowly turned to mush the longer you’ve been away from society? Well, here are three fun things you can do to restart your brain — and maybe your educational journey.

1. Learn a Language

A great option if you’re bored with a lot of time on your hands. With tons of accessible — and fun to use — resources online, learning a language is a great hobby to pick up. According to this article by Livescience, learning a new language can increase your concentration and overall cognitive function. Great, right?

As for resources, great starting points can be language learning platforms such as Mango or Duolingo. You could also check out my article on learning French, where I’ve included resources that apply to all languages as well!

2. Learn to Code

Especially today, learning to code is a great investment for your career. Even if you’re not an engineer, learning to code can have great benefits. Not only is it like learning a new language (which comes with its own benefits), this article by the Muse shows that coding teaches you how to thing, along with great problem-solving skills.

Great resources for learning to code include the Odin Project, Codeacademy, and freeCodeCamp.

3. Take a Course

Today, there are thousands of free courses available on the internet ranging from philosophy to robots to cooking. Taking one of these courses allows you to expand your horizons from the comfort of your own home.

Here are some great course libraries:

Open Culture Courses, a database of more than a thousand courses from the world’s top universities on almost every subject, MIT OpenCourseware, and Coursera.

And those are three things you can do if you’re bored at home — with an educational twist! Thanks for reading and please feel free to comment on other suggestions or resources that you may know of!