An extrovert’s guide to surviving lockdown
People are struggling with quarantine right across the social spectrum, but the extroverts may have to work a little harder to energise themselves with activities that feel like their old routines.
It feels like everyone has become a Marie Kondo convert, baking whizz or cross stitcher in the past week. My flatmate for example, has taken to life in lockdown like a domestic goddess. Over the weekend she fashioned a headboard out of ripped up sheets and an old tiki torch that she found when clearing out underneath the house, after having organised and itemised every craft material she owns.
I gave cleaning my closet a go and I’ll level with you, it looks better – but it didn’t make me feel better about spending Sunday in my bedroom.
What did give me a sense of normalcy over the weekend was tuning in to a live gig by
DJ Chicorelli and MC Tali, virtually of course, with mates.
‘‘My soul needed this,’’ one of them said as we all didn’t Uber home at the end of the night.
People are struggling with quarantine right across the social spectrum, but the extroverts may have to work a little harder to energise themselves with activities that feel like their old routines.
If baking, tidying and sewing aren’t your thing, that’s OK, too.
Here a few other things I’ve seen tried out.
Stream a live gig together
Resist the days of the week blurring into yesterday, today and tomorrow, by setting up a winning live stream and video chat combo for the weekend.
All you need is the link of your chosen tunes, a screen on which to place your friends (I’d recommend using a laptop or TV) and a quarantini of choice (whatever you have in the cupboard).
Show our local DJs and musicians some love by tuning in to their Facebook Live concerts.
Or if you’re after a bit of a mid-winter holiday, check out the #StayAtHomeSessions. They’re a restream of 2019’s best DJ sets from open-air Ibiza clubs, Hı¨ Ibiza and Ushuaia Ibiza.
Make a scavenger hunt
The pirate-themed scavenger hunt that my friend Seren Powell-Jones prepared for her flat was the clear winner of my Instagram feed.
‘‘I am an extrovert for sure. I share my life online, have a career in the arts, am hardly ever home because I love being busy with projects, work and a social life,’’ she said.
Powell-Jones hasn’t been able to work since the lockdown came into effect, and has made a conscious effort to keep herself busy.
Her flatmates scrabbled around the house like hysterical kids in search of the hidden treasure, a