How I Spend My Personal COVID-19 Quarantine

I am bored.

I don't really like the word "bored." Everyone has plenty to do. It's just that we don't feel like doing it, so we are never truly bored.

However, there is a time and a place for everything.
For example, when you get sick on the day you're supposed to go to work after a break, you call in sick while feeling tormented by guilt, you go to the hospital that same day and get diagnosed with that new corona-something, you take the prescribed medicine and sleep, and by the next day, you've almost fully recovered.

I am bored.

It's not that I'm completely cured. My body still feels sluggish, and the back of my throat and nose still hurt. I'm coughing, my nose is running, and I'm sneezing like crazy. Even if I hadn't been sentenced to five days of home recuperation, I wouldn't be able to do my job (mowing the grass) in this state. Let alone playing Kabaddi. Not that I've ever played it, though.

However, just because I'm feeling better, the restlessness is intense. Even though a sick person's job is to sleep, too much of a good thing is just as bad as too little. Haven't people been shouting for years that overwork is bad? Sick people are no exception. If I just sleep all the time, I probably won't get better. Well, to be honest, I can't fall asleep at all because I've slept too much.

Even so. I was told to stay in bed and rest, but is it really okay to just lie on a single bed when I'm feeling relatively energetic? It's not like I can hold a dream or you, anyway. Well, I don't have anyone to hold, though. Leave me alone!

As someone once said, "Life is a series of ways to kill time," or "The time we spend awake is just a way to kill time while we're asleep." If that's the case, why not just find ways to kill time even while confined to a sickbed? Why not, indeed.

Things I might be able to do right now include:

• Reading

• Writing

• Gaming

• Watching videos

I suppose around here.

Reading is a hobby that is relatively independent of time, place, and occasion, but it uses your brain, so it is surprisingly taxing. There is nothing better than reading a book while letting your thoughts wander that much, and in my current state, it won't be that exhausting. So, it's not a problem.
Right now, I am reading two books: "Cream Yellow Sea and the House with Spring Cabbage" by Nanten Seyama and "What Nurse Uzuki Sees" by Rinko Akiya. As you may know, both are last year's Creative Award-winning works. I've already reached the final stages, and I feel a bit sad about finishing them. I will definitely write a review once I'm done!

Writing is probably the most demanding mental labor for me. Even as I think that, I am here quietly penning this note. It uses my brain, but it is more fun than it is tiring. It just goes to show how deeply writing has become ingrained in me.
I am also having so much fun thinking about the continuation of the novel I am writing. I am suppressing the urge to say, "I want someone to read this soon! And I want feedback!" and enjoying it as an amateur.

Games depend on the type and your experience level. Since games you have never played before involve a large amount of information to process, playing a new release might be a no-go. If it is something you are used to playing, it probably won't be that tiring.
Besides, depending on the game, it could actually increase your stress. A certain friend of mine took their stress out on their Nintendo Switch so much that they sent it in for repairs multiple times, and the other day, they finally gave up and bought a new one. High-stress games are a problem regardless of whether you are sick or not.
So, I am playing "Fire Emblem: The Binding Blade" for the umpteenth time.

Watching TV or YouTube is the most passive way to kill time. Since the content comes to you (or just flows by in front of your eyes) without you having to do anything, it is easy. Maybe I will watch some movies or shows I am interested in on Prime Video.

Wait, it seems like I have a lot to do. Who was it that said"I'm bored"?

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