Your time is precious and it is understandable that no-one wants to be busy and productive every single minute of everyday. But, sometimes you may find yourself bored at home or have a bit of time and you are unsure of what to do. So, this is where this list may come in handy.
I have found because I have a chronic illness and can struggle with fatigue, my days can sometimes not go to plan. So trying to make the time I feel okay as productive as I can, I like to refer to this list of tasks. So, if you have a chronic illness and struggle, just achieving a couple of these tasks can completely change your day! These are just some of the many productive tasks you could practice regarding your home, your self-care, your personal development and much more.
When you next find yourself a bit bored or have some time, instead of staring at a screen whether that is your phone or you are binge-watching Netflix, why not try a few of these ideas to not only make you feel more productive but improve your mood too.
Here are 80 productive things to do at home:
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Home and garden tasks:
- Make your bed
- Put away clean washing
- Put on a clothes wash
- Clear your desk space
- Hoover rooms in your home
- Mop/clean your floors
- Clean your make up brushes
- Change your bed sheets
- Clean your windows
- Clean your skirting boards
- Organize your junk draw/s
- Clean a room in your house
- Declutter your skincare products checking expiry dates
- Declutter your make up products checking expiry dates
- Clean out your car
- Organize a certain space in your house. Which can instantly lift your mood.
- Clean out your fridge and/or fridge
- Declutter your handbag
- Declutter your wardrobe. Donate your clothes or sell them on sites like Vinted or Depop.
- Clean all of your device screens. They can get dirty and harbour a lot of germs.
- Clean sofa cushions
- Clean curtains and net curtains
- Plant new plants
- Plant a vegetable garden
- Sweep/jet wash your driveway
- Sweep/jet wash your patio
- Clean out your kitchen cupboards checking the expiry dates
- Dust your surfaces in your home
- Clean out your oven
- Carry out weeding in your garden
- Clear out your garden shed
- Clear out and organize your loft or your garage
Next, are self-care tasks:
- Catch up with a loved one or a friend
- Write out letters or cards for loved ones
- Journal. Journaling is a powerful self-care task to benefit your mental health.
- Paint, draw or create some art
- Try a new recipe
- Practice gratitude. So, here’s how!
- Bake a cake
- Do a home workout
- Write some poetry
- Have a pamper session
- Look up recipes online to try
- Look for your next holiday
- Make a puzzle
- Start an upcycle project
- Learn a new skill or new language
- Try a new workout activity
- Write your shopping list
- Listen to podcasts. Some of my favourites are Barley Famous by Kail Lowry, Coffee Convos by Kail Lowry and Lindsie Chrisley, The Southern Tea with Lindsie Chrisley and Work In Progress by Sophia Bush.
- Meal prep
- Make a new playlist. I like to make playlists for different activities.
- Create new outfits
- Watch a YouTube video
- Create a wish list
- Start a scrapbook. So here’s tips on scrapbooking!
- Make a natural face mask
- Paint your nails
- Schedule any medical appointments needed
- Write positive affirmations
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Finally, personal growth tasks:
- Re-evaluate and update your CV.
- Create a vision board
- Write your 300 things you want list
- Go through your finances. Unsubscribe to unwanted or used services.
- Read a book. Check out these personal growth books.
- Go through and delete unwanted emails. It also benefits the planet too.
- Create a bucket list
- Start a bullet journal. Here’s how!
- Start a free course. I gained a qualification in Children & Young People’s Mental Health.
- Plan out your week. Check out the best planners on the market as well as my Instagram feed to see my Happy Planner and bullet journal spreads.
- Start a blog. So, here’s why you should!
- Delete unwanted contacts in your phone.
- Go through your paperwork and file it. Shred unwanted paperwork.
- Remove unwanted apps off your phone
- Download games that can train your brain
- Declutter your phone photographs. They can all build up.
- Start a side hustle
- Apply for your dream job
- Write a list of skills you wish to learn
- Set monthly goals to work towards
These are just some examples of productive tasks.
These are just some of the tasks and activities that you could do at home when you bored, have an off day or have some spare time if you are working from home and want to be productive.
So, if like me you have a chronic illness, on days where you feel you can be productive, some of these smaller tasks would be ideal. It may not feel like much to for example, go through all your emails and unsubscribe to unwanted items, but that alone can not only not clog up your emails, but it will ensure you do not miss important emails. So why not try a couple of these tasks, the next time you feel that you can.
However, if you have a day off or spare time it is equally okay to do nothing and relax, which actually is productive for your physical and mental health.
What productive tasks do you enjoy doing? What tasks do you least enjoy? I’d love to hear in the comments.
The home and garden tasks all sound perfect for spring cleaning. Thanks for sharing all of these amazing ideas.
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Such a GREAT list! I especially love seeing the word: DECLUTTER, and all the self-care ideas. Thank you for sharing! ✌️
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Great suggestions! I always love any excuse to read a book. Lately I have learned lots from Youtube videos about blogging.
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Wow, what a list with wonderful suggestions!
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I agree with others, what a great list! I will tell you that you have me plumb wore out now and I must go take a nap before I get some stuff done. LOL
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I looove being productive! Those are great tips 🙂
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Great things to do, I’m working on doing some of these nowadays. Sometimes it feel heavy but im pushing through. Thank you for sharing!
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I always feel more productive when I make my bed or clear out my handbags! Great post
Wonderful list Lauren! These categorized tasks are so helpful. Going through and deleting apps/photos/contacts on my phone is something that I like to do often. Digital clutter can get overwhelming so fast. Thanks for sharing!
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I absolutely love these lists!!! Just achieving one or two of these items can feel like a huge achievement! Things like making the bed or clearing out the fridge can really boost the mind xxx
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I absolutely love this list. And I also love to be productive. I’m referring back to this one when I have the urge to organise something!
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I think personal growth tasks can be reaaally productive for so many areas of your life. Improving yourself is always productive – as is learning more about yourself in the process! I think it’s important to not put so much pressure of self-care being productive all the time though because sometimes we just need to chill and not be productive at all and that’s absolutely fine too 🙂 xx
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Fantastic post! I’ll be putting some of these into practice tomorrow. But for now I have a shift at 3pm, I’m exhausted from anxiety and all I want to do is sit and work through my blog work in bed before I actually have to get dressed.
Oh bless you. I hope work goes quickly for you so you can be at home and rest!
These are some really awesome suggestions Lauren! I love that you added starting a blog to the list too! I try to practice gratitude where I can x
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Such a brilliant list of productive things to do at home! I love the personal growth tasks you’ve listed here x
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An interesting and thorough list. The only one I would disagree on is making your bed. Unless you’ve trying to impress someone in a Zoom call or you’ve just started dating someone, making your bed is a task no one needs to do
I find it makes me feel so much better already, especially knowing I have completed the first task of the day. But it is down to personal preference. Thank you for reading and commenting.
Great post! Doing little productive things around the house can really help you feel better. Productivity doesn’t just have to be about work. I’ll keep this list for when I need to feel productive and complete a few tasks 🙂
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So true!!! There so many good things you can do at home. Home is really where the heart is. I don’t understand why there are some people said staying at home make them clueless.
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Okay this has spurred me on to clear out the junk drawer today haha! Thank you for the kick up the bum x
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Thanks for sharing your list, there seems to be lots of ideas to do that are productive, I find reading a magazine for me gives me lots of ideas for my next adventure when I’m completely bored or listening to music helps (when I’m not told off for having it too loud!)
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This is definitely such a productive at home list! Thanks so much for sharing these ideas!
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These are great tasks to complete at home. It’s a great time to focus on cleaning and self-care.
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I love the personal growth ideas. We all need to grow as a person and I need some of these ideas in my life!
I am glad you found these productive ideas helpful.
What a great list you have here! It’s so easy to get stuck in the scroll of doom but so much more rewarding to do one of these tasks. It is so rewarding having a little declutter! I shall come.back to this for inspiration. Thanks for sharing
I am glad you found this list helpful. I hope it works well as a resource for you. I tried to comment on your book post, but it wouldn’t allow me x
This is an amazing list of productive things to do and I like how you broken them down into the home/garden, self-care, and personal growth categories. I have been doing a lot of cleaning in my apartment, so it would be nice to focus on some self-care tasks and I have been wanting to try some new recipes!
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THESE! I need these lists, some of them I am doing and still having difficulties to do it consistently. Thanks for sharing!
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I do some of those house “activities” every day, alternating them… but I realised I do so little of the self care list! Definitely a reminder to do them more!
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Great post Lauren! Definitely some ideas for me when I’m not working on my blog or writing! I’m usually doing some DIY, but I could certainly be doing a lot more things around the house.