This is how to entertain yourself during the self-isolation challenge

THIS IS HOW TO ENTERTAIN YOURSELF DURING THE SELF-ISOLATION CHALLENGE

So, are you prepared to entertain yourself even more than you thought possible?

Because of the overwhelming generosity of all cultural institutions around the world, now it’s possible.

I must confess, I thought that I’d have to come up with a lot of entertaining material to help my community go through these difficult times.

Read the article below, to find out what has been made available during the self-isolation, and watch the videos for entertainment you never thought possible.

First, I want to make sure you know this:

I’m here for you

There have been too many words spoken these days, and I feel that many of us need more than ever quiet time.

I have my ear open for anybody who needs support. We are here for you, with all our channels open: website chat, email, Skype/Zoom calls.

This post is here for you when you need to distance from the immediacy of the situation around us.

When you need quiet for your mind, when you need to decompress.

The first impression may be that, during self-isolation, it’s too quiet, too little movement, that we need things to happen around us.

With the flood of urgent information coming at us every hour, that is not what our brain needs.

More than anything, our brain needs quiet.

To have that replenishing quiet, we need to invest ourselves in activities that fills us with pleasure.

Here’s a running list

I discover every day resources made available for free by cultural institutions around the world, online.

Come back often, as I’m updating the list daily.

For what I know, we are closer to the “Fifth element” reality than we think 🙂

MUSIC

Beethoven NOW: Symphonies 5 & 6 – The Philadelphia Orchestra

The Paris Opera is screening its performances online for free

MOVIES

1150 films mis à disposition gratuitement sur Internet

FILM ON STAGE

Free musicals and plays you can now stream [UPDATING DAILY]

VIRTUAL TOURS

360° TravelWorld Virtual Reality agent

A 5-Hour, One-Take Cinematic Tour of Russia’s Hermitage Museum (Open Culture)

Five Gardens You Can Virtually Tour, Just in Time for the First Day of Spring

Louvre – Virtual tours

Paris Museums Put 100,000 Images Online for Unrestricted Public Use

Stuck at Home? These 12 Famous Museums Offer Virtual Tours You Can Take on Your Couch

Take a virtual tour in more than 2,500 museums around the world

Virtual tours of national parks in the United States

BOOKS

Harry the Dirty Dog read by Betty White (StorylineOnline)

You can now download over 300,000 books from the NYPL for free

COURSES

Français Sunday – conversation series on Zoom with Llyane

Great Courses Plus – one month free with coupon

The Science of Well-Being – course at Yale

MISCELLANEOUS

60-minute special series – Cirque du soleil

Live cams – Watch animals practice self-isolation

NASA makes their entire media library publicly accessible and copyright free

Ranger Rick – Free digital subscription

…AND A LAUGH

I wish you from the bottom of my heart to have a great self-isolation, much health to you and yours, and I’ll see you on Skype or Zoom to tell each other stories in French.

NOW IT IS YOUR TURN!
Tell us in the comments below, what did you find interesting to entertain yourself online? 🙂

Let me guess.

Do you constantly have the feeling that you can’t hear what the French say and you don’t know how to read all the French words because they are written so much differently than they sound?

Learn 3 secrets that will help you be self sufficient in the way you pronounce French words – even if you don’t know what they mean – so that you can read that sophisticated menu in your favorite French restaurant.