# #CreativityInCapivity: 31 Creative Things You CAN Do… > Source: https://www.charlotteiscreative.com/30-creative-things-you-should-do-during-stay-at-home/ > Updated: 2020-03-30T17:05:17+00:00 > Type: Post > Categories: CLT Creatives | Contributors: Porter Metzler On Tuesday, Mecklenburg County issued a stay-at-home proclamation that will go in effect starting Thursday, March 26 at 8am and will run through April --- [On Tuesday, Mecklenburg County issued a stay-at-home proclamation](https://www.mecknc.gov/news/Documents/Mecklenburg%20County%20Stay%20at%20Home%20Orders.pdf) that will go in effect starting Thursday, March 26 at 8am and will run through April 16th. (UPDATE: It is now in effect until at least April 29.) By issuing the stay-at-home, officials hope to curb the spread of COVID-19 throughout Charlotte, the surrounding areas, and North Carolina. Including in the proclamation is a list of things you CAN (go to the grocery store, exercise outside, order take-out food, etc.) and CAN’T do (go to work unless your job is deemed essential, visit friends, non-essential travel, etc.). Here is the [official stay-at-home order](https://charlottenc.gov/covid19/Pages/StayHomeOrder.aspx) with the full lists. And, here are some [answers to 6 of the most common questions about it](https://www.charlotteiscreative.com/tariq-bokhari-answers-shelter-in-place-questions/) from City Council Member Tariq Bokhari. This is a stressful time and a lot of people are wondering how they will pass the next 3 weeks at home… so we made our own list of creative things you should do (and a few things you shouldn’t) at home during this time. We are encouraging you to still use your **\#CreativityInCaptivity**! We know a lot of these ideas are silly and ridiculous but we hope they’ll spark your creativity. And, at the end of the day, you can always just dance! ![](https://www.charlotteiscreative.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/MattDoingTheCharleston.gif) *They’ll never take Matt’s dancing spirit!* --- ### DO THESE THINGS: - Subscribe to [The Biscuit](https://www.charlotteiscreative.com/contact/)! We’ll keep ya entertained and informed! - Dance, dance, dance! Just like groove-master Matt Olin above. - Finally finish that book you started writing in undergrad. - Draw the CLT skyline from memory. - Take a [Skillpop Anywhere](https://www.skillpop.com/classes/anywhere) virtual class. - Make a collage of your mural pics to make one MEGA mural. - Take a nap (it’s important for the creative process). - Write a song about all of the restaurants you want to eat at later. - Try a new recipe using 7 random things you found in your kitchen. - Have a virtual Happy Hour with your friends. - Memorize some Shakespearean soliloquies to impress your friends at parties in a few months. - Learn a new skill on YouTube. - Put on a suit and have a fancy dinner at your dining room table. - Learn a country line dance. Your roommates will love hearing Cotton Eye Joe blasting from your bedroom. - Get a pen pal. - Reach out to your 8th-grade math teacher and ask them to re-explain the quadratic formula. - Create a short film on your phone. - Learn how to play the spoons (or another instrument, but spoons are pretty cool). - Make a list of places you’ve always wanted to visit when this is over and then actually go visit them later. - Do a book report presentation on Zoom with your friends where you talk about your favorite book. - Learn how to use Photoshop. - Photoshop your best friend Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson into your profile picture. - Empty your voicemail! Please, please, please! We have things to say to you. - Learn sign language. - Figure out who/what/why/when/where/how TikTok is. - Mix 8 types of cereal into one bowl. Eat it. Use the sugar rush to fuel your productivity until you crash 30 minutes later. (But dang! What a productive 30 minutes that was!) - Learn the fact that Millennials are approaching 40, they aren’t 21. - Spring clean and “Marie Kondo” your sock drawer. - Watch all of the Marvel Cinematic Universe movies in order. This should all be over by the time you make it through that insanely long movie marathon. - Call an older family member and practice the long lost art of conversation. - Watch *Star Trek: Picard* with a [free month of CBS All-Access](https://www.space.com/watch-star-trek-picard-free-patrick-stewart-gift.html). (This is Tim’s favorite on the list!) ### DON’T DO THESE THINGS: - DON’T panic-cut your own bangs. - DON’T get addicted to online shopping. (Unless you are buying presents for us.) - DON’T walk your tiny dog’s legs off. (A mile for you is a marathon for them.) - DON’T sit 5 feet 11 inches away from anyone. - DON’T stop creating. - DON’T feel like you are in this alone. We are here to help in any way possible. **WHAT CREATIVE THINGS ARE YOU DOING DURING STAY-AT-HOME? Tell us!** We want to be inspired by what you are doing. Don’t be shy! Give us the deets! [![](https://www.charlotteiscreative.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/Submit-Your-Story-Button.jpg)](https://www.charlotteiscreative.com/tell-us-how-youre-staying-creative/)