If you normally spend much of your day online, you may feel lost if the power or internet goes out.
We had a doozy of a storm last night therefore much of my surrounding area is unplugged. I’m fortunate that my electric is back on, but we still don’t have any internet or TV channels.
I’ve compiled a list of 109 things you can do if you lose power. If you have zero electricity you may not be able to do some of these, but they will work if you’re only missing internet for a while.
- Compile a list of things to do if the power goes out
- Vacuum
- Shampoo your rugs
- Take a shower
- Give yourself a mani/pedi
- Experiment styling your hair a different way
- Invite someone over who may have more storm damage that you do
- Pick up the telephone and talk to people, the way we used to do it in the olden days
- Laundry
- Have sex
- File – business owners always have receipts and paperwork to scan or file
- Update your income/expense spreadsheet
- Create a 3-minute video
- Write future blog posts so you can schedule them to publish later
- Eat
- Drink
- Be Merry
- Go for a walk
- Mow the grass
- Pick up branches or get the chainsaw out to help yourself or others with downed trees
- Wash your car
- Get rid of that pile on the counter
- Wash windows
- Clean the grill
- Organize your linen closet
- Put away the laundry that’s been sitting in your room for days or weeks
- Wipe down floor boards
- Wash finger prints from door knobs and light switches
- Swap out wax in your Scentsy warmers for new scented candle bars
- Throw out old underpants
- That bottom drawer on your stove is not for storage, it’s a proving drawer, clean it out
- Clean your bathtub
- Clean your toilet
- Clean the grout between tiles
- Go through your closets; purge clothing you haven’t worn in a year.
- Continue purging shoes
- Purge coats, do you really need that many?
- Polish shoes
- Return bottles and cans to the store (Michigan has $.10 deposit, so it’s worthwhile to return).
- Put Rain-X on your auto windows
- Dust your ceiling fans, use pillowcases to catch all the falling dust
- Take photos and write up listings for the clothes and shoes you purged to put on eBay or get ready to take to consignment shop
- Read a book
- Start or pick up writing that book you’ve been meaning to for the last 10 years
- Practice a skill such as musical instrument or juggling
- Listen to music and dance it out
- Meditate
- Pray
- Take a nap
- Clean out your refrigerator
- Water and/or transplant your houseplants to bigger containers – or throw out dead ones
- Go pick seasonal fruit – at the time of this writing it’s blueberry season
- Drive around to see neighborhood storm damage and count your blessings, offer to help
- Create postcards to send an update to your customers; upload to local 1-hour photo
- Prepare mailing labels & affix postage if you have it
- Play a board game
- Do a crossword puzzle
- Do a jigsaw puzzle
- Do a word search
- Do Sudoku
- Play cards
- Make no-bake cookies
- Do some menu planning for the next week or two
- Delete bad pics on computer, phone or hard copies
- Organize files on your computer
- Clean out the junk drawer
- Do something with all those recipes you printed – scan or cut out and put in an old photo album or trash
- Get rid of some of that stuff on the front of your refrigerator
- Go through coupons, purge expired ones
- Have a water balloon fight
- Have a pillow fight
- Make the bed
- Wash your dog
- Change kitty litter
- Go to the park
- Polish silverware
- Clean your coffee maker
- Balance checkbook
- Roll coins
- Color – either adult or child coloring book
- Paint a picture
- Clean the basement or spare room
- Clean the garage
- Rearrange furniture
- Check pantry or cupboards for expired goods
- Pull weeds
- Spray weed killer
- Shovel snow
- Rake your roof to prevent ice dams
- Get a box and a garbage bag and right now find 40 things to donate or trash
- Go to Costco and eat samples
- Write thank you notes
- Write a thinking of you hand written letter to someone you haven’t talked with in a while
- Finish that baby book
- Scrap book
- Knit
- Replace missing or loose buttons
- Hose down garbage cans
- Count your blessings, make a list of everything you have to be grateful for
- Seriously, why do you still have all those cassette tapes and CDs? Purge all but the super special ones
- Clean under your bed
- Go for a bike ride
- Go sledding (or sliding depending where you’re from) down a snowy hill
- Watch a DVD
- Go to a movie
- Clean toothpaste splatter off the mirror
- Initiate contact with someone you feel wronged you – life is too short to carry a grudge
- Tell someone you love them
- Make a list of all the fabulous things about YOU
I’m sure there are MANY more things you could do, but this ought to keep you busy for a little bit.
Carpe Diem.
ps – Good news! Internet is back (obviously … as evidenced by this post) but the more I unplug, whether voluntarily or involuntarily, I sure do like it!
pss – Shortly after I posted this yesterday the power went out. We had almost 24 hours of darkness. Thank goodness I had a list of things to keep me busy. Now again … as of this writing the power is back on. I think I’ll wait a bit before I go fetch the food I brought over to a friend’s freezer.
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About the Author: Laurie Ayers is a Superstar Director with Scentsy Wickless Candles. She enjoys helping men and women start and maintain a home-based business in the US, Canada, Mexico, Australia, New Zealand, Puerto Rico, Germany, Ireland, UK, France, Austria and Spain. To download a FREE Start Up Guide which provides more details about how to start a home business as well as to learn about our compensation plan go to www.thrivingcandlebusiness.com/how-to-start-a-candle-business/
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