Drops of Optimism
Let’s get the Synapse community’s optimists to make a Top 100!
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Every day is “Pajama Day”
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Binge-watching Netflix is part of the core curriculum
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Greeting all your neighbors you never knew…and waving from 6 feet away
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Your dog is so happy to have you home, the cat not so much
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Singing Happy Birthday, to your hands, a lot
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Really, really, really getting to know your kids/parents
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No pesky traffic jams
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Time to find out what those random keys in the drawers do
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Not having to take your shoes off at TSA
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Issac Newton developed the theory of gravity while quarantined in the “Great Plague” in 1665…what can we do?
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Mother Earth is happier with less pollution
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Realizing books are more interesting than YouTube
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Shared experience with everyone
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It will be your new conversation starter in a few years
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No more weather talk
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Reading your favorite book series again
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Spending time with your pets
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Baking the hardest things you can think of
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Binge-watching your favorite TV show (Stranger Things)
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Playing piano
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Video games for life
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Couching
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Eating lots of new foods
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Reading and writing
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Practicing sports/activities all day long! :-)
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No shopping
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Catching up on sleep!
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Playing games with your family
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Reading books to your kids at night when you usually don’t have the opportunity
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Watching movies as a family
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Zoom yoga classes
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Reading reading reading!
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Trying new things together
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Going on walks
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Staring at a computer screen all day, TRYING to learn
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Playing card games
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Bike rides
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Going on runs
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Making gourmet breakfasts
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Making Harry Potter recipes
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iMovies
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Arts and Crafts
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Connecting with people I haven’t seen in a long time
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Baking
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Chillin’
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Virtual dinner parties
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Changing the wall hangings
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Rearranging the furniture
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Deep cleaning
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Parents having online happy hour with their 30 year old coworkers who don’t know what it is
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Doing Cosmic yoga
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Core workouts
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Caring for the yard and planting veggies
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Doing yoga during the day, especially in the morning which is better for your health
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Playing with your baby during the day
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Organizing drawers and closets and find a lot of missing treasure from the past
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Cooking more!
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March 19, 2020 - National Let’s Laugh day!
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Download Duolingo, or a similar app, and teaching yourself a foreign language
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Looking at pictures of cute animals
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Write actual letters to family and friends or find a new pen pal
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Knit or crochet
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Write a book with your family: pick a character and each family member writes a chapter
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Write, star in, and present a show with family
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Trying some different math problems
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Making mini movies with clay
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Learning about different cultures
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Creating a board game as a family
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Doing art as a family
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Charades!
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Researching your Family Tree
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Board Games
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Make a big pot of chai, put it in a thermos and drink hot chai all day out of your favorite mug.
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Snuggle puddles
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Family dance party
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Learning new songs
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Going on runs in the morning
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Popcorn and movies!
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Sleeping in and still being on time for Zoom classes
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Helping out our older neighbors
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It’s fun meeting your students and co-workers in gallery view
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Who doesn’t love a good Zoom poll?
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