What to Watch and Do in Quarantine at Home

As much of the world adjusts to a new normal of restricted living, our readers share tips for finding everyday joys. Many of us are now entering the second, third or fourth week of restrictions on our movements, and it is becoming ever clearer that overcoming this crisis will be a marathon, not a sprint. As we all collectively adjust to our unique situations, we asked New York Times readers to share their ideas for pursuing the traveler’s spirit of discovery, curiosity and delight within their new limitations at home. Following are their responses, which have been edited for clarity and length.

As a child, I was taught ink drawing and I rediscovered my love for it. It requires a lot of concentration and patience. It helped me through a difficult time in life where I felt very anxious about not understanding what’s happening around me. This resonates so strongly today.

— Andre Williams, Montreal, Canada @ameliekurlander, via Instagram My Spotify playlist can take me around the world and my personal favorite is definitely French music. The music opens a whole new feeling with a country, which is the perfect “vacation” while studying or being stuck in quarantine. Some of my favorite French songs are: These are all kind of basic, but they all remind me of great holidays and the language is, in my opinion, very beautiful. — Hanneke Bezemer, Brummen, the Netherlands Please remember that there are so many people for whom this isn’t a staycation, but unemployment.

My husband and I own a small craft chocolate company and we don’t have work or wages for the seven people we’ve had to tell to file for unemployment. We have no sense right now of whether our small business will make it through or not. For those of you who are able to be on staycation, please consider doing some online shopping at independent stores and ordering take out from independent restaurants. — Elaine, Atlanta @ce.

l. l. in. e, via Instagram Concert halls may have been closed to the public, but that doesn’t stop me from “attending” one.

The Berlin Philharmonic, for instance, kindly offers concerts on their Digital Concert Hall website free of charge. This year is Beethoven’s 250th birthday, and listening to the composer’s struggle hidden within his music really rejuvenates my mind and drives me forward. Music makes us happier and more optimistic, and staying at home with some music, especially by Beethoven, puts us in another world.