<em>The Atlantic Daily</em>: Ideas for a Weekend in Quarantine
Make no mistake: This outbreak is worth your attention. But a body can only contain so much worry for so long. When you do come up for air, and find yourself needing distraction from the doom, turn to this list.
by Caroline Mimbs Nyce
Apr 03, 2020
3 minutes
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Read a book.
Read something surrealist. Something to feel better. Start that novel you meant to read last year—revisit our list of the best books of 2019. If your attention span is too frayed by the news, turn to poetry to ease back into reading.
Put on some tunes.
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