A Life Teen blog, by Adam Cross
Life right now seems like a weird movie with so many things being closed and cancelled. With more time at home, it’s tempting to binge Netflix or Hulu, or get a little stir crazy; but it’s also a chance to get creative and even pump up your prayer life. While our daily routines are up in the air for now, do your best to have fun, remain healthy, and invite the Prince of Peace Himself into your daily life. For some inspiration, look no further than… right here:
- Pretend the Floor is Lava!
- Learn how to pray the Rosary if you don’t already
- Learn how to make a Rosary – it’s easier than you’d think
- Crack open that dusty Bible and start reading the Gospels — one chapter a day is a good way to start
- Learn how to cook and try to make dinner for your family
- Have a virtual hangout with your friends. Video-chat with them and check in with them!
- Stretch, do some push-ups, learn some new at-home exercises
- Build a pillow fort
- Read more of the Life Teen blog
- Spend 15 minutes a day in silence or praying ‘Come Holy Spirit’
- Start journaling. Check-in with yourself! How are you feeling through all of this? What thoughts are dominating your mind?
- Play MarioKart and kick your mom’s butt at it
- Put together that random puzzle in your house
- Clean AND organize your room
- Make your bed every single day
- See how many Fr. Mike Schmitz videos you can watch in day on YouTube
- Pick up a new Catholic podcast to listen to
- Create a new YouTube channel
- Read a book by a Saint or a Spiritual author on how to improve your faith life
- Hang out with your pets, give them a hug ( if you don’t have pets, google puppies)
- Call your Grandma!
- Go through your closet and choose clothes to give away — anything that you haven’t worn in the past 6 months
- Clean underneath your bed
- Start doing a daily Examen
- Watch Mass online
- Pray for those who are ill and suffering
- Make a list of family and friends you can pray for and pray for them each day
- Learn how to play card games
- Teach your family how to play card games
- Make a list of all your blessings and thank God for them
- Play charades or Fish Bowl with your family
- Write letters to people you need to forgive (don’t mail them!)
- Write letters to friends (do mail them!)
- Record your grandma or grandpa talking about their life story
- Make a list of those who have died and pray for them and all those in purgatory
- Make a Kahoot and play it with your friends!
- Watch movie classics
- Read the Chronicles of Narnia
- Learn new worship music
- Read the lives of the saints and maybe the lives of some soon to be saints
- Practice your summersaults
- Go on YouTube and begin learning how to code
- Learn Morse Code
- Write a blog (and submit it to the youth office so we can share it with others!)
- Roast marshmallows and make s’mores
- Start thumb-wars with your family
- Become a Super Smash Bros master
- Watch a movie and write a review for it
- Water your plants around the house
- Pick up the dog poop/clean the litter box. Fun!
- Remodel your room/move your furniture around for that open floor plan feel
- Stargaze in between clouds – try to find constellations in the sky
- Learn how to bake from scratch
- Learn a TikTok dance
- Look up videos of penguins online
- Practice those Catholic pick up lines
- Check-in with your friends about their prayer lives
- Solve a Rubix Cube
- Pray the Divine Mercy Chaplet
- Memorize those prayers you always forget the words to
- Pray the Stations of the Cross from home; or life from Life Teen’s Instagram page every day at 6:00PM EST
- Look up how to pray a Scriptural Rosary
- Do an indoor scavenger hunt with your family
- Try to learn a new language (hellooooo Duolingo!)
- Read The Lamb’s Supper by Scott Hahn
- Watch all 11 Star Wars movies and the Mandalorian
- Start a Words with Friends Game with some pals
- Practice a new instrument or learn how to play a new song
- Delete those old social media accounts you don’t use
- Learn how to beatbox
- Try to paint or draw something
- Write a poem to give to someone special
- Write a short story
- Just talk to God – tell Him how much you love Him and ask Him to tell you how much He loves you