Part 1 of the “Stay Home, Stay Healthy, Stay Happy” series. 

Whether you’re abiding by a “stay in place” order or simply trying to help flatten the curve by staying home, we’re probably all spending more time at home than we ever have before (and that’s saying a lot for me since I already work from home). Adjusting to the “new normal” that the COVID-19 outbreak has created is a little bit easier when you know just where to look for inspiration, education, fitness and fun!

I’ve rounded up some of the best resources and corners of the internet to help you get adjusted to this whole “working-and-doing-everything-else-from-home” lifestyle. 

On that note, let’s stay home and…

…eat!​

  • Chipotle: Free delivery on orders of $10 or more for free from March 15th through March 31st
  • UberEats: Free delivery for more than 100,000 independent restaurants in the U.S. and Canada 
  • JustSalad: free delivery until March 31st

…learn!

  • Brit+Co: Free classes until April 9th, use code “SELFCARE“
  • ClassCentral: Free online courses from Ivy League universities like Brown, Columbia, Cornell, Dartmouth, Harvard, Penn, Princeton and Yale
  • Khan Academy/Walt Disney Imagineering:  “Imagineering in a Box” – Go behind the scenes with Disney Imagineers and complete project-based exercises to design a theme park of your very own.
  • LinkedIn: 16 free online learning courses on topics ranging from leading video conferences to advice on how to best work from home.
  • Scholastic: Free, open-access digital hub to help students keep learning
  • Guggenheim: Free access to read and download over 200 art books

...work out!

...have fun!

Read:

  • Scribd: Free for 30 days, no credit card required 
  • Audible: Free for 30 days (1 audiobook, 2 Audible originals)
  • Kindle Unlimited: Free for 2 months, must be redeemed by April 30th

Watch:

  • Broadway HD: Free 7-day trial with access almost 300 productions, including “Beetlejuice,” “Kinky Boots,” “The Sound of Music,” and “Cats”
  • The Metropolitan Opera: Free “Nightly Met Opera Streams,” a series of encore Live in HD presentations
  • Netflix Party: a new way to watch Netflix with your friends online, synchronizes video playback and adds group chat to your favorite Netflix shows

Play:

Listen:

…see the world!

  • National Parks: See 5 of our national parks with video tours led by rangers. From glaciers in Alaska to volcanoes in Hawaii, the tours will take you on incredible journeys.

  • Louvre Museum: Visit the museum’s exhibition rooms and galleries and take a virtual tour

  • Aquariums and Zoos: Take a (virtual) trip to the Smithsonian Zoo, Houston Zoo, Monterey Bay Aquarium, and National Aquarium with their live webstreams

  • Museums: Take a virtual tour and view art from many of the world’s top museums thanks to Google Arts & Culture

...work!

  • Adobe: 2 months of Adobe free for current subscribers, free for students until May 31st
  • AirTable Pro: Free for 2 years for students
  • Microsoft Teams: free trial of the premium plan for its Teams chat app
  • Zoom: Always free, but they’ve created resources and is hosting information sessions to help small businesses
  • Cisco WebEx : free version of Webex with no time restrictions and up to 100 meeting participants PLUS toll-free dial-in features with a 90-day license for businesses that are not already customers
  • Google Hangouts Meet: free access (until July 1st) to our advanced video-conferencing capabilities to all G Suite and G Suite for Education customers globally including: larger meetings, for up to 250 participants per call, live streaming for up to 100,000 viewers within a domain, the ability to record meetings and save them to Google Drive
  • LogMeIn: free “Emergency Remote Work Kits” including GoToMeeting and GoToWebinar for nonprofits, schools and healthcare organizations for three month

That’s all from me for now, but please stay safe (and sane) out there. Be good to the people you’re captive with and let me know if you try any of these out! 

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P.S. Did I miss something? Please feel free to share in the comments and I’ll update this post as often as possible with additional resources.

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