JOMO

 Shirley J.                   Adult Non-Fiction                          How to stay happy and active while staying home

JOMO: Celebrate the Joy of Missing Out!  By Jessica Misener       208 pages

For those of us who find staying home just as fun as a night on the town.  There are over 350 suggestions here for being home but being active whether alone or inviting others over for a fun night of board games, sushi parties, dancing, binge watching t.v. or films, learning a new language, teasing your brain with challenges like taking SAT practice tests, crosswords, etc.   From bbq-ing regardless the season to indoor picnics to clothes swaps, to learning a new skill or a new language watching tutorial  videos on YouTube, to cleaning your house, your closet, your work area with purpose and intention to learning YOGA, QiGong or Feng Shu-ing your space.   So many great suggestions here for staycationing or evening outs staying in (Prom Party - dress up, do your hair and play your favorite teen music to showing movies on an outside wall of your house for a trip back to the drive-in days.  Tiki Party anyone?  So much fun is packed in these pages, everyone will want to stay home and try these ideas!  What a blast!  I recommend this to elementary kids on up.   Kids may not get all the references, Twin Peaks marathon?  But they will get Harry Potter marathon!  All of us will find many fun ideas to carry out here, and if it is a quiet night in alone you are looking for reading, listening to a book on tape, watching your favorite movie again, sleeping in when a long night's sleep is called for, or interesting sounds/background noise to soothe the soul as you relax, you will find all things here and you don't have to get out of your sweatpants to do them.  Life is good.