101 Things To Do
101 things to do other than screen time. The following list was previously printed on a bookmark that Media Talk 101 would give away. The suggestions came from teens from across the country. Feel free to come up with your own list!
Spiritual Growth
- Talk with God (pray)
- Read the Bible
- Start or join a Bible study
- Memorize a Bible verse each week
- Spend some time thinking about what good things God has done in your life
- Put on worship music in your spare time and just worship the Lord at home
- Seek God for direction about your future
- Write in a journal
- Pray for a missionary
- Live your life today as Christ would want
Physical Health
- Go for a run
- Go swimming
- Play sports with friends
- Play ultimate frisbee
- Ride a bike
- Take a walk
- Go skateboarding
- Go snowboarding
- Go ice skating
- Jump on a trampoline
Real Social Networking
- Pray for each other
- Play a board game
- Sit around a campfire
- Find an accountability partner
- Mentor someone that you can help out
- Write letters to family and friends
- Read to children
- Send a care package to someone who could use encouragement
- Show kindness to someone new at school
- Speak out on things that are right
Personal Development
- Learn to juggle
- Visit a local park or nature preserve
- Plant a garden
- Practice hospitality
- Read classic books
- Get used to having some quiet in your life
- Use and practice the talents God has given you
- Learn sign language
- Learn to play an instrument
- Learn a foreign language
Family
- Research your family history
- Do your chores
- Clean your room
- Read to a younger sibling
- Play a board game with your family
- Spend more time with your family
- Mow the lawn
- Play with your siblings
- Help dad and mom
- Clean the garage
Ministry
- Go on a mission trip
- Serve at a homeless shelter
- Visit shut-ins
- Visit orphanages and spend time with orphans
- Visit nursing homes or elderly people in assisted living and talk with them or sing for them
- Bake cookies for your neighbors
- Get a world map and pray for each country
- Raise money for a missionary
- Be kind to someone who is unkind to you
- Visit someone in the hospital
The Rest of the List (miscellaneous)
- Build a tree house
- Do an art project
- Jump rope
- Climb a tree
- Read to someone at a children’s hospital
- Walk the dog
- Go fishing
- Play Bible trivia
- Tutor someone
- Walk around your neighborhood helping people
- Scrapbook
- Wash the car
- Plant a flower
- Sing
- Go to the park
- Write music
- Tell others about Jesus
- Go bowling
- Have a yard sale an give proceeds to those in need
- Cheer up a friend
- Pick up trash in town or neighborhood
- Write a book
- Help our an elderly neighbor
- Study for college
- Work on scholarships
- Visit Grandma and Grandpa and help around the house
- Help clean at church
- Give to others in need
- Encourage others
- Write a devotional book
- Take a bible course
- Do laundry for Mom
- Look at the stars
- Help teach a Sunday School class or children’s church
- Praise God in everything you do everyday
- Get outside for some fresh air
- Memorize a Psalm or a Proverb
- Write a poem to share with others
- Treat someone to breakfast in bed
- Write to the President
- Take a trip to the Zoo
