I'd play videogames, depending how much use you have of the hand. If you can use a controller or a mouse without discomfort I'd game. You could complete a lengthy RPG like Witcher 3, Cyberpunk 2077 or Baldurs Gate 3. Or you could learn and play Dwarf Fortress or try and get as far as possible in Stardew Valley or whatever games you like.

Id also go out and walk - explore your city, or go hiking if you have nature near by. Its free and it beats being cooped up in your house.

Or you could make a start on a new skill. Like coding with freecodecamp.org or start learning a language.

9 days is a luxury - I'd even enjoy just lazing about, catching up with friends and family. You dont have to do anything meaningful - you could have some me time.

I can’t really go anywhere as I need to save as much money as I can to cover for missed time at work.

By far the most American thing I've read in a while.

Answering the question: How about reading some books?

Get well soon, OP!

There is no book you wanted to read?

Play Factorio. The time will go by much quicker, and you'll feel productive and unproductive simultaneously.

Setting up Paperless-ngx and scan up all the papers (which now can be recycled).

That's what I did with my last free days.

Sit-ups and air squats. 10 per hour. Add 5 each day.

install archlinux

You should play Factorio. Although there is a great risk you will never leave the house again.

Curious how you got on with the Rubik’s cube?

Had the same deal last year when I tore an achilles tendon. :(

#1) Do what the doc/physical therapist tells you to do.

#2) It's OK to push yourself a little, but pain is your body telling you when to stop.

I figured out how to stream the PS5 and Xbox to the Steam Deck in the bedroom, your mileage may vary! :)

Dying to know though... boxers fracture? Hopefully a good story there! Always lead with your first 2 knuckles!

Qi Gong: a relaxing, low impact workout. Dozens of monks have youtube channels.

Learn to roll the fist toward the index knuckle before it lands. ;-)

Not a huge use of time, but add fap to your list. Keep your head clear.

Get a bunch of groceries delivered and cook a bunch of food. Freeze a lot of it for later to save yourself time cooking

Spend time thinking about changes I want to make in life, like better eating habits or more exercise, then rethink my home and how to set up for long term success, maybe.

Maybe just cruise Lemmy/all and make braindead jokes at smart people as per usual.

Had a similar amount of time recently and rewatched the whole Buffy/Angel shows was quite a time killer. I remember doing similar with the stargate shows a few years back but yeah that's like a couple of months time investment.

Playing boardgames online.

Yucata.de is a community built website, where you can play any of 211 boardgames online for free, with people from every country of the world.

Small games to start with:

Mountain Goats

Ali Baba

Balloon Cup

Chinagold

Hey, that's my fish

Lemminge

Watch a bunch of history videos and become a nerd :3 Channel recommendations (from easiest to hardest to get into):

• Oversimplified: They recently released part 3 on the second Punic war and in general they are very funny. Good for entertainment with history thrown in.
• Extra History: They focus on historical accuracy and making longer series (but shorter videos), generally they focus on less talked about subjects. For example they recently finished a series on the Pazzi conspiracy and started one on Frederick II.
• The Cold War: They focus exclusively on the cold war and go into great detail. They recently made a video on the Georgian civil war.
• The Great War: Same as above but for WWI, they go into extreme detail. Very long videos and very historically accurate. They recently made a video on the German surrender.
• Real Time History: They focus on extreme accuracy to the point that they very often describe the battles exactly as they happened in real time (as the name implies). They recently made a video on Russias military strategy.

A 33 tome long book series can't be finished in 9 days. Ascendance of a Bookworm is my favorite thing in the world right now.

"Follow makeup tutorials" is pretty vague, do you have more specifics on what you're aiming for with that? Part of why I ask if because I know that I can find the functionally infinite array of tutorials overwhelming, and if I don't have a clear goal, I'll end up burning out.

The other part of why I ask is because I'm curious about your style goals — what do you want to be able to do that you can't currently do? Is this part of a larger endeavour to shape your style?

Just starting

Docs

Kinda already know it finish this

If you need help with Swift lemmy know

I started learning Kontakt 7

The 9 days will just fly by, and you might be able to map a couple of keys by then lol