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7 Activities To Keep You Energized And Entertained When The Winter Days Get Dark At 5 PM

Just some things to help time go by while you're stuck in your home away from home.

Megan Miske

Dec 27, 2019

Miami University

7 Activities To Keep You Energized And Entertained When The Winter Days Get Dark At 5 PM

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Winter break is awesome; you get to spend time away from college and relax. Unfortunately, college kids start missing the home away from their actual homes and start begging to go back to school. My winter break is a month and a half long, and I am already starting to feel bored. Here are some things that have been helping me through this boring month and a half.

Catch up on your favorite show

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Breaks away from the busy college life mean that you can binge as much as you want. For example, I have been watching an insane amount of "Brooklyn Nine-Nine" since coming home.

Get back into shape

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Since the beginning of the semester, the amount of exercise in my life has been lacking. Break is the perfect time to unroll that yoga mat and get back into shape.

Meet up with your hometown friends

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Winter break is the perfect time to meet up with your friends that you don't see when you are at college. It's even a good time to just get a cup of coffee and chat with those you aren't really close friends with.

Spend time with your family

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Spend as much time with your family as you can before you leave for college again!

Self-care

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My winter break has already consisted of face masks and hair dye sessions. Try to take some time during break to relax and treat yourself after a stressful semester.

Get a new hobby

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Learning new hobbies is always a good way to pass the time while you are home. Whether it's knitting, painting, or baking, it's always fun to try out some skills that you might not use at college.

Scroll through TikTok

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TikTok has always been my go-to app when I'm bored and I just need to mindlessly scroll. It is honestly kind of relaxing, and I love it.

It's nice to spend time at home, but it eventually starts to become boring. While your break might begin to feel like it's going by slowly, you'll be back at college in no time!

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Catch up on your favorite show

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Meet up with your hometown friends

Spend time with your family

Self-care

Get a new hobby

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It's not just business as usual.

Constantly having to dress business formal.

Group projects.

Applying for internships.

Being told your major is easy.

You just want to be rich already.

Explaining to people why you're a business major.

Using LinkedIn like it's Facebook.

You grow up too fast.

Trying way too hard to make a good impression on companies at career fairs.

Many of your professors have foreign accents.

You don't want to graduate, but you know that you're more than ready.

10 things that most incoming college freshmen have no idea about.

Your Schedule

The Library

Time Management

Registration

Housing

The Dining Hall

Teachers

Clubs

High School Friends

Finals

It's not all morning coffees and singing along to the radio.

You can't just go to your room to take a nap in the middle of your classes.

Having to spend all your extra cash on gas for your car.

Speaking of money, you probably don't have a meal plan so you're forced to scrounge up some change or mooch off of your friends.

It can be harder to maintain the friendships you make with people from class.

Finding a parking spot.

It can be harder to be involved on campus because between your one, two, or three jobs and school you don't have much free time.

When you try to be super involved on campus, it can kill your sleep schedule.

It's impossible to do homework at home, but staying on campus isn't an option sometimes.

There are surveys and events that you can't participate in because you're a commuter.

Group projects are the bane of your existence.

Traffic.

Your backpack rivals that of a survivalist trekking in the woods.

Driving all the way to campus to find a note on the door of your classroom saying class was cancelled.

Because have you ever had to endure grilling your foot on a George Foreman?

1. When he just wanted bacon from his George Foreman grill

2. When he had money (and Jan) issues

3. When he got upstaged at Phyllis' wedding

4. When he unintentionally saved Meredith from rabies

5. When he wore a "bisexual" suit

6. When he had to apologize to Jesus

7. When his GPS drove him into a lake

8. When he had to deal with Ryan as his boss

9. When he couldn't fulfill his most generous empty promise

10. When this happened

11. When he struggled with a X-Mas break up

12. When he had to defend his generosity

13. When he threw a classy Christmas party for Holly but she had a boyfriend

14. When he had to stand up to peer pressure

15. When Toby was "Toby-ish"

This isn't just for the single Pringles out there either, folks

Run Around Clanging Pots and Pans in Everyone's Face

Eat the Last Few Pigs in a Blanket

Pop Twelve White Grapes

Burn Something

Smash Things Against a Wall

Spontaneously Begin an Irish Jig

Call Your Mother

Throw a Coffee Table Out a Window

Sing "Auld Lang Syne" at the Top of Your Lungs

Do Some Squats

Swan Dive into a Nearly Freezing Body of Water

Take a Shot

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