Congratulations! You made it through finals and finished all your projects! You’ve successfully moved out, told all your college friends goodbye, and maybe shed a few tears. Now you’re home and you have all this free time, so what are you going to do?
Here are some great ideas for how to make your summer a great one!
1. Sleep.
By this point, you’ve completely destroyed your sleep schedule. Staying up until 4 a.m. studying isn’t good for your body. So get some sleep!
2. Read for pleasure.
You’ve been reading textbooks, analyzing lab reports, researching topics, and critiquing novels for months. If you aren’t sick of reading, open a new book, or the one that’s been sitting on your shelf.
3. Crank the music and dance around your bedroom.
It’s pretty awkward to dance to your guilty pleasure band around your dorm room when your roommate could walk in at any moment. So, turn your volume up as high as your ears can handle and sing and dance around your bedroom!
4. Stream that show you’ve been holding off binge-watching all semester.
There’s only so much time for Netflix when you should be studying. So, now is your chance to watch that show you’ve been waiting to finish since Christmas break.
5. Text your roommate.
You’ve lived in the same space for nine months, it’s gonna be weird not seeing them every day. So text them, arrange to meet up, vacation together, Skype, or just call each other every once in awhile.
6. Hang out with your family.
You’ve been away from home for so long, your family missed you. Take a break from Netflix and spend some time with them. You’ll regret it in August if you don’t.
7. Eat a home-cooked meal.
Ramen and cafeteria food are good for a while, but you've gotten sick of that. A quality home-cooked meal is so much better!
8. Make something.
It can be a painting, a craft, or a scrapbook of pictures from your year. You could make brownies for your family. It doesn’t matter what you make, as long as you make something!
9. Cuddle your pets.
You’ve probably missed them as much as you’ve missed your family. Let your pets attack you for how much they’ve missed you!
10. Hang out with your high school friends.
If you didn’t go to the same college as your high school friends, arrange to meet up and share stories about all the great things you did during the year.
11. Take a road trip.
Grab some friends, turn up the road trip playlist, and see where the road takes you!
12. Go outside.
As much fun as it is to sit in and stream tv shows, a little fresh air might do you some good. Also, you can get started on that tan.
13. Work out.
You can start work on the beach body that you’ve held off on all semester. You can also just work out for fun, because beach bodies are dumb and unrealistic.
14. Relax.
You’ll be starting a summer job, summer sports, or your other summer commitments soon. Take your time and relax before then!
