You’ve just spent the school year working hard to successfully complete your school work and now it’s break time! So, now what? How do you productively fill your time until school starts up?
Self-Care
A little self-care might be a good idea, especially if it was a particularly challenging school year. Perhaps some self-indulgence in some pleasure reading, a vacation, or a trip home to see your family. It’s always good to hit the reset button after achieving such a big accomplishment.
Internships
Internships are a great way to explore your career of interest to see if it really is the job of your dreams. They also look fabulous on a resume. Oftentimes you can find paid internships, which of course, is great for the pocketbook.
You may also find that what you learn on the job will make your subsequent University classes a bit easier, as you can supplement your assignments with practical experience. Your experiences may also make for great classroom contributions to the lessons. Professors love it when their students participate!
Employment
Any kind of employment in the summer looks good on your resume and the summer time is the perfect time to pick up some hours at a new job. Or perhaps you are returning to a past summertime position. It shows your ambition on your resume, while also gives you some spending money for the summer. Win-win!
Rekindle Relationships
Some of your friendships may have gone by the wayside during the school year as you were busy with homework. Or perhaps you lived in a new location during the school year, making contact hard until you return home for the summer.
Summertime is a great time to revisit your friendships and take the extra time you now have to connect with friends and catch up on each other’s lives. Get togethers or little adventures can be a great way to rekindle what brought you together as friends and strengthen any bonds that may have weakened while you were busy at school.
Preparing for Next Term
Lastly, it can be a great time to take a look at your class syllabus for the upcoming term, if available, to see if there is anything you can do over the summer to better prepare yourself for the next term at school. While you still want to take your much needed break, perhaps as school approaches it might help ease the transition back to school to get a jump start on some required reading!
How do you Spend Your Summers?
Do you work at a part-time or full-time job? An internship? Simply take the break for all its worth? Prepare for the next term? Or?
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