After a two-month hiatus, I'm back, and ready to actually blog! I'll be trying to post every weekday; the overall goal is to blog five days a week this month (except for this week, because there are only four days in July this week. But no matter.)
So the theme of this month is WRITE WHAT COMES TO MIND. And by "write what comes to mind," I mean "post about the thing I wrote in my planner yesterday when I was planning out the rest of my summer."
So today's topic is:
HOW TO SURVIVE A BORING SUMMER
Boring summers are kind of a drag.
Well, not 'kind of a drag.' They are, by definition, a drag. If you don't get a job or internship, AND you can't find anywhere to volunteer, and you're too old for camp, and you can't/ won't go on vacation, AND all your friends are out of down doing one of the above, then summer is basically 12 weeks of Netflix and pretending you can accomplish more than watching all 10 seasons of "Friends" in less than a week.
I know from experience.
So what should you do if you want REAL LIFE "friends" but don't have the means for summer adventures that happen in books and movies?
TRY THE FOLLOWING!
Find a place to go exercise. And then go exercise.
It counts extra if you only have to get yourself there through sheer force of will, and not driving or public transportation. If you're broke, you need to take advantage of these things.
Find free things, and then do them.
If it's free outdoor concerts, free books, free anything. Just go and find free things to do, and go do them. Bring a friend/ family member and food from home and then do cool things.
Try your hand at crafting.
If you get really good at your craft, you'll be able to watch "Friends" AND craft AT THE SAME TIME. This is how I'm getting through making my brother's wedding present. (Yes, the wedding that happened a month ago).
Read at least one book.
I don't know about you, but if I watch too much TV without SOME kind of literary interruption, I go insane. Try NOT going insane by reading more!
Get out of the house at least once a day.
This could be exercise. This could be going to hang out at someone's house. This could be going to a coffee shop. You could even (gasp) go to the library, where there are (gasp!) free things, and you can (GASP) read! AND THERE'S AIR CONDITIONING!
Start a blog and review things.
Review free things. Review not-free things. Review the free blog service that you're using. After a while, you can start putting ads on, and earn $5 by the end of the summer.
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