SUMMER: Your Chance to Re-Invent/Enhance Yourself
Everyone is excited it’s the summer, time for you to hang out with
friends, family, take vacations or even stay-cations. A lot of people could see
the summer as the time for them to now have to “do anything” instead just
Netflix and chill all day, wake up anytime they would like etc. While these are
okay and might be thought of as break especially considering that during the
school semester all you do is study really does not help you. You have the see
the summer periods as a time to invest in yourself, time to deposit amazing
opportunities into your life’s bank account (Yes, we seriously just used this
as an analogy that’s all we could think of to show the importance of it). Here
are 3 things you can do to enhance yourself this summer. Sure, there are more
but here are our 3 for now.
1. FITNESS
Okay we do
not mean this in a condescending or shallow way; we know that everyone has
their definition of being fit, however this is your chance to start, do more,
or simply change that exercise. Attend new yoga, pilates, cycling classes. Or even
try incorporating weightlifting into your workout regimen, increase your normal
weights for bench-pressing, the list goes on. The take away here is to do
something that safely pushes your physical limit and gets you to contest your
fears.
2.
SET YOURSELF UP FOR SUCCESS
This summer take the time to
read about new things that could help advance you in life. Somethings to read
could be about how to start using your college major to work for you. Work on
your weak areas like eliminating procrastination, working on your time
management skills, learning new ways to interact with strangers, not being
judgmental etc. Hey, we can even throw in figuring out what classes to take for
the upcoming semester and reading up on them. Or researching the best teacher
to take and organizing how you plan on studying when school starts. Another
will be learning how to communicate effectively! If you are not able to
properly communicate across your thoughts, feelings or your opinions in a
manner that is easily understood you stand the chance of being frustrated
often.
PRO TIP: Think of a toddler and how would you communicate whatever it is
you have to say to a toddler, if you master this you can practically
communicate to anyone on any level.
3.
CREATIVITY
Being creative today is
extremely important because your ability to be creative displays your level of
thinking and your ability to think outside of the box. Try learning a new
instrument as this will force your brain to think differently and will
translate into your studies to give you a better understanding of things. On
the plus side you can now impress your friends with a new musical instrument
you learned in just 3 months. Visit art galleries and museums and learn about
the different paintings and sculptures and what they represent. This will give
you more insight outside your normal world and will help you engage in
intelligent conversations with people. Connect with other people from other
countries and learn about their culture. Start with learning about their
language and the different ways to communicate with authority figures, parents
and their peers. Write songs that mean something to you (you do not have to
sing them if you do not know how to sing), simply learn how to write songs that
could be sung that will impact people.
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