Have a proactive summer

For students of all ages, summer is an opportunity to enjoy a few months of being young with no responsibility. It’s important for young people to enjoy their summer break before entering the real world, where summer lasts for a week before its back to being a slave to the grind.

But for some people, the lazy days of summer causes people to slip into a state of extreme laziness. It’s far too easy to sleep to noon and stay awake until the wee hours of the morning during the summer months. But why not make something of those summer days? For those looking to find the proactive side of summer may want to consider some of the following options.

Pique your interest in something new: 

During the summer months, people are much less likely to have things going on during the days, which frees them up to peak a new interest. This could range from learning a new instrument, new sport, or hobby. But this time could also further be used to increase one’s knowledge about a subject.

Visit the park: 

The park is more than swings, slides and sandboxes (all of which are still fun as adults). Parks are readily available in most towns and provide a lot of open space to play a game of Ultimate Frisbee or football, and can be used to have a picnic or walk that beloved pooch in your life.

Go see the Mississippi Redbirds:

Baseball is America’s greatest pastime, not to mention a relaxing sporting event to watch. The northern Mississippi

region has been blessed with the Triple-A affiliate of the St. Louis Cardinals, so why waste the blessing? Memphis is a

short drive away and has multiple attractions to visit before the game starts.

Put your kitchen to use:

While cooking can be an expensive and fattening hobby to start, it can also be a very rewarding hobby. Most college students prefer to order out or pop something into the microwave, but during the summer months since you’ll have a lighter class load and less to do, why not spend some extra time creating your own meals?

Enjoy the Ole Miss Campus: 

Students of Ole Miss have been blessed with one of, if not the loveliest campuses in the United States.

Spend an afternoon walking the campus, taking in all of its glory. If you get tired of walking then take a seat in the grove under one of its large trees and enjoy a book or magazine.

Clean your room: 

Nobody wants to clean their room and often times it’s because of that mountains of dirty clothes and old trash gathers into small armies protecting the passage to your bed over time. Since there’s not much else going on during summer pick up that dirty shirt that hasn’t been washed since the first Ole Miss football game of freshman year. That way when school returns in the fall, it won’t be so easy to lose that page notes in the mess and clutter. Although for some people cleaning their room may take the entire summer.

Catch up (or start on) a television series:

Granted it’s not the most productive thing worth accomplishing, it’s a great way to burn a few hours in the day. Within recent years most television series have released their seasons on DVD for viewers to watch anytime and anywhere.

Choose a show you haven’t seen in years or maybe never seen before, start with season one, episode one and go until you finish. You might even learn something along the way.

Be spontaneous:

Everyone has that crazy friend that comes up with the most random and peculiar ideas. Summer is the best time to have them around. Encourage their spontaneous ideas and pursue whatever whim they stumble upon. At the very worst it could result in death, arrest or serious injury, but it’s probably a safe bet that you had a good time while doing it.