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tiny-personal-university-thing:

1. Get a job
   
2. Learn guitar
3. Learn piano
4. Study a new language
5. Purchase new study materials for the next semester (i.e new notebooks, a new pencil bag, a new backpack, new pencils, pens, or highlighters – 10/10 would recommend Crayola SuperTips they are extremely cheap!)
6. Clean your room
7. Clean your apartment/home
8. Make your bed
9. Make a list of your goals
10. Exercise
11. Write
12. Find a new podcast (for my pre-law friends, I recommend Think Like A Lawyer)
13. Read a new book or read all of the books you have bought but not been able to read yet
14. Clean out your closet - donate clothes you do not wear anymore to Goodwill
15. Clean out your car/wash your car (actually necessary to ensure that dirt does not accumulate in its parts - TRUST ME) 
16. Be a tourist in your own city - find a new coffee shop you might like to study at when classes resume
17. Try new recipes - learn to cook by watching Youtube videos
18. Start a new skin care routine (I recommend Noxema {app $4} for your face wash, follow it up with Witch Hazel {app $6} and finish with Tea Tree Oil {app $8}!)
19. Start a new blog (or check out my new blog @tiny-personal-aesthetics-thing I know I’m shameless)
20. Volunteer at local animal shelters, retirement homes, hospitals, libraries, Habitat for Humanity, etc. 
21. Redecorate your room - try moving your bed or furniture around and see how it changes the fung shui (if you are into that)
22. Learn about photography
23. Work on your mental and physical health
24. Take your dog for a walk - I’m sure they would appreciate it
25. Ride a horse
26. Create a budget for yourself
27. Start a bujo
28. Draw
29. Paint
30. Watch a documentary
31. Create goals for next semester
32. Reflect on this past semester
33. Learn self-defense
34. Visit a museum or a park
35. Sell items you don’t want anymore on apps such as Letgo or via the Facebook Market
36. Start gardening
37. Call friends/family you haven’t heard from in awhile
38. Write friends/family you haven’t heard from in awhile
39. Go for a hike
40. Improve your vocabulary using resources such as: vocabulary.com, or enhancemyvocabulary.com
41. Fix your sleep schedule (!!!)
42. Learn about your family history
43. Utilize Khan Academy videos to brush up on math, science, or humanities
44. Clean out your email inbox
45. Get a test prep book for the LSAT/MCAT/GRE
46. Talk to an adultier adult in the field you wish to enter regarding your career options
47. Work on your resume
48. Increase your typing speed using websites such as: typing.com, typeracer.com, or rapidtyping.com
49. Write thank you notes to professors/instructors/advisors that you found particularly helpful - or to friends/family/mentors that also helped you out
50. Get your planner organized for the new semester (or buy a planner if you haven’t already)
51. Find and price the textbooks and access codes you will need for the coming semester
52. Jazz up/update your social media accounts (Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn) to reflect more on your professionalism (if you have those)
53. Update your style - new semester, new clothes, new you
54. Go swimming - nice low impact exercise 
55. Find a professional to shadow
56. Find an internship
57. Find scholarship opportunities (create a new email account to specifically use for scholarships!) 
58. Get a head start on the classes you will be taking by self-studying (a plethora of free information exists on the internet)
59. Be a mentor - tutor high schoolers/junior high students for SAT/ACT prep, or generally for whatever subjects they need help in 
60. Do manual labor - fix something, build something, mow the yard, clean the gutters
61. Do yoga
62. Work on breathing exercises
63. Treat yourself
64. Learn to say no
65. Go on graduate school tours
66. Travel (can be near or far, cheap or expensive - know your budget)
67. Do your own research project
68. Take an online sample course via edX,or Coursera
69. Start your graduate school application
70. Pet sit for someone
71. House sit for someone
72. Start your own Youtube channel
73. Work on your handwriting
74. Try sculpting
75. Attend networking events
76. Attend leadership events
77. Start a fundraiser for a cause
78. Learn to code
79. Study abroad - or solidify a study abroad trip
80. Create a four year plan for your degree
81. Visit family
82. Visit a friend
83. Get letters of recommendation
84. Get crafty
85. Take a practice test for the LSAT/ MCAT/ GRE
86. Take all of your loose change to a CoinStar and exchange them for cash
87. Learn about where your food comes from
88. Drink more water
89. Find an audio book to listen to when you are in the car or on the bus
90. Catch up on your laundry
91. Forge new good habits such as utilizing a planner or making your bed every day
92. Start a compost pile 
93. Grow your own herbs
94. Start meal prepping/meal planning 
95. Play basketball
96. Play tennis 
97. Get a haircut
98. Organize your desk 
99. Organize your laptop
100. Learn about astronomy
101. Rest, relax, and recuperate for the semester to come   

dateacutiesuggestion:

Date a cutie who learns your native language to surprise you

inlanguagewedontsay:

In Basque we don’t say “In love” , we say “maiteminduta” which roughly translates to “hurt by love”.

In Basque we don’t say “cancer”, we say “minbizia” which roughly translates to “intense pain” and I think it’s quite accurate in every sense.

In Basque we don’t say “give birth”, we say “erditu” which translates to “divide by two” and I think it’s beautiful.

In Basque we don’t say “moon” we say “Ilargi” which translates to “the light of the dead”.

In Basque we don’t say “desert”, we say “basamortu”, which roughly translates to “dead forest”.

In Basque we don’t say “free”, we say “musutruk” which translates to “in exchange of a kiss”. Example: Musutruk emango dizut. Translation: I’ll give it to you for free (I’ll give it to you in exchange of a kiss).

Explanation: The Basque language is an ancestral language spoken in the north of Spain and in the south of France. It’s the oldest language of Europe.

Submitted by @peopleinahurry

studyspiration-coffee:

Sometimes you need to get real with yourself. Don’t pretend those tabs of youtube videos and fanfiction take precedence over that maths homework you need to get done. Don’t tell yourself you’ll get up early and do it, because chances are, your alarms will go off and you’ll snooze it automatically. Then right before the dreaded fourth period you will be stressed to no end and you’ll feel the feeling. You know, the feeling. When you can genuinely feel the list of tasks and responsibilities build up on your shoulders. That stationery will do nothing to save your grades if you don’t actually use it to make your revision materials. Don’t click onto youtube as a study break and find that 3 hours and only 4 pages of reading later, the glare of the screen gets a little blurry when you look at the time and look at your to do list with your priorities highlighted. I don’t care how much self control you think you have, or how much discipline you think you’ve honed, because when you make the decision to put of work that needs to get done and you’re relying on this new found immense self discipline that future you will just suddenly obtain, you know you’ve already lost. And it’s a double loss because not only have you lost to laziness and short term ‘happiness’, future you has lost to stress and possibly even not getting the grades or the qualifications you could’ve gotten that would’ve led you to take the path you’ve wanted to take. So please, for the love of your future self, get it done now. 

studying languages at uni was probably one of the worst ideas I’ve ever had. I love languages, I love learning and practicing them, but I also love passing from one language to another whenever I want, and I like taking my time to reach a high level, and these things are not possible at uni. languages are my greatest passion, but are they what I want to build a career on? I’ll probably shift to a business and marketing graduate program and I know it won’t be easy, and I’m feeling bad about “abandoning” my academic field, but a BA in languages didn’t make me as happy as I hoped I would be, so this is my choice right now and I feel so relieved.