Do Something

So the school year is almost at an end (a little longer to go for all York U and highschoolers but not to long), and at times people are left wandering around, sitting and chilling with no real purpose. I tend to work away the summer and stress over balancing a full-time job and crazy adventures with friends. I almost always end up with that weird feeling that I've done so many things without achieving much of anything, so I thought of a few extra, simple things to do in order to feel accomplished and I thought I'd share them with you.

Save a little money and go somewhere random and adventurous. I know if you're in any kinda of situation similar to mine there isn't a day that goes by when you don't think to yourself 'oh crap what am I going to do for money...(after this year, month, week or even day)'. Don't beat yourself up cause you spent a little extra on an event or excursion. I'm not telling you to spend your money on some useless item you're never going to use, splurge a little on something for you like a manicure or a trip to the EX.
Put some money aside to go out to places and events once or twice a month. Anything over $45 is too much for my budget if it's more than once a month.

See what the city has to offer. I can only really give examples for Toronto but I'm sure all cities have similar things to offer. The other week I went to a presentation at a library it was about the Merril Collection -which is basically this huge collection of Myth and Sci-fi including texts from hundreds of years ago to 5 days ago. It turns out that Libraries all over Toronto (mainly downtown) have exhibits like these -pertaining to children's stories, biography, languages etc. If you find the right one you could spend hours at the library and learn something instead of sitting and staring into space.
The R.O.M if you are a student and you have id it's free on Tuesdays and if you aren't it's still a great place to check once every few years at least!
Just walk around downtown or in an area you don't live in. There is always something new downtown or at least something you missed the last time you were there. I classify myself as a city girl, I can't imagine living anywhere other than a city. The buildings themselves are works of art, you can find really old houses and government buildings that defined history but you can fine random, new and abstract buildings too. Downtown Toronto is split into certain districts such as the fashion district, it's really neat there are little statues of defining items (i.e a thimble and spool for fashion) through out the city.
Hop on a bus. Pay $2.75 and hop on the TTC or whatever you local transit is. Don't think about what bus you're going to take just pick a random direction and see where the bus takes you. You can stay on the bus the whole route and see a section of city maybe you haven't seen, or maybe you will finally see the rest of the route your bus to school goes after you get off. Get on the buss and hop off as soon as you find something interesting near by that you'd like to check out.

Stay at home and cook. Gather some of your friends and cook something new or at least random. Turn on the cooking channel and try to create what you see on T.V. I'm not really a cooking kind of girl so my best suggestion is to brainstorm hybrid's of food i.e Spaghetti Dogs : Make spaghetti and sauce and put it on a hot-dog bun. When you're done fooling around in the kitchen just enjoy your creation maybe play some boardgames.

Help others. Save some money or collect money from your friends and decide a charity to donate to. Hold garage sales and car washes for a good cause. I truly believe the best feeling in the world comes after you help someone in need. I plan to adopt an animal from WWF this summer. https://wwfstore.donorportal.ca/c-11-wildlife-adoptions.aspx

These are just a few time-fillers that I believe are easy to fit in, in order to have a productive summer that's fun as well. <3