Wondering what to do this Summer? Well most people wanted to go for vacations and outings. Yes you could be! Of course if you have enough savings to spend for the expenses. It would be fortunate if someone will treat you. Independently, you could do many things other than vacations and stuff. It doesn't necessary to leave your home, instead, start from it. There are a lot of things to begin with, even without spending a peso. All you need is to be creative and imaginative. Think something inside the box (what I mean with that is in your home).
Well I'm thinking that maybe I could help you with it. If you find it interesting, you could try do something productive than do nothing and read my suggestions on how you could spend your summer without spending, instead earning. It doesn't necessary to earn money but to earn knowledge and experiences. I know you can find greater number of things to do in other websites, but I want to suggest in details.
1] Read books
I know some people think that reading books is lame during summer vacations. Most in our mindsets, especially students, that they were jaded reading academic or educational books. But it is still the best thing to do this summer. There are a lot of interesting books that all you need is to find them. Especially Novels and Non-fiction/ Biographies.
But how? It is still needed to buy one.
Well we all have our own devices - like smart phones, tablets, ipad or personal computer. You could download a lot of electronic books online for free.
First you have to search ebooks from websites. Read the information, introduction, or provided preface of the books.
Like Amazon New York Times or search it directly in google like best books to read 'year'
Then you can download these books from ThePiratebay or search it directly in Google
I remember my early years in college during summer, I spent most of my time reading ebooks from the authors like John Green's Looking for Alaska, Paper Town. Veronica Roth's Divergent Series. Rick Riordan's Percy Jackson Series and Heroes of Olympus. Cassandra Clare's Mortal Instruments. Well most of books I read are series, because I love the unending thrill of series. It was like you wanted to live in the story.
Try these books, maybe you'll find it very interesting. So start discovering great stories as you turn page a day, keeps ignorance away!
2] Watch Movies
Honestly, watching movies is my favorite hobby. It is common to people to have movie marathon during summer days. It's the most relaxing and convenient, yet you could also be moved with the emotions of every movies. How every characters portray their acting, the cinematography, the graphics, edits, visual effects and every music that makes you affected too.
The best way to watch movies is to drag your whole family with you or your friends. Preparing something to eat anything that you found in fridge or stocks and a cold water is enough for refreshments. Make sure to bring the sound system louder so that you could feel the báss like somehow your watching in theaters.
Well I mostly download various of High Definition quality movies from this site YTS.am just make sure you have downloaded a torrent downloader application like utorrent.
If you don't like to download, because you really can't wait to watch a film, you could also stream movies online from kat.tv
Make sure before watching movies, watch first its trailer and it's ratings from IMDB which you could also view it in yts.am. It is also possible to add subtitles if you like, which is also located in the site in its lower part.
Well for those fortunate who have Netflix subscription, you can watch a lot of movies and popular TV series airing in US.
Of all kind of movies, what I love most are the motion picture films from respected novels. Like Water for Elephant, Paper Towns, The Foreigner, The Circle, The Perks of Being the Wallflower, The Dressmaker, Miss Peregrine..., Harry Potter series and Star Wars series.
But the best movie and my all time favorite is The Shawshank Redemption. Well better watch it too.
Try these movies I suggested, If you haven't watch these films - better start now. Because summer is the right time to get laid-back.
3] Write things or start blogging
People nowadays are very creative in composing various kinds of writings. It is how they express their notion and intuition reflecting the different aspect of life's situation, political affairs and other interesting things. It is very common that every aspect in news proceeds with opinionated essays. Insights from respected individuals are contemplated and criticized which usually be read in their websites and blogs.
Blogging is a serious matter that requires relative analysis and comprehension. Proactively thinking the outcomes that will surely results to respective sides. You must always be open minded to the possible criticism and of course from compliments from those who accepted your perspective.
Creative writing is general, it also involved in writing poetry as commonly created by those enthusiastic individuals who love to convey their expressions and emotions. Poetry is also like a ballad that depicts in story telling but in figurative terms. So writing poetry and essays from different aspects of life are indeed a good thing to do this summer. I could somehow think that it's cool to see your outputs in the future. Where you could just read them again, realizing the possible improvements in your work. Well surely, soon in every outputs you created will develop your critical writing skills that you could use it someday in future works or in the academics.
Well to start blogging, a progressive blog is commonly been visited worldwide. Steemit, a blogging and social networking website that uses its Steem blockchain-based rewards platform for publishers. The Steem blockchain produces Steem and Steem Dollars which are magic bean tokens obtained for posting, discovering, and commenting on content. Wikipedia.
Joining Steemit community is very easy. What it needs is only your active email address and you could freely choose your username. Just make sure to back-up the Account password.
There are a lot of guidelines when your are just beginning to explore Steemit blogging.
Well you could reach this link as your Guidelines.
I could link the few important things you need to understand what really is Steemit, what you must do and avoided. These particular links are also the outputs from different steemit bloggers.
1. Create an Introductory post about yourself
2. Learn the steemit resources
3. Etiquette in steemit blogging
4. Mistakes that must be avoided
5. How to get noticed if new user
6. How to create different types of blog contents
7. Blog content formatting: Markdown basics
Surely you could discover a lot of great things in this social media platform. Your efforts will be compensated accordingly, just make it sure to create good contents in your post. You could also develop your writing skills, technical skills, interpersonal skills and wide-rage awareness from respective insights.
4] Yard Sale
Every year we all have a collective of old stuff that we could no longer use it. Though there's few things which are sentimental, but be sure to keep it away, if it is. It is fun to collaborate with your family in joining you with the yard sale. Well it's time to say farewell to your old stuff. Pretty sure your not spending peso instead your earning some. You could also lessen up the things hidden in your stock room. It could somehow clean up the things and freshen up the atmosphere of your home. Making a lot of space for new purchase items or just to make the space bigger.
Yard sale is an opportunity for you to save enough amount to purchase necessary things. Just make sure you're not wasting the earnings, instead you could use it for the upcoming school year expenses. Maybe you could help you parents with the financial. It will be surely appreciated.
There are other things which is also good other than selling your old stuff. Instead, you will voluntary donate your old stuff to any unprivileged individuals or family. Even also to those people who suffered from any disasters. Usually from the typhoons and fire. It will be a great help for them and a leap to start things up.
These are the possible list of things that you could sell it in your Yard Sale:
- Old books - novels or academic
- Clothes
- Small depict gadgets
- Aged furnitures
- Stuff animals and toys
- Remote controlled toys
- Old bags, purse and suitcase
- Figurines, home decor and antiques
- Wearable accessories
- Shoes, slippers and flip-flops
- Casseroles, skillets and fry pan - other cooking utensils and equipment
5] Learn foreign languages
It is quiet an advantage if you learn many foreign languages as possible. Learning different languages would help you to be competitive, which could possible be very useful for future employments. There are hundreds or thousands jobs offering in other countries. Which it necessarily to learn specific foreign language that would leave you no choice but to enroll in foreign language courses. Studying foreign language in certain Institution would cost you hundreds or thousands per sessions.
It would be very practical and very initiative to learn foreign language. Considering the possible opportunities that would await for your future in applying jobs abroad. Always think that opportunities doesn't always come when we are abundant, sometimes it come when we are really in need and lack of resources. So it would be better to be prepared yet you could also enjoy learning - thinking that we learned it for free.
So here's a website I suggested that could help you learn foreign language this summer.
By the way, I suggest learning just a single or two foreign language/s for this summer so that you could focus more and master it. Rather than learning multiple yet you could forget it anyway because of incompleteness and baffled because of its complexity without mastery.
Memrise is a user-generated learning platform which uses flashcards as memory aids. It specializes in language learning, but also offers content on a wide range of other subjects. Memrise has more than 150 language courses across 25 languages. Wikipedia
Discover and explore more about this site. It has a lot of courses you could begin with. Just make sure you could complete the specified hours of learning. Then after, you could also explore more the language you wish to learn especially through its application for mobile.
You could download the app easily from Google Play for free.
Learning doesn't always proceed with expenses, its a matter of comprehension on how you will able to acquire it free. Just always be resourceful, have the enthusiasm and passion! Even in just simple things.
Here's something good about for free learning. The TESDA announced an offering for a course for 5 foreign language fore free. With hundreds of hours - you could learn 5 foreign languages.
)Here's the available foreign language courses with duration:
Basic Japanese Language (Nihongo) and Culture – 150 hours
Basic Chinese Language (Mandarin) and Culture – 100 hours
Basic Spanish Language – 100 hours
Basic Arabic Language and Saudi / Gulf Culture – 100 hours
English Proficiency for Customer Service Workers – 100 hours
To understand more about this free course. Follow this link.
Here's the necessary documents that you must acquire:
Applicants should bring any of the following documents; TOR, college or high school diploma, training or competency certificates issued by TESDA.
Applicants should also bring original copy of birth certificates from NSO, 1×1 (3pcs) and 2 x 2 photo (1pc) with white background and 1 long brown envelop.
Once you have all the needed documents you can proceed to TESDA- Language Skills Institute near your place.
You could also apply online and register, which is very convenient and easy. The link will guide you for the step-by-step procedure in applying online.
Well what are you waiting! apply now. Well you have the option, you could just learn it online from the website and application or through the TESDA offered. What's the catch? Read more information from the link.
6] Listen some Podcast
Summer is a great time for learning new things, ideas and knowledge. Well, book is not the only medium that you could learn great ideas. Maybe mostly of it, but we should now try this kind of medium. It is not new, but most people doesn't want to embrace it. Actually, it's the best thing to learn and discover new knowledge through hearing and to those who are not that comfortable in reading.
Pocast, what is it?
A podcast, or generically netcast, is an episodic series of digital audio or video files which a user can download and listen to. It is often available for subscription, so that new episodes are automatically downloaded via web syndication to the user's own local computer, mobile application, or portable media player. It is distinct from Internet radio, which involves streaming rather than downloading. Wikipedia
Some have labeled podcasting as a converged medium bringing together audio, the web, and portable media players, as well as a disruptive technology that has caused some people in the radio business to reconsider established practices and preconceptions about audiences, consumption, production, and distribution. Podcasts are usually free of charge to listeners and can often be created for little to no cost, which sets them apart from the traditional model of "gate-kept" media and production tools. Wikipedia
To generalized the concept, Podcast is a revolutionary medium from radio broadcasting. It is not just all about the general news, but its also like an encyclopedia - where sets of information and aspects of subjects are consolidated providing the listeners to gain enough knowledge with every certain things. You could also gain information of 'how to', 'what are' and many demonstrations and lectures from different podcasters.
You could listen/stream various of Podcast in the website from iHEARTradio. Topics were categorized from Music, Crime, Kids & Family, Comedy, Sports, Business & Finance, Cryptocurrency, Entertainment, Food, Games & Hobbies, Health, News, Politics, Paranormal, Relationships, Society & Culture, Science & Technology and Spiritual. Well do you think all of your interests are in the list? Better start now!
There's also another medium that you could stream a tons of Podcast.. from SPOTIFY. Make sure you downloaded the Spotify application fro PC or also from PlayStore. Well if you will listen from your smartphone, it is suggested to upgrade to premium. But you could still listen randomly.
But if you really wanted to listen Podcast from your phone, try and download Pocast Player in PlayStore. The best thing is, it is for free. The whole contents are also free. So you could listen to them conveniently.
7] Learn musical instrument
Learning musical instruments are not that simple, it requires enthusiasm and full interest. Also through having fun, of course. If you're a beginner, like me, it is truly suggested to learn guitar. It is one of the easiest instrument to learn.
I have read a blog post that will teach you on learning guitar in 10 hours. Dan Andrew He's very convincing on how a talentless in terms of playing guitar could be one of your talent. And you could start making your own music. It's a matter of state of mind - being optimistic.
Here's a few false assumption that leads you to be pessimist:
- I believed I was too old to start to learn music.
- I believed I had no musical talent and that I wasn’t a “musical” person.
- I thought you needed to learn to read music to play an instrument.
- I believed to overcome these barriers it would take too much time and effort.
Dan Andrew state a lot of lectures from his blog in procedures. It is pretty easy, you have first read his blog and start strumming the guitar. Please read his blog from this link. Learn to Play the Guitar in 10 Hours – No Musical Talent Required
Follow Dan Andrew in twitter @TropicalMBA, and you could ask him few questions, possibly.
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Through your learning process, here are the few applications that will help you through. Cope up with the process and develop your skill.
Guitartuna is the easiest, fastest and most accurate tuner app in the world!
The ultimate tuner for guitar, bass, ukulele and all popular string instruments. GuitarTuna has been downloaded over 20 million times and is used by beginners and experts!
Why is it the world’s most popular tuner ever built?
• Simple and easy to use. Works with both electric and acoustic guitars and string instruments using the built-in microphone. No cables needed.
• Perfect for complete beginners. Recommended by guitar teachers.
• Simple and intuitive. Clear visual feedback with signal history.
Guitartuna post source from Google Play, download it now and discover your talent.
To help you also in playing a song through that guitar. Here's an application with a tons of songs from various artist. Organized by alphabetical order by artist or by the complete list. The application has every lyrics of the songs with the chords. You could also view every chords through exact position of your fingers. Similar to the Guitartuna application.
Download it at Google play
So you could never find an excuse, why you couldn't learn guitar. Good luck in the process.
8] Make DIY Projects
Be creative! Be resourceful!
Making DIY projects requires you to be. It is not necessary to purchase the materials, instead look everywhere. Look for something that needs to be done. Look for somethings that you could use. Look for something that you could create from scraps, indigenous materials, and recyclable items. I'm sure if you're a student, there are a lot of things that you already owned, like the scissors, glue, papers, and other school supplies.
There are various websites and blogs that guides you in creating DIY projects. You will also learn different tips of HOW-TO. Well you could easily search it online, thanks to Google.
I'll help to to the various links of DIY projects.
It doesn't matter if you think it's lame, boring, exhausting or other pessimist perceptions - what matter are: you enjoy it, it's fun and you're doing productive things.
Do as many as you can from the top list. For your information, the top list is varied from the personal opinion. I also browsed other blogs referring to the same concept of post and find few from the list. Most of the data are from personal intellect. There are few information are based from the wikipedia and other blogs, though I noted the different sources and didn't claim such.
THANK YOU for reading! you've reach the top. Well start doing productive things rather that doing nothing and laid-back. Continue following for my future post.