- Read! Make a list of titles (they can be academic, practical, or just for fun) you have been meaning to get to, and actually read them. Some of them, anyway.
- Start a business, or grow one you've been working on
- Volunteer
- Travel
- Find something you don't know much about, and research it. I got to go to London earlier this month ('twas incredibly cool), and in preparation I decided to try to patch some of the yawning gaps in my knowledge of British history. My study was impeded by the principal characters' irritating habit of all being named Richard, Henry, or Edward, and I can hardly claim complete fluency, but I knew more than I did going in, which is always something.
- Take a class
- Attend a conference
BUT! Beware the fearful monster known as burnout! Don't get so overwhelmed by classes and projects or goals that you forget to breathe. Summer is a great time to let yourself relax, at least a little bit. Be sure to set some time aside to do things you enjoy, just because you enjoy them. And give yourself time to not really do anything in particular.
I hope I've given you some ideas. Remember, all I know about you, o my reader, is that you are interested in nontraditional higher ed, so I don't know how applicable this will be. But, as I say in the tittle, have a happy summer. Be awesome!
