Ask HN: I'm having a boring summer. What should I do?

Posted by kollegekid on Tuesday June 11, 2019 @02:04AM
from the ask-hn dept.

I'm a college student and because of health reasons last semester, I wasn't able to get an internship.

I'm taking two online classes (calc 3 and physics 1) and I find them in credibly boring.

What fun/ intectually stimulating things should I do?

Please help.

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Re:Ask HN: I'm having a boring summer. What should I do? by ecares on Tuesday June 11, 2019 @02:34AM (#20153401)

Try doing something you never did before, that would really challenge you and that would upgrade your life.

Never been a sport person? -> start practicing one very days Never been a music person? -> learn to play the guitar Never been a social person? -> find a bartender job

and that's just examples

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Re:Ask HN: I'm having a boring summer. What should I do? by cpach on Tuesday June 11, 2019 @09:28AM (#20155180)

Maybe meet some new people? I don’t know about your locale, but in larger cities there are usually lots of interesting groups on meetup.com. Could be painting, photography, learning a new programming language or just socialising.

Or maybe find a Toastmasters club in your area? https://www.toastmasters.org/

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Re:Ask HN: I'm having a boring summer. What should I do? by kollegekid on Tuesday June 11, 2019 @10:45AM (#20155873)

I'm in a fairly untechy large city.

For me the problem that I've had is that because I'm 19 I tend to be unable to go to the 21+ events.

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Re:Ask HN: I'm having a boring summer. What should I do? by cpach on Thursday June 13, 2019 @06:25AM (#20173316)

If you’d like to chat, feel free to send me an e-mail. My contact info is in my profile.

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Re:Ask HN: I'm having a boring summer. What should I do? by smt88 on Tuesday June 11, 2019 @03:07AM (#20153499)

Why do you think internet strangers know what activities you find fun?

Try taking classes outside your comfort zone, since you're already a student. College is the only time you get to selfishly, voraciously learn about niche fields of knowledge.

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Re:Ask HN: I'm having a boring summer. What should I do? by patio11 on Tuesday June 11, 2019 @02:58AM (#20153477)

Build something, or write something, or paint something, or...

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Re:Ask HN: I'm having a boring summer. What should I do? by onion2k on Tuesday June 11, 2019 @02:41AM (#20153425)

Be less boring.

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