With the start of the summer season, we tend to close our eyes and daydream about sitting near a fire place, at some hill station, with a racy paperback in our hands, or laying on our parents’ couch and watching endless shows on TV. There’s a very good chance that this excitement of having nothing to do will affect your productivity in a very damaging way. A couple of months away from college, we set ourselves in routines that don’t to do us any good except satisfying the lethargy in us. To make the summer more productive and balancing necessary relaxation with work, here are 4 ways to get through this season without slacking –
1. Plan your vacation – Every student or employee, after a certain time, needs a break. But it’s hard to put a stop to your vacation hours once you start extending them. So plan. If you have a 2 month long vacation, like us college students, assign 70% of your time to relaxing activities. You may choose to travel, go home, meet some friends, or just sleep all day. But the remaining 30%, you have to work. It doesn’t have to be a 9-5 job. Finish your pending or ongoing projects, take a part time course, improve your talents, run necessary errands and do something a little bit productive everyday.
2. If there’s no work, find some – Most of us tend to explain our lazy attitude as a result of having nothing to do. Not even a single task? You need to start looking in the right places. The best way is to ask people around you. There’s always someone in need who will ask you for help, and you may get paid for getting that small task done.
3. Don’t change your regime – Remember what you do on a Monday? You try to be as productive as possible, right? So, the only change you should make is adding bonus hours of rest. Don’t have classes anymore? Catch up on what they are going to teach you next semester/session and you may get to reap bonus hours afterwards!
4. Make your work, your vacation – Enjoy what you do! If you like playing the guitar, take a summer class and learn how to be a pro. Need to finish a project report? Do it while sipping your favourite drink, somewhere exotic.
We all need breaks, and after a good full year of college, we definitely deserve one. But don’t let it destroy the hard work you’ve already done, use it to take your work to another level.
