Productive Things

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What are some productive things to do when taking a year off between Highschool and University please don't say smoke weed haha or ski bum cuz my rents won't let me become one. +k for good answers thanks!
 
Work for like 6-8 months full time to make a lot of money. Then, you could travel with some of the money you've made to enjoy life at its fullest right before going to university.

Or you could learn a job (here it's called a DEP) like construction worker or welder at a specialized school. Some of the classes are like a year long and it could be a great sideline/summer job in the future for you.
 
get a bunch of girls pregnant and sell the babies to people who are infertile and spend the next three months livin it up
 
get a job, beef up your resume, work your way up the food chain. thats what im doing.
 
i want to move to whistler or sun peaks and ski for the season but i need to convince my parents its gunna be productive and ill learn something from it any ideas! help! +K for good answers.
 
smoke weed and try as many drugs you can except meth and x with is a meth in a way, and become a ski bum you are out of school and i assume you are 18, tell your parents to fuck themselves. don't be your parents puppet your whole life
 
parents always say you should never give up on your dreams right? say your dream is to be a ski bum for a winter
after one winter they don't even hassle you about school, thats what i did, and now all i save my money for, is to be jobless during the winter to ski errrday
 
This. I worked 4 weeks doing construction, made $1600 cash, flew to Europe, and spent 6 weeks fucking around and blowing it basically. One of the best decisions I ever made.
Also volunteer programs are great. I went to India and lived in a house made out of mud and bamboo with farmers and taught English in a little one room school house for 4 months. Not only was it one of the most incredible experiences of my life, it actually just helped me get a job paying $30/hour because of my experience.
 
wow, thats absolutely incredible. i think thats another valid point to add to this thread. i know with myself, i always say im going to do something big, something life changing, something like this, and i always plan save, whatever. then at the last second i bail out because another finacial problem arises and i find it in my best interest longterm to save more money. however, looking back in hindsight, most of my plans would have been swingable with the funds i had. so i say you make a plan and stick to it no matter what the cost
 
precisely what I was thinking. So, that said:
1. buy vannigan2. stock up on duck tape, cereal, beer, and dish soap3. tune up skis and drive west with about a grand in cash4. have the year of your life.
 
Do some volunteer work, I was denied to Bolivia because I only had 3 weeks, they said if it was 3 months they would have taken me.
 
Don't just travel. Although it's cool, it's not valued on a CV.

Do some volunteer work, learn a new language, start up a business, anything that is interesting and will put you in good stead
 
i decided to return to my 13 year old days and i built one yesterday. 4' barrel, huge ass combustion chamber, thing's a fucking tank
 
Things that you should do:

- Read, check out the "What book is you reading" thread for suggestions. I would suggest Enders Game, anything by Kaku, and Freakonomics. Those are all pretty easy reads and feel good to finish.

- Download (I can get and .iso if you want) Rosetta stone and learn a foreign language.

- If you got a lot of cash get your pilots license.

- Work out a shit load.

- Learn a computer program, flash, photoshop etc.

- Write a book or a short story.

- Learn a new sport like racquetball.

Things that you will do:

- Watch a shit load of TV

- Work for $10 /hr somewhere

- Smoke a bunch of weed

- Drink and stay up late

- Wake up at noon
 
damn, just make sure it doesn't blow up in your face, thats what i was always worried about
 
only if you didn't love skiing, i am so ready to do it again i might have to live in my subaru still worth it
 
this pretty much... I worked full time at a factory in my gap year and it was tiring work, so I was always tired and lazy after work
 
foreign language / learn a computer program should definitely be on the list. Two super useful things that are fun to learn and pay off big later.
 
As human beings, it is not only our right but our duty to see as much of the world as we can in one lifetime. The larger the distances traveled, the smaller we feel, and I will continue to chase that feeling until the day I die; no aspect of "the working life" would ever take that away from me.
 
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