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

8 points by kollegekid ↗ HN
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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ecares
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

patio11
Build something, or write something, or paint something, or...
smt88
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.

cpach
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/

kollegekid
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.

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