Ideas for your Gap Year

If you’ve decided to take a gap year, it’s necessary to make plans to stay occupied and most importantly, productive. A gap year is a great opportunity to explore what options you have and learn what interests and talents you have that could come in handy later in your life. It’s also a great time to have fun and make life-long memories. Here are some great ideas to try out for your gap year.

Interrailing

If you’ve always harbored dreams of exploring European cities without spending too much money, this is one of the best options out there. What happens here is that you get to choose from a range of ticket options that are packaged differently. You can choose to explore one country or tour up to 30 countries by using the Global Pass. What’s more, you can travel as a group of friends and even take advantage of great discounts along the way.

Volunteer

There are so many charitable organizations that are always on the look-out for volunteers to join their teams, either locally or abroad. If you are interested in impacting your community, this is a great way to give back. If you do decide to travel abroad to work with marginalized communities, you will have set yourself up for a great learning experience. The exposure to different cultures and being away from home will guarantee that you do not return home the same person. What’s more, charity work always looks great in a CV.

Get a Job

Getting a job during your gap year is always a great way to raise cash for the activities you will undertake later on (tours, travel etc.) It is also a great way to learn about work ethic and interact with an environment outside of what you were used to in school. You might even finally discover what it is you want to do in college and life thanks to the exposure and experience of a job.

Work Experience

If you’ve already decided what it is that you want as a career, getting work experience in that particular field is a great way to get started. This will give you an idea of how it is to actually work in the said field besides giving you a networking opportunity. This will ensure that during your summer holidays in college you will always have someone to call upon in case you need an internship.

Visit your friends in college

Find out how it’s like to be in college without having to sign up for lectures by visiting your friends who are already in university. This is actually a pretty great way to gain insights on what you should do differently when you finally get to college.

Bond with your family

Your gap year is an amazing chance to hang out with the people who matter the most in your life. Visit your older siblings and engage in fun activities such as cooking, helping the community and so forth with your parents and young siblings.

Get busy during your gap year by trying out any or all of these brilliant ideas!