How do you make this break from school really count personally or even professionally? Get your groove on and embark on small but simply great tasks to reaching the desired freedom of thought and creativity. You cannot be too wrong, so get started. But why is it particularly so important now? Well, as a student you get so busy during your school days, assimilating and regurgitating facts for so long you almost lose touch with what really counts when it comes to doing what you truly love. Parents are equally part of the problem as they stress so much on schooling that you soon forget that education is what really counts. When these breaks come around, students have a lot of free time in their hands. What to do? It is vital that you use this time wisely to relax and still remain focused on the future. That counts.
Here are five essential things to engage your precious time in.
Learn How To Sell. Get out of bed and join your Mum, Dad or Uncle to the Market, the Saloon, the Shop, Supermarket or Shopping Mall to serve the customers that bring money to the purse which feeds you. You will learn valuable lessons as patience, meeting and making new friends, the art of selling and bargaining, self confidence in marketing what you proudly made and most profoundly prepare yourself for the world of work. In nearly every organization today, we sell what we serve to the customers, irrespective of the product or service rendered. It is your selling ability that will keep your customers and partners coming back, not the nice appearance and designs.
Learn a trade or vocation: have you always desired to sow, cook or learn carpentry, auto-mechanics; here is your chance to develop that talent. You cannot have as much free time as you do now to get out and explore your fantasies. Pick the right professional and join him or her and be willing to go the extra mile. Don’t just keep the time occupied, utilize it well. Even if it means doing it for free, do it and you will definitely be on your way to a full time career in one of these fields. Why not put your desire into work. You will enjoy the break, time and learn as well.
Learn a skill. How about becoming a writer or freelance journalist for a junior journal. Have you always thought about writing? This is the time to explore that talent with enthusiasm. You will be surprise at what you will accomplish. Writers change the world with their ideas. If you have been an avid reader of novels, you definitely will agree with me that writing is a noble professional skill that requires time and practice to develop. This is the time to put that dream into action.
Learn Art: it is the opportune time to bring out the beautiful creations you have always fantasied. You love art, you love to paint, draw, create images of all kinds; put that into action. The beauty of art is that it is times and ageless. It leaves a permanent impressing on minds for years to come. And who knows, that may wind up being your dream come true. Get your groove on and get out. Art is life-Get Out and Live.
Attend Classes Academic or Skill-Oriented- are you a book worm or a computer or internet geek? Do not freak out. You aren’t left out in the fun. Join a class focusing on academic progressing, especially where you are headed next. For example join Pre-ShS classes so you can have an early peep into what is stock ahead of you. My best guess is you will be surprised at how intricately link or widely variant certain subjects are when closely compared. You will have the ample opportunity to do so during these classes. In addition, the phone addicts can now channel their energy into something more productive. Learn how to do research on the phone or computer professionally, design websites-Programming, make and upload utube videos and many more. Or simply learn how to type or use a computer productively instead of just playing games. The world is hungry for innovators. Of the many you have heard and read about, 90% of their time was sweat. You cannot dream up innovation, you put in hard-work. This is the best time to learn the how about working out what you love to do. You will be several miles ahead of your contemporaries in your thinking and creativity and that makes the difference.
Don’t just spend the time; utilize it-WISELY.
The writer is the proprietor of Great Victory Academy and Bolgatanga chapter President of the Association of Private Schools.
