OK everyone, let’s all face it. At the moment you’re probably not doing that much with your free time, just sitting at home, browsing websites or watching TV. You don’t realise what you could be achieving with all of this free time you have. For example, you have 4 hours free time at home after work. At most, 2 hours of it go down to things you need to do, like eating or having a shower. The other two hours go down to watching TV or playing Video Games or whatever it is you guys or- everyone has a timekiller. Basically, what I’m saying is, all this free time can be put to good use.
With all this time you can do so many different things that, in the future, can benefit you greatly. I know you’re probably all thinking you’ve heard this all before from your parents and everything, but seriously, if you do decide to follow my advice and try something productive with your free time, you won’t regret it.
While doing your ‘time-killing’ activity, try to convince yourself to get up and do something useful. I’ve formed a small list of things that you can do:
1. Make a short film or animation with friends, this can be something to look back on in the future and improve your filming/acting/animating skills for the future, when it could potentially be useful. Plus, it’s fun!
2. Go on a run, do exercise. Keeping yourself fit is a great way to pass time, and it’ll make you feel good.
3. Write a poem or short story, writing is vital in life, and this can improve your skills greatly. And if you think it’s good enough, maybe try to publish it, or hand it in to your local library.
4. Write a song. Music is always a good thing, and writing songs or learning an instrument is a fantastic talent.
5. Take a class in an activity that you’re interested in. You’ll enjoy it while learning new things, which is always good.
You’d naturally think some of these things would need skill or creativity, but once you put your mind to it, you’ll be surprised what you can achieve. So, go out and do something!