1. Work
Or as we say in my home “get money, get paid.”
2. Sleep
Because you can. Finally.
3. Read
Yeah, sure you read DURING the semester, but you read things like Daniel L. Pals Eight Theories of Religion, or a Biology text book, or an essay written in Spanish about the history of Mexico’s relationship with the United States. What would I rather read? Let me let you in on a little thing I like to call my Summer Reading List.
- Don’t Waste Your Life by John Piper
- The Chronicles of Narnia (because I’ve never read them. Currently on #4, Prince Caspian, and I’m enjoying every page)
- Fertility, Cycles, and Nutrition by Marilyn Shannon (my mom suggested it)
- Mere Christianity by C.S. Lewis
- Your Money Counts by Howard Dayton
- The Peacemaker by Ken Sande
- The Great Divorce by C.S. Lewis
- The Abolition of Man by C.S. Lewis
- Travels with Charley by John Steinbeck
- The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald (because I read it once, but that wasn’t enough)
- Forgotten God by Francis Chan
- Everything Is Illuminated by Jonathan Safran Foer
Trust me when I say that this may grow/change and will not be read in this particular order, but I’ve already started on the first three.
4. Listen to Music…LIVE!
There’s something about standing in the middle of a sweaty, smelly, tone deaf group of people singing one of your favorite songs at the top of your lungs while the guy who wrote it plays it on the guitar (or banjo!) that’s exciting.
5. Go Outside
There are so many familiar things about summer…the smell of the second floor of my house while the air conditioning is on, the sound of lawnmowers humming on Saturday mornings, the wind blowing in my hair as I drive down my street with the windows down, but perhaps the most enjoyable is that feeling of the warm sun on my white skin. Just do yourself a favor and don’t forget the sunscreen.
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