Summer’s barreling towards us all, and internship hunting is a thankless task. But you’ve still got options!

It’s rabbit season! You’ll delve out into the thickets of brambles, thorns, and ivy, hunting a deeply elusive critter which pops its head out enough to get written about in the newspapers but never when the hounds are out. You hear about all the catches, when they happen, and not about the hours spend wading through the mud and snowmelt, so that—oh. Oh. It’s internship season.

Well, whatever. Basically the same.

Maybe you don’t have an internship yet—tragedy. Maybe classes have so consumed your life that the idea of “summer” is nothing more than a mystical far-off time. But have no fear, Bwog is here to help, with a comprehensive (not comprehensive) list of things you can do between semesters:

Find an organization to volunteer with. A great opportunity to build your skills and your résumé—many aren’t competitive or high-prestige, sure, but you can find a boatload of good organizations doing good work if you poke around a little. And, the great thing is, you can find these types of volunteer organizations anywhere: stay close to home, or take the opportunity to live the summer in whatever city you wish.

Work on personal projects. John Scalzi, bestselling author and Hugo-award winner, wrote several of his books in less than eight weeks (one of them in two weeks just before the deadline, but he advises against making habit of this). Even if no one’s paying you to do it, work on something the world will love. Write a book, paint paintings, play songs, if you’re a humanities major; code an internship website that’s better than Handshake if you’re a CS major; so on and so forth for whatever your interests are. One paragraph can’t possibly encompass them all.

Become an influencer. On LinkedIn, specifically.

Learn important life skills. No time like the present! Learn to drive, learn to cook, learn to ride a bike or how to swim (you’ll need it for graduation!).

Learn non-important life skills. Become a yo-yo master. Solve Rubik’s Cubes in 30 seconds flat. Recite all the elements of the periodic table. Learn how to 3D-print weighted dice, and take them to Vegas (for legal reasons, this isn’t an endorsement, but if you do, tell us how it goes). The possibilities are endless!

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