9 August 2018
There are so many things you could do on a career break, it's hard to narrow them down. But we're not afraid of a challenge, so that's exactly what we've done!
This is not a complete list, this is just to give you an idea what you - yes, you reading this post in your pants on the sofa - and you, eating Quavers at your desk in your grey cube farm - this is what you really and truly could do on your career break.
- Hug a pygmy hippo
- Teach a kid how to read
- Teach a kid English
- Teach a kid loads of swear words
- Surf
- Eat a delicious meal
- Eat a delicious meal and be too afraid to ask exactly what's in it
- Eat a delicious meal and say you're going to make it at home despite knowing full well you won't be able to get any of the ingredients
- Mend a fence
- Dig a well
- Paint a school
- Paint your nails
- Join in with some daredevil activity like jumping over a skipping rope that is on fire
- Make a total pig's ear of it
- Have said cock-up filmed and posted on social media
- Learn to dive
- Learn to sail
- Learn to swim
- Learn how to look good in a wetsuit (very rare, this one)
- Bottle-feed an orphaned monkey
- Get fat
- Get fit
- Get a tan
- Get laid
- Go to bed late
- Wake up early
- Wake up early because you're excited about the day ahead
- Wake up early because there's a very loud cockerel outside your window
- Threaten to strangle said cockerel
- Pay off police and cockerel owner
- Play with a bunch of kids
- Ride a bus
- Ride a horse
- Ride a motorbike
- Ride a pedal bike
- Ride into the sunset
- Stroke a llama (OMG, so soft!)
- Play cards
- Play guitar
- Play the fool
- Play the field
- Post pictures on social media
- Lie in a hammock
- Lie on a beach
- Lie
- Visit a museum that has no-one else in it
- Use your GCSE French again
- Use your GCSE Spanish again
- Use your GCSE English again
- Learn to ski
- Learn to snowboard
- Learn how it feels when you turn out to be actually good at something
- Go barefoot
- Row a boat
- Sail a boat
- Jump off a boat
- Barf over the side of a boat (hey, it's all part of the experience)
- Photograph ancient monuments
- Share your business skills
- Share your marketing skills
- Share your snacks (very important, this)
- Show off
- Be modest
- Stare at something in amazement
- Get too hot
- Get too cold
- Climb a mountain
- Pick fruit
- Serve drinks
- Make beds
- Get paid
- Take a dance class
- Take a cookery class
- Take a language class
- Have class
- Start a blog
- Lead a team
- Be part of a team
- Go solo
- Visit a city
- Visit the country
- Visit the suburbs (then wonder why you bothered)
- Talk about football
- Send a postcard like it's olden times
- Phone your mum
- Do some research
- Plan
- Be spontaneous
- Clean a clinic
- Clean a toilet
- Clean your teeth
- Share a joke with someone who doesn't speak the same language
- Teach IT skills
- Coach a sport
- Use suncream
- Haggle
- Get a bargain
- Get overcharged
- Buy something cool then wonder how you're going to get it home
- Give a bath to an elephant
- Be awesome
If that's got you excited, have a look at all our career breaks here. This time next year, it could be you travelling the world!