1. Clean…everything.
All of that laundry you’ve been putting off? Well, now is the time to do it. Rearrange your room, go through your closet and find clothes to sell to second hand stores, and de-clutter the rest of your life while you’re at it. No, I’m being serious. Rainy days are the perfect days to accomplish things without ever leaving your room! Shops like Buffalo Exchange and Plato’s Closet offer pretty OK money for your old clothes, and as much as laundry sucks, nothing feels better than sleeping on clean sheets. Am I right or am I right?
2. Bake
I love baking, but I honestly always find myself reaching for prepackaged when it comes to sweets (I just do not have time to wait 45 minutes for brownies to cook!). Rainy days mean you can go all out. Make those paleo brownies you pinned to your Pinterest food board six months ago. They might turn out awful (not speaking from personal experience or anything…) but you will have so much fun making them and feel pretty accomplished afterward, too!
3. Watch YouTube Tutorials
There is literally a YouTube tutorial for everything. I mean, if you haven’t watched a tutorial on how to build a piece of (life-ruining) IKEA furniture, then there is a 100 percent chance that you’re lying. In all seriousness, though, watching tutorials can be super fun and informative! I learned how to play a few songs on the ukulele and can French fishtail braid my hair all thanks to some rainy day tutorial viewing.
4. Start a Blog
Starting a blog is a very time consuming activity, and I would know. I think I’ve started and abandoned more blogs than years that I have been alive. Blogs are a fun way to write about things going on in your personal life or even to share lifestyle and beauty tips. If you don't feel like starting your own, you can read others' to pass the rainy day! I suggest classisinternal.com for fashion — like you will actually want to buy an entire new wardrobe and then wallow in self-pity for being poor.
5. Plan Ahead
Planning ahead is something I always say that I will do and then never do. Rainy days, however, give you the opportunity to be so bored that you may just need to plan ahead. Go through your school syllabi and add all of the tests and due dates to your computer calendar and physical planner; go through your closet and plan outfit ideas so that you aren’t late to class every day because you can't decide what to wear; make a grocery list so that you don’t buy things aimlessly next time you go shopping. Plan everything, and make yourself feel productive!
6. Meal Prep
Meal prepping is honestly the greatest thing I have ever done for myself. Take time on rainy days to go through your pantry and pre-make meals for the rest of the week! This way, when you are starving when you get home after class and are too tired to cook an actual meal, you can grab one of your pre-made and awesome tasting meals instead of those awful (but amazing) ramen noodles. This will save you so much time in the long run and will pass the rainy day by!
7. Read
Reading on rainy days with a cup of tea is such a cliche but is also really really great and rejuvenating. You can do what I do and re-read "Harry Potter" for the 17th time or you can pick up an awesome new and non-franchise oriented book to pass the day away. Also, Trader Joe's holiday special Candy Cane Green Tea is just an A+ and you need to try it (I know this is a holiday flavor, but I have it year-round because I definitely bought every box they had for sale last year so that I would NOT run out).
