*cue High School Musical music* What time is it? Finals time! But now they're over! Yes, that's right ladies and gentlemen, I'm done with my second to last semester at my community college!

With finals being over signaling the start of winter break (which is five weeks by the way...I know right? I feel #blessed), I'm ready to take this time to make some more special memories and to go on amazing adventures with my friends and family. It still hasn't sunk in yet that I'm actually DONE and don't have to wake up early to go to class or spend my afternoons and weekends studying and doing papers. So the question is (since there's nothing but time), what to do...what to do? Well, I do have a few ideas that I would want to make happen this winter break in order to for it to be as magical and relaxing as I'm hoping it'll be. I think they're also relatable and can be applied to anybody's winter break fun activities planning, so if you're looking for some cool things to do this winter break, you're right where you need to be :)

1. Go to Universal Studios/Disneyland (I'm starting out with the best idea of them all)

2. Go on a road trip with friends!

3. Discover new "go-to" places if you want to eat, get coffee/tea, or just go to your happy place

4. Build a fort and do a movie or t.v. show marathon (with friends, family, or just by yourself, either way it's going to be freaking awesome because you're in a fort)

5. Get new books to read (you and your friends can get the same book, read it at the same time, and then can meet up at a cool coffee shop and have book club outings)

6. Go to San Francisco (if you're from the bay area), or any other main city near you and go out for a day of sight-seeing, shopping, and eating (the most important event)

7. Do one or two things that you've always wanted to do but never had the time or that you were too scared to do (like me going skydiving this winter break...jokes, I'm not jumping out of a plane)

8. Let the people you love know how much you appreciate them by, well of course firstly by telling them, but also by perhaps taking them out to dinner or planning a fun and special day out doing their favorite activity (and then buying them a really fancy and expensive gift to make sure you buy their love and affection)

9. Spend time on your passions and hobbies (I'm guessing they were brushed aside somewhat during the stressful and hectic semester (I know that mine were), so show them some love now that you have the time! :))

10. And last but not least, enjoy every minute of this break (and find some time to just sit and relax too), because you worked hard this semester and deserve this time off to spend time with your favorite people doing some of your favorite things! And if you can, remember to spread and give the love, not just this holiday season, but year-round, because that's what makes us as individuals feel comfortable and connected with others. It's what keeps us going everyday, our love for this world, for what we work for and what we learn, and for those we care so much about.

Have an amazing break! :)

-N