7 months off before start… what would you do?

Title basically explains it. Graduate in December, start full-time in August. What would you do? Intern in finance? Bartend? Travel? Chill and live at home? Money isn’t really an issue…

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get fit (muscular and cardiovascular), take the gmat / gre if you have any inkling about business school (can do this in 3-4 months of focused study), travel, have copious amount of sex, spend time with your loved ones (family and friends), prioritize forming new relationships where possible, do a couple once in a life type activities (climb a tall mountain, swim with sharks etc), reflect on your life and what you want out of it

 

Bumping this, set a super hard physical goal for right before u start, running a marathon, climbing a big ass mountain whatever, and train ur ass off. U wanna be in the best shape u can before u start so you can trickle ur fitness down to “below average” once you quit, if u start at “average” things look bleak after u leave

 

Alright will add am already in very good shape... Would prefer a break from training for once lol. Anything else?

 

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