15 Summer Idea-Starters for Teens to Break Boredom and Learn About Life

• Invent something and try to market it.
• Find a need that someone has and help meet that need; then go find the next need.
• Start a business.
• Write a book—fiction or non-fiction.
• Find a really big problem in your community and fix it.
• Research an emerging field and become an expert.
• Shadow a professional.
• Volunteer at a local mission.
• Learn to play an instrument.
• Develop a marketing campaign for your favorite brand and offer it to them for free.
• Form and lead a group of people around a common cause.
• Begin an internet radio talk show.
• Offer to intern for the nearest professional sports program.
• Invest a small amount in stocks or mutual funds and experience the process.
• Create a blog for students about ways to re-think the limits of their free time.