If you loved college, what do you do now to recreate what you loved about it?

I had 1 year of college where my living situation was great fun and during that time I also thought I never wanted to stop living that way. I lived with the same people the next year but for some reason my best friend started picking fights and it was all drama all the time. By then I wanted nothing more than a peaceful apartment with my boyfriend – which is what I have now. But sometimes I miss having a bit of chaos in my life. My life is very quiet now.

We host board game nights with college buddies sometimes. Tonight we’re gonna be meeting up with some of them and going to trivia at a bar. That’ll be fun. I need to figure out more ways too. My biggest complaint right now (not that it’s a huge deal) is boredom. Unless I take active measures to prevent it, each day is pretty similar to the last.

I loved being in my Fraternity and not just because we threw the best parties either. I joined the Fraternity because there was one guy who played guitar and a bunch of swimmers. So there were people I immediately related to. The interesting part is there was about half the frat that I had nothing in common with but after living together many became life long friends. Outside the frat I would have near zero chance at becoming friends with guys like that. 34 years there is 20 guys who will get together at various times throughout the year. Truly great guys and everyone of them is very successful in their careers. Quite the contrast to my high school buddies.

I miss playing cards.

I miss some of the crazy tinkering and technical pranks we pulled. Some excellent parties and the general easy going nature of campus life.

The thing is that the adventures which followed have been just as engrossing and rewarding (and disappointing). It never occurred to me that I might want to extend the experience. There are certainly habits that I picked up in those years that stay with me, such as an irregular sleeping schedule that required years of adjustment on the part of my befuddled wife.

I’m basically still living like a student. On the bright side when I do go to lectures they pay me (still find this amusing).

Read, study, be creative, work for myself as much as I can.

I ordered 45 books from Amazon. Most for cheap ($0.01). I live in social housing. I go to the social housing meetings.

I miss the mind sparks that we’d all have, while discussing deep shit.

I was never social. I miss the academic side. I’ve been taking my 11 year old son to computer coding class at the local University and I’m suffering serious withdrawls. I sit and time the Foucaults pendulum knock down its pegs as I wait for him.

Like @cazzie, I miss the academic environment. I do some reading and attend lectures. I sometimes attend a meetup that discusses various issues. I have done some tutoring.