Taking a gap year but have nothing to do with my life
I have a long list of ideas that you can do in a gap year, but rather than just give you random ideas I want to make it relevant. What degree are you doing and what do you intend to do after your degree?
It would make more sense to apply for an internship of some sort, ideally in the City.
In terms of work, I also don't want to recommend you random jobs when they have no relevance to what you want to do and doesn't help you in any capacity in the future.
If you can be a lot more specific about the above, I should be able to help you narrow things down.
I would also check whether you would need counselling or life coaching with the above
It would make more sense to apply for an internship of some sort, ideally in the City.
In terms of work, I also don't want to recommend you random jobs when they have no relevance to what you want to do and doesn't help you in any capacity in the future.
If you can be a lot more specific about the above, I should be able to help you narrow things down.
I would also check whether you would need counselling or life coaching with the above
Right now I'm studying Film and TV. However I've also considered writing and journalism
Well, those are not easy industries to get into.
Gap year ideas include:
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Go and work/volunteer in the publishing/journalism/film (you don't need a degree to get in)
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Get a qualification that would help with getting higher paying work beyond minimum wage (irrespective of whether it's related to your chosen career or not)
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Write (book, play, novel, whatever) - always something worth doing since it only costs you your time
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Vlog your experiences - travel maybe?
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Travel abroad (allowing for Covid restrictions)
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Start a side business - check to see if your university would allow you to continue running your business during uni
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Travel abroad to volunteer (consider saving up £2k to do this)
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Work abroad e.g. hospitality, construction, translation, etc.
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See relatives and extended families
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Pick up new skills - especially if it brings in a lot of income and is in high demand for the next 5-10 years
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Create a course
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Learn to dance (in whatever style you want)
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Learn to cook
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Learn to sell and market
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Read certain books in literature and nonfiction that are highly prized/considered classics
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Watch movies that are acclaimed and are in the top 100
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Work on a cruiseliner (won't be able to leave the ship for X months, but you get quite a bit of money - don't waste it all)
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Make a low budget film - something key if you want to get into film and TV; I think Christopher Nolan did some student film projects whilst he was at LSE before he made it into mainstream filmmaking
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Learn public speaking
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Become the fittest that you ever been (not thinnest) - at least clean up your diet
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Grow your own food - e.g. allotment if you don't have the space in your garden
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Do X for charity e.g. marathon, cycle, walk, whatever
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Make your own wine/cheese
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Learn to manage your finances and investments
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Learn to drive if you haven't already
Qualifications that you can look into getting:
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SCAE, tea sommelier, cheese connoiseur, wine sommelier, beer sommelier/cicerone, sake sommelier, whiskey amabasador, mixology - anything else related to drinking and food
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Chef qualification from a brand name institution e.g. Cordon Bleu - especially if you want to become a food critic
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CIPR - the official public relations qualifications for the UK, nice to have if you intend to do something related to journalism (https://www.cipr.co.uk/qualifications)
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Licenses - fancy driving a motorcycle, lorry, forklift, bus?
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Bartending certificates - some bartending schools will allow you to work with them upon completing their course e.g. European Bartending School (which also has bars across the world)
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Teaching English as a Foreign Language – recommend CELTA or Trinity CertTESOL; applicable if you intend to travel
Do note for any qualification Level 3 or under recognised under the NVQ framework you would need to likely fund for yourself, unless you decide to take out and Advanced Learner's Loan
If you do anything interesting, I would document everything so you would have something to write about for something related to journalism, TV, or writing. It can be useful when you mention it during an interview.
As you are only free for a year, you would only be able to manage a handful of things, so you should choose carefully.
As money is short and you're trying to crack difficult industries to get into, consider moving to the City for the year. You would need to spend a lot of time networking (so you would have to pick up the necessary social skills quickly). Networking is key because it's a quicker and easier way to get jobs than through applications in general, and usually having the right connections would sometimes give you the big break that you would need.
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