Internship advice

I am a first year chemistry student and I have just started a 2 month internship for the summer, but I am struggling quite a bit, I am finding the days very very long, the commute is also very tough. I think the biggest struggle is the mental challenge, intially, I wanted to spend the summer travelling (which I had money saved up for), but instead I am working. For a bit of context, I did not exactly mean to get the internship, I originally inquired for a week or two's work experience to boost the CV (I thought I might do an industrial placement in 3rd year) but the company offered me this two month internship instead. I accepted it, as it seemed like a good oppurtunity, but I am sort of regretting my descision. I don't exactly know what it is that I am asking, I guess in effect, will this all be worth it? It is a paid internship which is good. I think I am just finding it really tough as none of my friends are internshipping, as I am only in first year. They're all thinking of applying for internships in second year, however, doing this now, makes me really want to keep next summer free for travelling, my one concern then is, does it matter that I did an internship a year before? So when applying for grad jobs, is it a big deal that my experience is a bit dated? Thank you for reading this

I am a first year chemistry student and I have just started a 2 month internship for the summer, but I am struggling quite a bit, I am finding the days very very long, the commute is also very tough. I think the biggest struggle is the mental challenge, intially, I wanted to spend the summer travelling (which I had money saved up for), but instead I am working. For a bit of context, I did not exactly mean to get the internship, I originally inquired for a week or two's work experience to boost the CV (I thought I might do an industrial placement in 3rd year) but the company offered me this two month internship instead. I accepted it, as it seemed like a good oppurtunity, but I am sort of regretting my descision. I don't exactly know what it is that I am asking, I guess in effect, will this all be worth it? It is a paid internship which is good. I think I am just finding it really tough as none of my friends are internshipping, as I am only in first year. They're all thinking of applying for internships in second year, however, doing this now, makes me really want to keep next summer free for travelling, my one concern then is, does it matter that I did an internship a year before? So when applying for grad jobs, is it a big deal that my experience is a bit dated? Thank you for reading this

I am in the same position as you believe it or not. I enquired for a week or two of work experience at a local law firm and they offered three months (!) but I whittled it down to 6 weeks. I’m finding it incredibly difficult and boring as I have to come in from 8:30 and leave at 5:30 everyday and I’m not getting paid either ☹️
One piece of advice I do have is that the fact that you already have 2 months work experience under your belt before applying to second year internships will def put you ahead of your peers. So try to see the benefit in that.