There's tons of things you can do to expand your mind. There's: Learn a programming language - Python is a good start Learn a new language - personal preference really, though I'll take a guess and say that Mandarin is going to be pretty big in the future :P Read Do puzzles every day (crosswords, sudoku, etc) Take part in debates either irl or on forums Write Learn to cook Though most of these will take longer than a month, but in the long run it's only beneficial to you. edit: of course there's also drugs, but you have to do them to experience new things, rather than just to be high. If you do decide to do drugs for the experience or whatever, take in small doses so you can still write down what you're feeling, rather than just being a vegtable for a few hours. Or flying through candyland.