In college you have the license to do things you'll never do again, so have fun with it.
My school was six miles away from where I lived on the farm. I had to walk and run, there and back every day, through gorges and over rivers. If I was late, there was a very big stick waiting for me.
I think it's really important to use your hands and get close to materials. To be up close to real things like rain and mud; to have contact with nature.