Amidst the end-of-semester whirlwind of finals and papers, there remains a light at the end of the tunnel: J-Term. Use these four weeks carefully; it will be the only time during the academic year in which an excess of sleep, food, television, and sunlight won't prompt automatic guilt. But in case you feel like abdicating your beach chair and sunscreen a little earlier this year, we've got a round up of some of the programs that Optional Winter Activities Week can offer you from Jan. 16-23.

Hack Harvard

Hack Harvard is an incubator for web applications that improve campus life, like many CS50 final projects. Participants will work on their projects from home during winter break and then at campus during OWAW. The project will provide workspace, funding, HBS mentors, and training on advanced topics like scalability and marketing. Once the apps launch, the Undergraduate Council will help to publicize them on campus.

Enrollment Limit: Around 10

How to apply: RSVP is available here.

Deadline: Dec. 11

Harvard Wellness Project

This project presents itself as an opportunity to raise awareness about the consequences of all of the unhealthy behavior associated with college. The issue of how to live a healthy life at Harvard will be addressed in a five-day conference during OWAW. In addition to holding discussion groups and workshops, the developers of the project hope to be joined by experts from across the larger Harvard community.

Enrollment Limit: 30

How to apply: Fill out a short application here.

Deadline: Dec. 8

Spoken Word Workshop

If your solitary musings beg to be further explored, this project offers participants the opportunity to spend a week writing, discussing, and rewriting their own spoken word pieces, culminating in an optional—but highly encouraged—performance at the end of the week. Other highlights will include a guest performance and an expedition to the Cantab Lounge's weekly poetry night. Bonus: The Harvard Calendar notes that snacks will "of course" be provided.

Enrollment Limit: 20