Summer is a time to look back upon childhood memories as well as create new ones. Now that summer is in full swing, you are probably wondering what you should do with all of your free time. Get off your phone and enjoy some of these things that will remind you of the good ol' days.
1. Make a photo album
Any 90s baby knows that there is nothing like flipping through an old photo album with pictures from your childhood. Why not continue this tradition by making a photo album for summer 2016? I recently made a photo album and realized how fun, easy and cheap it is. You can even mix the new with the old with this cool Instagram photo book. Your 35-year-old self will thank you when you are looking back fondly at your college memories some day.
2. Get your photographs printed
With the popularity of Instagram and Facebook, nobody gets their photographs printed these days. Take a bunch of photos this summer not just for the purpose of posting them on social media. Stop at your local CVS and you can get a ton of pictures printed for under $10. Hey, you could even go really old school and take photographs with a disposable camera or a Polaroid.
3. Go to the drive-in
Who doesn't love seeing a movie at the drive-in on a warm, summer night? Surprisingly, there are still many drive-in movie theaters open or places that show outdoor movies during the summer. Get together with friends or your significant other to cuddle up in the bed of your truck and watch a movie. My favorite is the Wellfleet Drive-In in Cape Cod, MA or the outdoor movies shown at Lawn on D in South Boston.
4. Make a summer mixtape
Running out of room on your phone for music and don't want to pay for Spotify Premium? Channel your inner 90s teen and burn your favorite summer songs on a CD to play in your car. One day you'll find the CD and all of the songs will remind you of summer 2016!
5. Have a picnic
Instead of spending money to go out to eat, grab some food at home and get together with friends or family for a picnic in the park or at the beach. This is a fun way to catch up and enjoy the fresh air. You could even bring a grill and have a barbecue in the park!
The wise Andy Bernard from The Office once said, "I wish there was a way to know you're in the good old days before you've actually left them." Luckily, there are ways to channel "the good old days" when you have actually left them. Writing this made me feel nostalgic about my childhood and wish there was a way for me to go back. Hopefully, you will take these ideas into consideration this summer and they will bring you back to "the good old days". And then, you will make today the "good old days"–if that makes any sense.
