1. Go to the beach, the pool, the lake… just get out in the sun!!

Catch those rays while you can! Showing up to campus in August with some sun kissed skin is an instant confidence booster, and who doesn't want to feel great in their skin while strutting campus? Plus, once the semester gets busy, your sun bathing time that you have so much of now will be significantly less.

2. Spend time with your fam

It can be so tempting during these summer months to always be out and about with friends, but don't forget the fam! Whether you are living with them for the summer or not, make time for a couple family dinners. (You'll be glad you did.)

3. Save money!!

If I have learned one thing since coming to college, it is that I spend way more money than I had anticipated. So, why not get a head start and save up some extra cash for the semester.

4. Make some good summer playlists

I have made a summer playlist every year since 2017 and I wish I had made them before then too! Every time I hit 'shuffle' on one of these old playlists it is a total throwback to that year and the fun times I had. How cool would it be if we can look back in 10 years to the songs we were listening to on different particular summers!!

5. Get some you-time

During the semester, I am constantly around other people, so having alone time was basically eliminated completely. Don't get me wrong, I love being around people, but you don't know how much you enjoy chilling by yourself every once and a while until its not really a thing anymore.

You can probably guess the same will happen in the years to come too, so while you are at home, soak up all the alone time you have with yourself and read a book, listen to a good podcast, or just take a bath! (The dorm bathrooms definitely do not have baths and neither do most college apartments…)

6. Binge clean and organize

While you are home, you have all of your stuff in one place, so go through it all and donate or throw away all of the items you realized you never use! I, for one, realized while I was living in a dorm that I can survive with significantly less stuff than I have back at home.