I have a confession to make:I don't like summer.

It's hot, it's humid, most of the clothes in my wardrobe don't fit the weather, the sun is blinding, sunscreen is a must if I don't want my skin getting fried, and without school, there's no daily schedule for me to structure activities around.

People enjoy summer break because there's no school (for many), so that means more freedom, fewer responsibilities, and plenty of time to lay around the house watching Netflix or to go on insane road trips with your friends. I won't lie, these aspects of summer vacation are great. I think it just lasts for too long.

I am not a fan of this three month long hibernation students go into every year.

During the summertime, I find that having no structure to my day results in me sleeping half the day away and wasting my time with activities that are essentially pointless instead of improving my skills or working on projects for my extracurricular activities because I think I have all the time in the world. I procrastinate more than ever and am left feeling as if I lost my purpose.

I already struggle with motivation, and having three months with my days free makes it worse. Even after talking to several therapists about it, I still have no idea about how to get myself motivated. What I usually end up doing is treating myself after accomplishing a task, but it's not always effective.

I'm supposed to read the entire Lord of the Rings series for my history class this fall, but so far I'm only 10 pages into The Hobbit. At this point I'm just creating a laughing stock out of myself every time I think about how I've only been able to read 10 pages despite being home for over a month and a half.

With barely two months left, I freak out and think, "I really need to get on that… well, I'll go back to playing the Sims and just worry about it tomorrow." And the cycle repeats.

I'm sure nearly every student who has had summer reading pulled a stunt like this before.

Shorter breaks that last no more than a couple of weeks are great. They're long enough to relax and relieve some stress, but not too long to the point that I lose track of time and slack off on my obligations.