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Words for the Summer (and a Playlist To Go With Them)

Summer is on its way, and there's no better time to live life to the fullest. Need a soundtrack while you're at it? We've got your back.

Abby Opersteny
and
Scott Visy
Apr 29, 2015
Baylor University
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Words for the Summer (and a Playlist To Go With Them)

I may be the only one to think this, but it seems like we started school just yesterday. It seems like it was no more than a day ago that we were taking our first showers in flip flops, walking to our first classes, and meeting our first friends. This is wrong, obviously, because it's been eight whole months since we packed up and left our hometowns. Where did all those months go?

If what they say about college being the best time of your life is true (so far it has proven to be), then what they say about it being over in the blink of an eye must be true too. That's honestly pretty terrifying. I'm finding myself with some serious senior year-esque nostalgia as the semester comes to a close, not wanting to leave this place...then I remember how ridiculous I sound because we're only freshmen, and our time here is nowhere near over. Basically, all that stands between us and the rest of our college careers is summer. *queue fireworks*

Summer for college students already feels different. Many of the people I've come to love are the ones who live far beyond my state's borders, so there won't be much of seeing them. Numbers of us will be working camps, internships, studying abroad...and other numbers of us will be at home, wishing to be back in our beloved college towns (sans-homework, of course). Since we're firm believers in finding a little adventure every day, whether you're traveling the world or keeping yourself busy in your hometown, the advice I want to give is to celebrate every day. Take as many mini-road trips as you can. Actually invest in your high school friends, even if you all feel like you're 17 again, and get to know who college has turned them into.

Love on your family; you only get them for a few months before you head on back. Be present with them. Is it cliché to say pick up a hobby? Take lots of pictures? Probably. Do it anyway. The moral of this article is to not let your next couple of months go to waste. If anything, go and just have fun. That being said, Scott Visy (Baylor ZZZ) and I want to leave you with a list of 20 of our Summer 2k15 Anthems. Whether you're driving down a two-lane, tossing back a whole snow cone, getting hopelessly sunburned, laughing with friends, or just Netflixing, these songs will party right along with you. Enjoy.

Abby and Scott's Summer 2k15 Anthems

  • Aaron's Party - Aaron Carter
  • The Beat - Ben Rector
  • Shine - Benjamin Francis Leftwich
  • 1985 - Bowling for Soup
  • Summer of '69 - Bryan Adams
  • Summer - Calvin Harris
  • Young Volcanoes - Fall Out Boy
  • Budapest - George Ezra
  • Beware the Dog - The Griswolds
  • You Make My Dreams - Hall & Oates
  • I Want You Back - Jackson 5
  • Chain Hang Low - Jibbs
  • No Such Thing - John Mayer
  • Year 3000 - Jonas Brothers (yes, we're serious)
  • This Is an Adventure - The Lighthouse and the Whaler
  • Sun Hands - Local Natives
  • This Love - Maroon 5
  • Party in the USA - Miley Cyrus
  • Reflections - MisterWives
  • San Francisco - The Mowgli's
  • Drive All Night - NEEDTOBREATHE
  • 27 - Passenger
  • I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles) - The Proclaimers
  • Pour It Up - Rihanna
  • Style - Taylor Swift
  • Shut Up and Dance - Walk the Moon
  • She Looks So Perfect - 5 Seconds of Summer
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