So, you're home from college and you're back in your boring, suburban hometown, away from all your friends who live in the glamorous cities of L.A. or New York. You're stuck with your seasonal summer job working as a lifeguard, nanny, or retail store, and you wonder "what the hell am I going to do to have any fun this summer?"

H A V E N O F E A R

Odyssey is here!

1. Go camping.

Summer is all about warm weather and being outside, and what better way to do that than to go camping! Grab some bread, peanut butter, water, case of beer, sleeping bags and a tent and head on up to a forest preserve with some of your closest friends! Whether you spend the days near a lake or you choose to hike around and look for wildlife, camping is always a fun getaway to take with your friends. And, even if you don't wanna spend the money on food or gas, plant a tent right outside your backyard and sleep outside! It's a fun way to switch up your everyday sleeping quarters and still enjoy the weather.

2. Read a book

I know this seems like a pretty obvious one, but people often forget about how good a book can be. All year we're stuck with reading textbooks or lame philosophy books from the B.C. time and we never have any time to free read or choose a book that we might actually be interested in reading. So, head on over to your local library and pick out a few good reads and plop down on a lounge chair and let time pass; you'll get a good tan, too!

3. Rekindle old friendships

College doesn't make it easy to keep in touch with friends from home, especially if you're both busy at schools that are far away from each other. So, hit up some of your old friends and get together for a little hang out or party! Nothing brings people together like good food, drinks, and memories. You'll be able to have fun while finding more people to hang out and pass the time until you have to go back to school at the end of the summer.

4. Visit/keep in touch with college friends.

Traveling can be expensive, but if you've got the money and the means: take a trip! Going new places to visit people is ALWAYS fun and gives you something to look forward to. But, if you can't fly or drive to visit your friends, set up times to FaceTime so you're able to catch up on each others' lives and stay in touch throughout the summer

5. Try something new.

This one also seems slightly obvious, but people always forgetting about trying new things because they're either scared or not motivated. Trying something new range from eating at a new restaurant to going skydiving or cliff jumping! You may think you know what your favorite thing to do is, but you'll never actually know until you try everything there is to do! Summer is so long and gives us so much free time that its basically begging us to go out and try new things, so we should DO IT!