" Summer lovin', had me a blast.  Summer lovin', happened so fast."

Whether you are waiting to get your heart on some summer love, working towards your summer makeover or nailing your summer internship, summer is the time when anything is possible. To ensure that your summer unfolds the way you want it to, there are some steps you need to take and a few guidelines to follow.   

The beauty of this season is that it tends to make people a little more wild – they say it has something to do with the heat – while also making people feel more romantic about life's possibilities. Everyone makes New Year's resolutions, but how about a summertime resolution? With only three months, four at most, how do we accomplish everything on our to do list while remaining wild and carefree?

The first thing to always remember is that wild and carefree is nothing but a mindset. As long as those two personas stay somewhere in the mind, then at the drop of a hat, they will have the ability to appear. Another guideline for summer time enjoyment emerges out of this and that is, simply, spontaneity. Be spontaneous. Be that friend others call up to do something because they know you will be down for it. On the flip side, summer is your time, so if  you really don't want to do something, don't. We spend enough time pleasing other people during the year. We owe it to ourselves to say, no, to doing things we don't want to do during the summer.

Next rule – if you have summer goals, keep them in mind when your sister drags you to the mall. Your savings account isn't going to grow by signing up for a Victoria's Secret Angel's Card. Use your time wisely. 

In addition, spend as much time enjoying the warmth as possible! It's cold 75 percent of the time here in Michigan, so we better enjoy every moment of it and not complain about it for a second. Be safe, apply sunscreen, and especially apply protection to your heart. Summer is notorious for being a time of love. If that's what you're looking for then, by all means, launch into its arms and love every blissful moment. Just be cautious because when summer ends, so may the love.

Love every moment, love every experience, love every crazy day on the boat, love your insane friends you only get to see for the summer, love the precious seconds with your family and your dog, love late-night swims, love trips up north, love everything. Before you know it, you'll be back at school bundled in your North Face parka, wishing it were summer again.