Summer is a fantastic time for basically everyone, the biggest problem that most people, including myself face is what am I supposed to do during all this free time? This question is magnified by the fact that this is my last summer in my home town before I go off to college. I so desperately want to spend all of my free time partying the summer away with my friends, but my wallet and liver simply can't take all that strain. Candidly speaking whenever I talk about this I am confronted with one incredibly simple conclusion. I have absolutely no clue how to maximize my summertime fun while still keeping enough money so I don't walk into my college debt already broke.

Now while I may not have an all encompassing solution, I do have a couple ideas about how to have the best summer before I go off to college: Having a job is pretty important if I'm being honest, as much as making minimum wage and dealing with bratty customers for twenty hours a week sounds like a drain, it provides some essential structure to your week. The job also gives a much needed bump to your wallet, which in turn allows you to really treat yourself and get sixty four Parmesan bites at two A.M instead of the classic thirty two bites. Another important thing is knowing when to call it a break, cause let's be real here, sometimes you just wanna sleep in till noon because you want to, not because you got home at three A.M and sleeping in that late is the only way you'll be able to get a decent nights rest.

Summer is a time of pretty much unadulterated freedom, and that can be a little intimidating, especially when it's your last summer home before your first year of college. Desperately trying to do every single activity placed in front of you will really just tire you out. Everyone's got a lot of freedom in that last summer, sometimes you just gotta relax and go with the flow.