So it's the Ju­ly-Au­gust hol­i­day time aka Sum­mer Time, and I know that things could go ei­ther way- you can get com­plete­ly in­to the sum­mer time groove and for­get to take care of your­self OR, you may be­lieve that you have ab­solute­ly noth­ing to do. In or­der to keep your­self bal­anced a lit­tle bit, I sug­gest that you ori­ent your­self with these 10 Dai­ly Habits (at least for Sum­mer be­cause when the new se­mes­ter/term starts, you may not have enough time to do every­thing on the list.

1.Ex­er­cise­for at least 15 min­utes: be­sides the ob­vi­ous fact that you want to al­ways look and feel great, there are so many oth­er health ben­e­fits as­so­ci­at­ed with­reg­u­larex­er­cise. It's a great­en­er­gy boost­er.

Dai­ly ex­er­cise can al­so con­tribute to thestrength­en­ing of your im­mune sys­tem­so there would be less chances of you get­ting sick at least this va­ca­tion. You might want to be­mind­fulthough, that too much ex­er­cise can lead to the weak­en­ing of your im­mune sys­tem. Ex­er­cise is a known­stress re­duc­er. It takes your prob­lems away as your fo­cus all your en­er­gy on work­ing out and be­ing fit. You can­im­prove your self-es­teemas you would be able to re­duce those love-han­dles that you may want to get rid of. Be­sides, noth­ing is bet­ter than show­ing off a swim­suit and know­ing that you look and feel con­fi­dent about your­self.

2.Eat at least one fruit-Not on­ly will you get a rich source of vi­t­a­mins and min­er­als, your skin will thank you...be­sides, they're yum­my!

3.In­dulge:Do at least one thing that tru­ly makes you hap­py. My in­dul­gence is read­ing. I don't re­al­ly get the chance to read any­thing be­sides text­books dur­ing the school term so what I do, is col­lect all the books that I want to read dur­ing the va­ca­tion, and then sit back and take them all in. For some peo­ple, read­ing may not be their love, but there are so many oth­er things such as play­ing your favourite in­stru­ment, paint­ing, writ­ing...what­ev­er you re­al­ly love to do but of­ten nev­er have the time. So go ahead, don't be afraid to in­dulge in your pas­sion and hob­bies.

4.Learn some­thing new every­day.It doesn't nec­es­sar­i­ly have to be some­thing spe­cif­ic, but if you de­cide to take a par­tic­u­lar top­ic for in­stance, con­stel­la­tions, and learn as much as you can each day, that's al­so re­al­ly great. If not, you can check out BBC news on­line, or even browse the na­tion­al ge­o­graph­ic web­site. N.B. This does not in­clude learn­ing a new word which is the next point.

5.Learn a new word each day­to im­prove your speak­ing, writ­ing and read­ing abil­i­ties. If you're more of a tech­nol­o­gy per­son, you can al­ways sign up for a Free Word of the Day by email cour­tesy Mer­ri­am Web­ster. Here's the web­site:http://www.mer­ri­am-web­ster.com/word-of-the-day/.

6.Do at least one good deed­for some­one else, be it wash­ing the dish­es for your mom, tak­ing out the trash, bak­ing cook­ies for your friends, babysit­ting, do­ing some­thing for your neigh­bour. You get the point. The small­est good deed is bet­ter than the grand­est in­ten­tion – Bar­bara Wal­ters.

7.Tidy up for 10 min­utes. Is there some­thing you're dread­ing to clean e.g. your room, your desk or your school bag? Take a deep breath and dive in for at least 10 min­utes. If you have a timer, use that, if not, use your phone or even a good old-fash­ioned clock. It's on­ly 10min­utes. Hon­est­ly, how bad could it be? Who knows, you might even get so in­to it that you find your­self on a clean­ing spree! Be­sides, it's a chance to sur­prise your­self with what you just may find.

8. Tell your­self: "I am re­spon­si­ble for what I want in my life. How can I make this day bet­ter?" Take the ini­tia­tive and do some­thing that would im­prove your day and in turn, your life. You are re­spon­si­ble for your own hap­pi­ness.

9.Be pos­i­tive. No mat­ter what comes your way, no mat­ter how bad it is, al­ways main­tain a pos­i­tive at­ti­tude. Al­ways re­mem­ber that no mat­ter how bad things are on your end, some­one is hav­ing an even worse time. In­stead of sit­ting and feel­ing sor­ry for your­self, do some­thing to make you feel bet­ter. Some­thing that you WANT to do. Think about some­thing else. Dis­tract your­self. If all that fails, DEAL WITH IT. Just get over what­ev­er the prob­lem. Deal with the sit­u­a­tion and try to make the out­come bet­ter. Your life is ul­ti­mate­ly in your hands. Don't for­get that. No one or no sit­u­a­tion has pow­er over you un­less you give them that.

10. Make a list of the things that you have to do for the next day, that way you can keep your­self oc­cu­pied and gain a per­spec­tive on your life. Not on­ly all the things that you have to do, but all thethings that you WANT to do the next day. This means that you would at least go to sleep feel­ing ex­cit­ed about all the pos­si­ble things that you can get to do the next day. This is al­so a mo­ti­va­tor to keep you off your bed and up and about, en­joy­ing the pre­cious life that you have.