Inspiration and resources for balance before burnout

Jul

9

2010

Summer suffering?!? No way!

Posted By Melissa

Ah, summer, what power you have to make us suffer and like it.  ~Russel Baker


This July started with record temps in Massachusetts, and it is easy to join the complaining, but … it is vacation and it is summer and I "like it"!
 
It is difficult to stay as busy as I planned with these high temps, especially since we haven't put our air conditioner in the window yet, but I am using it as a time to slow down and go inward.  I am moving slower, but I feel like my brain is percolating with ideas for the summer and next year. 
 
Action steps:

  • Go slow.  Take this time to move slower on purpose.  Find one thing and really focus on it.

  • Re-energize.  Now is the time for naps and self-care.  Take time to recuperate from the harried end-of-the-year schedule.

  • Take the time to smell the flowers.  Summer in New England is very different from our gray February and Marches.  Appreciate the now!

  • Be a kid.  What did summer vacation mean to you when you were 10?  Find your inner child and have some fun.  Ice cream melting down your arm?  Jumping salty waves?  Soaking in the sprinkler?  Whatever it is, find some time to fit it in.

  • Enjoy the now!






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