There's really starting to be too much pressure on Summer. I don't remember feeling this way a decade ago, but now definitely, it's just too short and the FOMO is out of hand.
Love this! August has always felt like one, big Sunday. Lots of boring adulting too this summer along with not so fun stuff. I like your idea of something so simple and grounding.
And yes 💯 “go, it will be good for you.” We can be so cautious to give ourselves time and rest. Something about saving for when it’s needed. But it’s so refreshing! I took 2 days off b/c 15yr old and 4 wisdom teeth coming out. I felt Guilty for taking two days. Sure it can be easy and then sometimes not. I’m still guilty but made the right decision fwiw. 🦷
My wife and I like to get our exercise in before work each day. I go to the gym and she typically goes for a run. In the winter, that means she's on the treadmill in the basement. But in the summer, she takes advantage of that early light and runs in the glorious time before the day gets hot. That means she out on the streets by 5:30am. On Tuesday, as I was leaving for the gym she was still in bed. "It's too dark out. I've gotta wait until it gets a little lighter to run," she said from under the covers. "Uh-oh," was my reply.
Early August always has me feeling a combination of nostalgia and regret. Nostalgia - "These are the last days of summer when my kids are these ages, before my youngest heads to high school" and regret - "We should have done more things together as a family! We didn't do enough! I didn't peel them off their electronic devices as often as I should have!" Ugh, I hate this feeling. Sadness + anxiety is not a fun way to see summer out the door. Out here in the Chicago area, high schools start August 14th and elementary August 21st. So little time left for fun family bonding time! At least, that's what my anxious brain tells me. Just gotta breathe through it, I guess...
September is the best and gets robbed by the school administrators who dictate the "end of summer" far too soon. Of course the cooler nights and slow change in leaf pigments bring their own kind of melancholy, but don't discount September. Back-to-school be damned.
“The Summer We Got Through Some Hard Shit..." I can empathise. But I just think (a) there will other summers (hopefully!) and winter is lovely too in its own way 😀
Love this Liz, when we can nourish our soul with what it needs, there is no need for anything else. Resting, recharging and doing exactly as you please are the best medicine. 💫🙏
Sounds like a heavenly staycay
There's really starting to be too much pressure on Summer. I don't remember feeling this way a decade ago, but now definitely, it's just too short and the FOMO is out of hand.
"People...in NYC..own their own cars??" -some woman in the middle of FL who has never been on a subway ever, and NEVER to NYC.
Love this! August has always felt like one, big Sunday. Lots of boring adulting too this summer along with not so fun stuff. I like your idea of something so simple and grounding.
And yes 💯 “go, it will be good for you.” We can be so cautious to give ourselves time and rest. Something about saving for when it’s needed. But it’s so refreshing! I took 2 days off b/c 15yr old and 4 wisdom teeth coming out. I felt Guilty for taking two days. Sure it can be easy and then sometimes not. I’m still guilty but made the right decision fwiw. 🦷
My wife and I like to get our exercise in before work each day. I go to the gym and she typically goes for a run. In the winter, that means she's on the treadmill in the basement. But in the summer, she takes advantage of that early light and runs in the glorious time before the day gets hot. That means she out on the streets by 5:30am. On Tuesday, as I was leaving for the gym she was still in bed. "It's too dark out. I've gotta wait until it gets a little lighter to run," she said from under the covers. "Uh-oh," was my reply.
Early August always has me feeling a combination of nostalgia and regret. Nostalgia - "These are the last days of summer when my kids are these ages, before my youngest heads to high school" and regret - "We should have done more things together as a family! We didn't do enough! I didn't peel them off their electronic devices as often as I should have!" Ugh, I hate this feeling. Sadness + anxiety is not a fun way to see summer out the door. Out here in the Chicago area, high schools start August 14th and elementary August 21st. So little time left for fun family bonding time! At least, that's what my anxious brain tells me. Just gotta breathe through it, I guess...
September is the best and gets robbed by the school administrators who dictate the "end of summer" far too soon. Of course the cooler nights and slow change in leaf pigments bring their own kind of melancholy, but don't discount September. Back-to-school be damned.
“The Summer We Got Through Some Hard Shit..." I can empathise. But I just think (a) there will other summers (hopefully!) and winter is lovely too in its own way 😀
Away but just right here. Proves that what we need can always be within reach. ❤️
Thank you, from all of us who also don't have any great summer vacay stories to tell!
Love this Liz, when we can nourish our soul with what it needs, there is no need for anything else. Resting, recharging and doing exactly as you please are the best medicine. 💫🙏