Your Mid-Summer Review

 

Late July.  The season is in full swing, and you’ve adjusted to its rhythms.   Your days are long, and within them you find opportunities to appreciate the feel of sun on skin, the taste of fresh peaches, the swish of soft cotton around your legs.

Whether you’re on vacation or not, summer brings with it a change in mindset.  The relentless drive to do do do relaxes a bit, and you likely find yourself more spacious, more willing to give yourself an out, more interested in activities without an agenda.  All those years of school holidays are hard to unlearn!  

This is a great opportunity to explore your inner landscape from a different vantage point.  With the summertime mindset, take a few moments to sit down with a pen and consider these queries.

(extra points for writing your responses while lying in a hammock!)  

My midsummer review

 •    What do I value most right now?  What’s most important to me these days?

 •    How can I have more of those things I value most?  What actions can I take to bring in more of these things today, this week, in the next 10 minutes?

 •    What’s on my Stop Doing list?

 •    How am I celebrating the deliciousness of summer?

 •    What am I appreciating about myself right now?

 •    How am I in my own way?

 •    Who or what inspires me?

 •    If my life were a novel, this chapter would be called:
 

Please share your responses in the comments below.  And feel free to take these questions to the beach, to your next BBQ, or to your next daydreaming session.

Happy summer to you!