1 00:00:03,480 --> 00:00:09,600 Speaker 1: Welcome to Before Breakfast, a production of iHeartRadio. Good Morning, 2 00:00:10,880 --> 00:00:16,560 Speaker 1: This is Laura. Welcome to the Before Breakfast podcast. Today's 3 00:00:16,560 --> 00:00:21,680 Speaker 1: tip is to keep your summer spirit. Even if September 4 00:00:21,840 --> 00:00:25,520 Speaker 1: signals the end of summer, the best parts of summer 5 00:00:25,600 --> 00:00:31,000 Speaker 1: can stay with you all year long. So I recently 6 00:00:31,120 --> 00:00:35,840 Speaker 1: encountered the phrase summer spirit while reading Laura Lisa's new book, 7 00:00:36,080 --> 00:00:41,200 Speaker 1: Beach Life. As her family neared their beach community, one 8 00:00:41,200 --> 00:00:45,040 Speaker 1: of her daughters remarked that I can feel my summer spirit. 9 00:00:46,280 --> 00:00:50,279 Speaker 1: The little girl described that it feels like happiness and 10 00:00:50,320 --> 00:00:57,040 Speaker 1: brightness and it's wild. I love this image. I think 11 00:00:57,160 --> 00:01:00,480 Speaker 1: many of us harbor some sort of summer spirit in 12 00:01:00,600 --> 00:01:05,880 Speaker 1: our psychees too. In adulthood, summer isn't necessarily all that 13 00:01:06,080 --> 00:01:09,319 Speaker 1: different from the rest of the year. We still have 14 00:01:09,400 --> 00:01:13,240 Speaker 1: to work, we still have to handle our household responsibilities. 15 00:01:14,440 --> 00:01:17,240 Speaker 1: But if you grew up with extended periods of time 16 00:01:17,360 --> 00:01:23,760 Speaker 1: off from school, the season just feels different. It feels 17 00:01:23,760 --> 00:01:30,200 Speaker 1: more relaxed, but also a little untamed. Labor Day in 18 00:01:30,200 --> 00:01:32,880 Speaker 1: the US tends to mean the end of the summer season. 19 00:01:33,959 --> 00:01:37,120 Speaker 1: Even so, I think it's possible to keep a summer spirit. 20 00:01:38,280 --> 00:01:41,760 Speaker 1: It just means asking what would make life feel full 21 00:01:41,760 --> 00:01:47,800 Speaker 1: of happiness and brightness and perhaps a little wild. Maybe 22 00:01:47,800 --> 00:01:50,440 Speaker 1: it means taking a last minute weekend trip to visit 23 00:01:50,480 --> 00:01:54,400 Speaker 1: a friend sometime and thus squeezing a little extra bit 24 00:01:54,440 --> 00:01:59,840 Speaker 1: of vacation into a busy schedule. Maybe it means eating 25 00:01:59,840 --> 00:02:05,480 Speaker 1: a picnic. Plenty of fall days are still lovely, so 26 00:02:05,560 --> 00:02:09,560 Speaker 1: why not have dinner on the porch. Maybe it's doing 27 00:02:09,639 --> 00:02:13,760 Speaker 1: something you've never tried before, or trying to spend more 28 00:02:13,800 --> 00:02:19,600 Speaker 1: time outside. The good news, well, and the bad news too, 29 00:02:20,600 --> 00:02:26,200 Speaker 1: is that time keeps passing, and so before we know it, 30 00:02:26,200 --> 00:02:30,640 Speaker 1: it will be summer again. Perhaps come next June that 31 00:02:30,800 --> 00:02:35,160 Speaker 1: sense of summer possibility will on its own just reappear. 32 00:02:36,919 --> 00:02:40,520 Speaker 1: But even as the weather gets colder and the days 33 00:02:40,560 --> 00:02:44,560 Speaker 1: get darker, now the wildness of summer doesn't have to 34 00:02:44,639 --> 00:02:49,440 Speaker 1: dwindle to nothing. Just ask what would add happiness and 35 00:02:49,480 --> 00:02:56,040 Speaker 1: brightness to ordinary days. If you embrace those adventures, then 36 00:02:56,080 --> 00:03:01,519 Speaker 1: you will probably be on a good track. In the meantime, 37 00:03:02,680 --> 00:03:07,800 Speaker 1: This is Laura. Thanks for listening, and here's to making 38 00:03:07,840 --> 00:03:18,320 Speaker 1: the most of our time. Thanks for listening to before breakfast. 39 00:03:18,919 --> 00:03:22,640 Speaker 1: If you've got questions, ideas, or feedback, you can reach 40 00:03:22,720 --> 00:03:32,400 Speaker 1: me at Laura at Laura vandercam dot com. Before Breakfast 41 00:03:32,440 --> 00:03:36,680 Speaker 1: is a production of iHeartMedia. For more podcasts from iHeartMedia, 42 00:03:36,760 --> 00:03:40,800 Speaker 1: please visit the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you 43 00:03:40,840 --> 00:03:42,080 Speaker 1: listen to your favorite shows.