Speaker 1: Welcome to Before Breakfast, a production of I Heart Radio.
Speaker 1: Good Morning. This is Laura. Welcome to the Before Breakfast podcast.
Speaker 1: Today's tip is about how to make summer feel like summer.
Speaker 1: Think through the uniquely summer activities that will make the
Speaker 1: summer feel festive to you. Make a list, plan them
Speaker 1: in and you'll never wonder where the summer days went.
Speaker 1: For those of us who experienced a standard school calendar
Speaker 1: growing up, summer has its unique memories. The schedule was different,
Speaker 1: maybe there were vacations or camps, or even just a
Speaker 1: lot of time spent outdoors. In any case, the season
Speaker 1: has its own connotations. It stands out from the others.
Speaker 1: Now in adult life, there probably isn't so stark a difference.
Speaker 1: My guess is that you are still going to work
Speaker 1: with schools closed. You just need different childcare arrangements. That said,
Speaker 1: certain things can make summer feel more like summer. They
Speaker 1: recreate some of the fun. If they don't happen, you
Speaker 1: get to September and wonder where the time went. So
Speaker 1: for the past few years I have made a summer
Speaker 1: fun list. I encourage everyone to do this. What would
Speaker 1: you like to do over the summer to make summer
Speaker 1: feel like summer to you. Past entries on my list
Speaker 1: have included growing, strawberry picking in June and peach picking
Speaker 1: in July. I love to visit a certain Jersey shore
Speaker 1: town that's become a tradition in my family. Family bike
Speaker 1: rides make the list. I generally like to visit a
Speaker 1: beer garden. I try to do mommy days, that's one
Speaker 1: on one days with my older kids. I aim to
Speaker 1: swim solo at least once I go outside after dinner
Speaker 1: a few days a week. Think about what you'd put
Speaker 1: on your list. Maybe there are certain vacation spots you
Speaker 1: go to again and again, even just for day trips.
Speaker 1: Maybe it's activities like camping or fishing. Maybe it's certain
Speaker 1: foods Fourth of July burgers, lobster rules, or ice cream
Speaker 1: from a favorite parlor. Ask your family members what they
Speaker 1: would put on the list. Now, there is no need
Speaker 1: to go overboard. Trying to do a hundred things might
Speaker 1: feel a bit daunting, but look at it this way.
Speaker 1: There are fourteen weeks between Memorial Day and Labor Day.
Speaker 1: That is ninety eight days or two thousand two hours,
Speaker 1: if you'd like to think of it that way, If
Speaker 1: you identify a dozen things or so you'd like to do.
Speaker 1: You could probably fit them in as you draw up
Speaker 1: the list, look at your summer calendar see where the
Speaker 1: big things can go for smaller things. Keep them on
Speaker 1: a list so as you're thinking of each upcoming weekend,
Speaker 1: you won't waste the opportunity. What are we doing this weekend? Well,
Speaker 1: here's an idea from our summer fun list. How about that?
Speaker 1: We talked in an earlier episode this week about how
Speaker 1: to cement memories. As you are doing things on your
Speaker 1: summer fun list, you can make sure to take notice,
Speaker 1: take pictures, talk about the memories, recount them afterwards, check
Speaker 1: the items off. Come the end of summer, you won't
Speaker 1: wonder where the time went. We don't say where did
Speaker 1: the time go? When life is full of memories, a
Speaker 1: summer fun list can make that happen. In the meantime,
Speaker 1: This is Laura, Thanks for listening, and here's to making
Speaker 1: the most of our time. M Hey, everybody, I'd love
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