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#summerhappens
By the third week in August every year, I hit a wall. My husband is a university professor by day and professional guitarist by night so when the winter term ends in April, his gigging schedule goes into high gear. True to my wedding vows, I am his roadie and biggest fan and I love every minute of it! The places we’ve gone and people we’ve met have enriched my life in ways that I never thought possible.
Paul plays in a number of bands ranging from jam band original rock, to storytelling folk music, to covergrass. Note: Covergrass takes your favourite songs from yesterday to today and plays them in bluegrass style. It might sound bizarre but it’s incredibly fun and so danceable! Watching people experience this for the first time is my favourite part of every show.
Needless to say, warm weather brings festival season plus our scheduled camping vacations, backyard hangouts with family and friends, etc., and that’s all pretty wonderful stuff!
Deep down though, I’m a homebody. So by mid-August each year I hit the wall and I just want to hunker down with my to do list and putter away at my own pace. No deadlines. No expectations. No entries in my Google Calendar.
I’ve had a few chats lately with friends and clients who had been getting going on plans and projects in late spring with the intention of finalizing those plans or projects during the summer when they would “have more time”.
But then…#summerhappens. I haven’t checked the social mediaverse but that just has to be a legit hashtag. Things really do go off of the rails during the summer! Routines get tossed aside. FOMO kicks into high gear. There are bike rides to take, beaches to visit, road trips to explore, and so much more that needs to be crammed into 10-12 weeks of glorious weather especially if you have kids that are out of school.
So…if you’re a business owner like me who has let their bookkeeping, business plans, process improvements, and/or other important organizational and money earning tasks fall a few positions down the priority list for the past few weeks, you’re in good company. I’m with ya’!
This quiet Saturday morning is a good time though to bring those items back into view and fine-tune your focus. Grab a notebook. Jot down your thoughts. Plan your work and then next week you can work your plan.
