WHAT DO YOU WANT OUT OF THE NEXT FEW MONTHS?

Hello to you!  How have you welcomed June?  Where are you spending your time and attention?  This week, I’ve been experiencing the anticipation that comes each June, right before the kids get out of school.  In a few days we will be celebrating Carson’s 5th grade promotion to Middle School and this week, Ava closed out her Sophomore year.  The rhythm and routine is about to shift around here!

 As we welcome Summer, I’ve been thinking about the change in season.  While most of us aren’t on Summer break from work and all the things, we do have an opportunity to be intentional in the shift to Summer.  Warm days, long nights around the firepit, fresh strawberries, corn on the cob, a vase full of peonies, these are just a few of the things I’ve been savoring this June.  In an effort to be intentional about my experience of Summer, I’m asking a couple questions of myself right now and I invite you to do the same.  

What do I want out of the next few months? 
Over the next few months I want to take pause, experience the flow of a slower routine.
I want to seek spontaneity. 
I want to savor this time with both kids home. 
I want to savor those glimmer moments when Matt and I can sneak away and explore, just the two of us.
I want to surrender in those sweet moments of alone time.
I want to be fully present wherever my feet are planted. 

What do I want more of? 
More conversation and connection.
More evening firepit time.
More morning walks.
More being outside.
More lounge chair naps.
More reading just for fun.

What do I want less of?
Less expectation of myself to do or be more than what is my best today.
Less expectation of them to do or be more than what is their best today.
Less worry and rumination.
Less driving and doing and going.

I recently read a quote from Gretchen Rubin that said, “One day now will be a long time ago.”  When they are arguing after a long day together, when the couch is buried by the mile high pile of laundry, when the dishes are crusty and coated with yesterday’s dinner, I want to remember--one day now will be a long time ago.

What about you?  What do you want out of the next few months?  Take care of each other and as always, stay open, brave, and on-purpose.