Its time to hit the beach again! A sweet burn of sun and summer wind,with fun new things and a summer fling, I love how summer just wrap it's arms around you like a warm blanket. If your answer is, "Gosh, I just took a day off last week," but all you did was run errands, that doesn't count. Crossing things off your to-do-list might feel satisfying, but it rarely feels joyful. And joy is the game of this summer!
The first step to having more fun with summer activities is carving out time for it. Make weekends sacred by setting good boundaries. As much as you want to turn off work email on Friday afternoon and leave it on Monday morning, dedicate at least an hour on a weekend day to ditching your smartphone. Say NO to some time-draining requests. Also remember that paid time off hours don't have to be used for doctor's appointment or renewing your driver's license. The next time you have a few PTO hours accrued (and no big fires to put out at work) devote some of them to deliberate fun. Last but not the least, be sure to carve out some quality time to do absolutely nothing. And if that nothing can be done while hanging in a hammock, so much the better!