You do have a summer fun list, don't you?
I started writing one a few weeks ago to make sure that don't accidentally work all summer.
Yes, I'm aware that statement sounds fairly ridiculous, but somehow when you run your own business it's so easy to work all the time. There is always something to be done: new shipping boxes to order, customer emails to return, and deadlines to meet. I've decided that this summer I'm going to make a list of fun, non-business activities and try to do at least one thing on it each week. (More than one would be great, but I've set the bar low to make sure that I actually clear it.)
Some items on my list are fairly specific (try that cauliflower with tahini recipe from the new Milk Street Magazine) and others are definitely vague (take a road trip). I want to spend time walking outside, read a lot, go to a few museums, and try my hand at some fun craft projects, including a leather bag that's been (not so) patiently waiting months for me to dye the already cut pieces and stitch them together.
As part of my summer experiment, I'm going to loosen the reins on this blog. I've been blogging here weekly for seven years! I'll still continue to write here on occasion, but it won't be on a regular schedule going forward. If you like, you can sign up to receive my blog posts by email. When there's a new post during the week, you'll get an email on Friday. (No new post = no email.) That email list won't be used for anything else other than sending my blog posts.
To be clear, I'm still going to work this summer. Eating a rapidly melting mint chocolate chip ice cream cone while standing outside in the Colorado sun doesn't pay the bills. But I'm hoping a little sweetness should make the summer sing instead of slog.
Hope you have a wonderful summer! (And don't forget to make your own "summer fun" list!)
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