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Summer is still here. The days are long and hot. There are still beach days on my horizon. Yet the other day I walked into a cafe and came face-to-face with a “Welcome Fall” banner and a collection of sparkly pumpkin decorations. Over the weekend I ordered a vanilla chai tea and was given a pumpkin spiced latte by mistake. Fall clothes are filling the stores and the advertisements I see. Halloween candy is on display at the grocery store. What is this nonsense? I’m still living in summer.
If you’re still living in the present this season, I have ten ways for you to keep that summer feeling alive.
- Plan a beach day. The weather is perfect and the crowds are becoming less dense as families prepare for back-to-school.
- Go for a nature walk. This is one of my favorite ways to get outdoors. Simply walk and take in everything you see.
- Have a summer movie night. Bonus if it’s outside or at a drive-in.
- Go on a picnic. At a beach, at a park, by a river, or in your yard. You can picnic anywhere.
- Watch an outdoor concert. There are many free concerts in most town greens.
- Create a summer playlist. Every summer I compile a list of songs that put me in the summer mindset. Turn the music up loud and drive with the windows down.
- Resist decorating for Fall until it actually arrives. I’ll be saving my pumpkins until pumpkin season is really here.
- Wear your favorite summer clothes to work. With a blazer, your favorite summer dress becomes work attire.
- Gather a group of friends for an outdoor game like frisbee, tennis, basketball, or badminton.
- Eat seasonal fruits and vegetables. Even better, find a local farm and pick what is in season at the moment. In Connecticut it is peach picking season.
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