Wow.
I blinked.
June’s gone!
I kinda can’t believe it.
Ready or not, we’re halfway through ’22. And at this time (well, in June, usually, but July this year), I like to look back at my prompts so far…at my word work to date…and consider —
What do I want to bring into this season?
I’ll do something similar-but-more-comprehensive at the end of the calendar year. This is not to be confused with that! This prompt gets me thinking about summer, specifically. As in…What do I want, what do I need from it?
My summer ’21 prompts had a Lighten up! angle–and everything about that timing was right. Those prompts served me well. (Really well, in fact, in my rearview mirror.)
This summer, though? This summer feels…different.
As a nation, as a world, we’ve had a heavy few months (within a heavy few years), and none of it feels dismissable. Added to a semi-big change in my family’s life, I’ve felt the juxtapositions of stunned and inspired, grief-‘stuck’ (not stricken; not struck; grief-‘stuck’) and moved, overwhelmed and motivated, question marks and exclamation points.
There’s been stuff to shake out, you could say.
(And from the sounds of our June check-ins, I’m not entirely alone here.)
But let’s not forget —
Yes, Mr. Shakespeare, you nailed it.
And the *last thing* I want to do is get to the end of July…then August…saying, I blinked! Again.
So–
[Officially] a week and a half into it, I’m setting myself up for summer this way:
: : What do I want…need…from this season? (I expect this will take shape as a mind map. Time and again it proves my best tool.)
: : Along with fleshing that out, I’ll look back at January through June: What have I learned with Engage so far that will support me to that end?
An easy’ish prompt, really.
(I firmly believe summer should foster ease. A version of Aesop’s ant/grahsshopper–getting mileage from winter + spring’s One Word stores!)
I’m hopeful, anyway.
your one word 
Summer always seems to go by too quickly, so I really want to focus on living in the moment these next couple of months. I want to enjoy the sunshine, the birdsong, the flowers, the longer days. I want to store away those memories for six months from now, when I’ll need them.
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Summer in the Uk is odd, either too hot or too dull and disappointing. All the things I put in place this year go on holiday, groups, people, family. I too have a holiday booked. I think lighten up is a great phrase for Summer. I think what I need most from Summer is the healing power of being outside, So that’s what I need to do I think, find lakes, rivers, hills, Gardens, my own garden…. A timely post thank you.
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I, too, am drawn to water. Any water! I hope you get from the season just what you need. Sure helps to think about what that *is*, I’m finding. (And, for me, it’s having something to do with Permission…)
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I purposefully did not make a Bucket List for this summer … I really want to just BE in this season … taking each day as it comes, searching out joy, and reading a big ol’ stack of books 🙂
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