FREE DOWNLOAD: The Step-By-Step Sensational Summer Blueprint
Four sets of wide-eyes looked at me in surprise. Their mouths were silent. Their expressions were a combination of “Wow, mom! We did all that this summer?” and “I can’t believe you saw it!”
We were out to breakfast at a local diner just days before returning to school after summer vacation.
I was recounting from a list the “amazing” experiences we’d had over the previous 86 days of summer. I’d jotted the moments I’d observed in a small 4″ x 3″ notebook I’d kept close for easy additions.
As I continued sharing my list, I wasn’t sure if the incredulous expressions I saw on my husband and children’s faces were from disbelief that I was present enough to scribe our moments…or because they were stunned by the volume and compound effect of acknowledging our simple pleasures.
Regardless, they were grateful.
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For many years, summers flew by me. Late August would come and I’d think, “where did it go?”
This particular summer I was spooked by a mammogram that necessitated me returning for a second screening. I vowed if I made it through, I would be more fully engaged, calm and playful this summer. “Please God, give me the chance to prove it.”
I got the chance. I wanted to follow through on my word. So I created a few simple steps for my knock-it-out-of-the-park summer.
I’m sharing the steps with you here in the STEP-BY-STEP SENSATIONAL SUMMER BLUEPRINT.
Each year I return to it. It’s a short, easy and fun process, but don’t misinterpret that for insignificant or not powerful.
Dozens of fully engaged, joyful and fulfilling summers have resulted from using the exact steps I lay out here.
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We didn’t do anything extraordinary that summer. No trip to the Grand Canyon or rock-climbing at Kilimanjaro. In fact, the furthest we traveled was to Wisconsin. The best food…s’mores. The best moments…watching a movie at a drive-in theater and being together drinking root beer floats lakeside in the heat of July.
No, there was nothing out of the ordinary that summer, but a lot of ordinary things joyfully experienced that made it great.
Wouldn’t it be fun to have your own magical summer? The one you’ve always dreamed about. Start here…PRINT the STEP-BY-STEP SENSATIONAL SUMMER BLUEPRINT.
Do it alone or with the kids. It’s never too early to introduce the power of intention setting, self-reflection, and gratitude as a way of living.
Be sure to add your own colorful splash. Cheers to your best summer yet!
~Rita
xo
P.S. I’d love to hear about the moments you create. You can write me here at [email protected]. If you’d like to find me in the Facebook world, you can do so right here. And you can find me here on Instagram.
