If you know anything about me, you know that I am all about self-improvement. I like to take an honest look at myself and determine where I need to improve. I usually keep these to myself but since we’re internet friends 😉 and I keep it real with you ladies, I wanted to discuss my summertime sadness with you. You’re probably wondering what I’m talking so let me explain what this summertime sadness is all about.  inability to say a confident goodbye to the people that I love and are grateful for the most. I’ve always ground creative ways to not say goodbye or to miss that moment that I anticipate would be so heavy and too much for me to emotionally handle. So I figure a way to skip right past it. Whew! It could be so easy!
You see I have a really hard time saying a confident goodbye to the people that I love or are most grateful to have in my life. I’ve always found creative ways to not say goodbye or to miss that last moment that I anticipate would be so heavy and too much for me to emotionally handle. So I figure a way to skip right past it. Whew! It would be so easy if we don’t actually say goodbye!
So every year when August rolls around I find myself really sad that summer is ending. I even start to look for signs of fall around me and I find myself behaving as if fall would begin in August. Â Instead of soaking up all the vitamin D outside, I spend more time indoors and I’ve even worn fall clothing even though the weather is still warm.
This year, I called myself out on it. “Why aren’t you enjoying the last of the summer? Why aren’t you living in the moment? You’re dreading the goodbye so much that you don’t enjoy it fully.”
So this August and for the rest of the official summer season (until September 21). I am going to make an effort to take advantage of all summer has to offer. Like yesterday, I went to the beach with my family and just enjoyed it without mourning that fact that only in a matter of weeks we wouldn’t be able to enjoy the beach as much. I ran and played with my kids and enjoyed the fact that we were there and could enjoy it right then and I intend to do that for the rest of my summer.
I’m not going to worry about the fact that summer is ending because it will end but I am going to make sure it ends well, that it ends with a load of memories and I can say bye and face the cold months knowing that I made the most out of it.
Hopefully, by learning to say a proper goodbye to summer I will carry this over to other aspects of my life.
Do you experience summertime sadness?
