Letting Go of Perfectionism During Summer.

I am writing this as I crack open a pink lemonade Spindrift on my balcony,soaking in the warm weather this time of year.

It is getting closer to the end of summer, and I don’t feel that I did enough to embrace it.

Does this sound like you too? If you are like me, I like doing a bucket list of activities to make it the “best summer ever” and always compare my summer to the last one. I have been like this since I was a kid. Did I do enough? Did I waste too much time not being in the present moment to enjoy this season?

This time around, I am going into the summer with a different mindset. I am telling myself that just because I didn’t do all the things over the summer doesn’t mean that I can’t enjoy the present moment or create memories for the rest of the year. Summer should not dictate how great our year is going.

And sometimes, you may not realize that you did way more than you think you did to embrace the summer months. Most days for me was spent relaxing and taking gentle walks, but if I count up the number of activities that I did over the last few months, it adds up and made me realize I did more than I thought.

This also includes any type of movements or foods you incorporated or not during the summer. Summer can be a time for many of us where we reassess our wellness goals and may push ourselves to do more than usual due to the advantages of warmer weather. Having compassion and embracing imperfectionism is key in this area as well. You need to keep in mind that we have the rest of the year to pursue wellness habits and again, the summer season should not dictate how we want to pursue overall wellness.

Loving all the seasons for what they are is key to not be left with disappointment that we didn’t take advantage of the summer months.

How is summer going for you? Let me know! Would love to hear about it and how you are feeling this time of year.