Something About Summer // July 2023

We have entered the second half of 2023! The first half has just flown by but I am really please with how it has gone. There are things I'd hoped to accomplish by now but something I am coming to realize is that there are always going to be more things. In a way, I think that is a good thing. We always have things we are reaching for and that gives us motivation and goals and dreams all of our lives. That's a great thing!

Our "big" event this month is that we get to see our uncle and cousin!!! They have not see our farm yet and my cousin is especially excited to see our pigs. I have a friend coming to stay the weekend this month. We have done this once before and it was a blast. I think it might become something we do a few times a year :)

I'm hoping that my allergies are under control and/or done for the year and I can be outside more. I need more sunshine! I got my bathing suit top finally, so maybe paddleboarding this month. We'll see.

You'll notice that I haven't come up with much in the way of goals for this month and I'm okay with that. What I really need is to refill my creativity bucket and I'm not entirely sure how to do that.


Personal

• Re-read Yesterday's Tides. I read this in January and I wanted to start it again the minute I closed the book. It was that good!!! I made myself wait six months and guess what? That's now :)
• Buddy read The Wedding. The author of The Tales of Tarsurella has been doing buddy reads through her books and it's so much fun! There's a group chat on Instagram and we read a chapter a day and share our thoughts! The only hard thing is that some of us have read more of the series than others, so we have to be careful what we say or how we say it.

Business

• Seriously look into moving my website. This is something I've been tossing around in my mind and I intend to do it, but it's not one of the pressing things so it gets put off. You know how it is. I need to know the simplest way to move it to the new platform I want to use AND how to redirect everything to the new site. It feels overwhelming but I know that I just need the answers and it will be fine.
• Get the family business details going. Have I mentioned that we are starting a family business? Well, we are but it's very slow going. I need to get my family to nail down the name, decide on colors and a logo, and then get to work on things like registering our name, creating a website, and building buzz.

Update On My "Resolutions"
I thought that halfway through the year would be a good time to check in on how my resolutions are going. It also might help me really get into them again :) Here are my four resolutions for the year:

1. Go to my local state and metropark at least once a month.
2. Keep the radio off on short drives.
3. Do at least five pushups morning and evening.
4. Intentionally connect with at least one person each week.

While I am still doing them all, I have definitely gotten lax on them. I'm doing the best with the state and metropark one. I'm not seeing the desired result with keeping the radio off which makes it harder to stick to. The pushups come and go. For a while I was doing more than five and then I wasn't doing any most days. I'm also not seeing much results there, which gives me little motivation. As for the connection, I can't say that I'm being super intentional in the way I want to be, but I am realizing that I have good touch-points with people each week, even if it's sort of by accident, and I'm pleased about that.


As always, thanks for reading! How has your summer been? How has 2023 been going? What fun things do you have planned or are hoping to do in July?