Setting Yourself Up for Success

5 personal check marks to make sure you thrive this summer.

Tomorrow our kids are officially on summer break. I get a little distracted by all the things that I feel like we *should* do in the summer. Making the bucket list, ensuring the kids spend enough hours outdoors, limiting screens, creating a summer chore list. The lack of routine sends me into a spiral of how can I control this situation and have a successful summer? Let me tell you from experience that this mindset is a sure fire way to set myself up for failure.

I realize that a lot of my summer disappointment comes from not personally checking in with myself. Instead I throw myself into this stark contrast of having a very defined routine to no routine at all. A big part of why summers often lead to disappointment for me is because I fail to understand my own needs. As parents we shift into this perspective that all energy needs to be focused on our kids and filling their routine voids while neglecting the routines that we hold value to. Not this summer, friends!

Not. This. Summer.