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<\/i><\/p>\nMake 2015 the Summer of Something<\/p>\n
I have this amazing friend named Anne. She\u2019s one of those women who everyone aspires to be. She\u2019s a great mom, she\u2019s well-read, she\u2019s adventurous, she\u2019s a beast in the kitchen, and she\u2019s well-versed in all things grammatical.<\/p>\n
One of my favorite questions to ask her is, \u201cHey Anne, what is this the summer of?\u201d<\/p>\n
Every spring Anne makes a goal for the summer and declares it \u201cThe Summer of Something.<\/i>\u201dOne year was \u201cThe Summer of Pies,\u201d where she spent the whole summer baking homemade pies.<\/p>\n
Other years she\u2019s done \u201cThe Summer of Cookies,\u201d \u201cThe Summer of Tarts,\u201d \u201cThe Summer of Homemade Ice Cream,\u201d \u201cThe Summer of Smoke\u201d (where she smoked different meats, of course,) and \u201cThe Summer of Pies — Part 2\u201d as requested by her oldest son before starting his freshman year of college.<\/p>\n
What I like most about Anne Hinze\u2019s summer whimsy is she never picks themes that are obsessively productive like \u201cThe Summer of De-cluttering Closets,\u201d \u201cThe Summer of Weight Loss,\u201d \u201cThe Summer of Manners\u201d or \u201cThe Summer of Potty Training.\u201d Anne always picks a summer theme involving trial, error, fun and discovery.<\/p>\n
I resonate with the idea of making room in my life every summer to learn, create and fail. Learning is a process. Not every attempt is successful. Not every summer is a hit, but every summer is marked by a memory.<\/p>\n
What if we joined in on the fun this summer? Not every summer theme has to be about food. Some possible ideas for this summer could be:<\/p>\n
The Summer of Dance
\n<\/i>The Summer of Paint and Canvas
\n<\/i>The Summer of Food on a Stick
\n<\/i>The Summer of Yarn
\n<\/i>The Summer of Gardening
\n<\/i>The Summer of Music
\n<\/i>The Summer of Date Night
\n<\/i>The Summer of Poetry
\n<\/i>The Summer of Yoga
\n<\/i>The Summer of Cake
\n<\/i>The Summer of Friendship
\n<\/i>The Summer of Dinner Parties
\n<\/i>The Summer of Grandma\u2019s Recipes<\/i><\/p>\n
Finding your summer theme begins with the question, \u201cWhat have I always wanted to learn how to do but have never found the courage or time to try?\u201d You\u2019ll miss out on all the fun if you begin your summer with, \u201cWhat on my to-do list needs to get completed?\u201d<\/p>\n
Give yourself permission to try something new. There is something pure and childlike about learning. Mastery is not the goal — getting out of our norms, becoming life learners and finding joy in something that isn\u2019t about perfection or performance is the goal.<\/p>\n
For me, I am declaring the summer of 2015 \u201cThe Summer of Photography.\u201d Taking great pictures is something I\u2019ve always wanted to learn how to do. This will be the summer when I stop using my camera as a point-and-shoot, read my instruction manual, stop pinning other people\u2019s photos on my Pinterest board, be brave and take some pictures of my own.<\/p>\n
I know going in there will be more error than art, but I also know it\u2019s time to stop letting the threat of failure prevent me from living life well.<\/p>\n
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Tasha Levert, Ph.D., is a licensed professional counselor in New Orleans who provides face-to-face and online care. She is a conference speaker, worship leader and the author of Stories of Hope for the Sleep Deprived.<\/i><\/a>\u00a0Tasha and her husband Tim (Pastor with Students at the Vineyard Church of New Orleans) have three beautiful daughters and a lazy schnauzer named Gumbo.\u00a0<\/i>To find out more about Tasha or her practice go to Make 2015 the Summer of Something I have this amazing friend named Anne. She\u2019s one of those women who everyone aspires to be. She\u2019s a great mom, she\u2019s well-read, she\u2019s adventurous, she\u2019s a beast in the kitchen, and she\u2019s well-versed in all things grammatical. One of my favorite questions to ask her is, \u201cHey Anne, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":61,"featured_media":12792,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_seopress_robots_follow":"","_seopress_robots_imageindex":"","_seopress_robots_snippet":"","_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"0","_seopress_robots_breadcrumbs":"","_seopress_robots_freeze_modified_date":"","_seopress_robots_custom_modified_date":"","_seopress_robots_canonical":"","_seopress_social_fb_title":"","_seopress_social_fb_desc":"","_seopress_social_fb_img":"","_seopress_social_fb_img_attachment_id":0,"_seopress_social_fb_img_width":0,"_seopress_social_fb_img_height":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_title":"","_seopress_social_twitter_desc":"","_seopress_social_twitter_img":"","_seopress_social_twitter_img_attachment_id":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_img_width":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_img_height":0,"_seopress_redirections_value":"","_seopress_redirections_enabled":"","_seopress_redirections_enabled_regex":"","_seopress_redirections_logged_status":"","_seopress_redirections_param":"","_seopress_redirections_type":0,"_seopress_analysis_target_kw":"","_seopress_news_disabled":"","_seopress_video_disabled":"","_seopress_video":[],"_seopress_pro_schemas_manual":[],"_seopress_pro_rich_snippets_disable_all":"","_seopress_pro_rich_snippets_disable":[],"_seopress_pro_schemas":[],"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[28,42],"tags":[26,106,157,101,164,217,111,223,112,114],"class_list":["post-1257","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-fun","category-lifestyle","tag-family","tag-kid-friendly","tag-learning","tag-parenting","tag-self","tag-silly","tag-summer","tag-tasha","tag-tips","tag-wisdom"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.themom.co\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1257","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.themom.co\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.themom.co\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.themom.co\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/61"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.themom.co\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1257"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.themom.co\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1257\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.themom.co\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1257"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.themom.co\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1257"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.themom.co\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1257"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\n<\/i>tashalevert.com<\/i><\/a>or<\/i>broomtreecounseling.com<\/i><\/a>.<\/i><\/p>\nSo, what about you? What is this the summer of?<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"