43: 15 Ways to Make the Most of Summer
The Simple Sophisticate - Intelligent Living Paired with Signature Style
Shannon Ables
4.7 • 944 Ratings
🗓️ 22 June 2015
⏱️ 28 minutes
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Summary
As the summer solistice has just occurred and the summer season has officially begun, Shannon shares 15 simple ways to take advantage of all that summer has to offer whether you are staying in town or have the opportunity to travel.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the simple Sophisticate Podcast, where intelligent living is paired with signature style. |
| 0:16.3 | I'm your host, Shannon Ables. |
| 0:18.8 | And whether you're listening on your commute, exercising, working in the garden, or sitting down with a hot cup of tea or a |
| 0:25.0 | cafe ole. Thank you for tuning in. Let's get started. The Welcome to the 43rd episode of the Simple Sophisticate and welcome to Summer. |
| 0:51.0 | Officially yesterday, June 21st, the Pacific Northwest, and much of the |
| 0:56.0 | Northern Hemisphere began the summer season officially, that is. I think many of us have already |
| 1:01.0 | started it as the weather has been beautiful for a |
| 1:03.3 | handful of weeks. Now I realize that this also for my Southern Hemisphere readers and |
| 1:07.6 | listeners means that the winter season has begun, but the good news on that front |
| 1:12.0 | is that the days are getting longer for those of you in the |
| 1:15.3 | southern hemisphere. But back to this idea of summer. As I was zipping around this weekend doing errands, |
| 1:21.5 | this and that, it began to truly look and feel like |
| 1:25.1 | summer there were more tourists out and about and there were more out of state plates |
| 1:29.7 | more wafting smells of barbecue or tantalizing the neighborhood and the sunshine |
| 1:38.7 | meant that we needed ample sunscreen as it was abundant. So yeah, it's here and it's something that many of us may not be ready for because that means we have to |
| 1:50.9 | scurry and plan and pack but it may be something that many of us are more than ready for |
| 1:56.7 | Now while I am a teacher as many of you know I have this opportunity to have approximately three months off and to solely focus on my writing and my blogging and leisure. |
| 2:07.0 | I know though that not everyone has this opportunity and because of that I wanted to take a look at how anyone can |
| 2:16.2 | enjoy the summer more fully because the days are longer and there is for example more fresh food available there are also more |
| 2:25.5 | ample outdoor activities to enjoy because of the nice weather so I came up with 15 |
| 2:30.4 | ways to embrace and make the most of these next three months, |
| 2:35.1 | whether you have three months off or not. |
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