532 - How to Organize in the Summer Months
Organize 365 Podcast
Lisa Woodruff
4.5 • 1.3K Ratings
🗓️ 21 April 2023
⏱️ 28 minutes
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Summary
I used to think that once my kids got older that summer wouldn't be so much of a challenge. Wrong. Adults get summers, too.
Have you heard motivation coaches say "you only have so many summers left" OR "you only have so many summers left with your kids?" It may sound cliche, but it's true! When you put it in this context, it becomes very clear that you should absolutely prioritize your summer experiences!
In today's podcast, I have some questions for you about your summer plans! We break it all down and I'm giving you my tips for planning your summer! It can be whatever you want it to be!
Questions to ask yourself:
- What are your summer traditions?
- When you think about summer, what do you think about?
- What are things you do in the summer season exclusively?
- What have you done in the past that you want to repeat this summer?
- What is something new you want to do this summer?
- Are there any big milestones or birthdays or events that will be happening over summer?
You MUST plan your seasons. There are natural points throughout the year to do this. Listen to this podcast about what I call Golden Windows to learn more.
Here's why this is important - it's natural to be reactive at home. The Productive Home Solution™ Planning Day trains you how to plan and proactively prepare for all the foreseeable stuff. It's not enough to just think about or want it - you have to make a plan for it or it won't happen.
Planning Day helps you understand the cycles and seasons. You learn to create plans for how you will use your home, what your schedule and capacity will look like during that season and how to tap into energy for optimum success.
Planning Day is part of the Organize 365® courses that make the invisible work visible so you aren't in reactive mode and you can unlock your time for yourself, your family and community!
What do you want your summer to look like? Join me on Planning Day and let's put thought and planning into making your summer amazing. It's your turn to plan and I'm so excited to be your teacher!
EPISODE RESOURCES:
- The Productive Home Solution™ Planning Day
- The Productive Home Solution™ Course + Planning Day
- Home ALL IN Bundle
- Embrace - Self-Guide Retreat - now available on-demand
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| 0:00.0 | This week's mailbag comes to us from B. My win for the year, the Christmas tree was |
| 0:05.9 | up and decorated at the start of the month. Last year, all I had up was the Charlie Brown |
| 0:11.4 | Christmas tree with one bulb that I had meant to give as a gag gift, but I never did. |
| 0:17.4 | Sometimes it is hard to see the progress, but I knew that I had gotten a little further |
| 0:21.9 | ahead this year. It's extra special because most of the ornaments were made by the kids |
| 0:27.2 | or hand-painted by my husband's grandmother. The next week, our well went out and I lost |
| 0:33.9 | my car key, but at least the tree was beautiful. |
| 0:40.2 | Do you have an organized 365 success story? If so, we would love to hear about it. Please |
| 0:46.2 | send us an email at Customer Service at Organize 365 and tell us how you have taken back |
| 0:52.1 | your home, your paper, and your life with Organize 365. |
| 1:04.5 | Welcome to the Organize 365 podcast. I'm your host, professional organizer, productivity |
| 1:10.7 | expert, and motivational speaker, Lisa Woodruff. This podcast will help you embrace progress |
| 1:17.5 | over perfection and create lasting, functional organizing in your home. I have so much to share |
| 1:24.1 | with you, so let's get started. |
| 1:30.5 | Summer is a season. I used to think that summer was only a big deal because I was a parent |
| 1:36.8 | and I had to figure out how to fill 10 weeks' worth of time for kids and how to entertain |
| 1:40.8 | them and basically become the camp counselor. And I thought that as the kids got older, |
| 1:45.5 | that maybe summer wouldn't be a thing. But having been a kid and then having kids like |
| 1:50.9 | summer was always a thing. And when I didn't have kids, I was a teacher, so summer was a |
| 1:54.9 | thing. But I thought that adults didn't get to have summer. We do. Everybody gets to |
| 2:00.5 | have summer. It's not just a school-related kid thing. And that's what I want to talk |
| 2:05.1 | to you about today. Summer is a season. I can't hesitate to say this because sometimes |
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