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"From now on, I say these dog days will be known as AweGust."

Deal.

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We'll start a movement!

I think this weekend, I'm pulling out my bike which always makes me feel childlike and summery. Do you have any fun plans- big or small- for your AweGust?

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off to Tanglewood tonight for some Stephen Sondheim...

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Lovely! We actually spent our Friday sitting on the lawn at LACMA listening to live jazz. Outdoor music really does capture the essence of summer nights.

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"designing a pitch deck for a new business" ... one of my favorite activities ... especially when I throw it in the LATER basket the next morning. Now that AweGust is over, we can get down to the serious holidays.

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I do love the holiday season! Mostly for the coziness and festivity that I suppose is just more nostalgic wonder.

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Love this. Found you from Substack office hours and glad I did!

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Welcome Ali! So glad you found your way over here. Those Substack office hours have been so lovely for meeting new people- feels like a real community in conversation over there.

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I liked summer because it felt unlimited and endless on that last day of school. Weekends were so stressful because they were short, limited, and felt like they needed to be intentional lest they be wasted. But summer felt free because you didn't have to be precious with it, you had all the time in the world... until August. August is the sunday scaries of summer. For my bingo - road trips, eating meals outside, sundays that aren't productive in any way, baseball games.

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Yes! That's exactly it- the freedom of not having to be precious with time and August as the Sunday Scaries of Summer.

P.S. I can't see the future, but I have a good feeling about your bingo game, which- as luck would have it- is very compatible with mine.

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This paragraph really hit for me: “When I dig even deeper, the root of the root of what I really want is this- a freedom that is available anywhere, but especially right here, and a life I don’t need to escape from.” I enjoyed this! ❤️

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Oh I am so glad! That revelation has continued to pull me back to the present when I find myself wanting to be elsewhere. I would love to hear what this looks like or feels like for you?

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I was talking to a friend recently about this. I'm not a nostalgic person, but I tend to camp out in the future. I'm always dreaming of something better...how my future will be better and I'll be a better, more evolved version of myself. This year, I've actively tried to stay in the present -- in large part because the future I dream of is never the reality I end up experiencing. So I've accepted that I have no idea what it looks like and, you know, it's a fun activity to do but my real life is in this present moment. I might as well enjoy it.

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What a revelation. I get this very (very) much. I also tend to camp in the future (love that phrase) and it's so true- it's never quite what or how you think and we miss so much here when we're way out there. Still, I don't know about you, but I still have to constantly pull myself back.

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