PICK A CARD: how to have the best summer ever!
Hello and welcome to this new post of mine. This time I am giving you a reading on what to do to create the best summer ever for you! I hope you enjoy and it resonates with you!
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For a lot of you the way to have the best summer ever is actually way more simple than you think it is. It is not about finding some huge opportunity, it is not about traveling to the other side of the world, and it definitely is not about waiting for the perfect moment to suddenly appear in front of you. The biggest thing I am seeing here is simply saying yes a little more often. Not to everything of course, but to things that are actually available to you already. I keep seeing friends around you, invitations, people asking if you want to come along somewhere, people texting you last minute asking if you want to join them, and your first instinct is often to say no. Not because you do not want to go necessarily, but because it feels easier. It feels safer. Maybe you are tired, maybe you are nervous, maybe you are worried you will not fit in, maybe you think it will end up being boring anyway. But for a lot of you that is exactly what is standing between you and the summer you actually want. There is a very strong energy here of adventures happening completely by accident. Not because someone planned them months in advance, but because someone randomly asked if you wanted to come and you said yes. It feels like one thing leads to another. You go somewhere you normally would not have gone then meet someone new, then hear about another event, then end up somewhere completely different than where you expected. It is almost like a domino effect. One small decision creates ten more opportunities after it. The thing is though, I do not want you to misunderstand this message. This is not telling you to ignore your boundaries or put yourself in situations that genuinely make you uncomfortable. If something feels unsafe, if something goes against your values, if something is way too much for you personally, then obviously do not do it. You do not need to force yourself into situations that make you miserable just because you think you are supposed to be adventurous. What I am talking about is the things that scare you for no real reason. The things where the worst case scenario is honestly just that you do not enjoy yourself that much. Going to a party where you only know one person. Joining friends on a day trip, trying a hobby you have never done before. Going somewhere when normally you would stay home. Things like that. The cards really seem to be saying that your comfort zone has become a little too comfortable.
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This is going to be about one thing only, and it is going to sound straight up stupid. It is going to sound like something your parents would tell you, or your grandparents, or some random person online who thinks phones are ruining the world. But honestly, you need to go outside more this summer. Not because your phone is bad, not because technology is bad, and definitely not because you need to suddenly become some nature loving person who hikes mountains every weekend. You do not. That is not what this pile is saying at all. In fact, for many of you it almost feels difficult to go outside lately. Not because there is some actual obstacle stopping you, but because you have gotten so used to staying inside that leaving the house feels like way more effort than it actually is. You think about going somewhere, but then you sit down for a second and suddenly two hours passed. Then you think maybe tomorrow instead. Then tomorrow comes and the exact same thing happens again. Your best summer is not going to come from doing something huge. It is not going to come from finding the perfect friend group, having a summer romance, going on some expensive holiday, or having every single day planned out. In fact, I think many of you are putting too much pressure on yourselves to have an amazing summer. You think there has to be some big event that makes it memorable. There does not. For many of you this summer becomes memorable because you were actually present for it. You go outside. You sit somewhere. You walk somewhere. You spend time with your friends. You spend time alone. You watch things happen around you instead of constantly watching things happen through a screen. And I know that sounds incredibly obvious but it is genuinely what I am getting. Because some of you are waiting for life to begin. You are scrolling and scrolling and scrolling waiting until something interesting happens to you. Meanwhile life is already happening. It is happening outside. It is happening while you are walking somewhere with no destination. It is happening while you are sitting in the grass talking to a friend about absolutely nothing important. Those are the moments that become memories later. And I do not even think spirit is telling you to stop using your phone. Honestly I think some of you took one look at this message and immediately got annoyed because you thought this was going to be one of those "delete all social media and become one with nature" speeches. It is not. Bring your phone with you. Listen to music. Take photos. Text your friends. Do whatever. Just do it outside sometimes. Because there is something here about remembering how slowly time can pass when you are actually experiencing it. When you are sitting online all day time weirdly disappears. You look up and suddenly it is evening. But when you spend an afternoon outside, even if you did almost nothing, it feels longer. It feels fuller somehow.
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Honestly, your best summer ever is not going to come from some big plan you make for yourself, nor is it going to come from writing down an insane amount of goals and forcing yourself to complete every single one before august ends. It is not going to come from trying to become a whole different person either. What would actually make this your best summer ever is doing whatever you feel like doing at any given moment. Which sounds very simple, but it is something you do not really allow yourself to do often. Because I think you spend a lot of time wondering if something is worth it before you actually do it. You think about whether it will be fun enough, whether it will be productive enough, whether it is the right choice. But your cards are very much saying that this summer the right choice is simply whatever feels right in the moment. If a friend asks you to go somewhere and your first instinct is yes, go. If your family invites you somewhere and your first instinct is yes, go. If you suddenly wake up one morning and decide you want to spend the entire day outside walking around, go do that too. There is something about following your instincts this summer that is going to lead you exactly where you need to be. And the funny thing is that I do not even think the events themselves are what matter most. It is more the fact that you allowed yourself to go. You allowed yourself to participate. You allowed yourself to stop overthinking every little thing and just experience life as it came. I also feel like some of you have this idea that your best summer has to look impressive. Like there needs to be a story attached to it. There needs to be some huge adventure or life changing event. But honestly I do not think that is true for you. I think some of your happiest moments this summer are going to be extremely small. Sitting outside when the weather is nice. Going to get a drink somewhere. Walking through a nearby park. Going to the sea for no reason other than the fact you wanted to. For you it is enjoyment over achievement, experiences over planning, and following your own wants over trying to create the perfect summer.
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