Have you noticed how summer quietly rearranges everything?
Your calendar fills up with barbecues and beach days. You say yes to more social plans—some exciting, some exhausting. The days feel slower, but somehow more crowded. The sun stays out longer, but your focus gets fuzzier.
Even if you love summer (and I do), it’s easy to feel thrown off.
We spend the rest of the year building structure—morning routines, productivity habits, finely-tuned to-do lists. And then summer shows up like: “LOL, good luck with that.”
And honestly? Sometimes we need a shake-up.
Sometimes we need to break our own rules on purpose—the ones that once served us, but now just feel rigid or exhausting.
This week on The Overthinker’s Guide to Joy, I’m talking about what it looks like to honor the natural shift of a season—especially when it disrupts our usual patterns. It’s not about giving up or slacking off. It’s about loosening our grip. About giving ourselves permission to pause, reset, and recalibrate.
🎧 Listen to Episode 126: Summer’s Permission to Break the Rules
If your focus has been off lately, if your schedule feels upside down, or if you’ve felt a little guilty for not doing enough—this one’s for you.
Because rest is not falling behind. And losing your rhythm isn’t the same as losing your progress.
Sometimes, summer’s messiness is the exact medicine we need.
With warmth,
Jackie
