Let's Just Be

So I think, you know, one thing I learned personally to be more serious is that, as you know, I'm just continually taking on and doing things.

And part of me has some regrets that I spent a lot of time inside this summer because I was busy working on papers or I was doing readings and that type of thing.

So it's really caused me to take a step back and say maybe life's too short.

I mean, I'll always keep learning, but maybe I need to enjoy the moment more versus worrying about...

the next day or the next year or the next month or whatever.

So I'm actually going to take a bit of a break from some of the formal studying I've been doing just to

try to enjoy life a little bit more.

Isn't that interesting? I think that this summer's weather also contributed to that for people that are, well, I'd love to be outside.

If it's nice out, I'm outdoors.

Either doing stuff in my yard outside Or I want to go golfing or I want to be outside doing whatever I'm doing.

But we didn't have as many moments of nice weather this summer.

So you kind of got reminded by now's the time.

Don't put off

to

tomorrow.

What you can do today was a bit of a theme, I think, in my summer too.

Last summer, we were away for two or three weeks of it.

And I remember at the end of the summer feeling actually, you know, denied the summer, right? So this summer, I was really grateful for being home.

I love being here in the summertime.

I think this is a great place to be.

And yes, I know the mosquitoes were bad, but...

Everybody complains about them, but guess what? We've always had mosquitoes.

It's just been so damn dry the last few years, they weren't very apparent.

But they're just part of our summer.

That makes me think of yesterday, I got to sit with a good friend in the most beautiful yard, and we were talking about the take it for granted factor.