A Little Adventure: Plan Your Summer
You know what The Cars say in their song Magic: "Summer, it turns me upside down." Yep, I have to agree. No matter the stage of your In Progress life, you just have to love summer. Several years ago, I stumbled upon a podcast with Gretchen Rubin about designing your summer . At the time, I was teaching first grade and knew I wanted to get the most from my summer (a little rest and recharge). Contrary to popular belief, summer for educators is four to six weeks at best. That time could slip away in a snap. Gretchen's premise was if you designed your summer, you'd find you had accomplished more. Diligently I sat down and made a plan . At the end of that summer, I had to agree the summer plan had helped me do most of the things I had hoped. Since then, as soon as the brown from winter begins to turn green, I start to make a plan. A few weeks ago, when Gretchen discussed a summer design plan again , it did bring me pause. I couldn't help but wonder, " Do I n
