August 1st

What is it about August 1st that makes everyone reflect back on the summer? At work, we all kept saying how this summer flew by, or how it never really got started. It always feels like that every. single. year. August means school is back in session, the last of the summer vacations are squeezed in, and fall is just around the corner (I can't say I am complaining, its my favorite season). Maybe getting older really does make time pass by more quickly... Like one day you really do wake up and think "Where did the time go?"
Scary.
Especially because there were multiple time I wished that summer was over so that I could do this, or do that, or go here, or get that over with. That makes me feel just a little guilty.

The thing that makes time slow for me is the fact that I am still working towards getting where I want to be. I'm not ever satisfied. I keep thinking I have a long way to go. But still, I'm trying to enjoy all the things I have now at the same time. I hate to wish away the weeks or months just to get where I think I want to be. Because every time I get to the place I thought I wanted to be, I want something else by then. I have to constantly remind myself to take it all in and reflect on what I have, be patient with myself, appreciate the great people I am lucky to have in my life, and thank God for how blessed I am to be where I am in any moment. 'It's the journey not the destination'...

I also don't want to regret not having an amazing, relaxing, slow, vacation-filled summer. I don't want to forget all the beautiful things I had the opportunity to enjoy this summer in between all the things that I wished would just be over soon.



Here are some photos I took this summer that remind me of summer because all of these pictures were taken at a time when I was happy, relaxed, and okay to be just where I was.