A Summer Book to Read Again & Again
I think it’s finally safe to say that summer is upon us, my friend! (If you’re in the northern hemisphere at least)
School is out.
Flowers are blooming.
Campgrounds are packed.
Ice cream shops are overcrowded.
And paddleboards are calling my name.
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So this week, I started pulling out my summer book piles and had to smile a big smile when I saw this note to myself inside the front cover of my favorite book from last summer ⤵
“To be read at least twice,
directly after one another.
No, to be read at least twice every summer.
I plan to read this book 50 times or more,
just like her daughter (son?) who wrote the intro”
And another big smile came with the note just after it⤵
“How mind-blowing is the publication year of this book — 1955. How could she possibly know or even dream of someone like me in the 2020s finding so much strength in these pages, her words resounding so deep and so strong.”
The book, of course, is Gift from the Sea by Anne Morrow Lindbergh — a book I fell in love with last summer after a friend recommended it to me. I’m starting it again this weekend. It truly is a summer book to read again and again.
Speaking of summer stuff to read, here are a few more good reads for your summer stack from the blog archives ⤵
Outdoor Adventure & Travel:
➳ National Park Hacks from Long-Term Nomads
➳ Mount Katahdin: a photo gallery
➳ 10 Years of My Best Travel Advice
➳ Family Roadtrip Advice from a Former Full-Time Traveler
➳ 5 Surefire Ways to a Great Summer
Pursuing Big Dreams & Personal Growth:
➳ The Power of Time Spent Alone
➳ If You're Struggling to Take Care of Yourself
➳ A Trick for When You Feel Powerless
➳ How do we finally start living the life of our dreams?
➳ How to Know Which Dream to Choose
➳ 11 keys for a more fulfilling life
➳ A quote for dreams taking too long
Building Deep Relationships:
➳ How to Teach Your Kids to Fly
➳ Thoughts on Measuring Up and What Really Matters
➳ How to Handle Rejection without Disengaging
➳ A Quick Win for Connecting with Teenagers
➳ A Must-Read Read-Aloud for Little Kids
➳ How to Know if You Could Homeschool
➳ Thoughts on Empathy from Sue Monk Kidd
Bookish Pursuits:
➳ Journaling prompts, tips, & tricks
➳ A mental health reading list
➳ Breaking your phone addiction
➳ Unconventional healthy living
➳ The book I said I’d publish this summer (& didn’t)
➳ An opportunity to reset your creativite soul
➳ Deliciously underlined quotes & passages
If summers for you are anything like they are for me, you’re getting outside every possible moment.
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You’re trying your best to soak in all the Vitamin D you missed by being stuck inside all winter.
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You’re walking more, riding bikes more, getting on the water as often as possible.
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You’re rethinking your habits, gaining a fresh perspective, and starting to feel light again.
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Inevitably, you’re spending less and less time on social media and maybe even starting to think you might not ever need to use social media very much again—or maybe not at all. (At least that’s how I’m feeling right now.)
If that’s you, here are a few quotes to feed that flame from a new book I’m loving called Manifest: 7 Steps to Living Your Best Life ⤵
“Social media is a billion-dollar industry that is literally driven by envy: It actively encourages us to compare ourselves to others so that we buy what they have, while simultaneously encouraging us to post our own envy-inducing images to get us enough ‘likes’ or ‘comments’ to feel validated. . .
But the ironic thing about it all is that we are envious of things that aren’t even real. . .
We are shown a masked reality, a mirage, and we continue striving for it seemingly unaware that in doing so, we are merely searching for a pot of gold at the end of the rainbow. . .
The ‘dream’ life is always being sold to us at the expense of our appreciation of our own. . .
She realized that social media was making her feel envious of something she didn’t even want.”
~ Roxie Nafousi, Manifest
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Have fun out there, lovely.
Have so much fun.
I hope you know I’m cheering you on every step of the way.
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From my little outdoor office space to yours,
Celeste
