Summers End

While it's not the meteorological end of summer, with the kids all back to school, some for several weeks already, and with Labor Day past us, it feels like the psychological and practical end of summer. 

Summer and it's long days free of responsibilities (well for the kids) but at work there may be certain freedoms. 

Now it's time to focus, get back to work, set goals and make progress.  At least to me that is what September is.  While I miss the idea of summer, fall has always been my favorite of the seasons. 

I love it for the weather. 

I love it for the renewed sense of motivation I always seem to have.  In many ways this time of year is what New Year's is supposed to be for most.  It's a time when I think about what I want to accomplish and how I will get there and then I set a path towards it. 

Goals I start working on in fall for me have a higher success rate than those started at the new year.  And goals started at the start of summer . . . forget it.  I can't complete goals in that heat and humidity (secret - there was not much heat or humidity this summer). 

So embrace the end of summer, look forward to crisp fall days, apples and pumpkins and of course Halloween, the funnest of all the fun holidays.

Happy September!