Heatwave haze and sea salt waves. Lingering lunches and the afterglow of doing nothing. There is something about this endless summer feeling that has us feeling defiant and unruly. We are recently back from a break in France and that laissez-faire way of life is, quite frankly, not something we are willing to give up just yet. So on our return we are dodging the shackles of the everyday and the tools will remain down for as long as the sun continues to shine - like a petulant child, we are not returning to real life.
This months prompts are all about extending that golden glow of a getaway, far past the point at which it should end. Because we can…and we will.
Here is how it works. These prompts are an opportunity to make the abstract tangible. They encourage you to identify and process your life in order to let ideas unfold and grow. This is a chance to observe yourself, sometimes the most obvious sits quietly, right under our noses.
Take one prompt per day or work on them all together. Write down your musings, talk about them over dinner or just mull them over - there is no wrong way. One day, one prompt, might just change up your world.
1. Breakfast in bed
Go into granular detail about your most perfect holiday breakfast. The food, the drinks, the length of time. What type of music will be playing in the background? Describe the location and the temperature. Will you be under a pergola overlooking the Med or in an air-conditioned breakfast room in the countryside?
2. Passive pleasure
Sunbathing, taking a day nap, idly doom-scrolling — guilty or not, what is your ultimate holiday downtime?
3. Hold that thought
Name a worry that you have temporarily been able to put on hold whilst on a recent holiday. You don’t have to figure out what to do about it , just identify it.
4. Summer siesta
Describe in detail your favourite holiday nap spot and don’t forget the details. A warm breeze and a swaying hammock? Midday after a margarita? Time of day, duration — we want a blow-by-blow account.
5. Free thinking
Holidays hold time for you to let your thoughts roam. Think back to a recent holiday — what is the longest amount of time you have been able to sit in silence with no distractions and let your thoughts flow?
6. JOMO
What are you absolutely stoked to be missing out on this summer?
7. Alter ego
Is there anything that you do on holiday that you would never normally do at home ( you can blame it on your holiday alter ego, let’s call her Gail).
8. Last hurrah
Unexpectedly, you have twelve hours left of your holiday — what do you choose to do?
