Thursday Thoughts: What Do You Think of August?

Thursday Thoughts, Thursday Vibes, Inspiration for Women

As a teenager where I spent every summer day on my dock on Lake Delta, I didn’t like August very much. The excitement of the summer began dwindling as back-to-school thoughts, college preparations, and family vacations, took my friends with boats away from the water stranding me on my floating platform. “Why did summer have to fade before Labor Day,” I always pondered.

Fast forward forty years sitting near my pool on the most glorious 77-degree, blue sky day as bright green leaves and grasses start to yellow, and that familiar sense of summer ending crept in. Plucking myself off the poolside lounge chair, I entered my office opening a notice about a marathon in April 2025. “Hmmm, maybe if I apply for it and win the raffle, this will give me something to get excited about and train for,” I thought.

Before I knew it, I submitted my application, gave my credit card for the possible $350 charge if I won, and hit the send button. Understanding the odds of winning the raffle were probably slim since I’m not lucky in random drawings, I didn’t worry about the entry. By the end of the month, I’ll know if I’m in.

“Honey, remember how you wanted to go out West again?” I said to my husband at dinner. “Yeah!” he said, “Well, I entered the Big Sur Marathon in California and if I win the raffle, we can go out there and vacation after I run it.” He gave me that familiar look he gives me when I plan an expensive sporting gig. “If I didn’t run and enter races think of the places you wouldn’t have visited,” I said gleefully. He smirked.

My Thursday Thought for you is what do you do mid-summer when you feel bored or anxious about it ending? Do you plan future enjoyment? Savor every day and moment? Start shopping for the holidays? Make new business plans?

If today is one of those days when the soft, humid, summer breeze has you slightly stir-crazy, sad, or anxious, start looking and planning forward to the fall and winter months when you’ll need to go to a warm beach, try a new race, or even enjoy an ice bucket challenge in the dead of winter to brighten your mood.

Now is the time to either sit back and enjoy the hazy, lazy season, or get planning for the next one.