Every Summer

A photo i took in june 2011, a trip to washington D.C. with my grandma

It feels like I write this post every summer. My lack of motivation hits an all time high in the summer. Something about it being hot outside just makes me exhausted and too tired to do anything, even if I’m staying inside. Obviously that is exasperated by being in the middle of a pandemic.

Maybe it’s part of so many years in school and having summer off, it’s just ingrained in my to have summer off the be lazy and so nothing?

It’s not that I don’t have ideas, it’s not that I have writers block. It’s just I sit down and I’d rather scroll through Pinterest or twitter or listen to podcasts. Or do puzzles. Or now, watch baseball and hockey.

I have about four different blog post drafts saved. I posted about a Baking series in May and haven’t done anything. (Mostly because I ran into a copyright issue I hadn't thought about, with the baking book I bought, obviously I can’t just share full recipes. So that’s at a standstill.)

Not being able to go out and take photos has felt disappointing?

I’m hoping writing this and getting it posted, will help with wanting to and actually doing this more regularly.

I’ve had another idea for a series, a fact check series. I’ve don’t a few posts on instagram stories (and saved on my profile under ‘fact checks’) mostly looking into things bloggers have posted and looking for facts that either support what they’re saying or rebut it. I’ve looking into celery juice and candles being toxic, very brief posts but I’m thinking on expanding it on here. I’m currently looking into the Think Dirty app, and I really want to do more.

I love doing research for posts, it was one of my favorite parts of writing long form features in journalism school. And while still being on the job hunt, I think this would not only be a great way to keep padding my resume but also something I find important and insightful to make full posts on.

What are your thoughts? Is summer productive for you or has the pandemic added even more demotivation for you?