{"id":2069,"date":"2015-08-05T13:34:49","date_gmt":"2015-08-05T18:34:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/larakrupicka.com\/?p=2069"},"modified":"2015-08-05T13:40:26","modified_gmt":"2015-08-05T18:40:26","slug":"august-bucket-list-life-dare-seize-the-moment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/larakrupicka.com\/staging\/6885\/2015\/08\/05\/august-bucket-list-life-dare-seize-the-moment\/","title":{"rendered":"August Bucket List Life Dare: Seize the Summer Moment"},"content":{"rendered":"

It\u2019s August. Our school district is clamoring for my attention again with registration forms in the mail and orientation reminders in my inbox. As much as I want to ignore it and pretend my mornings will forever be blissfully quiet with kids sleeping late, summer is winding down. School will be starting again. Soon. And that feeling that we haven\u2019t done everything we wanted to for the summer niggles at me.<\/p>\n

\"AugustYou too? I have some good news for both\u00a0you and me: it\u2019s not over yet. Even as we shop for school supplies, we can still complete something we had planned this summer that we haven\u2019t gotten around to. And even better, we have a natural deadline to spur us on – the first day of school.<\/p>\n

So that\u2019s the theme for this month\u2019s bucket list life dare: Seize the Summer Moment. Think back to the first day of summer. What did you envision the three months of\u00a0June, July and August\u00a02015 to look like? What did you hope you and your kids would be able to do or create or see or learn or visit or encounter?<\/p>\n

Hopefully you can say your summer lived up to much of your vision. And maybe you were pleasantly surprised by experiences you hadn\u2019t dreamed of ahead of time. But there are probably one or two things that you couldn\u2019t fit in or just plain forgot about. That\u2019s what this dare is about. Pick one or two things, preferably bucket list goals – things that you have never experienced before, that you still want to get in before summer ends. Then make them happen in August (or by Labor Day, if you want to give yourself until the official end of summer).<\/p>\n

My goal is to take my kids to Magic Waters<\/a>, a water park we have never tried. We pass it every summer on our way to my in-laws’ summer home, but since we go out there to boat and fish and swim, it never made sense to hit the water park. This year we were fortunate enough to be given passes to Magic Waters. But first summer school and its rigorous homework prevented us. Then vacation away, appointments, work and other obligations made it hard to get out there. Now we have no reason not to go – we just need to make it happen. And I can\u2019t wait for the fun we\u2019ll have when we do!<\/p>\n

How about you? What is one new adventure you want to still squeeze into your summer? Take the August Bucket List Life Dare and make it happen.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

It\u2019s August. Our school district is clamoring for my attention again with registration forms in the mail and orientation reminders in my inbox. As much as I want to ignore it and pretend my mornings will forever be blissfully quiet with kids sleeping late, summer is winding down. School will be starting again. Soon. And…<\/p>\n

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