A couple of weeks ago, I came across an article about something called the “summer slide.”
It explained how, over the summer, kids can lose a bit of the progress they made during the school year. Especially in subjects like math and reading. Not in a dramatic way, but enough that it takes time to rebuild once school starts again.
I found myself thinking about it more than I expected.
So I ordered a few workbooks for my daughter.
Nothing intense or rigid. Just fun, engaging exercises she can do here and there. She actually loves that kind of thing, and it felt like a nice middle ground. She gets a real break, but she also stays connected to what she’s been learning.
And somewhere in the middle of all that, I had the thought:
I see a version of this all the time with adults.
Not just in the summer, but especially then.
We step out of our routines a bit. We spend more time outside. We travel. We say yes to things we don’t usually have time for.
All good things.
But without realizing it, we can drift a little too far from the things that were giving us clarity or momentum.
I hear it in conversations with clients all the time:
“I feel a little scattered.”
“I’m not sure what I’m focusing on right now.”
“It feels harder to get started again than I expected.”
It’s not about discipline.
It’s about staying connected.
And that connection doesn’t have to be heavy.
It can be surprisingly light.
A single conversation where you step back and look at your life from a slightly different angle.
A space where you can say things out loud and hear what’s actually true for you.
A moment to reconnect to what you were building before things got busy or diffuse.
That’s often enough to shift something.
To help you keep your rhythm, even in a season that naturally pulls you out of it.
If you’ve been feeling that subtle drift, or you just want a place to think things through, I’m opening up a handful of complimentary coaching conversations.
No pressure, no expectation to continue.
Just a thoughtful hour for you.
You can grab a time here: https://calendly.com/jenny_bv/coaching-exploration-call
Warmly,
Jenny