For the last 8 years or so, I’ve been guilty of rushing through the seasons.
The moment Summer comes, I’m already thinking of how I’ll be decorating for Christmas. Of course, I don’t actually start decorating for Christmas, because that would be wild. But I do start shopping around for Fall decor.
Come September, my house has already been decorated with all the cozy Fall vibes and I’m ready to move onto Christmas.
A few years ago, I started decorating for Christmas in October…
Yea, I know…
Excessive.
Honestly, I feel like I’ve spent so much time looking towards a new season that I’ve missed the ones I find myself in.
But this year, I’m trying something different.
And I’ve already addressed it with my husband so he can hold me accountable when the time comes.
I’m going to slow down, be present, and stay in the season I’m in.
Fall will always be my favorite season. The cozy blankets, warm drinks, beautiful atmospheric changes; the list can go on, it’s all so nostalgic and truly brings me joy. But I’ve realized that when I’m decorating for Fall already in August, I mentally check out of the final days of Summer and it’s felt in my household.
The same thing goes for Christmas.
I’ve decided to fully enjoy Fall when it’s here. Christmas decor will get put up after Thanksgiving.
My kids are growing way too fast for me and it’s scary.
Our seventh year of homeschool is around the corner already. College assignments are about to fill up my own planner soon. Laundry piles don’t stop and neither will having home cooked meals every day.
Life is constantly moving and it’s going fast.
Why rush it some more?
This year I want to savor what’s here.
I want to fully enjoy summer without wishing they were crisp autumn mornings instead of humid hot summer ones. I want to appreciate the long daylight hours we have and the slower pace in our day to day.
When September gets here, I’ll welcome fall with arms stretched out. When thanksgiving has been celebrated, I’ll joyfully decorate for Christmas.
Until then, I’m going to be present in the here and now because every season teaches us something new.
Summer teaches us to slow down.
Fall teaches us to prepare.
Winter teaches us to rest.
And Spring teaches us go begin again.
When we rush one season to get to the next, we miss out on all the beautiful things the current one has for us.
I think that’s true for life in general.
Most often, we find ourselves rushing through life in pursuit of the next task, the next milestone, the next chapter… the next version of ourselves.
And yet so much life is happening right here, in the middle of the very season in our lives we’re try so hard to get it over with already.
So I’m not rushing this time.
Pumpkins can wait until September.
The Christmas tree can wait until after thanksgiving.
And I will learn to be fully present in the season God has placed me in because these days matter too.
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