Lazy Days of Summer

Summer really does tend to be a time of reduced productivity. Our brains do, figuratively, wilt.

One of the key issues is motivation: when the weather is unpleasant, no one wants to go outside, but when the sun is shining, the air is warm, and the sky is blue leisure calls. Summer weather—especially the muggy kind—may also reduce both our attention and our energy levels. One common finding is a link between relative sunshine and happiness: although people who live in sunnier places, like Southern California, are no happier than those who live in the harsher conditions of the Midwest, day-to-day variations in the sunshine make a difference.

Does hot summer weather make you want to take a nap constantly? If you feel like falling asleep earlier in the summer months, it's both a reflection of your higher energy use and a reaction to changing light.

If you can find some motivation to get up and do the things you have planned then get started. Summer flies fast and before you know it the lazy days of summer are over. Damn! I am really talking about me here because I plan a million things and get little done. Shoot, time for a nap.