In her article, How To Balance Being Online With Mindfully Logging Off, Stephanie Fallon says,
It can be so tempting to start over in some romanticized revamp of a 90’s childhood summer.
She’s talking here about the temptation of a radical digital detox but I read this and immediately thought, that sounds super fun! I want a 90s (or 80s!) childhood summer!
So I’m asking myself, what does that look like?
Here’s what I’ve got so far:
- Participating in the library’s summer reading program
- And thus maxing out my borrowing privileges (50 books at a time)
- And spending hours and hours reading
- Hanging out at the pool as much as possible
If I want to go mid-to-late-90s, I’d add in participating in one or more theatrical productions and doing some hobbyist web development.
As an educator who only works 10 months out of the year, I think I can get pretty close to this. I’m thinking about how I want to meld it with having my kid at home with me for many weeks, too, as he’s only doing a few camps this year.
What would your nostalgic romanticized childhood summer look like?