September is here. There's no stopping it, there's no slowing it down. It's coming in full force for us and I'm ready to run right into it. This month, in particular, can almost be as transforming as the cherished January 1st if you allow it to be.
The transition from August to September can be especially difficult if you find that you thrive in the summer months. However, if hearing the word fall excites your soul, then September coming can give you that renewed sense of excitement for the year. Despite your love or despise of the month, you can't avoid the inevitable. As we go deeper into September, the cool autumnal winds blow in some much-needed change. What happens next when the winds catch up to you, is all up to you.
We all are in our own novels. Sometimes our storylines get intertwined in others but at the end of the day, we are the main protagonist of our lives. Chapters in our books can end, sometimes more often than we would like but that's not a bad thing. When a chapter in our life wraps up, it's not the end of our story. Since we write our narratives we can simply just write in another chapter. Right now every single one of us is in the middle of our stories. I don't care how old or young you feel, you've passed the beginning and you have a long way until the end. Everyone knows that the middle of a novel is where it starts to really get good. With that in mind, let August 31st be the end of a chapter and September be the start of a greater new one.
September is the month we all need.
The weather cools off ever so slightly, it gets darker earlier than we expect, and stores filled with Halloween decorations all as if on the same cue. It's the subtle changes that allow us to accept fall is coming. Vacations come to an end and school picks right up where it left off but these aren't things to be upset about. The return of school marks the return of normalcy. It gives us that spark to start up new routines and get in better habits. The summer blues fade away and our productivity seems to always skyrocket. All of these things lead to why September this year deserves its own chapter.
Being the authors of our stories gives us unlimited ways to change the way the story is headed. If the last couple weeks have been hitting you down hard, turn the page, start a new chapter, and take a step back. It really can be that easy if you let it. Evaluate what made the best parts good and incorporate more of that into your September section. It is easy to dwell on what went wrong but if we focused on what went right our stories would be better-off anyways.
I am ready for the change. Despite this summer being one of the best I've ever had, I'm embracing September's winds with open arms. I'm ready for this new chapter to start and for the comfort of fall to set in deeper and deeper. There's a lot of positive changes I have waiting to be written into this new chapter and September is the perfect time to be writing it all.
