Those Lazy Hazy Crazy Days Of Summer !
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Long before a new generation of Internet Wizards, Affiliate Marketers, Article Experts and Home Business Entrepreneurs started slowing down because of summer, the great Nat King Cole already had this need to relax and enjoy the sunshine.
Will working on reduced speed reflect a lot on your PR, SEO, Backlinks ? I don’t believe so. Business in general is slow during summer and productivity drops in all business areas; Office employees think about weekends out with their family, moms are planning vacations, dads in Europe are following Euro 2008 Soccer, kids need more attention.
Our body needs to adapt to high temperatures, concentration is harder to keep, we become more social and want to be with friends sharing these moments of plenty nature is giving us. In a word we want to be outside and not locked up in an office or sitting in front of the computer all day long. Be careful however and follow the rules of nature.
Take a while and observe your pet, it adapts to the heath; it sleeps much more, eats less, drinks a lot and slows down generally at lunch time … my cat at this precise moment is on top of the cupboard in the kitchen, it’s cool there, she feels comfortable… arent’ we all animals ? So let’s learn with and from them, they know how to listen to their body, they take care of their health and wellbeing. People in the Mediterranean change their habits and do “siesta” after lunch to compensate for the hours of difficult sleep at night when temperatures are still quite high. Stay out of the sun between 12Pm and 4PM, relax in the shade and enjoy your light meal.
So, what else should I do now? I’ll have a tomato salad and enjoy my afternoon nap ! Something wrong with this? I will be back later in the day. First things first …. one of the great advantages of working at home! Go with the flow, but stay alert! (my cat just opened one eye to check on me, talking about being alert?!?).
Really good points here Michelle - we need to enjoy summer and take in all it has to offer - take time to appreciate the outdoors and sunshine as well to juice up our batteries for winter!
Arthur Magoulianiti
European Affiliate Marketing Programs
Comment by Arthur Magoulianiti — June 26, 2008 @ 5:19 pm
Hi, Michele:
Great title and excellent personal insight in your blog post. I live in a part of Canada where we get only a few months of summer, and even then, it seems like there are so few truly hot days - and I love the hot days!
Even if business through the summer is slow, it’s good for a person to keep plugging away at their Internet home business just to keep the momentum flowing in the right direction.
By the way, my pets look after themselves … outdoors: squirrels, deer, many varieties of birds (love watchin the hummingbirds feeding outside of our kitchen window). Sometimes see moose and bear, too! (Had a few bears give the wink over the past few years, but neither of us stuck around long enough to exchange any further pleasantries!)
GT Bulmer
StarrBizz.com – Internet Home Business Ideas and Opportunities
Comment by GT Bulmer — June 26, 2008 @ 10:35 pm
Hello Michele,
You are right about the summer mood. People really do have a different outlook and focus when evenings are longer. But here in Ireland we don’t have to worry too much about staying out of the sun around midday- more like trying to find it!
Although many things do slow down, that is the time when you can push your business ahead of your competition by working consistently.
Alan
Comment by Alan Thomas — June 28, 2008 @ 11:13 am
Oh, to be a pet, never work, sleep all day, free food and water, air condition in the summer and a privet heater in the winter, a day in my dogs’ life.
Tanny
Internet Home Business Ideas
Comment by Internet Business Ideas — June 28, 2008 @ 11:17 am
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Trackback by PlugIM.com — June 28, 2008 @ 11:56 am
Hi Michele,
I just come back from vacation and doing this business in the summer is quite different from the other seasons as you have mentioned. Sometimes it is hard to sit behind the screen and get motivated. We all need each other!!
Thanks,
Jim
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Comment by Jim Suzak — June 30, 2008 @ 10:03 pm
Hi Michele,
Some very good points… I wish I was having some lazy hazy days here in Scotland but unfortunately it has rained pretty much every day in July so far!! It looks like the sun has come out today though!
Cheers,
Suzanne
Comment by Online Business Ideas — July 21, 2008 @ 9:11 am