{"id":43186,"date":"2019-05-30T11:45:42","date_gmt":"2019-05-30T15:45:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/?p=43186"},"modified":"2019-05-30T11:45:54","modified_gmt":"2019-05-30T15:45:54","slug":"talking-about-your-summer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/2019\/05\/talking-about-your-summer\/","title":{"rendered":"Talking About Your Summer"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/glenn-mollette.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-42150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/glenn-mollette.jpg 300w, https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/glenn-mollette-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/glenn-mollette-50x50.jpg 50w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption>Glenn Mollette<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>By Glenn Mollette&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Summer is here and will soon be\ngone.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Here is what you can do for an\nenjoyable summer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Turn off the television. Seriously\nhow much of your life have you spent starring at the television? I grew up\nwatching one channel most of the time and have surely parked a lot of my life\nin front of the tube. Television is good for a little entertainment, news and\nsalvaging a boring day. However, life has to be more than television.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Limit yourself to no more than\nfifteen to twenty minutes of social media every day. Actually every other day\nmight be better. Wish your friends happy birthday. Stay in touch with\nsignificant people in your life and then turn it off.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Unplug yourself from negative people.\nDo you really need negativity in your life? You may be stuck with some at work\nand even family. However, stop catering to those people who drain you, resent\nand are envious of you. Spending time with people who constantly badmouth\nothers and are angry about something is not enhancing your life.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Formulate your own opinions on all\nthe national political issue stuff that we hear every day. We hear political\njargon nonstop and it&#8217;s driving us all crazy. Do you really want to spend your\nentire summer listening to politicians from Washington who aren&#8217;t interested in\nwhat you are doing but only what they are doing? You can pick it all back up\nthis winter when there are ten inches of snow on the ground.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This summer be involved in doing. Do\nsomething. Participate. Visit your local state parks. Sit by a lake somewhere.\nGo fishing. Picnic. Take lots of walks. Sit on a porch with a friend or family\nmember. Use your telephone for conversations. Garden some. Mow your grass. Sing\nin your church choir. Connect with a local exercise class. Shoot some\nbasketball. Take some mini one or two day trips. Connect with people. You may\nbe working six or seven days a week. Still, find a way to smell the roses and\nenjoy summer.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There is something about participating in the life that makes life more like life. It doesn&#8217;t haven&#8217;t to be on a grand scale or in a grand arena. However, it can be in your arena and it&#8217;s our individual lives we are talking about and that&#8217;s what will matter to you at the end of your summer.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Glenn Mollette&nbsp; Summer is here and will soon be gone.&nbsp; Here is what you can do for an enjoyable summer. Turn off the television. 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