- You worry more about whether you have all the books, supplies, and lunch stuff organized for the first day of school than about what anybody is going to wear.
- Your only impulse on encountering a big pile of leaves is to bag them up and set them on the curb.
- Wake up at 6:45 am? No problem!
- One of your favorite things about the new season: All those yummy fall comfort foods like meatloaf, butternut squash and Brussels sprouts.
- All the teachers seem so nice.
- You’re so much happier wearing nice woolly sweaters than bathing suits.
- On Halloween, you try not to eat the candy.
- All the teachers seem so nice.
- You’re able to walk into the principal’s office without breaking into a cold sweat or trembling from head to toe.
- You can’t wait to spend long, cool nights with nothing to do but read a good book.
- How great to have some structure to the days again!
- When the guy down the street makes a weird face and avoids you, you never wonder whether he has a crush on you.
- You can’t believe how fast 3 o’clock comes every day.
- You absolutely never have any urge to climb the monkey bars.
- Blasting Ke$ha really does not help you concentrate.
- If you had a friend who texted and called you 68 times a day, you’d stop being her friend.
- Actually, you can wait until Christmas.
Ways to Upgrade Your Life
Spending money recently became a lot easier for me when someone (probably a shop owner) told me I should think of it not as buying more junk that I don’t need, but as upgrading.
Upgrading. I like that. Now, instead of buying a black cardigan just like the six I already have in my closet, I’ll splurge on one that’s made of a thicker, softer cashmere. Rather than lying in yet more bargain bin sheets, I’ll buy a set made of the luxuriously high thread count in the color I really love.
This principle applies to life elements that have nothing to do with money, too, from diet to friends to how you spend your time. Be honest: Couldn’t almost every element of your life use a bump-up?
Your kids have moved up to a new grade; here are ways you can, too.
