The Dying Throes of Summer and Scarcity Mindset

In two days I will be returning back to a somewhat regular work schedule- about 5 days of professional development and teacher work time, and then school will begin. I'm not sure why I wait until the last minute to cram things into the last of my free time- I think I develop a scarcity mindset too late in the game to actually take advantage of all the time. Sometimes a scarcity mindset can be a good thing, in that it motivates you to take advantage of what you currently have.

The majority of my time this summer has been spent working on school-related things, reading books, and moving. Actually, it was fairly busy and even I daresay, productive. I had an opportunity to get some experience added to my leadership resume, I read 1 book that was teaching related, and the rest were fun (12 total for the summer), and moving will hopefully yield some decent results in the future by (possibly) decreasing stress. I also spent two weeks of my summer working on the lore for the steemmonsters game, which was both a fun creative outlet and a great way to grow my account.

Initially when I started writing this I thought I was going to talk about how I did more in the last five days than I did all summer, therefore having a scarcity mindset about the end of summer led me to be more productive. However, the more I actually thought about what was accomplished this summer, the more I realized that the scarcity mindset I am developing about the end of this summer isn't leading me to be more productive. It's just making me think I am more productive because I am cramming a bunch of social activities into the last days.

Reflecting is an interesting mental process. This post kind of got away from me, but thanks for hanging in for the ride.