Summer Pace my Challenge

Summer can be such a transition month.  I am learning to relax into transitions, a skill I have not always desired or believed I would enjoy.  My current read is titled "Search Inside Yourself" by Chade-Meng Tan of Google fame.  He is sharing simple and quick ways to practice mindfulness with the end result being emotional intelligence, and for me relaxing into transitions.  I will not go into detail here but want to share why I am enjoying it.  I continue to get resistance to cooking instruction because people believe they don't have time for home preparation and I am always fascinated with how other helpful habits are presented and how they make taking action so easy with quick and simple steps.  I can practice these easy meditation exercises in 2 minutes every day, exercising that new muscle and creating a habit.  Creating a cooking habit in 2 minutes might be a challenge, but educating people about the benefits of 2 minute meditations or 30 minute food prep times might be an answer to breaking the cycle of bad habits and creating new ones. Mr. Tan presented excellent reasons why creating his proposed new habit would benefit the person.  I will create the same compelling reasons why spending time in the kitchen getting ready for a week of meals would benefit someone.   Summer transitions are creating stress for me because I am selfish.  I don't want my friends to be busy with visiting grandchildren.  I don't want my friends to be away from our shared activities for 10 days while they travel.  I am inconvenienced by business owners who are absent or slower in response times because of summer activities.  I can hear you now saying, what a twit.  I am not a twit but I am often in fast forward so am challenged by the slower pace summer brings to many.  I plan to learn some 2 minute meditation practices that will allow me to relax into the transitions summer brings  to my world.