Summer is over, so now what?

Deal with it, I GUESS.

HERE’S what to wear, listen to and read TO HELP Transition into real life.

I know I'm not alone at disheartening reality of summer's imminent end. 

It feels rather brutal. One moment you're sopping up anchovy oil, day drinking in a bikini, working on your Mediterranean tan while languidly figuring out how to possibly squeeze in yet another 3-hour lunch between naps. 

Next thing you know, you're rudely dealing with alarm clocks, school, extracurricular activities, PTA's, mothers at PTA's, impending deadlines and foregoing those restorative naps for banal activities such as picking up kids, earning a living and well, general adulting. It's enough to send you screaming for the next charter plane to Paros (or whatever idyllic vacation destination of your suiting. Mine is Ibiza, FYI – but I'm open to being persuaded otherwise.)

Alas, we've all had to come back (and if you've found a way to chase summer all year long and avoid the traps of responsible normcore, I commend you).

But for us mere mortals sucking up to the default realities of life, perhaps we can make the journey a little less harrowing by keeping the glimmer of summer loucheness, it not centre stage, at least on the side lines. 

It's a lofty ideal I concede. But ultimately, what choice do we have? We're going to have to embrace the "tweening" period (in-between-season) and transition gracefully, hanging onto our slightly fading tan for dear life. 

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