Summer is here in full force. What type of summer have you been experiencing so far?

In my experience, there are essentially six types of summers that exist. In this episode of The New Music Industry Podcast, you’ll learn about how these seasonal changes can affect you as an artist.

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Podcast Highlights:

00:14 – Seasonal disruption

01:35 – How we look at events shapes our lives

01:53 – Global and personal shifts

02:23 – The rhythm of life

03:07 – Six types of summer

03:28 – #1: Relief

04:01 – #2: Recreation

04:37 – #3: Restoration

05:15 – #4: Restlessness

06:36 – #5: Relocation

07:26 – #6: Realization

08:26 – What type of summer have you been experiencing?

08:49 – The different types of summer can overlap

09:21 – Enjoy the rhythm of life

Transcription:

Thanks for joining me. Normally on the podcast, I would be sharing some insights about marketing, social media, or possibly business and entrepreneurship. But today, I wanted to take a break from that to talk about a different matter entirely.

I actually debated whether this was something I should even bring up. But just the other day, I took some time out to go for a walk in Canmore. It’s a rather picturesque town nestled in the Rockies, only about an hour or an hour and a half away from where I live in Calgary. It’s a beautiful town. It’s also a bit of a tourist destination.

The thing that occurred to me – and I’ve had a lot of conversations with some entrepreneurs and artists I know –  they seem to be experiencing this summer in a rather disruptive way. There are some exceptions of course – I’ve also talked to some people that really seem to be loving it and in their element, which is great. But as artists, we will go through different seasons.

This is also the type of content that I’ve been creating for my upcoming book, Flashes of Elation. So even if I just spend one episode talking about this, I believe it is something that could be of value to you. So, we will get back to the regularly scheduled program in the next few episodes, but for this one I wanted to talk about the six types of summer and how to interpret them.

How we look at events shapes our lives. That’s how significant this whole issue of interpretation is to me. I think you will also find that you can view life’s events through different lenses. Sometimes that can come through experience and time and some of the healing that you’ll experience along the way.

I believe there have been a lot of shifts. It’s not only on a global scale with some of the things that are happening in politics and across the world. And of course, on a more localized, personal level as I see reflected through some of the people that I know personally.

These sudden and disruptive shifts can affect you and your ability to move forward in your career, or finish the tasks you need to complete, or take your relationships to the next level, or really just slow down and enjoy life.

There is a rhythm to life from week to week, and also from season to season. I have often ignored this, especially in the last six years or so, because I’ve been pursuing various ventures and endeavors as an entrepreneur and as a musician.

But sometimes the universe will get your attention through any means necessary. It wakes you up and you suddenly realize, “That’s right. I have a heart. I don’t just have a mind. I also have a heart that wants things. In fact, it might be a truer reflection of who I am on the inside.”

So often we judge the heart and try to push it down and forget about it. Then, we wake up days later or weeks later or months or years later to realize we have unfulfilled desires.

As I was going on a walk in Canmore and reflecting on my past experiences, I basically identified six types of summers that exist. There could be others too. I would love to hear your thoughts on that. But I’ve used words that start with the letter “R” to main...