Summers can be slow (and that's okay)

Hey again—and welcome back to the newsletter.

It's late July now, so the temperatures are really starting to rise in LA. 🥵

And truthfully... I've never been much of a summer person.

Beyond the high heats, I've never found myself deeply inspired by summer—or motivated to spend more than a couple hours at a time in front of my desk at a time in this season.

I'm a fall guy. 🍂

There's something about the cooler weather and early sunsets that gets me feeling cozy, reflective, and spacious. That's when I find myself most creatively prolific—and it's also the season in which my business thrives most naturally.

But summer?

Summer tends to feel a little... floaty.
Less productive, less focused, and less predictable.

And up until this year, I used to resist that.

I'd panic when work was slow or my art was stagnating.
I'd try to force momentum—stacking my calendar with "to-do's" and overplanning to compensate.

In fact...

I used to ignore the seasons altogether—pushing through every month robotically, hoping that sheer willpower would be enough to create results in my music and my business.

Spoiler: it didn't work.

(Mostly, it just led to burnout.)

Because humans aren't robots.

We live and operate through seasonality—and often directly in tandem with the actual seasons that dictate the life cycles of planet we're living on.

So eventually, I gave up.

Rather than fight seasonality, I decided to simply accept it and move alongside it.

No more pushing against the tides.

Because when we move against these seasonal rhythms—
And against the rhythms within us—
We become misaligned.

(And the longterm cost of misalignment is far greater than the shorterm cost of a slow couple of months.)

The seasons in which we're forced to rest are the seasons where we regain clarity through the space, helping move forward in our lives, art, and businesses with intentionality instead of hustle.

So this week, a question:

What might happen if instead of fighting the slow summer season, you embraced it with deeper curiosity, openness, and non-judgment?

This approach has been a big part of what I'm doing now in my art/business, as well as with composers in my mentorship.

Not just so we can grow—but so we can stay aligned to our unique creative routines for a greater sense of peace and fulfillment.

So if the summer season has felt slow for you, know that you're not behind.
You're right on time.

(And if you're as excited to compose in the fall as I am, I'll be opening 5 mentorship spots in September—click here to learn what it's all about and how to join.)

Stay curious—and stay cool. ☀️
Zach

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