How to design your summer
in the Happier™ app
Summer goes by fast. The Design Your Summer tool in the Happier app helps you approach the season with intention and make the most of your time.
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Choose your theme
Choose a word or short phrase that captures what you want this summer to feel like. Your theme helps you stay oriented when deciding how to spend your time.
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Make your lists
Make a list of things you want to learn, try, or do, and check things off as you go. When you know what you're hoping for, you recognize the opportunities when they appear.
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Plan your reading
Build your summer reading list and track your progress.
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Capture your memories
Add photos as the season unfolds to capture your favorite moments.
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Share your recap
At the end of the season, get a shareable summary of your theme, highlights, and how many bucket list items you completed.
Why design your summer?
For many of us, summer arrives with good intentions and slips away faster than expected. The long days and looser schedules feel like an opportunity, but without some direction, they have a way of filling up on their own terms
A little planning changes that. Choosing a theme, making a list of things you want to do, and deciding what you want from the season shifts summer from something that just happens into something you shape. Research on happiness consistently shows that anticipation is one of the most reliable sources of pleasure: having things to look forward to makes the days feel richer, even before they arrive.
Summer also tends to disrupt routines — travel, school breaks, schedule changes. That's worth thinking about in advance. Which habits do you want to hold onto? Which can you put on pause, with a plan to pick back up in the fall? Deciding ahead of time is easier than trying to recover momentum after the fact.
Try the Design Your Summer tool for free in the Happier app.
