Yes, the
summer blues are really a thing and while we let ourselves drown in chores,
deadlines, schedules, dates and social media, the summertime blues becomes more
and more a reality that many of the ones around us are facing.
We are used
to associate the feeling of sadness, emptiness and depression with the cold
days of autumn or winter, but apparently, our deeply competitive society has
screwed us over so much that know we tend to feel the blues even on the hot,
bright summer days.
As an
escort, you tend to spend most of your time indoors, at restaurants or cafes, in
hotel rooms or in your own house, if you’re offering incalls. And that means
that your melatonin levels can be pretty low and the bright, long summer days
can make you feel nervous and anxious. If the winter blues are making us feel
more lethargic, the summer blues are making us feel more agitated and jittery, enabling
us to follow our daily routine, our dating schedule and also to do the basic
things like eating or sleeping well.
Summer is under pressure!
Lately, we
tend to put a lot of pressure on the summer months, because all year long we postpone
things and plan a lot of activities for the summer days. In our mind, summer is
that ideal time of the year when everything can happen, when we will be more
adventurous and spend more time outdoors with our clients, when we’ll go on
exotic getaways with our regulars and dance the night away on some fancy beach
with our friends, during a well-deserved vacation.
But all
those plans mean more pressure and higher expectations, and when we create a
certain vision of how we want things to happen, we tend to get more disappointed
when they don’t happen exactly how we’ve planned them. And all that disappointment
leads to the famous summer blues!
What you can
do is put less pressure on these summer days and start planning things all year
long, not only during the summer months. You can also start having less
expectations from your clients and the potential exotic destinations where you
could go together. This way, when your clients calls you to invite you to spend
some days in a gorgeous resort or to accompany them on a business trip on the
other side of the globe, the surprise and excitement will be even greater!
The overly-agitated people!
When the days
are longer and the hot sun shines brighter, people tend to get more agitated,
pumped and animated and that can lead to a feeling of exhaustion from your
behalf, especially if you’ve just ended a long day, full of bookings and your
friends are fresh and ready to party all night long.
This
hyper-agitation that surrounds you, may lead to your summer blues, so try to
balance things a little by finding some time to chill, relax and just lay in
bed, in complete silence. This way you will manage to charge your batteries and
get ready to face another hectic day, full of happy, energetic people that are
just tiring you with their excitement.
During these
days also try to limit the caffeine intake and turn down all the noise sources,
like electronics, phones, TV and so on, because they act as a distraction and
all you need is less noise and more “you time”.
Less sleep, more chances of having
the summer blues!
During
summer, because of the long days, and plenty of activities and dates planned,
we tend to wake up early and go to bed later than we usually do and that is
just wrong for our bodies! Because of sleep deprivation, our bodies release a
stress hormone called cortisol, that can trigger the summer blues and even
depression.
The solution
is to try to keep your sleeping routine as close to normal as possible and
always have the minimum 7-8 hours of sleep per night. Remember that you are a
professional escort and that your good looks, fresh face and good disposition
are part of the tools of your trade. So, keep your performances high and your client
reviews positive, by sticking to your normal schedule, although you would
really like to party with your friends or spend the long summer nights in a
different way.
The slackers and social media – a buzzkill
for our mood
Admit it,
you feel jealous and angry on those slackers you see everywhere around you,
that seem to have all the free time in the world to just enjoy the warm, summer
days, while you run around like a busy bee, from one date to another. During
summer days, everyone seems to have more free time, more plans and more cool
things to do than you and that kills your mood and gives you the blues. Add to
all that, those incredibly beautiful and perfect vacation photos that your
social media friends post everywhere and you have the recipe for disaster!
Instead of
feeling sorry for yourself, take a vacation, even a short one if you don’t have
the time to take a week or two off from escorting. This way you recharge your
batteries and you don’t feel as angry and jealous when seeing slackers all
around you. Also, regarding all those perfect social media photos and texts,
posted by your virtual friends, try to remind yourself that life is not always
as pink and fluffy as it is shown to us by our online friends. No one has a
perfect life, but if you think about it, yours is full of novelty, adventure
and traveling to amazing destinations, and that is pretty cool!
Take the
summer blues serious, because if it persists it can turn into a feeling of
sadness or even depression. Try not to let others affect you, don’t fall into
the “perfect life” trick sold to us by social media, maintain your daily
schedule even if the summer days are making you party longer and sleep less and
try to always make time to yourself, to just relax or to go on a short
vacation!