Summertime in our house growing up meant that my mom was up early and spent the day in her element. Some people are trained to be special education or vision teachers, but mom was born for this, and you could see her giddy excitement spending summers with teen and pre-teen kids at Texas School for the Blind and Visually Impaired in central Austin.

Mental health month is a great time for self-reflection and active experimentation regarding how we spend our time. These exercises are designed to help you reflect on your current life, explore various life paths, and prototype experiences to build a life that is both meaningful and fulfilling. They encourage an active and iterative approach to life design, much like how a designer would approach creating a product.