8. I'm Not Doing Hot Girl Summer This Year: What I'm Doing Instead — and Why Every Woman Needs Her Own Set of Non-Negotiables

Every June, I promise myself I'll finally slow down. Every August I wonder where the summer went. Not this year. I'm not doing hot girl summer — and I'm not doing soft girl summer either. I'm doing my own summer: selective, intentional, mine.

The thing that actually makes that possible isn't a manifesto or a vision board. It's a short, boring, completely non-negotiable list of things I do every day, no matter what. This week I'm walking you through my seven daily non-negotiables — and giving you three ways to build your own.

In this episode of The Purfect Sunday Podcast: 

• Why hot girl summer and soft girl summer are both performance — and the reframe that changed how I structure my whole life
• My 7 daily non-negotiables — journaling, skincare, minimal alcohol, a clean plant-based diet, sleep, solo time, and daily movement — with the why, the how, and a summer-specific tip for each
• 3 frameworks to build your own list — the energy audit, what falls apart first, and the past version of you
• The difference between being easy and being clear — and why that distinction matters all summer
• Why non-negotiables are what make the rest of your life feel free

This Week's Self-Improvement Challenge

Pick one non-negotiable — the one you've been quietly skipping — and do it every single day for seven days. Just one. That's the whole assignment.

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