Summer saves its calmest days for last, right when everyone’s tempted to rush instead. The trip is over, the crowds have thinned out and school hasn’t started yet, but that’s exactly when the last-minute errands creep back in. The smartest move this year is to leave the to-do list alone and actually enjoy the calm.

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