July marks a delicate turning level. The sunshine lingers a bit longer, and time appears to stretch with risk. It’s the midway mark of the yr, once we’re inspired to replicate on the place we’ve been and root extra deliberately into the place we’re going. The season reminds us that pleasure doesn’t should be extravagant—generally, it’s a bowl of just-picked berries, a stroll that ends in wildflowers, or a day that strikes at your tempo.
As we transfer into the center of summer time, the invitation is easy: soften, keep current, and take in the sweetness that’s proper in entrance of you. Forward, uncover 31 joy-filled issues to do in July that can assist you take advantage of each sun-drenched day.
Picture above from our interview with Lauren Eire by Emma Bassill.
31 Issues to Do in July to Make Each Day Depend
A few of us chase the solar with salt-streaked hair and sandy toes. Others discover solace within the slowness—a morning stroll, a crisp glass of one thing chilly, a good ebook within the shade. Nevertheless you spend your time, July is an invite to reside a bit extra totally, a bit extra presently.
Let every day be its personal small celebration. Beneath, you’ll discover 31 issues to do in July to spark pleasure, deliver ease, and make this sun-soaked month one to recollect.
July 1-8
1. Examine in along with your objectives. We’re six months in and have six months left of 2025—there’s by no means a greater time to replicate on the objectives you set at the start of the yr. What nonetheless resonates? Are there intentions you possibly can let go of? Reframe and reset, and take this second half by storm.
2. Take a location-less day journey. Decide a course and go—no map, no plans, simply curiosity. Discover the roadside fruit stand, cease on the swimming gap, and let your internal wanderer lead.
3. Cook dinner a meal completely outdoors. Even in the event you’re not a grill grasp, you possibly can nonetheless cook dinner a scrumptious dinner outdoors with picnic-friendly meals. When you can stand the warmth and mosquitos lengthy sufficient, set a fairly desk and benefit from the al fresco vibes.
4. Host a sluggish brunch. Invite associates for a mid-morning backyard brunch. Stone fruits, delicate scrambled eggs, and recent herbs snipped out of your windowsill.
5. Go strawberry selecting. Make the most of strawberry season! There’s nothing higher than getting up early, beating the crowds, and heading house with baskets of recent fruit. And naturally, you should make a candy strawberry deal with along with your pickings.
6. Strive a five-minute grounding follow. Earlier than you attain to your cellphone every morning, place your toes on the ground, shut your eyes, and test in: What do I would like in the present day? What do I wish to really feel?
7. Have an intentional date night time. Whereas we love placing on a present and having a comfy night time in with our S.O., 2025 is all about experiencing extra novelty. These questions are designed that can assist you swap up your conversations and study extra about your accomplice.
8. Plan your out of doors house. Camille’s Mediterranean-inspired landscaping has motivated us all to make our backyards and patios an out of doors haven. Make your Pinterest goals come true with these yard landscaping concepts stuffed with tricks to match any house.
July 9-15
9. Re-start your favourite ebook. Whereas I’m all about selecting up the very best new learn, there’s nothing extra comforting than rereading your favourite books. There’s no strain to focus too onerous, no large commitments to make—simply pure pleasure. No matter ebook you possibly can image your self laying out on the seashore with for hours with out pause, that’s the one to learn. Head to the library, a bookstore, or your Libby app and make it occur.
10. Go night time swimming. A few of my favourite childhood reminiscences contain household night time swims on the lake. Take the leap (actually) and uncover the enjoyment of it your self this July.
11. Make one thing along with your arms. Ditch your display screen and take a look at one thing tactile—flower arranging, air-dry clay, a watercolor sketch. No matter calls to you, observe that.
12. Curate your summer time scent. Whether or not it’s a physique oil, a linen spray, or your go-to perfume, select a scent to hold you thru July. Reminiscence lives in aroma—make this one final.
14. Spruce up your backyard (or begin one). Gardening is an effective way to spend a while within the solar. Plant one thing new if you have already got a backyard going, or lastly begin one in the event you haven’t but. Camille’s constructing her inexperienced thumb and may’t get sufficient. Steal her gardening suggestions and get rising!
15. Decide to relaxation. Use the month of July to get in a great relaxation routine earlier than the summer time is over. July is your invitation to construct a relaxation ritual—each day stretches of quiet, unhurried sleep, or time merely spent doing nothing in any respect.
July 16-22
16. Go to an out of doors live performance. Most cities and bigger cities host out of doors music occasions all through the summer time. Do some analysis and are available out to assist native bands. Don’t neglect the snacks!
17. Stargaze. Go stargazing on trip, whereas tenting out, or in your yard. Obtain a free app like SkyView Lite to determine the entire stars and constellations you discover. Preserve your eyes peeled for taking pictures stars, too.
18. Learn up on cycle syncing. Get inquisitive about how your power shifts all through the month. Strive syncing your meals, exercises, and skincare to your hormonal rhythms—and spot how supported your physique feels.
19. Go to an aquarium. When the climate’s scorching, I’m both in a lake or staying cool someplace that has AC. Within the latter case, a museum or an aquarium will at all times win out. If there isn’t one in your space, discover the deep sea with this scrollable illustration. It’s significantly addicting.
20. Have a good time Nationwide Ice Cream Day. What higher solution to settle down than with ice cream? Decide up a couple of pints of the finest vanilla ice lotions, check out one in every of these wholesome ice cream recipes, or simply seize a spoon and a bowl and have fun by your self.
21. Have a picnic. Prep and pack your favourite picnic recipes, whip up a pitcher of iced tea, and discover the right spot to set out your blanket. Is there any higher solution to spend a summer time night?
22. Attend a block celebration. Convey some meals and cease by. There’s no higher solution to get to know your neighbors.
July 23-31
23. Clear out your closet. When you’re searching for productive issues to do in July, attempt cleansing out your closet. You most likely really feel such as you simply completed spring cleansing, however now could be the right time to promote or donate the summer time garments from final season you by no means ended up carrying. And you’ll at all times reorganize to make room for the upcoming summer time gross sales.
24. Take a household bike experience. Pack a picnic and cease someplace scenic for lunch alongside the way in which. (Sure, all the pieces is simply an excuse for a picnic.)
25. Make a seasonal bouquet. Whether or not you head to Dealer Joe’s or go to your favourite native florist, decide a couple of completely different blooms and craft an association that’ll brighten up your property. Bonus factors in the event you make an additional one to share with a good friend.
26. Discover a native farmer’s market and cook dinner dinner with what you purchase. Questioning what to do in July with all of summer time’s best meals? Try our information to what produce is in season. Assist native distributors by visiting your nearest farmer’s market and making a meal with what you discover.
27. Have a 90s film marathon when it’s too scorching outdoors. When the warmth slows you down, lean in. Cue up a nostalgic 90s film night time—suppose consolation, connection, and no rush to be anyplace else.
28. Learn a quintessential summer time ebook. Few issues really feel extra like summer time than a ebook you possibly can’t put down. Whether or not you’re by the pool, on the park, or curled up on the sofa with a fan pointed your method, get misplaced in a narrative that looks like sunshine. I simply picked up It’s a Love Story by Annabel Monaghan, and it’s precisely the form of feel-good, full-heart learn July requires.
29. Go to a baseball sport. Nothing screams summer time fairly like baseball and scorching canines. I simply went to a Cubs sport and whereas I wouldn’t name myself the largest baseball fan, I had the very best time getting outdoors and connecting with the power of the sport.
30. Get on the water. Seize a paddle board, take a browsing lesson, or head out on a ship. Nevertheless you benefit from the water, don’t be afraid to get your hair moist.
31. Mirror on the month and make new objectives for August. Look again on all that this month introduced into your life. Did you meet new individuals? Expertise new alternatives? Be taught new issues? In your journal, write what went effectively and what you’d have favored to occur otherwise this month. Then, take that optimistic power and channel it into a tremendous August forward.
A Month of Easy Joys
Let July be the month that reminds you of the enjoyment that may be present in simplicity. That magnificence is within the unplanned afternoon, the recent peach, the quiet stroll at golden hour. As we flip towards August, carry with you the spaciousness you created—and let it information what comes subsequent.
