With Love, Katie.
A midsummer invitation to joy, presence, and golden light: this is what your happy list for June it is all about.
If May is a soft invitation to bloom, June is a sun-drenched celebration of all that is in full expression. It’s barefoot days, golden evenings, wildflower meadows, and laughter carried on warm winds.
This month, let your joy be slow and intentional. Let the sun kiss your skin, and let your rituals root you deeper into your own life.
Here are 10 joyful things to do in June—to help you live with intention, presence, and play.
Your happy list for June
1. Make Herbal Sun Tea
Place fresh herbs (like lemon balm, mint, or chamomile) in a large glass jar, fill it with water, and set it in the sun for a few hours. Serve it with ice and honey. Drink it barefoot in the grass.
2. Celebrate the Summer Solstice
Does summer solstice ring a bell? If not, it is time to enjoy seasonal living. Light a candle at sunrise, pick wildflowers and simply write down what you’re grateful for.
Host a small picnic with people you love. Dance, even if only in your living room and make sure you mark the longest day of the year with intention and warmth.
3. Read Outside
Choose a poetry book, a childhood favorite, or something whimsical. Read on the porch, in the park, or under a tree. Let the pages turn slowly and let your attention rest.
4. Eat Summer Fruit Right from the Market
Blueberries, cherries, peaches… try to enjoy this season. Let the juice drip down your fingers. This is a season of abundance—let it be sticky and sweet and full.
5. Collect Natural Treasures
Shells, feathers, smooth stones. Keep them in a bowl on your altar or desk. Let them remind you that the world is always offering beauty.
6. Wear Something Just Because It Makes You Feel Lovely
A flowy dress or a silky scarf. A beaded anklet. Adorn yourself for yourself. Let your clothing feel like an extension of your softness.
7. Create a Gentle Evening Ritual
In June, evenings are long and golden. Unplug early to make sure you help cortisol levels stay low. Light a candle and play music you love. Massage your face with oil or simply write a few words in your journal. Sip warm tea even if it’s still warm outside. Let your evenings become sacred.
8. Create a Seasonal Table
Place a few wildflowers, herbs, and seasonal produce on a small table. Let this be your seasonal altar—your visual reminder of where you are in the cycle.
9. Meditate Under the Open Sky
Just five minutes to sit and close your eyes in nature. Listen to the birds and feel the warmth on your face. The sky reminds us of how much room there is to breathe.
10. Make Time for One Purely Joyful Thing
Something unproductive. Something just because it feels good. Like swinging. Or finger painting. Or playing with your dog in the sprinklers. Make joy your ritual.
Some Final Words
June carries the golden energy of abundance, connection, and light—the full blossoming of everything we planted in spring.
It invites us to slow down, celebrate simple pleasures, and soak in the long, luminous days that nourish both body and soul.
By embracing June’s fullness, we honor the rhythms of nature and allow ourselves to live more joyfully, more freely, more alive.
