Summer of Love, Learn, Play
Love someone. Learn something. Play more. All summer — and post what you do with #SummerOfLLP.
Love, Learn, Play
All summer, give a little ground to each of your three deepest longings: to love and be loved, to be absorbed in the quest for wisdom, to playfully interact with the complex world. The full framework →
Love
To love and be loved.
Take a long lunch with people you haven't seen in a year. Cook for someone with your phones off, write a real letter to someone who'd be surprised to get one, or give an afternoon to volunteering alongside other people.
More on love →
Learn
To be absorbed in the quest for wisdom.
Read a book about something you know nothing about. Spend three hours — not one — in a museum you've never walked into, take up a craft like knife skills or a few chords, or join a guided walk through your own city.
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Play
To playfully interact with the complex world.
Swim in real water — a lake, the ocean, a river, a spring. Get into a pickup game you last played as a kid, fly a kite, make music, paint something, take a long aimless bike ride, or stay out stargazing past midnight.
More on play →Find Things Near You
The best love-learn-play days happen close to home. Here's where to find a shared lunch, a class, a pickup game, or a place to lend a hand.
The NudgeCurated local events, texted to you a few times a week.
MeetupGroups and events for almost any interest — and the people who share it.
EventbriteTalks, workshops, and classes happening near you.
FeverConcerts, tastings, and experiences in your city.
VolunteerMatchVolunteer alongside other people, close to home.Also check your local library, parks department, and city events calendar.
Stuck? Ask AI to Plan Your Day
Give any AI this prompt with your own city:
“Give me a day trip in [your city] with one activity for Love, one for Learn, and one for Play.”
Here's the day Claude planned when we ran it for Austin:
Claude · trip plan
Austin Day Trip: Love · Learn · Play
A north-to-south Austin loop: start at the downtown history museum, cool off at a spring-fed pool in Zilker, then climb to a hilltop overlook for sunset.
- Morning · 10:00 AM01Learn
Bullock Texas State History Museum
★ 4.62,811 reviewsHistory museum~2.5 hrs
Walk three floors of Texas history, from the shipwrecked La Belle to today, then catch the IMAX. Arrive at the 10am open to beat the field-trip crowds.
≈ 12 min south to Zilker
- Afternoon · 1:00 PM02Play
Barton Springs Pool
★ 4.52,815 reviewsSwimming pool~3 hrs
Swim the spring-fed pool — a steady 68–70°F year-round — then sprawl on the Zilker lawn. Bring cash, and arrive before the afternoon rush fills the grass.
≈ 15 min northwest up the lake
- Evening · 7:30 PM03Love
Mount Bonnell
★ 4.51,284 reviewsScenic overlook~1.5 hrs
Climb the short stone stairway to the city's highest overlook and watch the sun set over Lake Austin. Wear real shoes — the path up is unpaved — and bring someone you like.
A clean run from downtown out toward the lake — each stop roughly 10–15 minutes from the last.
Ratings via Tripadvisor (Bullock, Barton Springs) and AllTrails (Mount Bonnell), checked May 2026.
Where It All Comes From
Summer of Love, Learn, Play grew out of Akhil Gupta's book — the case that real flourishing comes from engaging our three deepest longings: to love, to learn, and to play, in whatever we do.