It’s the rare individual who can be up-close, focusing on the details, and simultaneously have both eyes on the big picture (The so-called 30,000 foot view).
But you need both.
July is the month, for choral educators, to step way, way back. Of course, it’s time to put in 80-hour non-work weeks, to fill up on family time to balance those dark weeks when you don’t see the sun and are with your students more than your own kids.
But it’s also a great time to step back and look at the big picture. Not repertoire, not calendar, not recommendation letters or student issues or conference performances or any of the day-to-day things of the school year.
Look at the whole of your work, from as zoomed-out a perspective as you can. What does it look like?