It’s time for Mercury Retrograde, folks. I’ve discussed it before: here and here. 
A neat find on-line discusses how this Mercury Retrograde is intended for the following consideration:
Astrological Forecast for August 2011 with Mercury Retrograde in Virgo
How many thoughts have you been spending lately on things which are really essential for your soul and your happiness? Are you taking time out of your busy life to contemplate or just sit in your garden, in the park and smell the roses? How overwhelmed and caught up do you feel in things which need to get done like answering your emails or tending to the endless list of tasks? Working your way through life by checking off your to do lists is not only ineffective but also highly dissatisfying.
Tony Robbins talks about the “Zone” where we get truly creative with solution oriented thinking and where we create the future of our dreams. The “Zone” as I understand it is that inner space of presence we are visiting when we slow down our monkey mind. It is that inner connection to the divine spirit, eternal wisdom and endless possibilities of creation you partake in when you meditate or find other ways to slow down your thinking.
See the gift in this time. Many sources identify Mercury Retrograde periods as great times for the “re-” things, such as reinvention, revision, renewal, reintroduction, revisitation and reiteration.