One thing about me… I love to romanticize my life!

If you read this blog post you’d know all about my Happy 100. I absolutely love to use that list to romanticize my life on the daily. I truly think that romanticizing your life is SO important for self love, self compassion, and self care and today I’m sharing with you exactly why and how I do it. So, if you’ve been needing a little more romantic vibes in your life… today’s post is for you!

 

Why You Should Romanticize Every Aspect Of Your Life for Self Care, Self Compassion, and Self Love

What Does “Romanticizing Your Life” Even Mean?

Listen, when this trend started gaining popularity on TikTok I basically saw a lot of overproduced, “perfect” videos of people having picnics or running in fields. I thought to myself “idk if I’m into this whole romanticize your life” thing”. You might be like that too. BUT… stick with me!

Romanticizing your life is actually about being incredibly positive about all things life has to offer. Regardless of whether the position you’re currently in is the one you wanted or imagined. When you start romanticizing your life you start to see things as fun and indulgent. And when you start to see things as fun and indulgent, you actually start to create an environment that’s more worth living in. Additionally, taking time to romanticize your life actually helps you to do everything with more purpose. Y’all know I am BIG into the ideal version of myself/the future me I see in my head. And every single day that I romanticize and live my life with intention, I become closer and closer to her every single day. Essentially, romanticizing your life helps you to reach that ideal version of yourself a LOT faster.

When you take that time to romanticize even the smallest things, you train your mind to focus on the good that is already there vs the constant focus on the bad. I’m a big believer in the power of 5 and always remind myself that I am the product of the 5 people, 5 creators, 5 news sources, etc. that I surround myself with. If I’m constantly surrounding myself with negative things, chances are that I’ll feel unhappy and negative all the time. But, if I take the time to surround myself with positive things my outlook and experience in life will be a lot more positive.

Using Your Happy 100

As I mentioned above, I love doing this thing called Happy 100. TLDR: it’s just a list of 100 things that make me happy. I love to use this list to help me not only identify what makes me happy (big and small) but also to identify new ways I can incorporate romanticizing my life daily.

For example, I have “gleaming white linens” on my Happy 100 list. Now, I know most people don’t find joy in doing their laundry… but I do now! I use that item from my Happy 100 and I romanticize the heck out of it. I use a higher quality detergent, scent beads, and more to make my linens gleam and smell amazing. And afterward, I take time and care to make my bed. While I’m doing this I imagine I’m putting my bed together like I’m staying in a 5-star hotel (I’ve talked about turn-down service in this blog post) and it helps me to romanticize an otherwise menial task into a task that is rewarding in the moment and also aligns with my highest self.

You can take basically any task, chore, or item and romanticize it. Upgrade your kitchen cutlery to gold for an elevated eating experience. Switch on your salt lamp in your bathroom for spa vibes. Or invest in storage solutions that make your space feels organized and relaxed.

Romanticize Your Life For Self Care, Self Love, & Self Compassion

Now that you’ve got the basics of romanticizing your life down, let me share with you some ways you can implement it into your life. Y’all know I am a HUGE component for self-care, self-love, and self-compassion and I really love to romanticize these areas of my life. And here is how you can too!

Self Care

It’s truly no secret that I LOOOOVE self care! My girlfriend once told me that she loves the way that I take care of myself and that really stuck with me. Self care is truly a passion in my life and it’s one of the easiest ways to romanticize your life right now. Taking care of yourself is truly a beautiful thing and it has the power the change how you see the world. When you are taken care of, it’s easier to care for others.

 

Self Love

I’ve said it once already and I will probably never stop saying it but… romanticizing your life is an act of self love. There are so many hateful people, comments, etc. in the world and sometimes it’s easy to get caught up in that noise. Practicing self love is something I do every single day to keep me happy and high vibe.

I recently did a radio interview on body positivity and negative comments on the internet and one idea I brought up was the idea of delusion. Specifically that being “delusional” helps me not to take things trolls say seriously. In my head, I know I’m amazing and the hate comments have no idea what they’re talking about. I’ve had this mentality spill over to things beyond hate comments and it’s really helped me live a more peaceful life. Romanticizing the amazing comments (and being delusional about the bad ones) protects my heart from unnecessary trauma and helps me to love myself more.

Self Compassion

One of the top ways that I romanticize my life for self compassion is through the tough acts of life. I’ll be the first to admit that I don’t enjoy doing all the hard things in life. They’re hard for a reason. But self compassion helps me to tackle and get through them. I’m probably a more messy than the average person type of person and because of that… my house is pretty constantly cluttered. With the rise of “that girl”‘s and perfect aesthetic house tours it’s extremely easy for me to feel overwhelmed and insecure about my space. Cue self compassion!

Instead of thinking “ugh I have to clean this” I employ self compassion. I visualize myself being able to clean my dream kitchen or dream bedroom to put me in a more high vibe state while I tackle the chore. This helps me not only move toward the ideal version of myself but also helps me not be too hard on myself for letting it get to a messy state. Afterall, even if I did live in my dream home right now… there are still dishes to be done and laundry to be folded! Self compassion helps you to lessen the negativity around the tough acts in life and make room for the good ones.

So… How Can I Practice Romanticizing My Life?

I got you boo! I’m a super tangible steps person too and I’ll leave you with a list of 10 easy ways to romanticize your life right now to get you started on your journey.

1. Spice up your bevies: add the fancy ice, drink kombucha out of a wine glass, give your drink a little sparkle
2. Add mindfulness to your morning routine: I love to take the time to journal and meditate in the morning
3. Buy yourself the flowers: self love central, baby! Plus they’ll look so cute in that vase you’ve been meaning to put out
4. Make each meal like it’s the best meal you’ve ever made: I love this one SO much. Cooking is truly a love language, so why not speak it to yourself?
5. Dress to impress (yourself): they always say “dress for the job you want” blah blah. But how about for the LIFE you want? Start elevating your daily wardrobe just for you
6. Move your body in a meaningful way: I cannot stress meaningful enough! We all have different goals we’re striving towards but getting in movement in an amazing way to romanticize your life
7. Clean & organize your space in a way that feels yummy to your soul: if you want to have custom spice jars do it! Fridge organizers? Do that too! Work toward what makes you feel good
8. Make a vision board and add it as your phone background: I’ve actually recently loved doing this every single month. While I don’t add my big, long term goals, I love to collect photos that reflect the month I’m striving to have
9. Take the best hot girl bath or shower you’ve EVER had: you know the one… hair, shaving, exfoliating skincare
10. Take the time to wind down at night and get enough sleep: bonus points if you give yourself turn down service

 

It’s Giving Romance

And there you have it! Exactly how and why you should romanticize your life. Every. Single. Aspect.

I hope you enjoyed this blog & I can’t wait to see you in the next one!

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xo! your girl, karly