5 Realistic Ways to Romanticize Your Life
AND Be Present
Five Ways to temporarily pop on rose coloured glasses. Explore the beauty in the world without disconnecting from it.
There are many explorations on embracing being the main character and romanticising your world. Though maybe not with enough reality…
We can find beauty all around, all we have to do is slow down. Slow down and connect deeply with ourselves and the world without losing touch and falling down the rabbit hole. These daily habits are tiny but mighty. Ways we can realistically romanticise daily life.
1. Casual Magic
I absolutely adore this, I discovered this simple habit on UnJaded Jade’s YouTube channel and have been exploring casual magic since.
If you want to know more click the link to her excellent video above 🙂
So How can we find casual magic? Romanticise life by slowing down. Slow down and take notice. Spot the sparkle in the dewy grass. Find casual magic by bringing gratitude to the table. Being grateful for the little things can bring casual magic to even the most everyday activities.
Notice the kindness of strangers, or the warmth of your cozy blankets after a long day, anything. Let’s go on our way with common magic in mind 🪄
You can find magic wherever you look. Sit back and relax, all you need is a book. – Dr. Seuss
2. Love Your now
Right now. Take in each moment with new appreciation and intentionality.
Savour the moment and appreciate the smallest things in your world. Appreciate this second and try to avoid worrying about the future or ruminating on the past.
Accept each new thought, not as an enemy or angel. Each thought is allowed to be. Accept you're now by acknowledging the thought without judgement.
✨If we can love as many moments as possible our days will be fuller by the moment. ✨
Banality is like boredom: bored people are boring people, people who think that things are banal are themselves banal. Interesting people can find something interesting in all things. – Idries Shah, Reflections
3. Create
Write. Plant something, create something, Bake or cook something. Even making a cup of coffee counts. Bonus points if you find casual magic in appreciating your warm, mindful beverage.
Creating something is one of the simplest ways to romanticise your life, practically. We can gain so much warmth from craft, in knowing we made the thing happen.
What else can we create?
A few ideas for all shapes and sizes of creating! You could:
Start a new hobby? A new novel? A dinner you haven’t cooked? Make your bed creating a tidy cozy space, ready for you later. Paint your nails, sketch, plant your favourite vegetable seed, write a post like this!? The options of creativity are pretty much endless. Let find our fluctuating shapes of creativity every day.
4. Find comfort in you
Loving yourself can be hard. But in romanticizing your life being able to find refuge with yourself is the cake to the cherry, so without self-love, all you have is a cherry. Cherrys are great but better with company.
Only you see the world like you, so take in the world in a way you love.
5. Be the Lead
You are the Lead in your play, the main character in your Rom-Com, The Villain in your own story? whatever, You do you. My Best friend would gladly be the villain in most Disney movies.
Either way the snow falls, only you can take control. Only you can switch from autopilot and stop letting life just happen to you. This is where the other ways to romanticise fall together. They gather to form the romanticised life you are playing an active part in!
Yes, an active part.
You are you, remember?
So whatever your next lines may they be intentional and deft.
Takeaways
Every moment can be an opportunity. Each moment can flourish into something beautiful. Romanticizing your life can be so much fun and you will see so much you hadn’t before.
Don’t let the common magic pass you by, let life astonish you!
You ARE the main character, so slow down and take the lead!
Did I miss anything?
In what ways do you already romanticise your life?
Thank you a ton for reading! If you liked this check these out…
Bridie Dillon, Smiling Politely.
Mum to 2. Pre-Med.
Lover of words, written and read.
