Romanticize Your Life Tips: Master Slow Living & Everyday Luxury

Romanticize your life by mastering these empowering slow living and everyday luxury habits.

You didn’t end up here by accident. You came here because you are serious about the power found in slow living, intentional living, and the beauty of romanticizing your life.
You want to make everyday luxury habits a natural part of your flow. By stepping into the art of mindfulness and aligning with your truest self, you can transform the mundane into the extraordinary.

We’re not stepping lightly here — we’re going all in. We didn’t come to play small or tiptoe into our potential. We came to claim our space, and not be afraid to take it up.

With grace, with quiet self-assurity, we’re exploring self-care, self-love, and every day magic.

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Romanticize Your Life Tips

Noticing when you’re rushing

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Why it works

If you are always rushing around or onto the next thing, firstly I want you to recognize that it’s a wonderful thing to have motivation. If you’ve ever experienced having lack of motivation, that can be really tough (and from my experience usually means you need rest and you need lots of emotional self-love & care).

So this is why I say it’s important to value that motivation but also protect it by not rushing around trying to do all of these things. 

As fitness coach John Kobal says, “Most of us don’t realize the stress this can cause our bodies. This can actually slow us down instead of spring us forward.”

He was speaking about physical training, but I feel like this applies to everyday life too — often, we think we should push ourselves, but rest is actually what helps us keep going.

So what’s the balance? Slowing down. This works because it honors our motivation while also preserving our energy for it.

As Laura Malloy from Harvard’s Benson-Henry Institute says, “It’s about enjoying the moments and putting more energy and enjoyment into fewer things.”

That really sums up what it means to romantisize your life — doing less, but allowing yourself the energy for the things that truly matter to you.

How to?

Being mindful and noticing when you are rushing anything, and setting the intention about “Oh I’m rushing again, let’s slow down and realize there’s no need to rush.”

When you’re walking somewhere, notice things on your walk. You could set a little game to, for example, find a certain type of bird or notice flowers you like. Listen to the different types of sounds you can hear.

Break your day up into different sections so you feel like you have time for each part. I often feel like I’m rushing through the day to get to a certain part, but when I do this I feel more relaxed and appreciate different parts of the day.

Make yourself the occasion

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What if we treated ourselves like we mattered..every day?

Why?

Because if you only take care of yourself when there’s an event, etc., then you’re treating yourself like you can only feel good when something is happening.

I know because I can fall into this, spending days not bothering much with what I’m wearing, or feeling no “reason” to put on my moisturiser.

Yes, it’s great to have days where we’re in Pj’s and don’t bother with our hair. But you deserve to take care of yourself as a routine, as the sole reason- that’s what it means to romanticize your life.

How?

It could be that you do your skincare routine even if you want a PJ day. It could be that you put your favourite outfit on when you pop into the local shop.

Put in the diary or the calendar a night where you do a deep conditioning hair and face mask, it is a celebration.

Just do it for you. See it as important, because it is, you are.

Practice self-validation

I say practice because that is what it takes- practice. And that’s perfect. 

This has been one of the most powerful practices I have been applying to my life.  I have been someone who very much wanted to hear confirmation from others before feeling good about something. 

And this might feel good, to get that outside validation. It does, it’s natural. But when you can listen to that inner knowing, that intuitive validation that really has your back, that’s when you start to align with your truest path. 

And wow, that is exciting.

How to?

When you find yourself reaching out to ask someone something you’re unsure of, ask yourself first, what is my first feeling about this?

When something good happens, ask yourself, how proud of myself do I feel?

When you feel like you need to take care of yourself in any way, respond to that without permission from anyone else. 

When it feels like someone’s missed your point or invalidated your need to feel a connection or be seen, come back to yourself. Don’t abandon how you feel — stay with you. They didn’t get it, and that’s okay. They’re still learning. But say  “I know the way I feel is real”.

Practice self-approval

By self-approval, I mean holding yourself as the authority over yourself. Forget what you learned at school, where you need permission to use the toilet and eat (when you think about it, it’s absolutely weird right?), and just trains your body that someone else has approval over it. 

They don’t.

Why?

Because you are the authority over you. I want you to forget about what you’ve been told, yes we respect rules that keep everyone safe, and yes we respect other peoples boundaries, but this all comes with, and not the cost of, our own boundaries and rules.

And when you respect that and know that, everyone around you will.

And that’s one of the most powerful ways to romanticize your life: by making yourself the trusted voice, the guide, and the permission-giver in your own story.

How?

This means deciding to rest when you’re feeling tired or low on motivation.

Listening to what your body needs, and when it needs it.

Nourishing food when your energy is low.

Snuggling your pet, or moving through your favorite kind of exercise when you’re feeling down.

Having a slow morning when everything’s been too busy lately.

Doing something mindful and cup-filling when you’ve been feeling overwhelmed.

Following what makes you feel inspired and motivated when you feel energized.

Having a change of scenery when you’ve been feeling that itch to explore.

Because when you practice self-approval, you’re building trust with yourself.

You’re building authentic confidence, and that is yours to own, and to keep.

Nurture your inner child, tenderly

This might sound silly if you’ve not come across it before, it used to feel like that to me. But all it means is to be gentle and attentive to yourself.

And it’s very, very powerful.

Why?

Because this is possibly the essence of slow living, and living intentionally. Think about how a child moves through the world, their mind is set on the moment. 

They believe the universe has their back.

It does.

I asked my three-year-old daughter this morning, what would you want if you could have anything? and her answer was the thing we were doing at that moment. That’s all that matters to her, right now. And how perfect is that, to only want what you already have right now.  How liberating.

How?

Set up your bed in the morning ready for the night, this could be fresh sheets and pillow spray, it could be putting your teddy/comforter by your pillow ready for when you get in bed.

If it’s been a busy day have a cozy evening with whatever you enjoy doing.

Smile at people or compliment them.

Creating positive interactions intentionally will make little moments feel wonderful. It leaves you feeling good especially when you share a smile with someone or say something to make them smile.

I love doing this, I feel like I’ve always naturally seen the beauty in people but now I actually let them know what I see.

If it’s a brief interactive even something like “have a nice day”, like you’re giving out a free gift of positive words and it makes you feel a energetic boost. Especially when it comes from a place or realness and authenticity. 

Create a cozy corner in your home that feels comforting

Engage in something for the enjoyment of it 

Validate everything you feel

Gift yourself with something you always wanted but could never have

Reward and routine

If you’ve ever gotten into the routine of reaching for that pack of donuts (or any other unhealthy habit you might enjoy) and felt guilty about it, don’t feel too bad. You’re actually very normal.

The act of seeking reward and consistency is a natural part of being human. The problem arises when we don’t know which routines to build in.

But the good news is, you can explore what you love and start building positive, healthy habits to romanticize your life.

For example, my son easily falls into the routine of eating sweets and drinking fizzy drinks when he’s hanging out with his friends.

However, when he’s home with me, he remembers how much he loves fresh kiwi and enjoys watering our plants — and those actions naturally become part of his routine.

Why?

The great thing about finding these rewards and routines that are actually good for you is that we begin to discover things we genuinely like, not just things that are designed to keep us coming back.

Research has shown that small pleasures and rewards can boost overall well-being by increasing positive emotions and reinforcing positive behaviors (Psychological Science). And it’s also true that it takes, on average, 66 days for a behavior to become automatic (The European Journal of Social Psychology).

This means that with consistency, these small, enjoyable habits can become second nature, just like the routine of grabbing that donut.

How?

Notice moments you feel raw happiness. Did you feel calm when you watered the plants? Did drinking tea from your favourite mug make you feel more present?

Build on your existing habits. If you usually drink a fizzy drink at 3pm, try a gentle herbal tea to look forward to, or maybe fruit in sparkling water.

You could use your morning break to sit outside in fresh air. It might take time, but you’ll start to fall into these real rewarding habits.

Create rituals that give you things to look forward to. For example, clean the table before journaling to feel like you have that clear space, or cook a nourishing meal while playing music that makes you feel like you.

These little habits begin to feel like pure freeing enjoyment.

Use visual reminders. Put your colourful pens in a jar by your desk, display a bowl of fresh fruit in a pretty fruit bowl, drape your coziest blanket on the sofa ready for evening. Make it easy to keep your comfort habits a routine.

Being playful with it. I love trying ingredients I’ve never used before, and growing something easy like strawberries or basil.

Reminders. This is a great idea if you are visual, and also if you have children. A calendar where you tick off something you’ve tried, a note with an uplifting message, or a little chart the whole family is a part of.

Here’s to slowing down, aligning, and choosing to romanticize your life – one gentle, intentional moment at a time. 

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