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Ep 19. Transform the Ordinary into the Extraordinary · The Manifestation Station

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Music.
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You're listening to the Manifestation Station podcast.
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I'm your host Holly Edwards and together we can help create your magic.
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Hi everybody, welcome back to another episode of the Manifestation Station podcast.
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I am your host Holly Edwards and thank you for tuning back in.
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I think we're approaching 20 episodes.
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I'm not quite sure where we're at. I should have checked that out before starting
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my recording today but I did not.
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So I'm going to guess we're approaching 20 episodes and lots of you are tuning
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in and coming back fortnightly and I love that.
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And I'm meeting you, a lot of you in person.
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That's been really nice catching up with you and
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I'm one-to-one coaching with some of you and it
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has just been electric electric your stories are rolling in your manifesting
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stories just this week someone was telling me that they listened to one of the
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episodes to it was the mood boosting episode and they said that they moved they
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listened to it on their way to work.
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And they were stopped at work over, I think they said 15 times,
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just to say that people were saying, you look amazing.
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You look really great. What's happened? And they were like walking on cloud
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nine, getting all of these compliments straight after listening to the mood boosting episode.
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I had another person listen to the mood boosting episode and they said they
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felt really alive and they felt like they said that magic started happening that day.
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They got asked out on a date. someone paid for
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their coffee and something happened with their shopping
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where they ended up with these load of vouchers that ended up
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with hundreds of pounds of some shopping and that's what I love about
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manifesting that as soon as you switch your
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mindset amazing things can happen
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but also what we are looking at and discussing this week I think it's a really
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interesting episode today because once you know what it is that you want to
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manifest and you're trying to visualize and you're trying to do all these things
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to be positive and to lift your mood.
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But sometimes one of the biggest things about manifesting is about enjoying
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the moment that you're in now, in the present.
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If you can start enjoying the present moment and
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appreciating the journey and not the destination your
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manifesting game will be on fire but
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also that's kind of just the result that you get your
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manifestations but the whole point is that actually most
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days on a day-to-day basis you can then be waking up and even if you've just
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got an ordinary day then maybe the next few weeks or you're finding yourself
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in a lull with just the monotony of every day What we're discussing is about how you can elevate.
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Tune in and appreciate your day-to-day
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by adding intentions to romanticize
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your life so this this treating yourself and making lots of your ordinary day-to-day
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experiences making them special to be their own moment and this it's like the
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ordinary becomes the extraordinary with your intention.
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So you are the main character of your life. And I love this idea.
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There's quite a few good books out at the moment that talk about you bringing
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your main character energy.
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It's your movie, it's your life, and you are the main character.
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And it's about adding elements into your day-to-day life, elements into your
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ordinary day-to-day life, just to make your day and those pockets of happiness more enjoyable,
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more like a movie, more like we see on screen, more like we see on Instagram, but in real life.
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So we are talking about romanticizing your life.
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Now, when I was looking into this subject more, I actually saw a post recently,
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which is actually why I thought I was going to talk about
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romanticizing your life and creating the extraordinary in
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your everyday life and it said something about
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turn your shower into a spa your breakfast into a tasting experience and your
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bedtime into a retreat and it really got me thinking that actually why are we
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not doing why are we not doing everything we can or things in the day,
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just to elevate our day and just to make ourselves feel loved and to make ourselves
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feel like we are living in our own movie.
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And that is the theme for today is to romanticize your life.
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Romanticizing your life, it means finding joy, actually creating your own joy
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in every day and creating a sense of wonder and beauty in the day to day.
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That means things like buying yourself flowers,
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baking and buying yourself a cake stand, a lovely china cake stand with a glass
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top and display your cakes, make your house smell like baking,
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have a home pamper session,
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put your favourite film on and put some blankets out and cushions and light
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candles, having a lovely nighttime routine and a morning routine.
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This is exciting and just talking about it now it actually makes me think I
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like to do a lot of nice things in life anyway partly to enjoy life you get
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one shot let's not waste it let's do whatever we can to enjoy it and it doesn't mean spending money.
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You obviously can spend money. And one of the things that we talk about later is going on a solo date.
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So you can spend money, but this is, you can do a lot of the things that we're going to talk about.
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And I want you to come up with your own things as well to romanticize your life.
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What do you enjoy and what can you bring in?
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But a lot of these things that we're going to talk about today on the podcast
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are things that you can do on a budget, things that don't cost much.
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And this is what it's about it's it's adding
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extraordinary into your ordinary
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we're going to look at 11 steps to enhance
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your life 11 steps to romanticize
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your life 11 steps to become the
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main part in your movie that
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is your life so number one.
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It is so simple you can
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do this tonight I don't know when you're listening this might
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be your morning on the way to work but tonight or
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this weekend your first step step
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number one is the enchanted
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bath ritual so you know
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when we get in from work or we've finished
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a hard day whatever we've been doing maybe you've been
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cleaning the house maybe you've been doing nothing you're not been feeling
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that great chances are you've probably got in from a
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very very busy day this is about firstly
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not just jumping in the shower quickly this is about
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running yourself a lovely warm bath
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now how can we elevate it how can we
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romanticize it we want to sit in that
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bath for ages and soak up every
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amazing second fill up your bathtub
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with warm water maybe buy yourself
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some pink Himalayan salt add yourself
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two tablespoons of pink Himalayan salt
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maybe even buy yourself a tub one
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of those one of those glass tubs with the lid and get yourself some Himalayan
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salt to put next to the bath now I was filming abroad recently and I was putting
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the Four Seasons which was a beautiful beautiful hotel in Budapest and they
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had this tiny, they had a tiny little china.
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It's kind of like a little vase actually but it had a lid on it and
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inside was a tiny little wooden spoon and it
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had pink Himalayan salt now that will
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not cost you that much money but to have
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this by the bath and scoop yourself two
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or even three push the boat out a few
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tablespoons of pink Himalayan salt or Epsom bath
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salts how lovely to raise your bath
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gain maybe put in a few drops of lavender
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essential oil into your bath maybe fill
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it with bubbles bring back that inner child release
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the inner child and fill your bath up
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with bubbles now I don't know about you but sometimes when
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life is busy I run the bath and I
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quickly I get in it and I love it but that's it that's
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it and then I'm in I'm out done this is
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like this makes me want to get in that bath this
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makes me feel like I'm in a movie and and the last
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detail of this bath that I'm going to suggest actually it's not the
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last one but I think it is the best one put rose
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petals in your bath now you don't have to do all of these you might be rolling
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your eyes thinking am I really going to do all that but make the effort to it's
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within your power to what's stopping you there's no reason that you can't get
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yourself some rose petals get yourself some Himalayan salt get Get yourself
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some drops of lavender and do one of these even.
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Bring your favorite candle into the bathroom and light your candle.
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Dim the lights, light the candle, put on Netflix, bring your iPad in or put
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on some music and just have your main character moment.
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Now, I also, I also read this, it was an article about simple ways to romanticize your life.
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And it was like little things. They said one thing and I thought, really?
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Is that going to do it? And it said about keeping glass bottle of those long
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oversized wooded matches and use those to light your candle.
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And they were saying how it can really make you smile and make you happy. And I thought, really?
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And I thought, actually, I have a log fire downstairs in our house and I have those long matches.
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And every time I use one of those, I just feel a little bit special and I feel
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a little bit bougie. And I don't know why.
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But this is what we're tapping into. You may think these are just small moments,
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but just imagine someone adding some lavender to your bath, adding some rose petals.
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I mean, sometimes maybe you've been treated to that on your birthday,
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or if you've got a loved one, maybe they've left rose petals out.
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Why aren't you doing this yourself?
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Why aren't I doing this myself? I'm going to do this. I'm going to listen to this.
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And I'm going to come back to you on one of the future podcast one of the future
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episodes and I'm going to tell you all of these things that I have done with
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my bath and that I've done with these following steps to romanticize my life.
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So dim the lights, light your candle using your lovely long wooden matches,
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sink into the bath, close your eyes and visualize the water absorbing your worries
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while infusing you with confidence and love.
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What a lovely practice to dive into and it doesn't have to be every night but
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just sometimes treat yourself.
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So step two is a gourmet morning coffee ceremony.
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Now I actually don't drink coffee but you'll get the gist of this and this is
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to create a lovely morning ritual.
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Maybe grind fresh organic beans right before brewing if you have time.
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Use a casserole. If you don't have any of those it's
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fine but maybe pour your coffee into a
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delicate porcelain cup maybe stir
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a dash of cinnamon froth your milk and
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top your coffee with frothy steamed milk now can you see it sounds really simple
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but it's these little moments that will bring you joy and you've spoken about
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writing down glimmers of joy throughout your day and in the evening write down
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all the the daily gratitude you have.
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These are the kind of details that are going to bring in those daily gratitudes.
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So romanticize your life, make yourself a frothy coffee,
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pour chocolate on the top or put a dash of cinnamon in and sit by the window,
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sit by daylight, maybe read a page or two of a book if you've got chance.
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Sit and be mindful while you have your coffee. Ideally sit and not be on Maybe
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recite a personal affirmation like, I embrace the magic of each new day as you sip your coffee.
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Or maybe you've made yourself a lovely juice and you've put in fresh berries
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on the top and dressed it with mint.
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Just elevate your morning ritual and romanticize your life.
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Step three, treat your food, treat your meal like you're at a five-star restaurant.
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Set your table even if you're on your own
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quite often my partner works away so I quite often
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spend evenings on my own set your table
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now I do do this I set my
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table but I don't elevate it and I don't
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add detail like I'm about to tell you and this is
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making me think do you know what I'm going to try this now even
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if you think this is going to be a waste of time promise me
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you'll try something from this list because I
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know now already when I do certain things like
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when I bake and put my cakes out or things like
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that I go it gives you a little boost it
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makes you feel special so promise me
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you'll try something so this is like treating your treating
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your meal or treating your breakfast as a five-star restaurant
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experience make the effort and set your table
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out maybe put down a fresh white tablecloth
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if you have one or put down a table mat the
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amount of people that I know have special china for a
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special occasion and maybe it comes out once a
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year if that well grab yourself your special plate grab yourself a side plate
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for your bread and grab yourself a set of polished silverware I mean it sounds
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like we're at Downton Abbey doesn't it maybe putting a wine glass out if you're
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going to have a drink put your drink in a wine glass and I saw this study that was done.
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And it said, if you lay your table out as like it's a restaurant and even put
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out a linen napkin, push the boat out, have a linen napkin.
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And this is meant to raise your vibrations and releases happy hormones in your
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body. How amazing is that?
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So with your food, dress it nicely. If you're doing breakfast,
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then maybe you're having avocado on toast and sprinkle that with some chili
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flakes and whip up a fresh fruit salad and drizzle that with homemade honey lemon dressing.
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Can you see how everything is elevated?
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And then it's all about the ambience again. Light your candle as you have your
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meal and savor every bite. This is like with your coffee.
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It's mindful, a mindful coffee moment. This is mindful eating.
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Savor every bite as if you're dining at an exclusive restaurant.
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Try and stay off your phone if you can and enjoy every minute.
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Step four is to take yourself on a solo date at a local cafe or restaurant.
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Now there is nothing like going on a solo date.
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Now maybe you're single and you're looking for love and that's cool but you
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know what you can take yourself out on a solo date.
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I am in a very happy, loving relationship. I love going out on solo dates and I don't do it enough.
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Actually, recently I went to the cinema in the day on my own.
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I got my little ticket for one.
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I sat in the cinema in the daytime on my own. I got myself some popcorn.
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I got myself a drink and I had the best time.
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And it was the epitome of romanticizing your life.
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There was something about me taking myself off and going, that was really nice.
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Rather than because I had a free day rather than just walking around
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the shops or sitting on the sofa and watching
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a film it felt really special and
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I came out and I thought why am I not doing this
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all the time and I quite often do this as
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well that I'll take myself off for dinner on my own
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or for lunch on my own and I'll sit down in
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the restaurant and I'll get you know it's a table for one and
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order my favorite food and I have a really nice
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time and I implore you to try it and take
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yourself on this date dress up choose an
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outfit it doesn't mean that you've got to go in your high heels and your ball gown
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but dress up just choose an outfit
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that makes you feel comfortable and stylish maybe a
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little bit more out there a little bit extra maybe a
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nice flowy dress or a tailored blazer a statement
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accessory you know don't just you
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can go out on your joggers of course you can but if
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you want to romanticize your life do your hair do your makeup put on a nice
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outfit and take yourself out dress up for your solo date order your favorite
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drink order your favorite food and maybe you want to take your journal and journal
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your journal your manifesting dreams or journal your gratitude whilst you're there.
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I quite often take my notebook out with me and if I'm on a solo date it quite
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often leaves me feeling inspired so I'll write down my gratitudes,
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I'll write down my intentions.
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If you can sit near a window and be mindful, absorb the daylight.
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Do a bit of people watching and just treat yourself as you are the most interesting
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guest in that room because you are.
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Step five to romanticize your life is to create a workspace oasis at home.
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So whatever your job is, it's likely that you'll still need to maybe do emails at home.
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Maybe you work from home completely or maybe you
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don't work but maybe you need an area for you to
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get your things done so whatever this workspace
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is at home elevate it and add personal
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touches buy yourself flowers go
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and buy yourself a small bouquet fresh peonies
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put them in a lovely vintage mason jar
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or just a lovely little vase even a glass you
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don't need to go and spend money go and find maybe go
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and pick a flower from the garden go outside to have a
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mindful moment pick a flower from the garden bring
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it in in fact if you can do that now if you're at
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home now you may be in the car if you're at home I'd
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love you to go outside see if you can find some flowers or some greenery cut
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a few flowers off and go and put them in some water even if it's just a glass
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and put it somewhere in your workspace or in your area and I guarantee you you
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will get a dopamine in here and it will feel amazing.
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You could also hang a framed quote, maybe find your favorite quote.
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I give you many quotes on my podcast. If you want to go back to the episodes,
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I have many, many favorite quotes.
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Even print yourself one off. You don't have to spend money, but if you want
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to, you can find something online or print off your favorite quote and hang
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this in your workspace area.
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It's going to make you work smarter. It's going to make you work happier.
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You can look at your lovely little bouquet of flowers.
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You can look at your favourite framed inspirational quote and it will just provide
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inspiration and motivation and happiness.
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Play music in your space so that you can boost your focus and your creativity.
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If you're working in your workspace, grab
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yourself a small jug and fill it
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with fresh water and ice and put
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mint and lemon and give yourself a little
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glass next to that and just every now
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and again just take a sip of that lovely infused water
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I saw somebody do this recently and they had strawberries
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as well in theirs it just looked lovely it
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was very Instagram ready and it looked amazing and
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you know what they said this makes me happy seeing this this makes
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me happy keeping myself hydrated this makes
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me happy that I've made the extra effort all these
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extra effort tips that I'm giving you
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they're about realizing that you are worth putting the extra effort in for as
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well so not only are these going to be visually pleasing visually visually beautiful
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and pleasing for yourself and your body and your mind but also you're showing
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yourself that I am worth,
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I am worth these little details.
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I am worth feeling like my home is like a five-star hotel.
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You are worth those things. You are worth your five-star bath.
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You are worth your five-star coffee morning.
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So try that. Keep yourself hydrated and drink your lovely infused jug of water.
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Number five is to create and keep a joy jar of daily gratitude.
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So grab yourself a glass jar. You don't have to spend money.
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This could be an old jam jar. Once you have finished the jam,
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soak off the label and use this as your joy jar. That's a mouthful, isn't it? Joy jar.
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Keep this on your dresser or keep this on your on your bedside table somewhere
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that you're going to see it and every evening write down one.
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Lovely beautiful moment that happened to
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you that day it could just be that you had your
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perfect cup of tea you received a compliment
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from a friend or you sat in the sunshine and
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you felt the sunlight on your skin write down one
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of your glimmers one of your pockets of joy for that day
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and you know write a label on the
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front of this jar and call it your daily joy
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jar and put these gratitudes in every
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night before bed now if you really want to romanticize this
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make that jar look nice make
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that jar look pretty maybe tie some some brown string
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around it and get creative maybe stick
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stickers onto it or almost treat it as
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like a little mood board find stickers or pictures
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that you like and sellotape them to your jar
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maybe tie a big pink ribbon around your
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jar and make this a daily a
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daily ritual and a lovely moment for you to create and take part in every day
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and over time obviously that jar will fill up fill up of tokens of joy and every
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now and again read through them Empty your jar,
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read through them and remind yourself of the magic in every moment.
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Step number six are we on six I
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think we're on six I've actually lost count because I'm getting so excited
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about romanticizing so if we're not on six I apologize but
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I think we are take yourself on a
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manifestation walk at golden hour so just
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plan yourself a 20 minute walk at sunset
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I guarantee you I
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did this recently but not on purpose I just happened to
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put my shoes on I actually didn't want to
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go for a walk I was in one of those lazy moods when
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I'm like I'm not feeling it I'd rather sit on my
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sofa and watch some tv I'm not feeling it but I forced myself
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as you'll know from previous episodes walking really
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raises your vibrations why pulled myself off
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the sofa put my trainers on and I
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went for a walk and it just so happened I got around the corner I walked
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around to my fields locally and the sun
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was going down it was one of those absolutely picturesque
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sunset moments and it was stunning
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and I just kept thinking I'm so lucky I'm so
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grateful what a wonderful moment I couldn't I
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couldn't get over the beauty of this moment and it's free it's
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free just throw an oversized hoodie
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on put your comfortable trainers on and take
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yourself out in for just 20 minutes take photos
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of that sunset be mindful look at the sunset say your thank you say your gratitudes.
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Or do nothing be mindful and just watch the sunset you don't have to go and.
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Work and do your gratitudes just watch the beauty in this sunset.
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And if you want to, just say an affirmation like, I walk in beauty and grace,
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attracting abundance with every step.
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And you're going to feel amazing once you've done that walk.
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Number seven, to romanticize your life is to write handwritten letters to your future self.
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What a lovely idea.
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Now, here's a little top tip for brownie points. Invest in some high quality stationery.
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If you want to and you have a little bit of money, you don't actually have to
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spend a lot of money on this.
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But take yourself off and buy yourself some lovely, high quality or interesting stationery.
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Maybe a fountain pen or a lovely biro or a lovely pen that you look at and you
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think, that's going to be my special manifesting pen.
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That's going to be my pen to write my handwritten letters.
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Maybe buy yourself a notelit pack
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where you get lovely little notelits that come with envelopes I
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find those really cheap in places like
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Amazon or in shops like the works I bet you there's even things like that in
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the pound shop so this is not about spending money but this is just investing
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in some lovely stationery if not grab yourself a piece of paper it will work the same Once a week,
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write a letter to your future self and detail your current dreams,
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your triumphs and all the small victories of the week.
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Seal it and envelope it and address it to yourself and put that aside somewhere.
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Maybe get yourself a box and put these letters in a box for future opening.
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Maybe on the back you could write, open in one year's time and put the date
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on it, but fully address it to yourself.
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There's nothing like, there is nothing like, if you're like me anyway.
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Nothing like receiving handwritten letters through the post or handwritten cards.
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There's something really romantical about it and this is about you writing them
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to yourself and telling yourself, hi Holly, these are all the wonderful things that happened today.
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Guess what I achieved this week? This is my dream for next year.
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I'm going to make it happen.
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Thank you for already making it happen and address that to your future self.
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I've forgotten what number we're on guys. I should have written this down but I'm free flowing.
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This is to give yourself a luxury self-care evening.
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Self-care is the way forward. I often talk about self-care. It's one of the
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first things you should be doing when you start manifesting.
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Or if you're feeling like you're in a bit of a low place or you've lost your
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flow, just start practicing self-care.
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If nothing else, practice self-care.
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Because looking after yourself you're showing the universe that
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you're worth it you're showing the universe that you
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are worthy of all of your desires but also looking after yourself makes you
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feel good it makes you feel good and it makes you romanticize your life fall
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in love with your life fall in love with your self self-care nighttime ritual.
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Make it feel luxurious. Maybe once a week, schedule a self-care night where
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you engage in a multi-step skincare routine.
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Maybe begin with a lovely cleansing balm.
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This doesn't have to be expensive products. Great if you've got them.
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But if not, you know, regular stuff from Boots is going to do the job.
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But make it an experience and make it like a multi-step experience.
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So apply some cleansing balm. maybe put
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on your headband and also this is not
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just for the women by the way if any of you guys are listening you
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can do this as well it's important to look after yourself and for you to look
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after your skin as well so put on a headband and use a cleansing balm or a cleansing
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oil and massage your face sit
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yourself down and massage your face as if you're in spa light a candle,
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maybe get some essential oils going and give yourself a lovely gentle cleanse.
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Find yourself a hydrating mask and pop that on
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while you're watching a film or listen to some music or have quiet time and
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light a candle and then get yourself a lovely rich nighttime oil or a nighttime
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moisturizer or a nighttime mask and apply it generously over your skin.
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Touch your face, stroke your skin, massage and feel the love with every stroke.
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It may sound a bit dramatic but when I do this and I do actually have a good
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self-care night time regime anyway but when I do this I just feel special and
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also it promotes healthy happy sleep.
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So it's a really good routine to get yourself into.
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If you've got any tools like you might have a jade
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roller they do the jade rollers in boots
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and super drug they're about a tenner and just roll
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that over your skin sometimes if you
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really want to go the extra level you can get the
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you can get the face rollers that you can put in the
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fridge and they have liquid in them you can roll
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those over your face they feel extra special if
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you're going if you're going for it and you're listening to
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this romanticizing episode then really go
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for it this is your time to nurture your body and your soul number eight are
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we on eight or nine guys I don't care we're just romanticizing our life that's
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what we're doing spend 10 minutes with it's like an evening of reflecting stargazing
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so if you get a clear night.
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Pop on a dressing gown, take yourself outside. Now, if you really,
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really want to romanticize your life and raise the game, then take yourself
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a blanket outside and maybe even a thermos that's got your favorite hot drink
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in it or maybe you've got soup in it.
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Do this, maybe when the weather's a bit nicer perhaps.
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Take yourself a blanket, take your thermos out, you've got hot beverage in there
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If you want, take some marshmallows out, take some snacks out,
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lay down and gaze at the stars.
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Now, you might think me a bit of a hippie for saying this.
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This is like out of the movie. Now, do it on your own. You don't need anyone else.
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Or if you're at home and you've got kids and you've got a partner,
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do this. Take blankets outside.
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Cover yourself with blankets. Take a pillow out.
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Look at the stars and star gaze.
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If you've got a stargazing app you can actually use the app to identify constellations in the sky,
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and it sounds a little bit bonkers and it sounds a little bit woo-woo it's not
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do not skip this step because it will honestly it is amazing there are times
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when I get back from work and I live in the countryside so the stars look incredible
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and sometimes I just stop before I put my key in the door,
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I stop and I look up and I think, wow,
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it's actually amazing.
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So to make this an actual event or an actual occasion, you could do it for 10
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minutes or you can do it for an hour, you can do it for an evening.
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Try it. Look at the vastness of the universe and remind yourself that your dreams are limitless.
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If you want to, you could whisper your wishes or you could speak about your
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gratitude. Acknowledge that the magic you seek is already present in every twinkling light above.
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Step nine or 10. I'm so sorry, guys. I don't know what number we're at. We're nine or 10.
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Another thing you can do to romanticize your life is to create the ultimate
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movie night experience.
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So if any of you have got children, then you might do this anyway.
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And I remember definitely doing an element of this when I was younger,
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you know, when you kind of have a living room picnic.
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This is about creating the ultimate movie night. So maybe move some of your furniture around,
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lay down blankets scatter pillows
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everywhere dim the lights light your
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candles dot candles around the room and grab blankets or a duvet go and grab
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yourself your duvet from your bed get cozy put your favorite movie on maybe
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buy yourself actual real popcorn boxes fill that with popcorn sweet.
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Salted caramel and snacks or
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your dinner or nachos whatever you want to
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do create yourself the ultimate
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movie night get on the floor and this
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could be alone I'm going to do this I
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promise you I'm going to do this and I will post it on my Instagram I
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don't know when I'm going to do it but I will do it soon I'm going to post it
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but just the very thought of it it makes
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me feel excited and you know if you've got a
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fire light the fire and put your my favorite
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movie on and then put your phone away and watch
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the movie this is the key part of it is that you actually watch it now I was
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really really tired at the weekend had a really busy week and I put my phone
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on the other side of the room and I watched a film and I fully watched it and
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I fully I was fully invested I was fully into it.
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And I just know, had I had my phone nearby, I would have kind of been on and
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off my phone a little bit.
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And I took so much from it. It was like a mindful movie moment.
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So just allow yourself to fully embrace that.
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And you know, if you want to have a nap under your duvet, embrace it,
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have that nap, enjoy it and enjoy your romanticizing movie night.
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Step 10 or 11 I'm gonna say 10 this is the power of scent so this is creating
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scent within your home so experiment with essential oils oils maybe buy yourself a diffuser.
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Or just an oil burner. You can get them for really cheap and experiment with
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essential oils and maybe like lavender for your bedroom or citrus if you want
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a burst of energy in your kitchen.
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Sandalwood is really nice for meditation and for chill out vibes.
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Experiment with essential oils and create your scent.
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Create your, what is your signature scent? Now, this is about going back to
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creating an environment for you that feels like a five-star hotel.
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Walk into your living room, walk into your house after a long day's work and
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smell your essential oils.
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Place oils in diffusers or oil burners around your home, maybe one in the bedroom,
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one in the living room, one in the kitchen more if you
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want to and find your scent and
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make finding your scent an event in itself
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because that shows that you are putting love into this experience and once you
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find your scent the scent that you love every time you walk into your house
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it will make you smile every time you sit down to watch a film you will feel
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relaxed every time you walk into your kitchen you will feel energized and happy.
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So it sounds so simple. And I can imagine some people going,
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oh yeah, yeah, I'll do that. I'll try that another time. And then it gets lost.
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But write this down on your list and go and actively do this.
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And maybe change the sense based on your mood or the time of the day.
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And just make every space feel uniquely curated and alive with your intention.
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So the final step in romanticising your life is don't wait for this special
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occasion to wear your favourite perfume, to wear your favourite shoes,
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to wear your favourite outfit.
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Wear those things today. That is bringing main character energy to your life.
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Unbox your expensive perfume, put it on your dressing table and use your special perfume every day.
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Over spray it don't limit yourself to
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one spray use it use it today
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do not waste it do not let it get dusty sitting
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on the side you are the main
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character and that is enough of an occasion now if you've got dresses or if
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you've got suits things with labels on that you haven't worn yet because you're
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waiting for your special occasion you're waiting for a big birthday party you're
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waiting for a wedding to attend, don't do that.
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You do not need an excuse to dress up. Now I've been trying to adopt this a
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little bit more recently.
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Sometimes it's very easy to go, oh I'm going to go out in what I'm comfortable
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in and you should of course always be comfortable but what you should also do
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and I'm trying to do this is like just go out and be a little bit extra.
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What are you waiting for go
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and bring your extra self go out in
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your best outfits and you know what it will raise your vibrations people might
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compliment you you'll walk with a spring in your step you'll walk a little bit
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taller because you'll feel confident and yeah maybe people will stop you and
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say excuse me where did you get your amazing dress from where did you get your amazing jacket from?
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Oh my God, you smell amazing. What perfume are you wearing?
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This is not a waste of money. This is not wasting your perfume.
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This is not wasting those outfits.
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It just means that you are elevating your day.
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You are elevating your occasion. And what happens when you raise your vibrations? I've said this before.
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You raise your vibrations, you attract in more things from that frequency,
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that happy frequency that you are now operating on.
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I've been working today. I've recorded this in the evening and you know what I'm going to do?
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I'm going to run myself a bath. Now I don't have Epsom bath salts.
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I don't have rose petals. Actually, I do. I have some roses that I need to now
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change downstairs. So I'm going to take some of those petals.
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I'm going to scatter them on my bath. I'm going to put in bubble bath.
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I'm going to light a candle.
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I am going to go up and I'm going to go to bed.
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And the other thing I didn't mention in your nighttime ritual is a way to romanticize
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your life is to wear silk pajamas or buy yourself a silk eye mask.
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Put your silks on for bedtime.
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Put on material, lovely silk that makes you feel good. It makes you feel abundant.
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It makes you feel sexy. And put a lovely eye mask on.
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You'll feel like you are sleeping at the fall
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season so I am going to put on tonight
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my silk pajamas and I'm going to put on
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my silk eye mask and I'm going to slip under my duvet and have a beautiful beautiful
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sleep whilst I'm romanticizing my life so that's it for you guys day I really
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I hope you can adopt some,
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if not all of these.
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Romanticizing moments into your life.
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And do you know what? Think of your own. Think of things that you can do in
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your everyday, making your breakfast, making your lunch, going for a walk.
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What can you do today? What can you do to elevate your day, to romanticize your day?
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Have a think about that now. Use any of my ideas.
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I don't know if we got to 11 we might have got to 12 I don't know anymore but
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just remember to turn your ordinary into extraordinary and romanticize your life until next time.
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Music.