How to have a Love Affair with Your Life

If you want your life to change, change how you treat your life!

Because . . .

When you Love Life, Life Loves You Back!

Here are some ways to have a love affair with your life:

• Say thank you often

• Eat what you want without guilt

• Keep fresh flowers in your home

• Choose quality over quantity

• Get comfortable with being uncomfortable

• Create your unique definition of success

• Turn your Home into your Sanctuary

• Wake up each morning and envision your day

• Go to bed celebrating your successes

• Keep a gratitude journal

• Take yourself on a date – get dressed up, reserve the best table at the best restaurant and enjoy your own company

• Find your signature scent

• Write letters to your Future Self

• Visit a museum

• Exercise daily, even if it’s just 15 minutes

• Forgive those who have hurt you (no need to continue hurting yourself)

• Always be willing to grow and change

• Create plans that excite you

• Simplify, simplify, simplify

• Spend money on things you truly value

• Trust your instincts

• Allow yourself to feel fully

• Break the rules; make your own

• Practice living in the moment

• Go to Paris

• Pack a picnic, grab a book and head to a secret spot

• Plant a garden

• Learn to accept and love your body (as it is right now)

• Place lavender drops on your pillowcase at night

• Use your favourite things for yourself – every day

• Unplug from technology once a week

• Spend a day doing only what you absolutely desire

• Stay out of other people’s business, opinions, beliefs and drama

• Buy the most luxurious chocolate you can find, pour yourself a cup of tea and savour every bite

• Look for beauty in everything

• Take 5 things off your to-do list and replace them with something you really want to do

• Look for miracles in everything – the unpredictable, heartbreaks, perceived failures . . . they are there if you seek them

• Choose to go about your daily tasks with passion

• Allow yourself to cry when you need a good cry

• Take responsibility for your own happiness and fulfilment

• Stop complaining and gossiping

• Learn something new

• Paint or draw; open up the channels of creativity

• Eat only the best of whatever you choose to eat

• Each morning, choose who you want to BE first, then what you want to DO

• Stop comparing. There is only one you, and that’s a pretty special place to be

• Learn how to leisurely hustle – moments of massive inspired action followed by moments of pure leisure

• Get outside and get some Vitamin D – one of the greatest epidemics of our time is the lack of sunshine

• Throw away all the self-help books that make you feel like you’re broken; you’re not! 

• Stop the 100% productivity mode. I’m giving you permission to not be so productive. You may find that taking that pressure off leads to smarter productivity

• What did you love to do when you were little? Do that!

• Don’t follow trends; create your own

• Always choose kindness, especially towards yourself

• Dream every day

• Know your strengths and utilise them

• Understand your triggers and patterns so you can elegantly navigate them

• Be open to the mystery of life; rigidity may lead to certain outcomes, but it will never lead to adventure and the good stuff of life

• When in doubt, always, always follow your heart

Want to add to the list? I’d love to know how you are having a love affair with life in the comments below.

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