Curate Your Life

Here’s your reminder that a good life, a wonderful life, rarely happens by accident. Go ahead and curate your life to create a life that you love and enjoy. Sometimes we think that we have to achieve all of our goals, or “make it” to a certain phase in life in order for life to be enjoyable. In some ways, this is true. But what’s more true is that you can love the life you have even while you’re working towards the life you want. I have some things that you can consider as you work on curating a life that you love.

Fill your life with delights. Maybe you paint your bedroom in a color that you love. Maybe you have a garden that grows beautiful things you enjoy. Or you delight in your daily extra special coffee ritual. Perhaps you watch the sunset out the back window. Delightful things don’t have to be big or expensive, but having many of them will keep your mood up, and help you love your life as it is.

Prioritize your well-being. If it’s in your budget, this can be a spa day or biweekly facial, but these aren’t the only ways to prioritize your wellbeing. Getting consistent rest, and staying hydrated, and feeding yourself good food are also things you can do to take good care of yourself. The key here is to remember to pay as much attention to your own needs as you do to those of other people, or to your work. And this isn’t just your physical body either. Maybe there’s a relationship of some kind that is sucking the life out of you, and you need some boundaries. Maybe you need to find some time for silence or solitude away from the hectic day-to-day.

Find the beauty in the ordinary. Chances are, when you’re feeling at your lowest, you’re not noticing the beauty of life around you. Here’s your reminder to do that. Notice the smell as you walk into your favorite bakery or coffee shop, or the beauty of the flowers in your neighbor’s yard. Maybe it’s feeling the sun on your face, or noticing the pattern of the light through the trees. Sometimes we forget that the brightness of a baby’s smile is the reminder that you need of ordinary beauty.