Live for Today and Make Every Day Special
Like the old saying goes, 'don't put off tomorrow what you can do today', and that includes spoiling yourself silly
It’s easy to let life race by without stopping to smell the roses, but why not treat each new dawn as an invitation to seize the day? These simple tips could be the reminder you need to bring abundance, connection, and even a little silliness into your everyday. You needn’t leave home to enrich your life, it’s just a matter of being more mindful.
Go nuts with your favourite colour
If you love green, why not surround yourself with it? Same goes for any other colour in the rainbow. The more you love it, the more you should see it around your home. In this case, the homeowners chose green as a feature colour in a predominantly white colour scheme to connect the interiors to the garden outside.
Take a look around this house
If you love green, why not surround yourself with it? Same goes for any other colour in the rainbow. The more you love it, the more you should see it around your home. In this case, the homeowners chose green as a feature colour in a predominantly white colour scheme to connect the interiors to the garden outside.
Take a look around this house
Be a little silly
It’s not every day that you see a painted blue piano, but is there any reason not to paint a piano blue? Not if it’s a colour that brings you joy. Give yourself permission to unleash your creativity at home. It’s likely to make every day feel a little lighter.
Paint in ‘Utah Sky’ (2065-40): Benjamin Moore
It’s not every day that you see a painted blue piano, but is there any reason not to paint a piano blue? Not if it’s a colour that brings you joy. Give yourself permission to unleash your creativity at home. It’s likely to make every day feel a little lighter.
Paint in ‘Utah Sky’ (2065-40): Benjamin Moore
Indulge your senses
The cheap supermarket soap may do the job, but it’s nowhere near as lovely as soap that smells divine and lathers up luxuriously when you use it. Go on, you deserve it.
More: 10 Ways to Set Up a Blissful Bathroom Pamper Zone
The cheap supermarket soap may do the job, but it’s nowhere near as lovely as soap that smells divine and lathers up luxuriously when you use it. Go on, you deserve it.
More: 10 Ways to Set Up a Blissful Bathroom Pamper Zone
Slow down and tune in
Whether you live with housemates, children or just your other half, take the time to tune in and connect every single day. Connecting is a little like smiling at strangers – it doesn’t cost anything and it can brighten someone’s whole day (and your own).
TIP: Kitchen islands are just the spot for a heart to heart. You can carry on with what you’re doing, but still have a meaningful conversation at the same time. Even better, when you sit little ones on the bench, you can meet them eye to eye.
More: 10 Kitchen Islands for Families
Whether you live with housemates, children or just your other half, take the time to tune in and connect every single day. Connecting is a little like smiling at strangers – it doesn’t cost anything and it can brighten someone’s whole day (and your own).
TIP: Kitchen islands are just the spot for a heart to heart. You can carry on with what you’re doing, but still have a meaningful conversation at the same time. Even better, when you sit little ones on the bench, you can meet them eye to eye.
More: 10 Kitchen Islands for Families
Celebrate your children
You can buy expensive artwork if you like, but if you have some budding artists in the house, why not make them feel special by framing their masterpieces and turning your living room into an art gallery. Their art reflects their age, thoughts and feelings … and that’s worth honouring.
You can buy expensive artwork if you like, but if you have some budding artists in the house, why not make them feel special by framing their masterpieces and turning your living room into an art gallery. Their art reflects their age, thoughts and feelings … and that’s worth honouring.
Stuff your face with health
Whether you buy organic fruits and vegetables or not, eating these natural delights with abandon is an easy way to make every day feel abundant. Display fruit in a bowl you love, and keep your supplies replenished, even if that means a twice-weekly delivery. In the fridge, keep vegies easily accessible and easy to see. Chopping carrots and celery into dipping sticks and storing them in containers of water, for example, will make them easy to reach when hunger strikes.
Take a look around this Sydney Harbour penthouse
Whether you buy organic fruits and vegetables or not, eating these natural delights with abandon is an easy way to make every day feel abundant. Display fruit in a bowl you love, and keep your supplies replenished, even if that means a twice-weekly delivery. In the fridge, keep vegies easily accessible and easy to see. Chopping carrots and celery into dipping sticks and storing them in containers of water, for example, will make them easy to reach when hunger strikes.
Take a look around this Sydney Harbour penthouse
Make tomorrow today
Oh, I’ll start exercising tomorrow. Tomorrow, I’ll get up extra early and do a workout. I’m a bit tired today, so I’ll skip today and start again tomorrow. Sound familiar? It’s the things we do every day that make us who we are, not the things we plan to do, or the things we do once in a while. Are you fit and healthy? Make today the day that you live who you really want to be.
More: Work It Out: Plan a Home Gym No Matter the Space
Oh, I’ll start exercising tomorrow. Tomorrow, I’ll get up extra early and do a workout. I’m a bit tired today, so I’ll skip today and start again tomorrow. Sound familiar? It’s the things we do every day that make us who we are, not the things we plan to do, or the things we do once in a while. Are you fit and healthy? Make today the day that you live who you really want to be.
More: Work It Out: Plan a Home Gym No Matter the Space
Start your day with music
Get your mornings off to a lively start with your favourite, energetic tunes. If they’re the kind of songs you can sing along to, so much the better. Put together a morning playlist and it will be extra easy to start your day off singing.
YOUR SAY
How do you make sure every day is special? Share your good habits in the Comments.
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Get your mornings off to a lively start with your favourite, energetic tunes. If they’re the kind of songs you can sing along to, so much the better. Put together a morning playlist and it will be extra easy to start your day off singing.
YOUR SAY
How do you make sure every day is special? Share your good habits in the Comments.
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15 Things to Do on Lazy Sunday Afternoons at Home
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Quick Housework Strategies for People on the Go
Setting the table and eating together as a family (or household) is all the more special when you use the good china. If you’re not in the habit of eating together at the table – the TV tends to have a magnetic attraction – try it. It’s an easy way to make every day feel special. Light candles, and use placemats or tablecloths you love.
TIP: If you’re stuck for something to talk about, go around the table and take turns sharing what you’re most grateful for. It’s a simple way of getting everyone to focus on the present, and everything that’s great about their life.