romanticizing life.

If we aren't careful in life we will romanticize everything except our own lives. Idealizing the myth that the grass is greener on the other side. Self love is romanticizing your life.

One of the hardest things is manifesting your dream life with the everyday struggles staring you in the face. Shifting from the ego processed conditional way of thinking into this new version of you that views life from a higher perspective. We experience a fog phrase when our perspective shifts but our conditioned behavior is not yet shifted. There is a particular level of awareness you gain from your experiences that allows you to recognize the behavior quicker over time. The quicker you become aware to the behavior the faster you are able to shift the perspective of the situation.

I learned this to be the key in life. Your circumstances only change when your perspective changes. If you are down to your last hundred dollars, how you see yourself in this situation is vital to your awareness. When we panic in financial crisis, we view ourselves as the victim to this circumstance. The goal is to respond from a perspective that everything is going to work out for you because it always does. With this mindset you find peace and harmony in your daily experiences. There is a divine level of confidence that compliments the blind faith and inner knowing.

If we should romanticize anything in our life to start it should be blind faith. Exploring a world of what ifs with positive outcomes, limitless possibilities leaving no room for attachment to any outcome. To romanticize your life to me is like being delusional about your reality. Living in the feeling of having the material asset before you obtain it.

ro·man·ti·cize

verb

1. deal with or describe in an idealized or unrealistic fashion; make (something) seem better or more appealing than it really is.

   "the tendency to romanticize nonindustrial societies"

How have you been romanticizing your life?

Recently, I have noticed how my aesthetic is influenced by my acts of romanticizing. Taking photos of the day to day moments of my life that I find beauty and fulfillment in. My camera roll serving as a virtual scrapbook while substack has been serving as a virtual diary. Sharing my inner thoughts and feelings with those whom find their experience relatable. Showing the changes and pivots that cultivated a life that was once a lifestyle I romanticized.

Slow living has been a lifestyle we have all romanticized and for years luxury living was our number one pick. My brand has merged the both by showcasing myself romanticizing my life. In my own way, in my own terms. The best part is this was a test to see if it truly worked, now I am married living in San Diego, California! My life has taken romanticizing to a whole new level.

This new level came because of the divine confidence I have in the unknown now. Although the unknown can be scary, being rooted in my blind faith helps me trust my decisions and that everything is moving on my behalf. I’ve witnessed my perspective shift in real time after releasing the mindset of struggle. In the midst of “struggle” can you recognize the pattern of conditioned behaviors (awareness), and make the shift into trusting in the unknown without clear proof. My experiences have been presented one step at a time making it difficult to plan anything to accommodate my comfortability.

Making the move to California was off blind faith, nothing was lined up or in order for us prior to coming. However, there was an inner knowing that if we came everything would work out for us. The evidence that supported this blind faith was how things had been working out for us time and time again on our quest without having a plan in place. We followed blind faith to pack light because everything we needed would be provided. Flights would be over a thousand dollars but the day of our check out it would be almost 75% less; confirming the move is the right one. Our checked bag was 40.4 pounds when it had to be under 40 pounds, or the divine blessing of comfortability traveling in the Las Vegas and San Diego airports without having to check my bank account.

With those kind of blessings happening throughout our experience, how could we doubt that we are divinely protected on this quest. It makes it easier to romanticize blind faith in your circumstances because the outcomes are always more grand than the what ifs. Celebrating the small wins becomes a norm, saying yes to yourself becomes second nature, when you want something the Universe orchestrates life to bring it to you. The hustle not longer seems appealing once you romanticize your mornings being slow and your days being filled with fulfillment. You stop chasing the “American Dream” and start attracting everything your heart desires!