Romanticizing The Fall Season

Hiiii Bibbles!!!!!!!! 

I hope everyone is having a wonderful morning! I'm a bit tired; I went to bed pretty early but woke up around 3h30 and didn't go back to sleep for a few hours. But you know what that means? 🎶COFFEEEEEEEEEE TIMEEEEEEEEEE🎶 (in the Mariah Carry Christmas "it's timeee" voice). 

So the last post was about this new school season and how to make school fun and adventurous this year. Even though the plan was to talk about romanticizing this fall season 🫠. 

Well, this is that post. I hope you all enjoy reading; let's dig in!!!!

Ok, so what does it truly mean to romanticize life? The textbook definition of romanticizing your life is ~ treating your everyday, ordinary routines with intention, appreciation, and a sense of wonder, acting as the main character in your own story. It's not pretending that your problems are gone or looking at them through rose-tinted glasses. It means adding softness and intention to your days. 

Romanticizing your life makes you notice the small things and appreciate them. Leaves falling, strong winds, wearing long sleeves and jackets again. These are the little things that get me excited for the fall season. 

Now, the way you romanticize your life will be different from mine, but I'm going to share how I do it, in case my Bibbles might want ideas 😘. 

1 ~  Every day I get ready for the day. 

I put on a cute outfit that makes me feel happy and want to get things done. I even put on an outfit when I have nowhere to go. Also dressing the same way I would to hang out with friends in the city and to go to the grocery store. 

You will never catch me in sweatpants and flip-flops at the store. (There is also nothing wrong if someone prefers it that way 💖)

2 ~ Making pajama sets out of the clothes I already have. 

In my closet, I've accumulated many shorts since 8th grade, and I have a lot of oversized off-the-shoulder tops. I have two that are graphic tees, one with pink and the other with blue, so I pair them with my blue and pink shorts. I also have baby tees and tanks that match with my pajama pants and shorts. 

But if you feel like spending a bit of money, I go to the thrift store to find cute pajama pants or silk nightgowns, all under 5 euros. 

These are the little ways that make my night feel a bit more elevated. 

3 ~ Warm lighting. 

My mom and I never, and I mean NEVER, put on the big lights in our house. We have the bright white fluorescent lights that practically blind you and give you headaches. So we have lamps all throughout the house and in all of our bedrooms. 

This gives our home the best warm, cozy feeling, and it has also made the electricity bill go down🤭. 

4 ~ Different playlists for different things I'm doing, or for different seasons. 

For me, this looks like pop rap and musicals when I'm washing the dishes, but slow classics and jazz on my record player while getting ready for the day and tidying up the house. 

And for the past few weeks, I have been trying to create my own fall playlist that feels slow, calm, and toasty. 

5 ~ Changing the themes on my devices. 

I don't do this often, but I used to constantly change the theme on my phone and computer. Normally, every season. 

But I might start doing this again because it really did help life feel like fun stages rather than one big block of time whenever I opened my phone and I saw a new theme that correlates with the season outside my window. 

6 ~ Make a morning drink.

This can be different for everyone. This can be a smoothie, tea, coffee, etc. 

Extra points if you make a fall coffee. 

My mornings always feel slower when I have a nice warm coffee in my hands and just sit there and drink it. Sometimes I watch a 2000s show; Lizzy McGuire is my favorite, or I read a book instead.

7 ~ Create my wardrobe for the current season. 

A few days ago, I completely reorganized my Fashion Board and created different sections.  

The sections I made were: Daily fits, Preppy fits, Fall fits, Summer fits, Party fits, Cool fits, Accessories. 

Having these sections always helps me pick out what vibe I'm going for that day. A trick I use: instead of saving outfits I want, I save outfits with clothes that I have, or that are similar; trust me, all of a sudden you will have a lot of outfits. I would suggest you have a separate section for outfits/clothes you want.  

8 ~ Decorating plain things. 

A few months ago I got new pink Sony wired headphones, and I wanted to make them look different from everyone else's. So I put little ladybugs on them from the China store for 99cents. 

When I was in middle school, we didn't use notebooks for all our classes; for most, we used a binder. And if you had a mom like mine, she was not paying for the expensive cute ones. So I created and printed out cute photos to put them in a clear sleeve. 

And even now I'm looking at ideas to elevate my school supplies, because for me, when my supplies are cute, I'll want to study more. 

These are all the things I could think of, but almost everything I listed doesn't require money, and if it does, it's no more than 5 euros. Following these little rituals in my life always makes life a bit brighter and cozier, which I think everyone needs in their lives. Sooo, let's look at new ways to romanticize this new fall season. 

This fall, I want to get back into the hobbies I fell out of and things that will get me back into crafting. One of those things is reading. I gifted one of my friends the book Pride and Prejudice for her birthday, and part of the gift was me and her starting a book club. The plan is to read 7 chapters every week, so I want to wake up early every day, make my fall drink, sit down, and read one chapter. 

Along with that, here's a list of everything I want to try and do this fall. 

1 ~ Having slow, screen-free mornings with a coffee and a book in my hands. 

Now that I'm thinking about this, I might change my morning routine every season. For example, in the summer I have a cup of tea with a fun breakfast while watching early morning cartoons. But that will be next summer; now we are talking about everything fall. 

2 ~ Making the perfect fall coffee.

As of recently, I have started to enjoy the taste of coffee, and not just the 1 cup of sugar, whole carton of milk, bottle of vanilla extract, 500 pumps of some syrup, and a tsp of coffee. 

So this fall season, I am going to venture out into making healthy fall coffee recipes. 

3 ~ Create a mini fall recipe book 

I have started to get into cooking, and I love warm meals that leave me feeling a bit tired afterward. And I think it will be very fun to have a little notebook of my fav fall meals saved. This would be a great way to start meal prepping/planning for the week so I can choose a day to cook my fall meal. 

4 ~ Decorating my room for fall. 

This is where the crafting starts. I have little to no money, so I love an easy DIY. And a few days ago I saw a video on how to make a pumpkin pillow out of a sock and a string, two things I have. Some other things I'm thinking of doing are finding fall posters and recreating them on Canva and having them printed for cheap at the library or a Papelaria. 

In my opinion, you don't need a lot in your room to be able to tell the seasonal change; it can be as easy as switching out some posters, pillows, and blankets, and it will make a very big difference. 

But if you do have the money to buy new decor for fall, go for it 😝😘!!! 

5 ~ Making a mood board of everything I want to do this fall. 

I might make a Pinterest board instead, because I have nowhere to put a mood board, sadly. But I think it's always better to have a visual aid for the things you want to do. At this point, I use my Pinterest as my notes app.  

When I have a Pinterest board made for a hangout or activity I want to do, I love having visuals for the plan, and it also works as inspo for myself and others. 

That's all I can think of for right now, but here's to romanticizing this fall season and making life brighter and more adventurous 🥂! 

Good luck to all of you this season, love you lots, and I'll keep you posted on how my fall romanticizing goes.