35 Simple Ways to Romanticize Your Life This Summer
There's something about summer that makes ordinary life feel a little more magical.
Maybe it's the longer evenings, fresh flowers at the grocery store, farmers markets on Saturday mornings, or the excuse to order an iced latte and stay at the coffee shop a little longer.
The best part is that you don't need a passport or a picture-perfect itinerary to have a memorable summer.
Some of my favorite summer memories have been the simplest ones—walking around a local bookstore, making homemade lemonade, finding the perfect bouquet at Trader Joe's, or watching the sunset after dinner.
If you're looking for a few ways to make this season feel a little sweeter, here's everything on my summer mood board.
Slow Summer Mornings
Summer mornings deserve to be slow. Open the windows, pour yourself an iced coffee, and let yourself ease into the day instead of rushing through it.
Open the windows first thing in the morning.
Read your Bible with your coffee.
Walk to your favorite coffee shop instead of driving.
Pick up fresh flowers during your grocery run.
Listen to your favorite summer playlist while getting ready.
Read a chapter of your current book before checking Instagram.
Journal outside for fifteen minutes.
Wear something that makes you feel pretty, even if you're staying home.
Little Luxuries
Not everything that makes life feel special has to be expensive. Sometimes it's the tiny upgrades that make an ordinary Tuesday feel like summer.
Wear the dress you've been saving for a special occasion.
Paint your nails the fun color.
Buy the expensive fruits.
Go out for ice-cream.
Light a candle while you work from home.
Buy yourself fresh flowers.
Use the nice perfume.
Eat breakfast on the porch.
Ways to Spend Your Afternoons
These are the kind of afternoons that always end up becoming your favorite memories.
Wander through a bookstore with no agenda.
Spend an hour at the library.
Read in the park.
Visit your local farmers market.
Bring your camera everywhere.
Browse an antique shop.
Stop for an iced latte and stay awhile.
Take yourself on a solo lunch date.
Explore a neighborhood you've never walked through before.
Summer Evenings
I don't know what it is about summer evenings, but they always feel so magical.
Watch the sunset.
Eat dinner outside.
Go for a walk after dinner.
Have a picnic.
Make homemade lemonade.
Grab ice cream after dinner.
Sit outside until the lightning bugs come out.
Call a friend while you walk.
Watch a movie with the windows open.
Little Things Worth Romanticizing
These are the little things that really make summer feel like summer.
Hanging laundry outside to dry.
Fresh hydrangeas on the kitchen table.
Cherries from the farmers market.
Reading on a blanket in the grass.
Keeping a disposable camera in your tote bag.
Writing postcards to a friend whenever you visit somewhere new.
Picking up a fresh loaf of sourdough.
Listening to music while you cook dinner.
Watching a thunderstorm from the window.
Driving with the windows down.
Just a little reminder before you go...
You don't need a trip to Europe or a perfectly planned out summer to make this season memorable.
Sometimes it's the buying the bouquet of flowers you almost didn't buy.
The extra twenty minutes you spent at the coffee shop to slow down and spend some time with yourself.
The fresh manicure that makes you smile every time you look down.
The walk after dinner.
The chapter you read outside in the fresh air instead of scrolling on your couch.
The fresh fruit you ate over the kitchen sink.
There are so many little ways to make summer feel memorable, magical, and fun.
I hope this summer gives you lots of little moments that remind you how beautiful ordinary life can be.
Happy Summer!
