With the term ‘soft life’ being thrown around lately, you may be wondering, ‘How can I embrace my femininity, and enjoy the best things about being a girl?”
Stay with us as we take you through our tips for embracing your girlhood and living your best soft life.
Step One: Decorate Your Space
Whether you live in your own apartment or you’re renting a room in a sharehouse, decorating your space is key to embracing your soft life. Decorating to your taste also gives you ownership over your environment. Even better, it allows you to create your own little sanctuary, a restful space to enjoy your well-earned peace and respite from the outside world.
Consider elevating your space’s ambience by lighting scented candles or creating an art wall in your bedroom. Decorative throws and pillows do much to warm up an otherwise stark interior, and changing up your bed linen with the seasons is a great way to create a welcoming, soothing atmosphere you can take rest in after a long, hard day battling the elements.
Most importantly, remember to keep your space neat. A messy environment can often be reflective of internal turmoil. Yes, when our home is in chaos, our headspace will often follow suit. So, stay on top of your household chores. Keep your clothes off the floor of your bedroom, and tidy up your makeup table. Make sure your bathroom is clean and hygienic, and your kitchen space, too. If all of this sounds like too much to bear on your own, and you have the means to do so, consider hiring a house cleaner.
Step Two: Care for Your Appearance
Step two of embracing our best life is to look after how we look. Caring for our appearance is not vanity; it’s essential self-care that helps us be our best selves.
To look your girly best, consider implementing self-care routines that incorporate:
Skincare
Skincare is self-care. And no, it doesn’t need to be a 10-step Korean skincare routine. Using a simple cleanser, serum and moisturiser every night can go far in terms of washing of the stresses of the day and soothing both your skin and your soul.
Haircare
As the saying goes, ‘your hair is your crown’. And like any princess, you, too, deserve a tiara atop your pretty head. So, care for your hair with good-quality shampoo and conditioner, and a nourishing masque each week. If you’re trying to grow longer hair, try massaging rosemary oil into your scalp before you wash it. If you can afford it, regular trims at the hair salon also do a world of good.
Health and Fitness
Finally, caring for your appearance means also caring for your health. Be sure to consume a nutrient-rich, balanced diet, and also, do regular exercise. Of course, getting your daily steps in can be difficult, especially if you have a desk job, but try your best to get at least an hour of movement in every day.
Step Three: Embrace Your Femininity
Embracing our femininity and our feminine energy is central to living our best, soft lives. And by a ‘soft life’, we don’t mean you will never overcome obstacles, and that challenges won’t come your way. No, living a soft life lies in the way we face our problems and how we deal with the cards we are dealt. Living in our feminine energy is about living with intention; purposefully enjoying every moment, and being grateful for our blessings.
Think about it: next time you’re doing something with urgency, ask yourself, “Is this task really that urgent?” Chances are, you have the time to slow down and live the moment with intention and gratitude. Even mundane tasks like cleaning the bathroom or folding laundry can be slowed down and actioned intentionally. So, put on some soothing music, move slowly, and express gratitude. “I have my own bathroom to clean, and my own clothes to wash and fold”, you might remind yourself. “I am grateful for the opportunity to care for myself.”
Slowing down and living each moment with purpose and intention is key to living a feminine, soft life.
