Weekend Vibes
Yoohoo~~ Happy weekend!
Hope this COVID-19 pandemic doesn't take the fun away from you. If it does taking a toll on you, maybe I can share some of my simple ways to give your quarantine life a relief...
1) Find the center of your home.
This doesn't have to be assessed by a Feng Shui master or to be identified by an architect; the center of a home simply consists of 3 elements: togetherness, fun, and joy.
It is a space in your home that always brings everyone together, do fun thing together, and create joyful memories. In this case, the center of my home is always the dining area. We enjoy foods, so this space is perfect for us to hang out for a casual chat between meals and snacks. We love family activities, so this space helps us sitting across each other and work on something together, baking project, finger painting, jewelry making, you name it, we probably have done it. Through that, we share lots of joyous moments as a single unit of the society, a family 😊😊😊
Once you've figured out the center of your home that fulfilled these 3 elements, remember to always keep it clean, pleasant, and functional.
#1 This is how mine looks like today.
I wake up to this because jeez, you've no idea how much effort I've spent to make this area presentable. Think constant clean up and decluttering. I usually heavy clean the house on Friday to set the weekend vibe right while anticipatingly welcoming it! I find this practice helpful because we all get to enjoy a decent breakfast in a nice setting the next day.
2) Invest in items that not only bring you joy but functional too.
#2 A sturdy cake stand, a beautiful vase, a cute dessert plate, a mid-century buffet table, a real wood dining table, a rustic dining chair...
Every single piece of furniture or items that I bring home need to have at least a 5-10 years life span. They don't have to be expensive but they need to last; its style and functionality. No more compulsive buying for a lady, each of those are carefully curated.
3) Spend time making your own meal.
#3 The breakfast I eat this morning. It's just a very simple open-faced avocado spread on a sourdough baguette that takes me 5 minutes. But the process of making it, oh boy, it feels like therapy.
Taking time prepping your meals during the weekend makes you feel good because you know you're taking good care of yourself; your body thanks you, so does your mind.
4) Stay active.
This is hard. With all the shelter-in-place order, homeschooling and working-from-home, all I wanted to do is eat, rest and repeat. It's hard to find the time or even squeeze out extra energy to stay active. But maybe, I say maybe, you can try doing it during weekend.
#4 We always try to bring the kids out during the weekend, walking on the wood lines, playing in the sand dune, running on the green grass... Looking after them while they are being outdoor helps me stay active, haha. It's true. All parents know about it.
Btw, do you see the ocean? Isn't San Francisco a beauty?
5) Embrace nature
#5 This pandemic makes me realize how much I appreciate nature, in a mindful way. Nature is all around us yet I rarely take the time to step back to really appreciate it, to feel its present and be grateful for it.
#6 Hello! BS-ers, I miss you ❤️❤️❤️
#7 After an almost 2.5 hours hike, we come home and relax. I manage to make some snacks for the kids while they continue their fun time in the backyard.
It looks nice, isn't it? Thanks to frozen pizza and packaged tomato soup from Trader Joe's. Oh btw, I went to Trader Joe's for the very first time yesterday, not sure if you saw it on my
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But ya, if you set the center of your home right and curate it mindfully, not only it is extremely soothing to look at but you can easily make a twist by toying around with other things, foods, magazines, books, plants, etc...
6) Utilize it, don't just gram it.
#8 Whatever that you bring home, even a small utensil, make sure you use it, make sure it is functional, not just for a good-looking photograph that brings you 100k likes.
We're now living in an era that we build things for "likes and loves" on social media. It's utterly important to remind ourselves that we don't just live for those things, we live because we are. You deserve more than all the "likes and loves" you'd get on Instagram or Facebook, you just do.
I hope you enjoy this post and able to find joy in it too. I have a really blissful Saturday so far, hope I share a piece of good vibe with you all, too.
XOXO,
Bev