December 14, 2025 • 10 mins
this week, we’re learning how to fall even more in love with the everyday. week 14 is all about romanticizing your real life- the simple rituals, the tiny joys, and the moments you usually overlook.
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(00:00):
I know that you have a perfumethat you're waiting to wear
on a special occasion, or thecandle on the back of the drawer
that you're waiting to lighton the perfect day or the brand
new dress that you bought forthe next upcoming celebration.
(00:20):
I know that you keep savingthings for a what if.
You keep holding on to beautifulmoments, beautiful days, cool
things that you have already inyour house, purchases that you
are making or have made that arejust sitting there waiting to
(00:44):
be used, waiting to be created.
We are sitting on life'smost beautiful moments.
The question is, areyou gonna wait or are
you gonna act on them?
Are you going to makethem happen right now?
(01:14):
Welcome back to theSelf-Love Archives podcast.
I am your host, Julia Salvia,and we are on week 14 of
the Self-Love 100, 100 Daysof Loving Yourself More.
This is such an excitingweek because in the past
couple of years I haveintegrated this so much
into my life that I have theopportunity to create so many.
(01:37):
Beautiful moments in my dayto day within the mundane,
within just existing and livinghere on this earth, and that
is romanticizing your life.
We have surely talked aboutthis before in other episodes
and on socials and togetherand whoever coined the
(01:59):
term romanticize your life.
Bless you.
We love you over here becausethere's something so special
about romanticizing your life.
There's something so specialabout not waiting for the
perfect moment, not waitingto be romanticized, not
(02:19):
waiting for that day to come.
There's something so specialabout taking control and.
Romanticizing your liferight now in this moment.
You don't need tons of money.
You don't need to be in agorgeous, beautiful place.
You already have everythingthat you need right now in
(02:41):
this moment to do just that.
Romanticizing your life isabout taking the mundane,
like you going out to get yourcoffee every single day, and
it's gotten so repetitive.
How can you takethat mundane moment?
That repetition of a mundanemoment and turn it into
(03:02):
something that is just atad bit more romanticized,
a tad bit more beautiful,a tad bit more creative,
more fun, more inspiring.
How can you take somethingso boring to you and just
up it just a little bit?
(03:22):
Some ways that I think youcan romanticize your life is
switching out a pen that youwrite with every single day
with one that is luxe luxury.
I have so talked about myobsession with a point, I
think it's a 0.03 millimeterpen, and just the luxury of
writing with this pen, itwas like $7 for two of them.
(03:47):
Maybe $12 for two of them.
Either way, I will take $12 towrite with something that allows
me to get my words out my to-dolist on this piece of paper in
such a gorgeous, beautiful way.
Get dressed up.
To go to the grocery storebecause I have free will
and can do whatever I want.
(04:08):
Roll all the windows down inthe car, turn the music up as
loud as I can, and scream, singwhatever song comes on next.
Take aesthetic pictures of yourbreakfast, your lunch, your
dinner of the beautiful leaveschanging outside or of the
snow falling on the ground, orjust the way that this one car
(04:31):
looked parked on the street.
Take a moment to notice.
Take a moment to think aboutall of the things in your
life that just seems so blah.
So boring, so mundane.
How can you elevate those?
How can you make themmore fun, more creative,
and more inspiring?
(04:52):
And most of these things havenothing to do with spending
money and more to do withthe intention that you put
into the ritual around them.
Like your 10 stepskincare routine at night
instead of putting thelights on full blast.
Tick the light down justa little bit so that
(05:14):
gives more of a mood.
Play jazz music inyour house all day.
That's one of mine.
Add sprinkles to your coffee.
Set up your lunch on a plateand plate it like they do
in those Gordon Ramsey showsas you're leaving Costco.
Jump onto the cart.
(05:34):
Do a little, do a littlelike run first, right?
And then jump onto make sureyou have stuff in your cart.
Otherwise, it'll flip over.
Be careful, but jump on the cartand allow it to take you all
the way through the parking lotas if you were 12 years old.
Again, there are so manyways to elevate your life, to
(05:56):
romanticize your life, and Iwant you to do them this week.
Every single day, whether it'syou pick one thing and you
romanticize that, you turnit into a romanticized ritual
throughout the entire week.
Maybe it's something thatyou do every single day.
(06:19):
You change it.
You just elevate somethingevery single day.
You find morecreativity in your day.
That is what I wantyou to do this week.
I know you might not be aphotographer, a videographer,
a creator, influencer.
I want you to take picturesand videos of yourself,
(06:41):
your days, anything thatyou come across that you
find inspiring or beautiful.
This week I want you toromanticize your life.
I'm giving you permission toromanticize your life This week.
You'll only get thisone life to live.
Unless you believe in soulslike mine and you jump around
(07:04):
life after life after life,but you are in this body right
now, living this life rightnow, enjoy it, romanticize it.
Make your life worth wakingup to every single day.
And if anybody has anythingto say about you being
extra this week, youromanticizing your life.
(07:25):
You being a maximalistand celebrating life in
whatever way that you decideto this week, please tell
them to fuck right off.
Please tell them you thatyou have free will and you
can do whatever you want.
Please tell them thatthey are missing out
on a fulfilling life.
(07:46):
I promise you that as youstart to love yourself more
and start to celebrate you.
Celebrate your life, the onethat you're living right now.
You'll care less about thepeople around you and what
they have to say and what theythink about the way that you're
(08:08):
living because all you know atthe end of every single day is
that you are living a life thatyou deserve, a life that you
are so incredibly worthy of.
And always have been.
I am so excited for this week.
I'm so excited for week 14.
We have one week to go of theself-love 100 and week 14 is
(08:30):
the very last task that I havefor you in this challenge.
Next week, we are gonna talkall about how to continue
self-love as a practiceand romanticizing your life
is a huge part of that.
I am so gratefulthat you are here.
(08:51):
Wow.
I didn't think thatI would get, like,
I didn't think that I wouldget emotional filming this.
I mean, we're not evenon the last episode yet.
I mean, I'm not even goinganywhere, but I'm getting a
little emotional because I'mjust so grateful For those of
you that have stuck with me in.
(09:16):
The self-love 100, it means somuch to me that you have taken
the time out of your day tolisten and to decide and put
your foot down, that it is yourtime to love yourself more.
That you deserve tolove yourself more.
(09:37):
And I could not be, I mean,I am forever indebted to you.
I could not bemore proud of you.
I could not be moregrateful that you are here.
Please, please, please.
If you feel confident andcourageous enough to post
a little compilation ora little snippet of your
(10:00):
week of romanticizingyour life, please tag me.
I would absolutely love to seeit, or you can just send it to
me if you don't wanna post itto the war for the world to see.
And if you do, post itfor the world to see.
Post it for the world to see.
Show them what loving yourselfmore really looks like.
I love you to pieces.
(10:21):
I will see you nextweek for week number 15.
Bye.
I know that you have a perfumethat you're waiting to wear
on a special occasion, or thecandle on the back of the drawer
that you're waiting to lighton the perfect day or the brand
new dress that you bought forthe next upcoming celebration.
(00:20):
I know that you keep savingthings for a what if.
You keep holding on to beautifulmoments, beautiful days, cool
things that you have already inyour house, purchases that you
are making or have made that arejust sitting there waiting to
(00:44):
be used, waiting to be created.
We are sitting on life'smost beautiful moments.
The question is, areyou gonna wait or are
you gonna act on them?
Are you going to makethem happen right now?
(01:14):
Welcome back to theSelf-Love Archives podcast.
I am your host, Julia Salvia,and we are on week 14 of
the Self-Love 100, 100 Daysof Loving Yourself More.
This is such an excitingweek because in the past
couple of years I haveintegrated this so much
into my life that I have theopportunity to create so many.
(01:37):
Beautiful moments in my dayto day within the mundane,
within just existing and livinghere on this earth, and that
is romanticizing your life.
We have surely talked aboutthis before in other episodes
and on socials and togetherand whoever coined the
(01:59):
term romanticize your life.
Bless you.
We love you over here becausethere's something so special
about romanticizing your life.
There's something so specialabout not waiting for the
perfect moment, not waitingto be romanticized, not
(02:19):
waiting for that day to come.
There's something so specialabout taking control and.
Romanticizing your liferight now in this moment.
You don't need tons of money.
You don't need to be in agorgeous, beautiful place.
You already have everythingthat you need right now in
(02:41):
this moment to do just that.
Romanticizing your life isabout taking the mundane,
like you going out to get yourcoffee every single day, and
it's gotten so repetitive.
How can you takethat mundane moment?
That repetition of a mundanemoment and turn it into
(03:02):
something that is just atad bit more romanticized,
a tad bit more beautiful,a tad bit more creative,
more fun, more inspiring.
How can you take somethingso boring to you and just
up it just a little bit?
(03:22):
Some ways that I think youcan romanticize your life is
switching out a pen that youwrite with every single day
with one that is luxe luxury.
I have so talked about myobsession with a point, I
think it's a 0.03 millimeterpen, and just the luxury of
writing with this pen, itwas like $7 for two of them.
(03:47):
Maybe $12 for two of them.
Either way, I will take $12 towrite with something that allows
me to get my words out my to-dolist on this piece of paper in
such a gorgeous, beautiful way.
Get dressed up.
To go to the grocery storebecause I have free will
and can do whatever I want.
(04:08):
Roll all the windows down inthe car, turn the music up as
loud as I can, and scream, singwhatever song comes on next.
Take aesthetic pictures of yourbreakfast, your lunch, your
dinner of the beautiful leaveschanging outside or of the
snow falling on the ground, orjust the way that this one car
(04:31):
looked parked on the street.
Take a moment to notice.
Take a moment to think aboutall of the things in your
life that just seems so blah.
So boring, so mundane.
How can you elevate those?
How can you make themmore fun, more creative,
and more inspiring?
(04:52):
And most of these things havenothing to do with spending
money and more to do withthe intention that you put
into the ritual around them.
Like your 10 stepskincare routine at night
instead of putting thelights on full blast.
Tick the light down justa little bit so that
(05:14):
gives more of a mood.
Play jazz music inyour house all day.
That's one of mine.
Add sprinkles to your coffee.
Set up your lunch on a plateand plate it like they do
in those Gordon Ramsey showsas you're leaving Costco.
Jump onto the cart.
(05:34):
Do a little, do a littlelike run first, right?
And then jump onto make sureyou have stuff in your cart.
Otherwise, it'll flip over.
Be careful, but jump on the cartand allow it to take you all
the way through the parking lotas if you were 12 years old.
Again, there are so manyways to elevate your life, to
(05:56):
romanticize your life, and Iwant you to do them this week.
Every single day, whether it'syou pick one thing and you
romanticize that, you turnit into a romanticized ritual
throughout the entire week.
Maybe it's something thatyou do every single day.
(06:19):
You change it.
You just elevate somethingevery single day.
You find morecreativity in your day.
That is what I wantyou to do this week.
I know you might not be aphotographer, a videographer,
a creator, influencer.
I want you to take picturesand videos of yourself,
(06:41):
your days, anything thatyou come across that you
find inspiring or beautiful.
This week I want you toromanticize your life.
I'm giving you permission toromanticize your life This week.
You'll only get thisone life to live.
Unless you believe in soulslike mine and you jump around
(07:04):
life after life after life,but you are in this body right
now, living this life rightnow, enjoy it, romanticize it.
Make your life worth wakingup to every single day.
And if anybody has anythingto say about you being
extra this week, youromanticizing your life.
(07:25):
You being a maximalistand celebrating life in
whatever way that you decideto this week, please tell
them to fuck right off.
Please tell them you thatyou have free will and you
can do whatever you want.
Please tell them thatthey are missing out
on a fulfilling life.
(07:46):
I promise you that as youstart to love yourself more
and start to celebrate you.
Celebrate your life, the onethat you're living right now.
You'll care less about thepeople around you and what
they have to say and what theythink about the way that you're
(08:08):
living because all you know atthe end of every single day is
that you are living a life thatyou deserve, a life that you
are so incredibly worthy of.
And always have been.
I am so excited for this week.
I'm so excited for week 14.
We have one week to go of theself-love 100 and week 14 is
(08:30):
the very last task that I havefor you in this challenge.
Next week, we are gonna talkall about how to continue
self-love as a practiceand romanticizing your life
is a huge part of that.
I am so gratefulthat you are here.
(08:51):
Wow.
I didn't think thatI would get, like,
I didn't think that I wouldget emotional filming this.
I mean, we're not evenon the last episode yet.
I mean, I'm not even goinganywhere, but I'm getting a
little emotional because I'mjust so grateful For those of
you that have stuck with me in.
(09:16):
The self-love 100, it means somuch to me that you have taken
the time out of your day tolisten and to decide and put
your foot down, that it is yourtime to love yourself more.
That you deserve tolove yourself more.
(09:37):
And I could not be, I mean,I am forever indebted to you.
I could not bemore proud of you.
I could not be moregrateful that you are here.
Please, please, please.
If you feel confident andcourageous enough to post
a little compilation ora little snippet of your
(10:00):
week of romanticizingyour life, please tag me.
I would absolutely love to seeit, or you can just send it to
me if you don't wanna post itto the war for the world to see.
And if you do, post itfor the world to see.
Post it for the world to see.
Show them what loving yourselfmore really looks like.
I love you to pieces.
(10:21):
I will see you nextweek for week number 15.
Bye.
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