Romanticizing your life it probably a mistake. I know youre young and its easy to fall into these kinds of things.
But life almost always much more mundane than any romanticized expectations. You are probably setting yourself up for a let down if you expect magical things in your life a lot.
I remember a woman talking on this subject before ( cant remember who) in reference to expectations of a man coming and sweeping her off her feet. When in reality the first encounter with her husband was meeting him in a bar, them talking, him farting and her laughing at it.
I know you werent talking about romantic things specifically for a partner, but this is a good example of how expectations of ‘magical’, “romantic” things usually end up more mundane in real life.
This may be small and silly, but if I owned my own place, I’d paint happy little things like a tiny ladybug somewhere unexpected on the wall. Or put in a fairy door. But I’d make my surroundings more fun and whimsical. I think it’d bring a smile to my face.
I hope I didn’t trigger you with that video. It was more of a suggestion and not a steadfast rule. Life is boring most of the time for most people but doing things like hobbies can make it better and accepting life for what it is. What I meant by mundane and magic was to accept the ordinary moments and make them magical. Like me and my sister we made a cook book out of our food. We take our table outside in the summer and do puzzles art with tea. We get a kiddie pool and fill it up and look up at the sky. I know what you mean by what’s next. Nothing has to be next. Sometimes we just have to be in the boringness. I also have this problem. Particularly when I’m comparing myself to people’s highlight reels on social media. Especially at night when there is nothing to do and I have to go to work the next day.
I wish my life was more magical too. The highlight of my days now, is reading about animal adaptations in David Attenborough books, or reading about suprising new discoveries in science magazines.
