So why is it that we look so forward to a day at the spa or a weekend away?
It's more than just the disconnection from the to-do list, screaming kids, and nagging spouse, though that certainly helps.
It's more than the massage, or facial or beach chair.
When you look around you at the spa, all the things you see are filled with beauty. They are meant to create a sense of serenity, peace, joy, calm.
And just by looking at these things,
you feel those feelings. You allow yourself to let go of that mental to-do list. You turn down the volume on the voice of that inner nag. You allow yourself to focus on just you, on just the moment that you're in.
When you look around your home, you probably don't feel the same way.
But what if you could?
What if you could recreate that experience of the spa, or your favorite vacation in your home?
How would you feel if every day, when you walked into your bathroom, you felt like you were walking into a spa?
How would you feel if every day, when you walked into your home office, you were reminded of the weekend at a rented beach house with your family?
How would you feel if every day, when you walked into your living room, you were transported to the week you spent in Florida when you went to Bush Gardens with the kids and saw giraffes and elephants close up?
Have you ever walked into a beautiful hotel lobby and it just made you exhale and smile?
If you could, and you did recreate one of your favorite experiences, think how that could incrementally decrease your stress levels each day. I'm not implying that you can remove all of your daily stresses by decorating a beautiful bathroom. But imagine, if each day, you walked into a room in your home and it just made you exhale and smile.
Each time that happens, just a tiny amount of your stress will melt away. Every day.
How would that make you feel?
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