flirting with life: how to romanticize life & overcome numbness

Aren’t we all looking for that feeling of energy of waking up happy to be alive? That’s what it feels like when we learn to flirt with our life, to romanticize things enough to pay attention to the details. Flirting with your life is about patience, rather than convenience and instant gratification. It’s about being ornate, not ikea. And when we do this, we overcome numbness and feeling stuck and replace it with creative flow, and freshness. Flirting is about freshness, about putting flowers on our wall even though we know they will wilt. Freshness reminds us that we must allow for constant evolution and change in our lives. We wish to hold onto our inspired, high on life states once we have them, but they must be constantly refreshed. 

This episode speaks to the way that presence itself is a sensual thing, it’s what allows us to connect to the natural magnetism that exists in everything. Let’s talk rituals, solo-dates, exploration and reconnecting with the magic of life.

Substack I mention: How to flirt with your life by Le Secret Club 

Poem by Victoria Hutchins from MAKE BELIEVE

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Time stamps:

00:00 intro 

01:00 romantic. 

03:50 substack: flirt with life. 

07:00 dating myself changed my creative outlet 

08:00 ornate vs ikea

12:30 newness vs freshness

14:15 pain is caused by a lack of love

15:15 the grass is already under your feet

16:30 presence is a sensual thing

18:30 it’s either gorgeous or devastating - Victoria Hutchins

20:50 moods are internal weather patterns

22:00 entropy, Gene Keys 

24:00 vacuum state: black hole to white hole 

26:30 list of ways to flirt with life

29:30 my inspiration bath ritual

32:00 change lighting & levels of energy

34:30 eating slower & savoring 

37:00 TEND - ayurvedic guidance 

39:30 other ways to flirt with your life

42:00 musical poetry on creative urge