Key Takeaways
- 1Romanticizing your life starts with small choices that make an ordinary weekend feel special.
- 2Solo dates help you hear your own thoughts without a screen filling every quiet moment.
- 3Creative hobbies like coloring and reading give your mind a softer place to land than endless scrolling.
- 4Listening to your body when a place feels too loud or crowded is a simple way to show yourself respect.
- 5A weekend with coffee runs, books, simple movement, and rest can shift how you feel about your whole life.
How do you romanticize your life on weekends?
If you have ever searched “how to romanticize your life on weekends” or “how to enjoy your own company,” this one is for you. I used to think a weekend needed a packed schedule or a big group of friends for it to count. Now my perfect Saturday looks like this: coffee run in a cute outfit, solo drive with good music, a park bench, a coloring book, and time with my own thoughts. I have shared my life online for years with hundreds of thousands of you, so I have tested a lot of versions of “the perfect weekend.”
This vlog started as a simple weekend in my life and turned into something bigger: proof that small choices can shift the way you feel about your whole life. So let me walk you through what I did and how you can steal the pieces that fit your season.
Start with a main character morning
Before anything productive happens, I like to feel cute. Hair done, nails on point, outfit that makes me want to be seen, even when I am just going through a drive through. That tiny step changes the way I carry myself in every clip after.
Then comes the treat. For me that was a cookie butter latte from Seven Brew with caramel drizzle and cold foam. Your version might be a smoothie, a simple iced coffee, or a bakery run. The point is that you give your morning a tiny highlight that signals, “today matters.”
On the drive, I put on music that matches the energy I want for the day. Not just background noise, but songs that make me feel pretty, grown, and present. That solo drive to the next stop already feels like a date with myself, not just another errand.
What can you do when life feels stuck?
At the park, I sat down with my coloring book and my current read. If you feel stuck in your job, school, or the “what am I doing with my life” stage, I see you. I have felt that low key frustration even with a job that looks fun from the outside.
Here is what helps. Give your brain something gentle to focus on. Coloring sounds simple, almost childish, yet it makes space for your thoughts to move around without your phone dragging you every two seconds. Reading a good book works the same way. It feels like a long movie in your head, you get new language for what you are feeling, and your screen time goes down without a fight.
In this vlog I talked about education options and online degrees, since some of you might want a career switch. You might not be ready to move across the country or quit your job, though you can still collect information and let yourself imagine a different path. Curiosity is allowed, with no rush to act on it.
Build a solo date you actually look forward to
The key is to stack tiny things that make you happy, not copy someone else’s routine. My solo date in this video looked like:
- A sunny walk to find the perfect bench
- Coloring pages that were cute and not too complicated
- Music in my headphones
- Time to match marker colors and feel like a kid again
Then I switched locations and went thrifting at my favorite secondhand shop. Sometimes it was overstimulating and crowded, so I listened to my body. If a store felt too hectic, I left. Romanticizing your life is not about forcing a perfect aesthetic. It is about creating pockets of peace that feel real for you.
Later I grabbed Kadoba, which is like my comfort bowl spot, and actually let myself enjoy the meal in the car. No rush, no guilt. Just me, my food, and a lip combo I could not stop talking about.
How do you enjoy your own company without feeling weird?
Spending a whole day alone can feel awkward at first. Here are a few things that help me:
- Talk to yourself in your head the way you would text a best friend. Narrate what you are doing and hype yourself up.
- Take photos for you, not just for social. Half of the clips never make it into the vlog and that is fine.
- Let small interactions matter. The barista complimenting my merch or a stranger smiling at me in line genuinely boosted my mood.
You do not have to perform for anyone. The day still counts when you keep most of it offline.
Let movement be flexible, not punishment
Later in the weekend I tried to do a Hotworks class and ran into the most random issue ever. They were out of rental mats. Old me would have gone straight into “this day is ruined” mode. Instead I sat in the sauna, stretched a little, and let that be enough.
Movement on weekends does not need to be intense. It can be a hot yoga session, a walk around your neighborhood, or puppy yoga like I did the next day. Yes, puppy yoga is a real thing and yes, I am now fully set on getting a tiny wiener dog at some point.
The point is to move your body in ways that feel kind. Not to punish yourself for what you ate or how late you slept.
Turn gratitude into your closing scene
One of my favorite parts of this vlog weekend was the quiet moment near the end, when I sat at home and actually let everything sink in. Work, reading, puppy yoga, editing, cleaning my space, resetting for the week, all wrapped into one cozy Sunday.
If you try a “romanticized” weekend, finish it with a short check in. Ask yourself:
- What made me feel most alive?
- Where did I feel drained and why?
- What tiny thing can I repeat next weekend?
Write it down in a notes app or journal. That way your weekend is not just cute content. It turns into a real tool you can use to shape the next version of your life.
You deserve weekends that feel like they belong to you, on quiet days and loud ones. A latte, a coloring page, a book, a solo thrift trip, a simple workout, and a slow reset at home can quietly add up to a life you genuinely enjoy living.
