April 2024 - Crafting Luxury: Engaging the Senses for Elevated Living
✨ It’s April 1st! Don’t worry, I’m not going to spring some cruel joke on you. My brand is about reducing overwhelm and helping you elevate your life, so that’s what we are going to focus on!
Last month, I wrote about the changing of the seasons being my favorite time to clean and declutter to get my space feeling energetically supportive of what I want out of life.
But cleaning and decluttering are not the only things I do to make my space (and wardrobe, for that matter) support my life’s vision.Intentionally creating an experience you do want is just as important as removing the things that are blocking you from it.
This is why, when the seasons change, I reassess my experience within a space and figure out what might need to be added or changed.
In order to live the life you envisioned for yourself, it’s important to create an environment in which you thrive. My favorite way to create that environment (besides decluttering) is by engaging the senses for a more embodied experience.
At the beginning of each season, I review the sight, touch, sound, scent, and taste experiences within my space (I’ll go into more depth about this concept in this month’s blog).
This season, I did the following:
- Sight: Added fresh daffodils for life and color
- Touch: Finally fixed a loose door handle
- Sound: Created my spring playlist
- Scent: Switched up my incense (Aesop’s Kagerou Incense)
- Taste: Settled on a new herbal tea for winding down in the evening (Bird and Blend’s Deckchair Dreaming)
For this month’s newsletter, let’s get even more into the senses!
Something by me
I already hinted at this in the intro but designing for the senses is so important when creating your space. In the age of Instagram and Pinterest it is so easy to get swept away by pretty visuals that we unwittingly end up creating spaces that could be deeply uncomfortable to live in.
I’ve talked about organization and decluttering, but that’s really the foundation for creating a space that’s aligned with how you want to experience it. Our spaces aren’t just about what can be seen or photographed; it’s about how we are in them. I love reflecting on what makes luxury spaces so, well, luxurious. This post walks you through one of my observations: luxury engages all the senses.
Something by someone else
If you've spent any time on Instagram you might have already come across her, but I had to share because a lot of her philosophy seems so in line with my own.
Title: Madame Sweat
What it’s about: Madam Sweat covers tips and tactics for body hygiene and more. She answers questions people are too afraid to ask and gives practical tips.
Why I like it: Most of her advice focuses on simple routines and simple products, things you already have at home. While she will promote Kaia Naturals products in her posts (she’s their product developer so that makes sense). I love how she explains why a lot of our most common hygiene problems happen. This is totally up my alley because I am a firm believer in tackling the root cause of problems rather than buying things to cover up symptoms (not just for hygiene and grooming, but also in terms of mindset and achieving goals).
Check it out here: https://www.instagram.com/madamesweat
Something by you
Now it’s time for action.
Your challenge this month: Curate for the senses
Intentionally design the experience you have in your space using sight, touch, sound, scent, and taste.
Think about how that experience can support your vision for your life. Do you want to feel relaxed? Do you want to feel successful? How about confident?
Lean into how that version of you would curate their space according to the senses. Have fun with it. Window shop if necessary. Let me know what exciting immersive experiences you come up with!
Refine updates: Behind the scenes
It’s been full steam ahead in course creation mode. The end is in sight, but once again, it’s really been heads down these past couple of weeks. Just like always I will be announcing any and all launches in this newsletter, so no further action is required on your end!
