A Warm & Cozy Autumn Weekday in My Life 🍁 Everyday Magic

I'm going to make it simple. Stir-fry the rice first. 2 cups of rice 1 tsp of salt 1 tsp of sesame oil Rinse the rice in cold water. Cut the rice into bite-sized pieces. Put a little bit of cooking oil in a pan and put the rice in it. Put the seasoned eggs in the pan, too. Good morning friends! Happy fall! I hope you're all having a great start to the season so far. I wonder if it's like this for you too, but I feel like this time of year gets so busy. My work has been picking up a lot and I've just had a lot on my plate and I know many of you have back to school or things going on at home and I feel like all this busyness kind of coincides with my favorite time of year in nature when I want to be outside as much as I can and just really enjoy the beautiful fall season. So I'm always in a little bit of conflict during this time when I have to work but I also want to be able to enjoy the moment a little bit more. So what I've been trying to do lately is incorporate really quick, simple activities into my everyday life just to make things feel more cozy and comforting so I can really be in the moment and enjoy the season. And I've been thinking of making more everyday magic videos like these between my bigger projects like entertaining and decorating so let me know if you enjoy this and you'd like to see more. So I'm going to eat my breakfast really quick and then we'll start our day and head upstairs to get some work done. I'm just a stranger I'm only a walker I guess I'm human but sometimes I feel like I'm only a ghost like I'm only a wall and if you come around honey I'll probably just follow you home cause it's all that I know how to do I was born by a body I'll die by one tooth places and nothing ain't got you one day I won't be a steamboat baby one day I can be a freight train lady I'll roll down the river and the miles won't faze me oh I wish I was better at being alone still every night I call you on the phone oh I wish I was more than my skin and my bones but I've been arranging each of my movements and all of my gestures and trying to fool myself into thinking that everything's small that nothing has reason I woke up and cried a convulsion of honesty brought me to life when I thought I was gone but I can't put a lie in the mouth of a song one day I won't be a steamboat baby one day I can be a freight train lady roll down the river and the miles won't faze me oh I wish I was better at being alone still every night I call you on the phone oh I wish I was more than my skin and my bones so I just ate lunch and now I'm gonna take a little break before I start the second half of my workday. Lately I've been trying to intentionally plan to have a screen-free break so I'm not spending my time scrolling on my phone or being on my computer and for me this really helps me feel like I actually took a break before I start my work again. If I don't have a lot of time sometimes I'll just go and step outside for a couple of minutes and stand in the sunshine and then come back in and work but today I want to make a really quick and simple DIY. So the golden rod has been just exploding where I live it's growing everywhere it's on the side of the road it's growing all over the place at the park and when you apply it topically golden rod is really similar to calendula in that it helps soothe the skin it's great for things like eczema and rashes any sort of skin irritation. So I foraged some a couple weeks ago and I've been drying it and now I'm going to use it to make a really quick and simple golden rod salve before I head back to it's what you do that makes me feel that I'm finally home that I am surrendered to the silence and just know that it's what you do watching the stars in the city lights surrounded by colors it's such a sight watching all the lovers fall into the night stars this time of year is so beautiful and it's also very fleeting it feels like nature changes really quickly and there's kind of a specific window of time where the weather is really beautiful and all the leaves are changing and for that reason I sometimes will feel a bit of a scarcity around being able to get outside during the fall and enjoy the weather especially on days like today when I have a lot of work to do and I don't have much time to get outside but one thing that's really been helping me is making sure I take a daily walk outside after work it's really nice because since I work from home it helps break up the day between my work day and then the rest of my evening and I try to get out for as long as I can today I was able to make it out to the park to see more of the leaves change but sometimes I just take a little walk around the block by my house and around this time of year I love looking for early signs of fall paying attention to the leaves changing and the weather and all these really subtle changes in nature that make the season so beautiful this is my favorite way to unwind after a busy day and I wish I could stay out here for longer but the sun is just starting to set so I'm gonna head home and we'll make some dinner I can start this garlic will burn you ask for it about 45 minutes you were right okay I really yeah you were like you think tomato soup is kind of just a giant thing with tomato sauce yeah perfect you want to grab the immersion blender it's always a little school that's good okay all right friends I am just about ready to wind down for bed I just did a little brain dump I like to do this every night before I go to bed especially if I have a lot of things on my mind work-wise it's good to just get everything out onto a paper so I don't have to think about it for the rest of the night and then I will revisit everything in the morning I've always struggled a bit with having an evening routine and this is something I've talked about before but I have some nighttime anxiety and it's usually a little bit difficult for me to wind down for bed and just get into a good positive frame of mind before I go to sleep and so having little habits like these really helps me feel better before I go to bed it kind of puts my mind at ease and helps me be ready for the next day Alex and I have also been trying to get into a routine of cleaning and resetting the house before we go to bed each night we always clean the kitchen but we'll kind of tidy up around the house and make sure everything is put away I feel like I sleep so much better when the house is clean and it's also so nice waking up the next day and coming down to a clean house I used to have kind of a negative view of habits and routines and view them as something that I had to do instead of something that I wanted to do and little changes have really helped me start actually looking forward to my routines like I always like to listen to an audiobook or play music when I'm cleaning up or doing dishes so that I enjoy it a bit more I also think routines have helped me simplify my life a lot more I tend to over complicate and overthink things a lot and it's really nice having a set routine of little things that I want to do before I go to bed for example and it doesn't have to be anything big or take lots of time it's just kind of a little ritual that I do before I get ready for bed or before I get ready to start my work day and it just makes life feel a lot easier and more simple and going back to this idea of everyday magic I think there are really simple things we can do that make ordinary life feel more special or more beautiful and for me I think so much of that is intention it's not that I'm doing something that is different from what I would usually be doing it's just about putting really good energy and intention into that thing like making breakfast and thinking about starting my day with really good energy or working on something for Patreon and infusing it with lots of love and positive energy that I want to give to other people or even cleaning the house and viewing it as a way of taking care of my home and myself I think these are all just little mindset shifts that we can make to make life feel more magical and I really do believe that if you put good energy into something you get it right back to you so I try to do that and to me that's kind of what everyday magic means to me so I really hope that you enjoyed this little day in my life I would love to share more videos like this with you if you're interested in seeing more so let me know if you enjoyed it and I hope you all have an amazing week I will see you next time friends!