Speaker 1: Hello, everybody, Welcome back to another episode of CP one
Speaker 1: oh one Learned by Listening, presented by KCPR ninety one
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Speaker 2: You might be wondering who are we and why should
Speaker 2: you be listening to us? Well, I'm Lana.
Speaker 1: And I'm set Lana, and today's episode is about how
Speaker 1: to romanticize your life.
Speaker 2: And specifically how to romantize your life from the perspective
Speaker 2: of two freshmen in college.
Speaker 1: And just a reminder, we are not here to propose
Speaker 1: we know more than you or are crazy experts about anything.
Speaker 1: We just are still figuring this out ourselves. And yeah,
Speaker 1: I think we have a few tips to share with you.
Speaker 2: Stop living by society's rules and society's expectations, like don't
Speaker 2: be a robot, just be yourself. Literally, the definition to
Speaker 2: romanticize is to make something seem better, more appealing than
Speaker 2: the way it is. Alter your life, your habits, and
Speaker 2: even your routines to make it more like exciting for you.
Speaker 1: Yeah, and just to clarify again, the romanticizing is about
Speaker 1: your relationship with yourself, the things that we're going to
Speaker 1: talk about right in this episode.
Speaker 2: It's not really being in love with yourself.
Speaker 1: Yeah, And in love with the things you do and
Speaker 1: the habits you create for yourself. It's about how you
Speaker 1: live your daily life and the gratitude you practice and yeah,
Speaker 1: just again, how you make things more special for yourself.
Speaker 1: So today we're going to be sharing ten little simple
Speaker 1: things you can do to make your life more enjoyable,
Speaker 1: feel a little bit more romanticized.
Speaker 2: And just being present in the moment.
Speaker 1: One of the biggest things to keep in mind when
Speaker 1: we're kind of giving you all these tips is that
Speaker 1: in any case, I think you can always slow down
Speaker 1: and focus on all five of your senses to put
Speaker 1: yourself in the moment, because matter where you are, what
Speaker 1: you're doing, it's really really easy, like especially in this
Speaker 1: day and age with how fast we consume everything and
Speaker 1: go through everything to just passively act. But if you're
Speaker 1: able to, like, like, for example, if you're listening to
Speaker 1: music and you really listen to this song and you're like, damn,
Speaker 1: like this song's about me, I don't know, just kind
Speaker 1: of like associate yourself with with all of your surroundings,
Speaker 1: really allow yourself to savor your environment, and that in
Speaker 1: and of itself is a way to like easily romanticize
Speaker 1: whatever situation you're in and make it more.
Speaker 3: Enjoyable for you.
Speaker 1: Yeah, definitely, Yes, give yourself the privilege of being in
Speaker 1: the moment. And yeah, without further ado, we're gonna share
Speaker 1: ten simple steps that you guys can all do you
Speaker 1: to romanticize your life.
Speaker 2: All right, So number one, we have make things less
Speaker 2: simple and make them more special. Because going back to
Speaker 2: the definition of to romanticize, it also says deal with
Speaker 2: or describe in an idealized or unrealistic fashion. So hikey
Speaker 2: be delusional, hikey be delusional. Yes, So, like back to
Speaker 2: the example of the song. Personally, like, sometimes I'll listen
Speaker 2: to songs and imagine them as like a scene in
Speaker 2: my head or like enjoy the song as if it
Speaker 2: was like background music to like a movie I'm in
Speaker 2: and I'm like the main character. I have a little story.
Speaker 2: When I was younger, I used to imagine that the
Speaker 2: music I was listening to was coming from the sky,
Speaker 2: like from the atmosphere, and it kind of give off
Speaker 2: that main character like vibes that which you kind of
Speaker 2: need to romanticize your life. And I mean, yes, that
Speaker 2: is a little bit delusional, but it's your world.
Speaker 3: Yeah, I mean like at the end of the day.
Speaker 1: Like a lot of these steps are about like like
Speaker 1: your your process of thinking, and that is entirely yours, right, And.
Speaker 2: It's kind of like treating your inner child and remembering
Speaker 2: what it is to have fun just in your own
Speaker 2: little head.
Speaker 1: Yeah, Like allowing yourself to feel like special in the
Speaker 1: way of like romanticizing through like all your daily little
Speaker 1: actions is like super important to nurturing your innertrial, right.
Speaker 2: Just changing your perspective again like high key, low key delusional,
Speaker 2: like in your routines, Like when you're cooking, pretend like
Speaker 2: you're on like a star Chef like episode to you got.
Speaker 3: To shape that food.
Speaker 1: Second tip is to slow down, and like one of
Speaker 1: the easiest ways is to give yourself an extra like
Speaker 1: fifteen to thirty minutes in the morning. And I know
Speaker 1: for college students that really is a lot to ask.
Speaker 2: No, especially me, like after staying up super late the
Speaker 2: night before, it's really tough. But just from my personal
Speaker 2: like perspective, I've been really trying to implement like romanticizing
Speaker 2: everything these past two weeks and doing that just literally
Speaker 2: like five or ten minutes just meditating there in my bed,
Speaker 2: like sitting in silence, not on my phone, maybe reading
Speaker 2: a book I'm supposed to catch up on, like resets
Speaker 2: my mind for the day. Yeah.
Speaker 1: I think slow mornings change people and allow you to
Speaker 1: start your day off on the right foot because it's
Speaker 1: so I mean, there's like being able to start the
Speaker 1: day in like a positive light and like in a
Speaker 1: not I don't know, like rushed manner is super duper important.
Speaker 1: And like to further romanticize that, like if you have
Speaker 1: an extra fifteen to thirty minutes and you're like, I
Speaker 1: feel like macha super popular right now. So if you're
Speaker 1: like a Macha drinker, you make yourself like a little macha,
Speaker 1: go get one or go get a coffee, and then
Speaker 1: while you're drinking that you can do a little journaling
Speaker 1: just whatever makes you feel like more in tune with
Speaker 1: yourself and just a little bit more special.
Speaker 3: Yeah.
Speaker 2: I actually had two machas today. I really treated myself. Okay,
Speaker 2: number three this I'm very big on. Make a playlist.
Speaker 1: Yes, so when we say make a playlist, like in
Speaker 1: order to romanticize your life, you're not making a passive
Speaker 1: little playlist that has some songs that you're just gonna
Speaker 1: keep skipping until you find them that you like. Like,
Speaker 1: this playlist is solidly set with songs that you love
Speaker 1: that make you feel so good that you enjoy to
Speaker 1: their core, that make.
Speaker 2: You feel like the music is coming out of the
Speaker 2: sky exactly.
Speaker 1: Yes, okay, Lona, So what are some artists that are
Speaker 1: on your romanticized playlist?
Speaker 2: Let's see. I have cigarettes after Sex, TV Girl, Billie Eilish,
Speaker 2: some Frank Ocean beach House, lots of instrumental music for me,
Speaker 2: So what about you?
Speaker 1: I feel like for me, I'm kind of like getting
Speaker 1: into this like Summer twenty sixteen, core like throwbacks like
Speaker 1: Gez DJ, Snake, Pillow Talks, Zain all the old Justin Bieber.
Speaker 3: I love this.
Speaker 2: And did we talk about like setting a cover photo.
Speaker 1: There's like a feature where you can change the cover
Speaker 1: photo and like add a little description and stuff.
Speaker 2: I definitely do this, like once a month, I'll just
Speaker 2: cleanse it all and I'll add new photos and whatever,
Speaker 2: like aesthetic or vibe I'm feeling right now, like what
Speaker 2: my Pinch's board looks like.
Speaker 1: Also, I feel like a little bit underrated, a little
Speaker 1: bit Niche might not be for everybody, but for me
Speaker 1: sometimes just like walking around. I'll put some classical music
Speaker 1: on and then I feel like I'm in like a ballet,
Speaker 1: like I'm in Swan Lake.
Speaker 2: Yeah, and that kind of hints at the delusional aspect.
Speaker 1: It gotta be a little bit delusional. The best people
Speaker 1: are always a little bit delusional.
Speaker 3: You just gotta give in.
Speaker 1: Gotta give in to that little little child in you
Speaker 1: who who think she's in Swan Lake?
Speaker 2: Ye?
Speaker 3: All right.
Speaker 2: Next on our list we have is do a skincare routine.
Speaker 1: Okay, So, like, I know this is like a little
Speaker 1: bit of a cliche one. Obviously, personal hygiene is important,
Speaker 1: but like finding a routine that you can stick to
Speaker 1: and that like is special to you is like super therapeutic.
Speaker 1: That is just time you have dedicated to like yourself.
Speaker 1: Even beyond just like skincare, there's like hair care, body care.
Speaker 2: Yeah, practice self care and self love yeah period. Yeah.
Speaker 3: Step five explore nature more.
Speaker 2: Yeah. I think a lot of people take nature for granted,
Speaker 2: Like especially me coming from a big city like Chicago
Speaker 2: and then moving to California, Like, I really notice the
Speaker 2: difference between being stuck in like such an industrial city
Speaker 2: versus being around nature.
Speaker 1: Yeah, I feel like exploring nature more and just exploring
Speaker 1: what's outside of your home more in a romanticized light
Speaker 1: is super beneficial. There's a notion that like, in order
Speaker 1: to like I don't know, feel more connected to nature
Speaker 1: or more connected to what's outside, you need to like
Speaker 1: go on some big trip or go somewhere far from
Speaker 1: where you're from. But that's not necessarily true. I feel
Speaker 1: like people overlook like what's around them all the time.
Speaker 1: Literally just by taking a walk through the neighborhood or
Speaker 1: going on a run, if that's what you like to do.
Speaker 1: Just exploring what's around you while you have your little
Speaker 1: playlists going. By the way, music is super important. I
Speaker 1: feel like we always come back to it, like having
Speaker 1: that playlist going.
Speaker 3: But yeah, it's really.
Speaker 2: Like the backbone of like our emotions.
Speaker 1: Yeah, literally, just like making the area or the city
Speaker 1: around you feel like, just connecting yourself more with it
Speaker 1: by exploring it is another way to romanticize your life. Yeah,
Speaker 1: And I feel like if you're the type of person
Speaker 1: who gets bored with like like typical things that you do,
Speaker 1: or like if you have like a routine that you're
Speaker 1: kind of bored of, you could try like new routes,
Speaker 1: Like if you're driving to work or to school, or walking,
Speaker 1: like you try a new roo. Maybe it's a little further,
Speaker 1: but that just means you need to get up a
Speaker 1: little earlier.
Speaker 3: But yeah, try something new.
Speaker 1: If you go to a certain grocery store day in
Speaker 1: and day out, like you could try a new grocery store.
Speaker 1: Or if you walk your dog, like to a certain park,
Speaker 1: walk them to another park. All these different things that
Speaker 1: like will allow you to like explore.
Speaker 2: Number six, we have invest in your space. So for me,
Speaker 2: how I do this is I like to keep my
Speaker 2: space very clean and organized, and once in a while,
Speaker 2: like I'll just completely rearrange it.
Speaker 1: Yeah, I feel like investing in your space is something
Speaker 1: that you don't need a lot of money to do,
Speaker 1: Like if you're looking for decorations that you resonate with.
Speaker 1: First of all, I don't really believe in like fast
Speaker 1: fashion purchases steer away from like the trending while art
Speaker 1: on TikTok as tempting as those things are because they're
Speaker 1: cheap and easy to come by. Like go go to
Speaker 1: your local thrift store and look at the massive art
Speaker 1: and wall the core sections that they always have. Like
Speaker 1: I've never been to a thrift store that doesn't have
Speaker 1: a crazy weird art section that you can look at,
Speaker 1: but find like pieces or things that you are gonna
Speaker 1: like like and enjoy looking at day in and day out.
Speaker 2: Another thing is if you ever are like sick of
Speaker 2: your space, like it's okay to change your environment.
Speaker 1: You can keep the same things and just organize them
Speaker 1: in a new way so that when you go into
Speaker 1: the same space that feels like a new space.
Speaker 2: That kind of seeps into our next step, which is
Speaker 2: unlocking the right side of your brain, which is the
Speaker 2: side that controls creativity and your artistic side.
Speaker 1: So what we mean by unlocking this side of your
Speaker 1: brain is pursuing the things that you do or like
Speaker 1: certain activities that aren't necessarily like work in school focus,
Speaker 1: Like if you have new hobbies that you want to try,
Speaker 1: like exercise, different kinds of exercise, yoga, pilates, cycling, walking, hiking.
Speaker 2: Yeah, and you don't have to be an expert at it,
Speaker 2: Like you could have no idea what you're doing, but
Speaker 2: just doing it, it's gonna make you feel like proud
Speaker 2: of yourself that you're even trying.
Speaker 1: Yeah, and you, like you just said, you don't have
Speaker 1: to be good at the things you do, but if
Speaker 1: you like doing them, then there's no reason you shouldn't
Speaker 1: be doing them.
Speaker 2: Yeah, that's huge. Like I'm not that great at painting,
Speaker 2: but I still like to paint and hang up my
Speaker 2: art on my wall. And like another thing is just
Speaker 2: like practicing like your hobbies. Like for me personally, that
Speaker 2: i'd be playing guitar, like I'll work so hard in
Speaker 2: a song and then being able to play it like
Speaker 2: to the people around me and like my friends and
Speaker 2: family like brings us closer together. And it also makes
Speaker 2: me feel good that I put so much work into
Speaker 2: this and I'm able to like wrighten other people's day.
Speaker 1: Yeah, and I feel like being able to like practice
Speaker 1: hobbies like like guitar and like art and find hobbies
Speaker 1: in the gym or different kind of exercise that you enjoy,
Speaker 1: like really is one of the things that builds on
Speaker 1: your relationship with yourself and allows you to feel more
Speaker 1: confident because like, you have these things that feel personal
Speaker 1: to you, your identity because they are that aren't things
Speaker 1: that you just like are passively doing.
Speaker 3: They're things that you like, know, you like and enjoy.
Speaker 2: Yeah, definitely, Like I don't get fomo anymore. Like when
Speaker 2: all my friends are going out and I just want
Speaker 2: to stay in because I know I could stay in
Speaker 2: and I could work on this skill that, like, I'm
Speaker 2: really passionate about.
Speaker 1: The next step, step number eight is to think and
Speaker 1: look at yourself in the third person.
Speaker 3: Yeah.
Speaker 2: I think this is a good tactic to refresh your
Speaker 2: perspective and to kind of see yourself like as if
Speaker 2: you are the main character in a movie.
Speaker 3: Yeah, definitely.
Speaker 1: And I think with this like kind of detached view,
Speaker 1: it's easier to not see yourself in such a negative
Speaker 1: light because at the end of the day, there's always
Speaker 1: going to be like the saying you are your worst critic,
Speaker 1: and it's true, like no one is judging you as
Speaker 1: much as you are.
Speaker 3: You're judging yourself.
Speaker 1: You know, no one is criticizing your your hobbies and
Speaker 1: actions as much as you probably are yourself. The way
Speaker 1: you look, the things you say, like all those things
Speaker 1: like you're at the end of the day, your worst critic.
Speaker 1: And taking your like a step back and looking at
Speaker 1: yourself through the third person gives you a mindful view
Speaker 1: that allows you to like appreciate who you are and
Speaker 1: what you have around you way more than you you
Speaker 1: probably normally do it because you're just you know, like
Speaker 1: living in it.
Speaker 2: Yeah, you kind of become more aware of yourself, like
Speaker 2: as a human being and just as a person in
Speaker 2: the world, and it kind of makes you more self
Speaker 2: aware and more willing to take care of your body
Speaker 2: and your soul. And this kind of goes back into
Speaker 2: like the five senses, like really being aware of those
Speaker 2: things around you and seeing how like they're affecting you.
Speaker 1: Looking at yourself objectively gives you, like the ability to
Speaker 1: foster more self love and foster a better self image
Speaker 1: through just being able to like appreciate all of your
Speaker 1: unique qualities and appreciate the situation you're in.
Speaker 2: It definitely allows you to like take a step back
Speaker 2: and slow down, as you say, and moving on to
Speaker 2: number nine, act how your child's self would act. So
Speaker 2: don't be afraid of what other people are gonna think
Speaker 2: of you. Like little kids, they just do what they
Speaker 2: want because it it's genuinely interesting and fun for them. Like,
Speaker 2: don't be your own strict parent, like allow yourself to
Speaker 2: have fun and allow that inner child to guide you.
Speaker 1: Yeah, I think this kind of ties in with like
Speaker 1: so many of the topics that we've touched on acting
Speaker 1: how your child self would act like in this state
Speaker 1: where you're obviously not a child kind of just reminds
Speaker 1: you that at the end of the day, like doing
Speaker 1: things that you enjoy and that you love without any
Speaker 1: pressure or any fear of judgment is super important to
Speaker 1: developing like a sense of self that you feel proud
Speaker 1: of and that you're happy to be.
Speaker 2: Definitely like, don't be afraid to like join in on
Speaker 2: activities like you've never done before. Don't be so strict
Speaker 2: and stern like rule abiding in your life that you
Speaker 2: forget that there's magic and romanticization like everywhere.
Speaker 1: I think one of the biggest things with this is
Speaker 1: like surrounding yourself with people who allow you to act
Speaker 1: this way, because I feel like since I've been to college,
Speaker 1: I've definitely met people who I've been like, Okay, I
Speaker 1: don't really want to be super close to you because
Speaker 1: I don't think you're gonna think my child's self and
Speaker 1: the things I find are funny are funny and all
Speaker 1: of those kinds of things. But I have met other
Speaker 1: people who I feel completely like safe around and who
Speaker 1: I know that I can just like let this version
Speaker 1: of myself exist around and and that'll be okay with it,
Speaker 1: you know.
Speaker 2: Yeah, Okay, So moving on to number ten.
Speaker 1: A bit of a bit of a philosophical way to
Speaker 1: romanticize your life, okay, Lana. Number ten, imagine your eighty
Speaker 1: year old self teleported into your nineteen year old body
Speaker 1: for one day.
Speaker 3: What would you do? Wow?
Speaker 2: I could do so many things, Like I could just
Speaker 2: really live life like to the fullest.
Speaker 1: Yeah, Like, like what would your thought process be?
Speaker 2: Like?
Speaker 3: What would you think?
Speaker 2: Well, first of all, I would just think myself that
Speaker 2: I have the ability to like walk and run, and
Speaker 2: like I have my health, like my full perfect health.
Speaker 2: I don't know what I like, go skydiving or something.
Speaker 1: I think I would definitely take immediate like initiative and
Speaker 1: all of the things I want to do, take advantage
Speaker 1: of all of the opportunities I have around me, specifically
Speaker 1: like in regards to my career and passions I have.
Speaker 1: And another thing I would do is like not take
Speaker 1: for granted like the health the current state of health
Speaker 1: I'm in because I know, like as you aged, those
Speaker 1: things go away and whether you like it or not,
Speaker 1: you're not going to be able to like run as well.
Speaker 3: I mean, there are like certain exceptions.
Speaker 1: There's like really old people who run marathons, Like obviously
Speaker 1: those are like superhumans. But like I know, in general,
Speaker 1: like as you age, you're you're not able to exercise
Speaker 1: as much as you want, and you're not able to
Speaker 1: do basic things that you're able to do when you're
Speaker 1: like nineteen. So yeah, I would definitely just take advantage
Speaker 1: of all my bodies capable of and all of the
Speaker 1: people around me, for sure.
Speaker 2: Yeah, definitely. I think I would just celebrate like the
Speaker 2: little wins in life, you know, and just how kind
Speaker 2: of be more vigilant of all like the small things
Speaker 2: that kind of like make up for the big things
Speaker 2: and just live life in like its fullest capacity and
Speaker 2: to stop taking like all of these things for granted
Speaker 2: that like we're at such a good school and we
Speaker 2: have our health and we have family and kind of
Speaker 2: again live life to its very fullest.
Speaker 1: I think our main point is to not live life
Speaker 1: so passively and not let things that feel really.
Speaker 3: Mundane be mundane.
Speaker 2: All right, Well, I think that's all we've got on
Speaker 2: our ten tips of how to romanticize your life.
Speaker 1: Thank you so so much for listening to today's episode.
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Speaker 2: Stay tuned for the next episode, and have a lovely
Speaker 2: day and we'll talk to you all later. Peace Out, girl,
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