Romanticize Your Small Business 🎀 5 ways to add more whimsy to your work
- Tara Simone
- 4 hours ago
- 6 min read
If you've been searching for ways to romanticize your life, make your workday feel more whimsical, or simply add a little more joy and intention to your daily routine, you are in the right place! As a slow living advocate and small business coach, I truly believe that every single day (yes, even the mundane Monday ones full of emails and to-do lists) has the potential to feel special. You don't need a European vacation or a Pinterest-perfect home office to start living the cozy, intentional life you're dreaming of. Just a few simple, sensory-based rituals to shift your energy and sprinkle some magic into the mundane. In today's blog post, I'm sharing my five favorite tips to infuse more whimsy into your workday, one sense at a time plus a bonus slow living practice that makes every day feel magical!
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Romanticize Your Work Tip #1: Decorate Your Home Office for a More Cozy & Productive Workday 💗
Your environment has a massive impact on your mood, energy, and creativity! The best part? You don't need to spend a lot of money to transform your workspace. Something as simple as adding a fresh bouquet of flowers 💐 , propping up a few of your favorite affirmation cards, or swapping your plain desktop background for a beautiful vision board can completely shift the vibe of your office. When you love the space you're working in, you actually want to show up and spend time in there!
Think of your office as a reflection of the business you're building. Surrounding yourself with beauty, inspiration, and things that make you smile is not frivolous, it's a simple way to romanticize your work and make your office feel cozier!
Even the tiniest visual upgrades (a pretty candle holder, a crystal on your desk, fairy lights strung around your bookshelf) can make your workspace feel like a place where magic actually happens.
Ps. You can find more ideas to make your office cozy & magical in this blog where I DIY'd mine into a Whimsical Fairy Forest!
Romanticize Your Work Tip #2: Play Relaxing Background Music 🎵
Sound is one of the most underrated tools for shifting your energy and setting the mood for a productive, cozy workday. The right playlist can take you from stressed and scattered to calm, focused, and in flow within minutes. My personal favorites? Cozy acoustic playlists, jazz instrumentals, LoFi beats, or even nature sounds like rain falling or birds chirping outside a window. Experiment and find what helps your brain settle into a creative, easeful state.
The beautiful thing about music is that when you consistently play the same kind of music while you work, it creates a trigger for your brain and starts to associate those sounds with focus and creativity. Over time, pressing play becomes its own cozy little ritual that signals to your nervous system: "It's time to create something magical."
Romanticize Your Work Tip #3: How to Use Scent to Create a Cozy Work Ritual 🕯️
Scent is the most powerful sense tied to memory and emotion, which makes it a secret weapon for romanticizing your workday. Try lighting a signature candle every time you sit down to work, diffusing essential oils that help you focus (lavender for calm, peppermint for energy, citrus for creativity), or even spritzing a room spray or your favorite perfume as a signal to your brain that it's time to get into your cozy CEO era. I use the ritual of lighting a candle as an open & closed sign in my business. Once it's burning, I put away all other distractions and focus on work. Then at the end of the day when I blow it out, I put away all my work, close my office door, and don't think about work again until I light that candle the next morning.
The goal here is to create an emotional anchor, a consistent scent-based cue that your body and mind associate with focused, inspired work. It sounds simple, but this tiny habit is genuinely one of the most effective slow living practices (& manifestation) I recommend to my clients. When your workspace smells like something you love, showing up there stops feeling like a chore and starts feeling like a treat.
Ps. This video dives more into how to create an emotional anchor (& manifest your dream business) in just a few simple daily steps!
Romanticize Your Work Tip #4: Cozy Snack Break Ideas to Stay Motivated & Energized While Working from Home ☕
Never underestimate the power of a really good cup of tea (like this DIY cherry chai I sip in the video) or coffee to make your workday feel special. Turning your morning brew into a slow, intentional ritual instead of something you gulp down while answering emails is such a simple way to romanticize the ordinary. And small snack breaks throughout the day? Equally magical. I love using little treats like dark chocolate espresso beans or fresh blueberries as a reward after finishing a task to keep motivation high and make the work feel more playful.
Think of taste as your built-in reward system throughout the workday. By pairing cozy snacks and beverages with your tasks, you're training your brain to associate work with something enjoyable and nourishing. It's a tiny, delicious way to take care of your body while you build your dream business.
Romanticize Your Work Tip #5: How to Dress for Success at Home & Step Into Your Future CEO Energy 👗
Physical comfort is a form of self-care and absolutely belongs in your workday. Add a soft throw blanket to your chair, keep a cozy pair of fuzzy socks nearby, or upgrade your desk setup with a pillow that supports your back. When your body feels comfortable and held, your nervous system relaxes. And a relaxed nervous system is so much more creative, productive, and open to ideas than a stressed, tense one.
There's also something really powerful about dressing up for yourself, not just for Zoom calls or client meetings, but purely to step into the energy of your future CEO self. When you get dressed intentionally in the morning, even if you're working from home, you signal to your brain that today is worth showing up for fully.
Try it even just one day this week and notice how differently you carry yourself through your tasks. What would your future self wear? That version of you 5 years from now that achieved your goals already? This is a simple way to embody and manifest that reality now!
ps. More tips to manifest your dream life and business in just 3 easy daily steps can be found inside of ✨Manifested It! The Course ✨
Romanticize Your Work Bonus Tip: Gratitude Journaling for Entrepreneurs: The Slow Living Practice That Changes Everything ✍️
No cozy work ritual would be complete without a little gratitude practice. Taking just five minutes at the start or end of your workday to journal about what you appreciate - your clients, your creativity, the fact that your work allows you to live a slower, more intentional life - is one of the most powerful mindset shifts you can make as a small business owner. It's hard to feel stressed and grateful at the same time, and gratitude journaling is a direct path back to presence!
When you regularly acknowledge how your work supports the slow life you're building, your business stops feeling like a burden and starts feeling like a gift. That shift in perspective is the true magic behind romanticizing your life. It's not about making everything look pretty (though that's fun too!). It's about training yourself to notice, appreciate, and savor the beauty that already exists in your every day.
Ready to Make Every Day a Little More Magical? ✨
Romanticizing your life and business doesn't require a complete overhaul of your schedule or a huge budget. It just takes small, intentional rituals that help you slow down, feel present, and savor the life you're already living. Start with one tip from this list today and notice how your whole energy shifts.
And if you haven't already, go watch the full video here for even more cozy inspo! And share in the comments below which of these tips are you trying first? I'd love to hear all about the own magical moments during your work day 🌿
Stay cozy & magical,
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