Autumn Amelia

 Hello everyone!
This Saturday is National Relaxation Day.
I think we can agree we could all use a little more relaxation lately.
With everything going on in the world we need some time to unwind.
So, today I am going to show you how to make your own sugar scrub.
It's super easy and only takes 3 ingredients!

You will need:
1 Cup of Sugar
1/4 A Cup Coconut Oil, Melted
Essential Oil, I used Green Tea and Cucumber

In a medium bowl, mix the sugar and coconut oil together until light and fluffy.

Add the Essential Oil to the mixture.
The more fragrant you would like it to be the more drops you will need.
I used 15 drops because ya girl likes her some fragrance.

Use more or less depending on your preference.

Mix until well combined.
Store in a tight lid container.

To use, apply to wet skin, rub in and rinse in cool water.

Enjoy!

I love using scrubs while taking a bath.
They leave your skin feeling silky smooth and the fragrance they provide helps relieve my stress.
How do you like to practice self-care?

All my love, 
Autumn

Hello everyone!

What's this?

A post on Wednesday?

That's right!

I have been feeling really overwhelmed lately.

I have been frustrated with myself.

Frustrated with where I am and where I think I should be.

Frustrated with things that have tripped me up.

Frustrated that I am quite possibly failing in every aspect of my life.

I spend too much time and energy beating myself up and it always comes down to this.

I can give up or keep moving forward.

So, whatcha going to do?

Give up?

The first thought that comes to mind when I ask myself this question is a quote.

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I love creating things and sharing them.

But trying to stick to posting two times a week here, while posting content on other platforms, working two jobs, trying to keep my house going, maintaining my relationships with friends and family and trying to keep my sanity has been hard. 

Things I have been so excited to create have left me filling unfulfilled because I do not give myself enough time to execute them. 

That's why I think this switch up will be better for me with the holidays upon us. 

For the last month or two, my Friday crafts and recipes have been going up on Sundays.

So, why not just change my upload day to Sunday so I don't feel so bad?

And heck let's change my Monday posts to Wednesday so that I have a nice space between my posts. 

I can sit and stew or I can get to work.

No one is going to make a beautiful life for me, besides me.

And maybe Erik but we are basically the same person. 😉

Here's to hoping these small changes make a big impact on my life.

How have you been feeling lately?

Let's check in with ourselves and make some necessary changes. 

All my love,

Autumn

Hello everyone!

If you are kind enough to have visited here before then you might be sick of me mentioning my golden birthday...

If not, I turned 26 on the 26th of February and have decided to make this my golden year.

At the beginning of the year I made a list of a few things that I wanted to try.

Then I decided why not try 26 new things for my 26th year?

So, I am officially putting it out there.

I am going to try to accomplish 26 new things by my next birthday.

They don't have to be anything too crazy or fancy.

Just 26 things I have never done and have wanted to do.

Coming up with a list has been hard...

Here is what I have come up with so far:

Attend Mickey's Halloween Party At Disneyland

Ride A Horse

Attend Ballonfest

Get A Passport

Try A Cycle Class (Check!)

Feed A Giraffe

Visit Harry Potter World

Go On A Hike Trail

Attend Swiss Days

Penguin Encounter At The Aquarium

Watch My First R Rated Movie

Try High Fit

Visit The Lavender Fields

Disneybound

Go To My First Therapy Session

Get My First Paycheck From My Side Hustle

Rock A Temporary Hair Color

See?

Nothing too crazy, right?

A majority of the items aren't too far away or too expensive because we be ballin' on a budget over here.

But, I am several short...

I would love to hear your suggestions of things I could do locally in Utah for little cost or any suggestions in general.

What do you have for me?

I am going to share what I cross off here on the blog and hopefully on our vlog channel which I haven't touched in a hot second so, no promises...

What is something that you have always wanted to do?

All my love, 

Autumn

Hello everyone!

The past few weeks have been cray around here...

I feel like I am always saying our lives are busy, but the last few weeks have been a doozy.

We have so many balls in the air and I don't know how we have kept them up.

Why is it so hard to be a good person?

Not even morally good but, just to be a good productive member of society?

It's exhausting...

This past weekend I was able to finally indulge in some self care.

I take myself out for a pedicure about once a month.

It is the only thing I let myself splurge on.

I am on my feet 24/7 and I need someone to make me feet new again.

Plus, having cute toes makes me feel more put together.
It's also a fun way to express myself.
I love to choose a color for the month.

This time I went for "lovely lavender."

It felt very spring and it makes my toes look like an Easter egg.

I recently took up kickboxing again.

I tried it a few years ago with Groupon and loved it!

 I am not one to pay full price for anything so when the Groupon was used I didn't go back...

After finding a coupon for Groupon (I'm cheap okay?) I decided to get back into the grove.

I really enjoy kickboxing.

It's a great way to release your negative emotions.

When you hit your bag across the floor you realize how much you need it.

It also is a great workout.

I like to feel my workouts the next day and kickboxing definitely does that for me.

Speaking of good workouts...

I recently tried cycling for the first time and dug it!

It's a little cheesy but that's how I like it.

The fancy magnetic shoes, the playlist, the lights going on and off.

It was made for me.

I got five free rides for me and a friend from Localfluence and am almost out...
I will be really sad once its over so I might have to splurge on this too.

On the days when I have absolutely no time to fit in a pedicure or a workout I try to wind down before bed by fitting in something at home.

A bath, an episode of a crappy TV show, going for a walk around the neighborhood or reading a book.

Erik and I have been rereading the Harry Potter books again and I love to snuggle up with him and read a chapter before bed.

Since finding a new love for exercise (I'm going to try really hard not to become one of those people who talks about exercise all the time...) I am interested to try some new forms of self care.
What do you do for self care?
What has worked best for you?
Please share!

All my love,
Autumn