Hello, my friends and welcome to a little self-care talk! Depending on where in the world we live the quarantine time is more or less over. While stores open up again and we start catching up with friends, some of us can’t go on a so much-needed summer vacation this year. If you are sad or even frustrated about the current circumstances then please see this post as a little hug to you. I feel you!
Let’s look on the bright side of life! To cheer you guys up I wrote a little happiness list. Today I want to share some little pleasures of life with you. Things you can do to boost your mood and some of the ideas don’t even cost a penny!
Do A Picnic
Let’s start with an easy one. I feel like we don’t do picnics often enough, even though it’s so easy to make. Pack your favourite foods, a nice blanket and meet with a loved one. You can either have a picnic in nature at a lake, in the woods or even in your own living room.
Create A Fancy Drink
You are stuck at home and think it doesn’t make sense to make your favourite drink just for yourself? No worries you don’t have to drink alone! Plan a zoom cocktail hour with your friends and it will feel almost as if your besties would sit right next to you. Go all in and make the drink look as cool as possible.
Do A Photoshoot
You don’t need a fancy camera to do a photoshoot. Just take your phone and a friend or family member take pictures. You can go to a beautiful spot in nature or get out some pretty clothes, you haven’t worn in years, cause you didn’t have a good occasion. Get all dressed up and then have some fun. Especially when you are not a photo person you will LOVE this! I took a couple of pictures of my sister a few weeks ago and first she was so shy and didn’t know how to pose. But we had lots of fun and after a while, she got confident and really enjoyed it. We had an amazing day and she was surprised at how many beautiful pictures we shot. Even if you feel like you are not photogenic if you end up with just one single beautiful shot of yourself isn’t that way more than you had for years? And believe me, there will be way more than just one!
Find Your Inner Child
What did you love as a child, but haven’t done for ages, because you are a mature grown-up now? Don’t take yourself too seriously, better do something fun. Go to a pony farm and ride a horse, or visit an animal shelter. Build a sandcastle when you are close to a beach. You will be surprised by how much joy that kind of little adventure can fill up your heart.

Plan A Weekend Away
It doesn’t always have to be a long holiday vacation, sometimes just a few days can make wonders. A month ago I’ve spent a weekend in the Netherlands and came back so relaxed and surprised by how amazing it was. Just a few days away can feel like a week and reduce your stress immensely.
Watch The Sunset
Oh, I’m so guilty of this one and should definitely do it more often! The sunset is there every evening, but how often do we really take the time to watch the sunset? You can do it together with a picnic or a nice drink!
Get A Little Helper
Another thing that takes wonders is if you treat yourself a cleaner. You might think: No this is out of my budget and that is okay. But especially when you normally don’t have a helper at home it can be such an amazing thing when you order someone for just a few hours to do a big cleaning. Let them do all the tricky things you dislike: cleaning the windows that are too high, washing the curtains or cleaning whatever just popped up in your head. Oh yes, girl do it! It’s not as expensive as your doubts tell you and will feel way better than it would spend the money on a restaurant visit. Well, you could obviously combine both, just an idea 😉
Take a Walk In The Nature
Always always always a good idea!

Treat Yourself As The Queen You Are
Oh honey, when the spas are closed then create your own self-care wellness routine at home. Do a manicure or a face mask, try out the scrub recipe you saved weeks ago, order that fancy bubble bath and ask your spouse for a massage. There are a ton of things you can do at home that don’t even take long but will make you feel so much better afterwards.
Buy Yourself Flowers
We don’t need a man to do it for us!
Find A Bookstore
Visit an old fashion book store, talk to the owner and buy a book he recommends. Don’t read it at home, go to a park or cafè instead and celebrate the moment as if you would be in a different city.
Buy A Luxurious Gift For Yourself
Treat yourself to something special: a fancy cream, a candle that is normally over your budget but smells delicious or the interior piece for your home you have had an eye on for ages already. Get it.
Create A Picture Book
You might think that there haven’t been so many great adventures lately, but look through your phone and you will find more memories than you expect. Print them out, get some pencils and sit down to make a photo book. It’s fun to do and looking at it will give you such a great feeling, cause you can see your own highlight reel.
What is your favourite summer treat?

106 comments
Love all of these ideas!
Jennifer
Curated by Jennifer
Thank you Jennifer!! You are always so fast in reading my new posts 🙂
These are wonderful suggestions! A weekend away sounds amazing.
https://www.kathrineeldridge.com
Hi Kathrine thanks for your sweet comment 🙂
Great and very positive post! Nice tips my dear 🙂
Thank you so much!! 🙂
I love these tips!
I love how they’re so uplifting and at the same time calming. I needed these tips because I’m still sort of quarantining die to the virus. I can do most of these things at home or even in my garden.
Thank you so much!
xxxx
Wishing you the best darling!
https://ooomaye.com
Oh I’m so glad you found some inspiration and can use some of my tips 🙂
Hope the quarantine time will be over soon!
I love these ideas, babe- there’s just something so calming about a pretty sunset. 🙂
-Ashley
Le Stylo Rouge
Oh yes girl! 🙂
These are great ideas! I would love to pack a picnic and go on a hike!
Jill – Doused in Pink
Hi Jill oh yes that sounds like a great day 🙂
I love all these ideas! I should really buy myself flowers more and I love the picture book idea too! I keep all my photos on my computer but it would be so nice to have something you can hold as well!
Cheers,
Eileen | yesmissy.com
Hi Eileen oh yes albums are so nice to remind yourself about all the beautiful moments and collect them 🙂
Das klingt alles mega! Tolle Ideen für einen schönen Sommer trotz Corona. Wir ALLE haben uns den Sommer und allgemein das Jahr anders vorgestellt, no question. Aber jetzt ist es nunmal so – wieso also icht das beste daraus machen?
Danke dir für die tollen Inspirationen! Gerade das Buch lesen im Park hat mich inspiriert. Sowas habe ich glaube ich noch nie so wirklich gemacht 😀
Viele liebe Grüße,
Krissi von the marquise diamond
https://www.themarquisediamond.de/
Hi Krissi oh schön, dass ich dir eine neue Idee geben konnte 🙂
Oh ja Sonnenuntergänge und die Natur sind auch meine Favoriten diesen Sommer 🙂
x Sophia von http://www.hyggefeeling.com
Absolut!! 🙂
So many great ideas here.
I love to go to bookstores and I need to work on album photos.
Thanks for sharing all theses amazing ideas.
xx
Margot
https://troughthepasturesofthesky.com
Hi Margot, I love looking through albums and it’s lots of fun making them as well 🙂
Tolle Ideen, danke dafür!
Xx Rena
Hab einen wunderbaren Tag Reni!
These are all really fun ideas! Thanks for sharing! 🙂
melissakacar.blogspot.com
Oh Melissa thanks for your sweet comment 🙂
I love the idea of having a picnic in the house, blanket and all. I think that would be cute. A zoom cocktail hour sounds great to me and nature walks is something I am all about, great post I hope you are doing well : ) xo
http://www.juanitalikes.com
Thank you so much and welcome as a new reader on my blog!
I really appreciate your comment 🙂
I want to do all these especially buying a luxurious gift. Such a nice inspiration.
http://www.busyandfab.com
Haha that’s a great idea 🙂
Liebe Tiziana, was für ein positiver Beitrag, der gleich gute Stimmung verbreitet. Wir sind ohnehin keine Sommerurlauber, sondern verbringen den Sommer eigentlich immer zu Hause. Daher hat sich diesbezüglich für uns nicht wirklich viel geändert. Dennoch finde ich deine Liste einfach toll – denn es ist eine besondere Motivation, mache Dinger wieder mal zu machen oder auch neue auszuprobieren. Mein absolutes Highlight ist natürlich, mit einem spannenden Buch in der Natur zu sein – vielleicht in Verbindung mit einem kleinen Picknick oder einem spritzigen Getränk -, die Sonnenstrahlen auf der Haut zu spüren, die Blätter leisen rauschen und das Wasser plätschern zu hören. Zoom kommt bei uns beim Wochenendfrühstück gerne zum Einsatz – um so Kontakt mit unserem Familienmitglied zu halten und ein bisschen gemeinsames sozialen Leben zu erfahren. Danke für diese schönen Ideen.
Hab einen wunderbaren Tag und alles Liebe
Liebe Gesa, oh das klingt wirklich schön. Ich habe gerade über euren Graz-Ausflug gelesen 🙂
These are all great tips! COVID has sure made us get creative and find fun in the little things! I really enjoy park and food sessions, I’ve had fun doing photo shoots… have a good rest of the week, Xo
Oh Biki I loved your last photoshoot pictures!! So colorful and a strong look!!
Great ideas! Especially the picture book. Definintely want to try
XX Angelica
https://eraenvogue.com
Hi Angelica oh that is so great 🙂
love to hear that I inspired you to do one!!
My favorite has been being outdoors and hiking. Something I have been doing more of.
You’re so right…there are so many cute things we can do to make ourselves feel happier.
http://www.fashionradi.com
Hi Radi oh hikes are the perfect escape 🙂
I would so love to have a picnic right now! It would be so fun to go out and have some delicious food with friends xo
Makeup Muddle
haha yes the food is the best 🙂
Ein Picknick möchte ich schon seit Jahren endlich mal machen! Und hab es immer noch nicht getan… muss echt mal sein!
Oh das musst du unbedingt ausprobieren 🙂
Es ist so simpel aber immer wieder schön!
These are some great ideas!
Thank you so much Josiah!!
Hello Tiziana, hope you’re doing good and first of all thanks for stopping by my blog and taking the time to comment 🙂
I love to read this kind of content, feels like fresh air in these weird days. Hope you’re living a good summer, here we are having an odd one but these tricks you’re commending could be really helpful and they remind us that the coolest things in life can be found in an easy ways, like the fact to plan a weekend escapade to the nature or to plan a picnic with the food you like the most right? Definitely taking many of these recommendations into account…. also planning a photoshoot could be great!
Stay safe !
Hey Pablo oh that sounds amazing, can’t wait to see the photoshoot pictures 🙂
wish you all the best!!
Everything looking very nice! Awesome pics! Thanks for sharing! 🤗🤗🤗 Have a great week! 🏜️🏖️⛱️
These are such great ideas, Tiziana! I love the idea of a photoshoot to cheer yourself up – we do this with our kids regularly, it’s such fun. And picnics and getting away for a weekend are always good ideas. In fact I am planning a weekend away right now!
Oh thank you Katerina!! <3
For sure those tips are great for kids as well, even the little wellnes tips can be so much fun together 🙂
This is a terrific list, thanks for sharing!
thanks you so much!! 🙂
Your summer ideas are wonderful!
xoxo
Lovely
http://mynameislovely.com
Thank you lovely!! 🙂
You have wonderful ideas! I love it
xoxo
Lovely
http://mynameislovely.com
<3
I like all these ideas! Sure, some of them are not easy to do right now because of the current virus situation but there are litter endearing things that can lift my mood up. Thanks for sharing!! (Love the picture you in a swing)
Hi Lena thank you! 🙂
And yes let`s make the best of the situation!
These are such great ideas. We need to stay positive and these would do the trick.
XOOX
Jodie
http://www.jtouchofstyle.com
so true jodie!!
I loved this post! I can’t do anything quite yet (we’re still in lockdown) but I’m saving all these tips for our summer – hopefully we’ll be out of lockdown then! xx
mia // https://beautiful-inspiring-creative-life.com/
Oh Mia I hope you will be out of lockdown soon!!
thanks for your kind words
Great ideas – although it can be too hot to have a picnic here some summer days it is something we enjoy before the weather gets too warm, haha!
Hope that you are having a great weekend 🙂
Hi Mica oh that sounds lovely!!
Liebe Tiziana,
hier hast du sehr schöne Dinge aufgelistet und ein paar davon nehme ich sicherlich mit: Einen leckeren Drink (Aperol ist mein Favorite diesen Sommer), ein Buch in der Stadt lesen, einen Spaziergang in der Natur und vor allem Beautyrituale wie Gesichtsmasken und Nägel lackieren bringen mich immer runter…und wenn der zuckerfreie Monat vorbei ist, gönne ich mir vielleicht auch ein kleines Geschenk als Belohnung – und wenn es doch wieder ein Buch ist 😀
Viele Grüße!
Hi Vanessa oh ich mag Aperol auch total gerne und in letzter Zeit auch Rosato 🙂
Das mit dem Belohnungsgeschenk für den zuckerfreien Monat finde ich eine sehr gute Idee!!
In der Natur zu sein ist einfach das schönste überhaupt. Ein Picnic liebe ich auch und Sonnenuntergänge zu schauen ist einfach total romantisch. Liebste Grüsse
xx Simone
Little Glittery Box
Absolut da stimme ich dir zu! 🙂
I loved your picnic, taking a walk and sunset tips. There really are more ways to be refreshed than just taking a vacation!!
Oh Heidi thanks so much!!
Great ideas for summer. Living room picnics are fun little activities — I’ve done them in quarantine to elevate date night since we couldn’t go out to a restaurant. And you’re right, picnics are so simple + yet we barely do them lol.
Des | https://www.itsbetterinheels.com
Cool that you had some fun on a picnic date, I’m about to do one in a couple of days when my boyfriend finally comes to germany 🙂
These are all such fantastic ideas! I need to try a few of these! I think we all need to treat ourselves more often!
So true and thank you!! 🙂
Aw, great list!
Where I live it’s summer pretty much all year so there’s plenty of time to do the items on this post!
Thanks so much!! 🙂
It’s funny you mention creating a drink. Throughout this pandemic when my husband was temporarily unemployed, he created this drink that now has a sentimental connection to it. I’ll have to share the recipe one day soon, as it’s a good one for summer!
XO,
Jalisa
THE STYLE CONTOUR
Hi Jalisa oh that is amazing!! Please share his creation with us 🙂
Such a great collection of ideas here, Tiziana! I too have been enjoying fresh bouquets of flowers and time outdoors during these months. Being in the nature can be so rejuvenating! xx
Naya
http://www.nayatilly.com
Hi Naya yes that`s true! 🙂
I love all these ideas, I know while I have not taken any pictures of people lately I have been taking a good bit of random things like rust and fireworks to make textures with lol.
Oh wow that sounds interesting!! 🙂
These are wonderful suggestions! I love taking a walk in nature and I have just started buying myself flowers!
Julia x
https://www.thevelvetrunway.com/
Oh that`s so great!! I love it when there are a couple of flowers, it makes every room so much nicer
such great tips love being my inner child !
shy – https://www.shyyshianne.com/
Thanks so much!! 🙂
Watching the sun set is always fun!
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So true!! 🙂
Very important post 🙂
Oh thank you kinga!
I would love to go for a new nature walk, somewhere I still haven’t been, great idea 😀
https://beautiliciousd.blogspot.com/
Have a great day!! 🙂
Great ideas! I love the pictures and I will plan a picnic for this weekend 🙂
Lindifique
Hi Natalia oh that is amazing. I hope you had fun!
Great lovely ideas, there so many things we can do/achieve at home without the need to be out and about all the time. xx
Elegant Duchess xx
https://www.elegantduchess.com/
oh yes definitely! 🙂
These are lovely and all very doable ideas! I’ve been wanting to do a weekend getaway!
https://sundaydahlias.com
Thanks so much gorgeous! 🙂
I love all of these different things you can do for some self-care. I know I LOVE photoshoots. Anything to feel like things were before the pandemic. Thanks for sharing!
Nancy ✨ exquisitely.me
Oh Nancy thanks so much 🙂
These are all such lovely ideas! Have a great week.
Gemma x
http://www.jacquardflower.uk
Thank you Gemma, hope you have a good start in the new week!
Wonderful summer ideas!Just loved them.
Thanks a lot 🙂
Liebe Tiziana, was für ein toller Blogbeitrag und jeden einzelnen Punkt kann ich nur absolut unterschreiben. Es gibt so viele Möglichkeiten sich selbst aus dem Alltag oder aus trüben Gedanken zu reissen, gerade im Sommer. Ich liiiiebe es zu picknicken, einfach nur in der Natur zu sein, Sonnenuntergang genießen und ein ganz dickes Rufzeichen hinter: das innere Kind nie verlieren. Vielen Dank für diesen wunderschönen und inspirierenden Post. Ich wünsche dir eine ganz fabelhafte neue Woche, alles, alles Liebe, x S.Mirli
https://www.mirlime.at
Oh danke meine liebe Mirli 🙂
Dein griechisches Rezept habe ich mir gleich fürs nächste Picknick gespeichert!
Such lovely ideas! Picnics and walks in nature are the best. I hope you are having a nice summer x
https://findyourownhope.com/
Thanks Susie, hope you had an amazing start in the new week!