This is a sponsored post written by me on behalf of PEOPLE®, Real Simple®, and Southern Living®. The opinions and text are all mine own.
Now that the dog days of summer are in full swing I like to take at least one day a week and have an afternoon dedicated to some valuable me time. While I was shopping at Kroger, I decided to pick up the latest issue of PEOPLE magazine and plan out how I will take some time to myself this summer. I also spotted the latest editions of Real Simple, Southern Living, and PEOPLE Diana Her Life and Legacy. I will have to pick up those soon! I honestly haven’t taken much time to myself over the past few months and wanted to plan out some activities that I can enjoy before the weather changes and summer ends. Here are a few activities that I plan on doing this summer as a way to relax.
- I love to paint my nails and give myself a manicure and pedicure, and then I read PEOPLE magazine while I wait for my nails to dry. I always get impatient when I paint my nails and find reading a magazine helps me relax and not get distracted about waiting for my nails to dry. You have no idea how many times I have tried to paint my nails and then get distracted while they are drying and completely ruin them. I find browsing through the entirety of PEOPLE magazine while talking on the phone to a girlfriend allows them to dry perfectly.
2. I have only been to the beach twice this summer, but whenever I go to the beach or the lake for the day, I always make sure to bring my favourite magazines to read while I sun bathe under my umbrella. I always get bored just lying there, so I like to have something to read and usually get too distracted to dive into a long novel. That is why reading PEOPLE magazine is my guilty pleasure beach read.
3. I used to paint and draw all the time especially when I was in art school. I find that blogging has become my primary creative outlet. I don’t have enough time to dive into any major art projects hence why I enjoy adult colouring books. I find them to be very relaxing and low commitment especially when you are busy. I like to open up my colouring book at least once a week and slowly complete one page at a time, and I find it very rewarding to see the finished image. I sometimes struggle with colour combinations and often use the fashion editorials in PEOPLE magazine as a source of inspiration. I like to draw in fashion related colouring books and like to incorporate the latest trending colours into my drawings.
4. Since the weather is always nice where I live in the summer, it seems like a shame to leave, so I often like to have a staycation where I travel somewhere close like Vancouver or go up the island. I find the ferry ride over to Vancouver a little tedious especially when you have done it thousands of times and find that reading a magazine helps me to kill time and relax while I am travelling.
5. One of my favourite things to do in the summer is to sit outside on a beautiful evening and drink a refreshing summer cocktail while reading PEOPLE magazine. I always feel guilty staying inside on those beautiful summer nights and find just sitting outside reading my magazine while watching the sunset to be so relaxing and therapeutic.
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