True beauty is found in the ordinary. It’s about shifting your perspective to see value and wonder in everyday chores and activities. Here’s how you can start:

1. Practice Mindfulness in Everyday Moments

• Slow Down: Rushing through daily tasks can make everything feel mundane and boring. Take a deep breath and engage fully with what you’re doing. Whether it’s washing dishes, cleaning, walking, or drinking coffee, tune in to the small details. Make the moment count.
• Notice Your Senses: Notice the smell of your morning coffee, the warmth of sunlight through the bedroom window, or the subtle sound of snow fall. Bringing attention to these sensory experiences turns even routine activities into moments of enjoyment.

2. Document the Little Things

• Capture Simple Moments: Take photos of everyday objects or scenes you find interesting; something as simple as a cup of tea, a stack of books, or the way light hits a wall during sunset. Over time, you’ll start to notice more beauty in these ordinary tiny details.
• Keep a Journal of the Magic Wonders: Write down things you’re grateful for or something that make you smile each day. Revisiting these notes reminds you of all the good in your life.

3. Appreciate the Art of Nature

• Observe Natural Patterns: Nature is full of extraordinary beauty: the pattern of a leaf, the colors of a sunset, the shapes of clouds. Look closely at these details and watch your entire being calm down.
• Seasons Change: Notice how the world changes throughout the months, even in subtlest of ways. The rusty smell of fall leaves, the fragrance rich spring, winter silence, or summer warmth; they all posses their own magic.

4. Observe People and Places

• See People’s Intrinsic Beauty: Look for what makes a person unique — the mannerisms, the way of speaking, or how kindness is shown. Every person has a story, and to see that story adds depth and meaning to your perception of others.
• Appreciate Your Home: Notice the sense of comfort it brings to be around your favorite things, whether it’s your comfiest blanket, your most cherished coffee mug or the home made art on your walls.

5. Create Small Rituals

• Acts of Care: Cooking, cleaning, or even tidying up can become meaningful if you view them as ways of caring for yourself or your environment. Declutter and make room for fresh thoughts to enter.
• Create Small Rituals: Light a candle while you read or knit, listen to your favorite playlist while you cook, or brew herbal tea before bed. Rituals add intention and make everyday actions feel special.

6. Embrace Curiosity

• See the World with New Eyes: Stay curious, even around the ordinary things, as if you’re experiencing them for the first time. This can be as simple as looking at a flower with fresh eyes, or listening to your favorite song with fresh ears.
• Find Beauty in Your Imperfections: Your quirks and imperfections are a vital part of you — they are part of your story. Finding beauty in your flaws remind you that everything is, in fact, perfectly imperfect.

7. Express Through Art

• Embrace Creativity: Whenever you have free time draw, paint, knit, sing, write, or take photos of ordinary things that inspire you. Creative expression brings out the unique beauty within you.
• Everyday Poetry: Jot down small details in your life. Even writing a short line or two about something you noticed that day can help you remember them, as well as feel more connected to the beauty of your surroundings.

8. Notice Acts of Kindness and Connection

• Look for Small Kindnesses: Simple interactions; someone holding a door or a warm greeting, hold a quiet beauty.
• Celebrate Relationships: Appreciate the ordinary moments in your relationships — shared hobbies, a meaningful conversation, a warm hug. These small acts often carry the most significance.

Finding beauty in the ordinary is about becoming aware of the abundance in things we often take for granted. Once you start, you’ll find that beauty is everywhere.