This morning, I stood in my kitchen, staring at my coffee cup, and it hit me—I still live like I’m in survival mode.
I didn’t have creamer, but instead of buying it or even planning to get what I love, I told myself, “Settle. Be grateful. Make it work.”
It’s the same mindset I had as a little girl saving half a stick of gum, never knowing when I’d get another. That’s what deprivation looks like when it follows you into adulthood.
At Windy City Scents, we talk a lot about self-care. But true self-care is also letting yourself have the things you love. The little luxuries. The scent that calms you. The candle that centers you. The creamer that makes your coffee hit.
This is your invitation to give yourself what you need. Not just to survive—but to feel good. Because you’re worthy. Because you deserve to overflow.
Light a candle today and say it out loud: “I am no longer surviving. I am choosing to thrive.