When was the last time you built pleasure into your Tuesday morning or found delight in doing your taxes? My friend, today we’re talking about why pleasure isn’t just for weekends and vacation. It’s how you create a life you love living every single day.

Welcome to The Self-Creation School podcast, for women who are ready to ditch mediocrity, step up and get more of what they want, and finally say YES! to a life that sets their soul on fire. I’m your host Leanne Letica, Self-Creation Coach, founder of The Self-Creation School AND Queen of YES!. If you’re ready to play life by your own personal rule book, and give yourself permission to say YES! to yourself and your wildest dreams, this podcast is the place for you.

Thanks so much for tuning in to week six of my Summer Secrets Series. Last week I talked about redefining success on your terms to support the goals that feel like a fit and light you up. But once you’ve defined success in a way that feels good to you, and only you, the next step is going about making that success your reality in a way that feels pleasurable in every moment.

But before we get into that, if you are tuning into the series for the first time, each week builds upon the last. So do go back and start at week one.

Now, I’ll be honest. I haven’t been prioritizing pleasure in my life as much as I would like. And pausing this summer has reminded me that you can define success on your terms and have the right goals in place to help you create it, but if your daily experience feels like drudgery, then you are not living a life you love regardless of how lit up the idea of achieving your goals makes you.

Because remember, it’s not about the destination. It’s enjoying the journey along the way that creates a life you love living.

The problem is most of us have been conditioned to believe that success takes hard work. That pleasure comes after we’ve earned our success. That delight is a reward for productivity. That fun is what happens when we have time left over.

But what if that’s backwards? What if pleasure isn’t a reward for a life well lived, it’s how you live well? What if waking up to a life you love living is about planning pleasure into your everyday moments, building delight in as a forethought, not an afterthought if you have the time or you think you deserve it.

Now, I’m not saying every moment needs to be pure bliss. That is not realistic. But I’ve discovered there’s almost always a way to find or create pleasure in every moment. And today, I want to share a quick way you can do this.

First ask yourself, is this task actually necessary? Or are you doing it out of habit or obligation? If it doesn’t move the needle forward, can you delete it?

Second, can you delegate it? Can someone else do this task better, faster, or more easily? If YES!, then delegate it.

And third, and this is where the magic happens, can you find a way to delight in it? Can you shift your mindset, change your approach, or add elements that make this task pleasurable?

Maybe it’s playing your favorite music while you clean. Buying yourself flowers while you do the grocery shopping. Burning your favorite scented candle while you’re doing admin work.

There’s no rule that says you can’t make boring tasks pleasurable. And pleasure is, at the end of the day, what makes life worth living. It’s what keeps you energized and inspired. When you prioritize pleasure in everything you do, you create a life that sustains and fulfills you in the best possible way.

So this week, I’m inviting you to apply the delete, delegate, or delight rule to your to-do list. Practice approaching your tasks through the lens of pleasure rather than just productivity. Recognize that pleasure isn’t a luxury, it’s a necessity if you want to live a life you love.

My friend, you deserve to love your life not just on weekends and vacations, but on those random Tuesday mornings doing mundane tasks. Let pleasure be your compass and watch as a life you love falls into place.

That’s it for this week’s Summer Secret. Make sure you hit subscribe to join me for next week’s secret. And join the Summer Secret email series at https://selfcreationschool.com/created if you’d like a reminder to listen in.

I’ll be back next week with another Summer Secret.

Until then, be the woman who says YES!.

When was the last time you built pleasure into your Tuesday morning or found delight in doing your taxes? My friend, today we’re talking about why pleasure isn’t just for weekends and vacation. It’s how you create a life you love living every single day.

Welcome to The Self-Creation School podcast, for women who are ready to ditch mediocrity, step up and get more of what they want, and finally say YES! to a life that sets their soul on fire. I’m your host Leanne Letica, Self-Creation Coach, founder of The Self-Creation School AND Queen of YES!. If you’re ready to play life by your own personal rule book, and give yourself permission to say YES! to yourself and your wildest dreams, this podcast is the place for you.

Thanks so much for tuning in to week six of my Summer Secrets Series. Last week I talked about redefining success on your terms to support the goals that feel like a fit and light you up. But once you’ve defined success in a way that feels good to you, and only you, the next step is going about making that success your reality in a way that feels pleasurable in every moment.

But before we get into that, if you are tuning into the series for the first time, each week builds upon the last. So do go back and start at week one.

Now, I’ll be honest. I haven’t been prioritizing pleasure in my life as much as I would like. And pausing this summer has reminded me that you can define success on your terms and have the right goals in place to help you create it, but if your daily experience feels like drudgery, then you are not living a life you love regardless of how lit up the idea of achieving your goals makes you.

Because remember, it’s not about the destination. It’s enjoying the journey along the way that creates a life you love living.

The problem is most of us have been conditioned to believe that success takes hard work. That pleasure comes after we’ve earned our success. That delight is a reward for productivity. That fun is what happens when we have time left over.

But what if that’s backwards? What if pleasure isn’t a reward for a life well lived, it’s how you live well? What if waking up to a life you love living is about planning pleasure into your everyday moments, building delight in as a forethought, not an afterthought if you have the time or you think you deserve it.

Now, I’m not saying every moment needs to be pure bliss. That is not realistic. But I’ve discovered there’s almost always a way to find or create pleasure in every moment. And today, I want to share a quick way you can do this.

First ask yourself, is this task actually necessary? Or are you doing it out of habit or obligation? If it doesn’t move the needle forward, can you delete it?

Second, can you delegate it? Can someone else do this task better, faster, or more easily? If YES!, then delegate it.

And third, and this is where the magic happens, can you find a way to delight in it? Can you shift your mindset, change your approach, or add elements that make this task pleasurable?

Maybe it’s playing your favorite music while you clean. Buying yourself flowers while you do the grocery shopping. Burning your favorite scented candle while you’re doing admin work.

There’s no rule that says you can’t make boring tasks pleasurable. And pleasure is, at the end of the day, what makes life worth living. It’s what keeps you energized and inspired. When you prioritize pleasure in everything you do, you create a life that sustains and fulfills you in the best possible way.

So this week, I’m inviting you to apply the delete, delegate, or delight rule to your to-do list. Practice approaching your tasks through the lens of pleasure rather than just productivity. Recognize that pleasure isn’t a luxury, it’s a necessity if you want to live a life you love.

My friend, you deserve to love your life not just on weekends and vacations, but on those random Tuesday mornings doing mundane tasks. Let pleasure be your compass and watch as a life you love falls into place.

That’s it for this week’s Summer Secret. Make sure you hit subscribe to join me for next week’s secret. And join the Summer Secret email series at https://selfcreationschool.com/created if you’d like a reminder to listen in.

I’ll be back next week with another Summer Secret.

Until then, be the woman who says YES!.