Cosmopolitan US May2020

1. Swap out the
   bright fluorescent
   bulb in my bedroom’s
   lighting fixture for a
   warmer one and add a
   candle to my bedside
   table for a bonus moody
   glow (LED candles
   count, if you’re worried
   about burning down
   your house). “You don’t
   need strong, invigorat-
   ing light because you
   don’t work in here,”
   Potter explained. Makes
   sense!

2. Add some

plant-mom vibes

to my bedroom to

promote good health.

This was a perfect

excuse to finally put up

the banana-leaf sticky

So! Apart from setting

my h air o n f ire w h e n I f irs t lit

the candle (don’t ask), my

new lighting sitch makes my

bedroom feel like a womb in

the best, least-weird way.

My eyeballs are so happy to

relax after working in a blin-

dingly bright office all day.

To amplif y my new

sheets’ vibes, Potter told

me to visualize a purple

light surrounding me before

bed. I def haven’t reached

t his k in d o f p e a k m e dit a t io n

yet, but it is a nice daily

re min d e r t o t a ke s o m e

deep breaths.

And when I was rushing

to get to Spin class one

m o r nin g, a g l a n c e a t my

yellow teapot reminded me

t h a t lif e wo u l d g o o n if t h e

ins t r u c t o r (w h o s c a re s m e)

reprimanded me. The pink

peonies in my doorway

had a similarly uplifting

effect. Their perfume even

overpowered my scented

garbage bags, which I hate

but bought accidentally and

have to use up. Best of all,

my wallpaper has me

feeling like I’m living in

Margaritaville, population:

one very chilled out moi.

wallpaper I’d ordered

forever ago.

3. Exchange my
   white sheets for a
   dreamier color like pur-
   ple, silver, or light gray.


4. Leave soft-
   pink flowers in
   my entryway. They
   would greet me with
   sweetness as soon as
   I walked through the
   door.


5. Buy my kitchen
   a yellow tea ket-
   tle. My 5 a.m. morn-
   ings would be that
   much brighter with a
   dose of sunny hues.

AQUARIUS

(01.20–02.18)

The first part of May has you stuck at

home feeling lonely. By mid-month, tho,

your love life comes to, er, life. Sadly

(meep), that could mean you’re fighting

with bae. Free advice: Try to be flexible!

PISCES

(02.19–03.20)

You’ve been dropping toxic friendships

all year, and now you’re reassessing

your BFFs. It sucks to say goodbye, but if

it’s not healthy, let it go. DW, there are

plenty of fish in the sea. (Sorry, had to.)

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I’d still

take a

new couch

though.

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