Burn Your Candles

One of my new favorite obsessions are scented candles. During quarantine, I became obsessed with all the different scent that I could fill my home with. 

Just before Christmas, I bought a set of three Homework winter-themed scented candles. They came in these beautiful glass jars and smelled just like a winter walk in the woods.

I loved them so much that I was burning them all day everyday! Until one day, I looked up and noticed that I burned them almost half-way through. 

Now, I know you might be thinking, “big deal, just go buy another one.” But these are holiday themed candles that are only available for a limited time of the year!

So, I stopped burning them! I stopped burning my favorite candles because I wanted to savor them and stretch them for as long as I could.

Instead of enjoying my favorite candles, I packed them up and decided to wait for the perfect winter evening to burn my candle. 

Then, I got COVID and I completely lost my sense of taste and smell! 

I haven’t been able to smell my beloved candles for weeks and now they’re just sitting beautifully on my mantle…taunting me! 

I believe that my senses will return, but who knows how long that could take. 

I wasted time waiting for the right time, the right feeling, the right cool evening night to burn my candles, when I could have just burned and enjoyed them when I had the chance. 

So what about you?

What are you waiting for? 

Buy that dress!

Plan that trip! 

Update your resume! 

Take the class! 

Stop waiting for everything around you to be perfect. Just burn ya damn candles while you can still smell them!