We put our best selves out in front, showing our good character to others, but behind closed doors we can just let ourselves go, and feel free to breathe and breeze through the night, using our evening rituals to bring us some peace.

That freedom to act and be present just for oneself should be taken advantage of the minute we get home.

Even if it’s as simple as taking off your shoes and slipping into a soft pair of Cotton House Slippers, do whatever you need to do to feel “okay” with you. (Whatever that might look and feel like to you).

An evening ritual is about more than basic housekeeping; it’s a way for you to prioritize your well-being in a personalized and structured manner.

So, if you feel like you need to take a minute and just “feel your feelings” before bed then you should make it a practice to brew yourself a warm drink to enjoy while you sit down to think, slip into your Quiet Evening Striped Robe Set, leaving the world outside your door for the night.

Now while we advocate taking it easy once your home, we also realize that there is an important need to fulfill your home responsibilities. However, those 2 concepts aren’t mutually exclusive.

If you structure your evening rituals to move according to your own pace, and energy levels that night, you can turn those responsibilities into a source of peace. Everything from:

• Cooking up dinner

• Cleaning the dishes

• Fixing the living room

• Putting away stray objects

• Prepping for tomorrow’s breakfast

All of it becomes a way to honor yourself. There’s no rush and there needn’t be one. It’s just you, your home, and the time you have to tend to what you feel you need to get yourself ready for bed and even excited for tomorrow.

Speaking of tomorrow, you should really add putting up tomorrow’s clothes on the Over the Door Organizer to your list of evening rituals. Then when you get up in the morning you can already feel partially set to get ready and face a new day.

Browse our Clean-Girl Collection to supply your evening rituals with more refreshing elements to replace the chaos of life with the tranquility of “home”.

Once you’re sure your home is clean enough for you to tuck into your Cozy Plaid Wool Throw Blanket with a clear mind, that’s when you can retreat to your bedroom to really get yourself ready for bed.

I’m sure we all have some form of cleansing process for our evening rituals, and if not, you should look into making one.

Going to sleep feels so much fresher when you’ve rinsed off the dust and sweat of today, it’s also good for keeping it away from your pillow. It's the same logic for why we change out of our work clothes and into our pajamas at night.

To each their own when it comes to how their body needs to be cleaned, but a lot still advocate for the fresh water and Face Towel method. It’s easier on the skin too which is always nice.

Allow that clean and refreshed feeling to follow you into the morning and wake up grateful that you’ve crafted such a revitalizing evening ritual.

Find more ideas on how to enjoy your mornings after a good night sleep by reading A Slow Morning Routine That Starts with Your Bed.

People complain about having long days, but maybe the issue is that the nights are just never long enough.

You can feel like you don’t have enough time to really enjoy resting when you get home, so you just immediately hit the snooze and try getting as much rest as you can.

But imagine you’ve just bought a new Beatrice Rose Lace Ruffle Bedding Set to enjoy sleeping on, wouldn’t you prefer to remember actually relishing the bedding’s pure cotton texture as it lifts your day’s aches away?

We would recommend that you spend at least 30 mins to 1 hour on your evening rituals, because that’s where the resting really begins, the lights don't need to be all out, your body just needs to start winding down.

So perhaps your evening ritual can start by picking out your pajamas. Would prefer to sleep in the naturally textured comfort of your Wisterial Double-Layer Gauze Pajama Set or the light airy softness of the Cloudberry Ruffle Pajama Set?

Once you're nice and snugly, take another half hour just lying down without actually sleeping. You can try slipping on a Silk Eye Mask to help you focus on just the sensation of lying in bed, or experiment with some soft lighting to slowly dim the world around you.

This part of your evening ritual allows your body the time it needs to actually attune itself to the fact that it’s nighttime and that our body is now meant to simply unwind.

The evening is a time we can all count on for rest as the world is slowly becoming visually quieter with the setting sun. At this moment we owe it to ourselves, who have worked hard all day, to properly collect out thoughts in order to put our minds at ease, and to better understand what it is we need from ourselves right now. What evening rituals do I feel will help me find tranquility in order to obtain better rest?

Dawn may be the first sign of a new day, but it is not the only time we can feel revitalized. We can experience that refreshed elation even at night, as we take the time to craft and carry on with our evening rituals. This grants us the time to clean our homes and selves, to be ready for what more tomorrow may bring. Best of all is we get to move and work at our own pace for a while.

Take this time to be reminded of how easy and possible it is to actually live slowly. To act according to the rhythm of your own body, rather than to the demands of the world, and still manage to accomplish something. This is a time of proactivity and even some self-reflection, as we come to terms with our body’s need for rest, structure, and peace. All of which are made more possible through our evening rituals that honor those needs and turn them into a sustainable practice.