Year-Round Valentine -- The Perfect Duet for Valentine's Day! (Or ANY Day!)

Valentine's Day is right around the corner -- but it doesn't matter! My Eva Via original duet, Year-Round Valentine, is about how, when you're in love, every​ day can feel like Valentine's Day.

Even Valentine's Day.

I've often said that most people would be a lot happier if they could live their whole life like they're traveling. I don't mean going parasailing and hopping on planes. I mean deploying the same curious eyes and hungry mind in your everyday life that you do while you're overseas.  

I actually have a song about this. It's called A Lifetime in a Day. It sounds like a love song, and it vaguely is, but it's mostly about how I live every single day like it's my only day... 

So every day feels like an entire lifetime. 

Similarly, most couples would be a lot happier if they could life their whole relationship like it's Valentine's Day. 

Which I thought of today when this memory popped up on my Facebook memories:
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I think my favorite thing about that whole relationship, which lasted years, was how every single day, we'd do shit like singing A Whole New World on a pile of rugs at Costco. No matter how long we were together, it never stopped feeling like we were IN love. 

Which is why I sing, in Verse 2 of Year-Round Valentine:

Girl
They say "in love" fades over time, but instead each day I feel it more and more
Butterflies, he takes my breath, no Juliet's ever felt this way before

Boy 
When I see her, the rocks and stones take a new life of their own

Girl
Sunroof's open, windows down, we're heading to the coastline hand-in-hand
Runnin', jumpin' waves and wind, we're making more than castles in the sand

Boy 
Yellow sunset reflecting off the water on your skin

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And then, in Verse 3, I continue: 

Boy
You can call me crazy -- others do! -- but I've loved you since the day I heard your name

Girl 
I'm so in love, with not just you, but the life we built and the person I became

Both 
White rug, fireplace
Hold me longer and we’ll let the workday wait

Girl
Each morning when he thinks I sleep, I watch him in the garden with his plants

Boy
Each morning when I watch her sleep, more beautiful than the night of our first dance.

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Shooting hoops can feel like throwing a ball at a basket, or it can feel like winning championships. 

Dating can feel like buying an obligatory bouquet one day a year, or it can feel like letting yourselves be silly together and flying over the ancient pyramids during a "boring" shopping trip. 

Life can feel like jobs and chores and to-do lists, or you can channel your wonder every day. 

It's all about mindset. (And probably a bit of hardwiring.)

So get mindful and intentional about the world around you -- and enjoy these Eva Via originals! Since Presidents Day is also coming right up, you'll also want to listen to Jefferson. 
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It's about Thomas Jefferson, but Lincoln and Washington are in it, too. ​​