Life is now!

If you have followed what I write for a while… you know what’s coming next. It’s… Friday! We get to experience yet another amazing day!

Today on the agenda is Christmas shopping in London. I hope to get it all done today. I have my list and I know exactly where to go. Are you done? Have you started? Do you know what to get? Whatever you do today, take it all in, observe your surroundings and enjoy every minute of every day! Make the most of it! I truly, truly recommend!!!

Busy times ahead mean fewer updates for me right now. One set of visitors completed. Next up is a trip back to London. And in between is work, Christmas preparations, several birthdays and life in general! I love it though and wouldn’t have it much different except for a few additional days here and there doing absolutely nothing!

So for now, one day at a time and fewer updates from me!

Do you tend to overthink? Do you create situations in your mind based on what someone has said? If you think about that- isn’t that a bit strange? Perhaps even self fulfilling to some extent. Because if you start to believe something, you start acting and reacting as if it were true. And all because someone else has said something, or might have said something. As I’ve mentioned before, our minds are very powerful. What can you do to get out of this kind of thinking though?

Exercise- go for a power walk or a run. Clear your mind. You will feel so much better for it after. Even just for 30 minutes. Nothing fancy or complicated.

Yoga. Do a session with Adriene. She truly has a session for most things: stress, stretch, breathing, neck, shoulders, cleanse, detox. Go in and take a look!

Eat well. By that I mean allow yourself to eat and enjoy. Take your time and chew slowly. Cook a delicious meal. Cooking can also be very relaxing!

Sign up to a challenge and set a goal. That will give you something else for you to focus on. A new course, a new sport, an art course, or why not learn a language!

Read books. I love my iPhone… but I do know that I should use it less and read more books.

Watch a great classic movie: Casablanca or I’m singing in the rain. Reminisce and imagine what the world looked like back then. Maybe it’ll give you a different perspective on life?!

Those are a few things I can think of to stop creating problems and worries out of something someone else said. You create your reality. Don’t forget that! I truly recommend.

Happy Monday. A new beginning. A lot of what I write- I write to emphasis things and mantras to myself. My life can be quite chaotic with not enough hours in the day. Especially right now with visitors, school, full time job, courses, birthdays, trips and Christmas around the corner. I remind myself to breath and that I am only human! Take a step back and observe life for a second. What is the worst that can happen? I’m actually really starting to believe that life is so much about what is in your mind. And you control your mind!

My mantra today: “take one thing at a time and remember to laugh! Don’t think the worst. Breath and delegate and ask for help”.

I’m used to doing things on my own. Of course with my family but I’m quite stubborn which is a good quality. Most of the time anyway… 2019 will be a year of more health and routines- and fun and laughter!

This week- I challenge you to remind yourself that you are enough. Don’t forget that!!!

What are your strengths?

Have the most amazing Monday and week ahead!!!

We moved into our current place in April this year. It was more or less a blank canvas. Beautiful though with white walls and wooden floors. It’s quite spacious and well planned and it’s growing on me everyday. I love decorating and creating homes! By that I mean to make it feel homely. I’ve spent lots of time browsing the Internet, looking at Pinterest and visited some stores. As a side note I can say that I miss TJ Maxx. I’ve spent many hours browsing around there finding real finds. Especially for our kitchen that we still have! I love my mugs… all around $2-4 if I remember correctly.

We bought our sofas from Bolia. Ours is the Mr Big. At first, we got two beige units. The idea was to add to them, which is a great benefit with modular sofas. A few months later we decided to add a few more. Unfortunately the colour we had picked out didn’t exist anymore. Discontinued. Instead of giving up though we decided to make the best of the situation and got the additional units in a completely different colour. The material is the same though. I was also happily surprised to see that the blankets we got from Ikea for the sofas Trattviva, exist in almost exactly the same colours as our sofa units. Maybe this is a new trend? We now have a sofa with mixed colours- in beige and light blue! I quite like it! I recommend! Mix and match and make it yours!