Life is now!

This week is a busy week ahead. My focus will be on yoga and mediation. I find this helps balancing the weekly stresses that can sometimes break in unwanted of course. But by meditating for 15-20 minutes a day and/ or do a yoga session a day actually helps. I will also make a conscious choice of being in charge of my time. The life some of us leads are so full on. Day in and day out. But it also helps- and it can make you empowered- to feel that all of these “to dos” you actually control. At work, at home, with your hobbies, time with friends and so on. You are actually the master of your life! I sometimes feel it is about communicating and managing expectations but also to feel empowered and in control of your life. You decide.

Tell yourself- “you can do this” and set a goal(s) for this week and show yourself that you are… in control! I recommend. My challenge to make myself better- will be yoga & meditation! What will you pick?!

There are many things that Copenhagen has to offer. One of them is Tivoli.

Tivoli

It’s celebrating 175 years this year. I find that very impressive! It opened in August 15, 1843 and is actually the second oldest amusement park in the world. (The oldest is a different amusement park also here in Denmark).

It’s a very beautiful area in the centre of Copenhagen. A lot of fun attractions- and a couple that look so scary I actually chose not to try them! I used to love roller coasters and the magic carpet when I was younger. A little bit less so today, but unfortunately I have a very brave almost 9 year old daughter who absolutely loves all these thrills! So, what can I do? I join in of course albeit at times I close my eyes and wonder what on earth have I just got myself into?! But that’s quickly (well almost…) forgotten when I hear her screaming and laughing and walking around with a big smile on her face. How can I refuse. So if you ever visit Copenhagen, this is something you really should visit. It’s also full of nice restaurants where you can sit down and watch beautiful settings. And the food is actually very nice. I have been to a few attraction parks in the world where sometimes the food is of bad quality and very expensive. That is not the case in Copenhagen as it’s good quality food. If you have time on your visit here- I truly recommend a stroll and perhaps even a few rides on these roller coasters in Tivoli! Why not- enjoy!

One of my goals with this blog is to inspire! I really think it’s needed in this world; to inspire, encourage, strive to be positive and to see the good in people. My first challenge was to do yoga or mediate once a day for 7 days:

Yoga & Meditate

I love Adriene and am a big fan. The same with using the App Calm.

Next I encouraged you to do a smoothie every morning for breakfast;

Smoothie time

Next, I thought that by making someone happy, you would inspire so I recommended that you sent a postcard to someone near and dear. A very easy thing to do and so appreciated! I also recommended you to use TouchNote- a great App for sending someone a card.

Postcard Challenge

Then I thought it might be a good idea to clean up amongst all of your photos! I think a lot of us have thousands of photos that needs sorting?!

Organise your photos

Then I wanted to encourage my readers to read a book- just a little every day.

Read a book

It’s a different world sitting down, switching off and just being mesmerised, enthralled and escape for a while. There just isn’t anything that truly can replace a really good book. Don’t you think?

Then this week, I encouraged you to use what you already have.

Use what you have

I truly want to inspire you! So for this week, I will suggest that you pick one of these challenges and do one for a week. I really want these to make you appreciate what you have. It really doesn’t take much- – or even anything- to appreciate what you have and to understand who you are and know that you can really make a difference. To yourself and to someone, or more, in your life! Come on- I challenge you and recommend- that you pick one of the above challenges and do them for 7 days straight. Come on and join in- you know it makes complete sense!!! If you feel good, remember that this is something extremely contagious!!!

Today is Friday. It’s a day I’ve always loved. Not because I don’t like the other days of the week. I just love the Friday “feeling”. It doesn’t matter to me if I’ve been working or not. Friday has always been that day where I mentally start to calm down and think about what we are going to eat and do. It will most likely be some charcuteries & nibbles followed by a family movie in our “hygge” sofas.

There are so many people right now that inspire me! Individuals who have this positive can do attitude. I’ve met many of these people recently and it’s incredibly inspiring and best of all- contagious!!! People who just push forward and want to achieve something. I’ve met many of them since my life started here in Copenhagen and also in this blogging community. It really shows me that if you are determined, positive, keep going and have a plan- you can achieve the most amazing things in your life! I do recommend a positive attitude. It does attract other good energy. Just try it! Think a little about where your thoughts go today. Your mind is so much stronger than what you think. Think positive thoughts “I can do this”!!!

Autumn is approaching Copenhagen with the leaves changing colours, rain in the air and a lot cooler. It’s getting darker earlier in the evening, which I actually like. Even though I grew up in Sweden I had actually forgotten what it’s like in the Nordics during the summer months. The day light truly is powerful and lasts way into the small hours and the sun rises very early. Quite amazing but it’s taken some getting used to for me. And we do have blinds installed at home. It’s still quite green and lush. Nature here truly craves the rain after this hot summer that we’ve experienced here. This hot summer will be memorable for a lot of us. “Hygge” is a trendy word here and continues to be. It could be translated into coziness.

This is what is on my wish list to create a little bit more of “hygge”. All from:

Boozt

A site I can really recommend!