It's already June and I'm all the way in the mood for summer vacation. I'm glad I got to spend a few weekend hiking and camping trips already with my friends. And I'm 100% sure this summer is going to be the best summer ever. Well I say this about every summer and I'm saying that as a proud fall/winter season person.
But I am so looking forward about posting about my trips that are coming up!
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This 5 weeks flew by like nothing. The first couple of days were hard but after that I basically forgot that I am still on social media. Most important was to turn of notifications of any apps.
And I can feel the change! I am way more happier than I was before. The constant need of checking what other people are doing is gone and I am so much less on my phone than before. I have a whole lot more time to spend on better stuff than hanging all the time on Facebook or Instagram. I read like 5 books in 5 weeks just because I had nothing else to do on the train. My phone saved so much battery during this time not using Snapchat. I probably will never be able to quit all social media but I learned a lot about me in this time, and definitely found a way to reduce my time on my phone and social media. I've been thinking long about actually posting this blog post, especially because it is a really sensitive subject nowdays. First of all I am neither of these three. And I probably never will be. However I think it is the right time to actually say how I feel about changing your lifestyle to an extreme. VeganismAll in all I think the idea of being vegan is fine. I mean it makes a lot of sense to quit eating animals to stop killing animal, doesn't it? But have you ever thought about all the food trends like avocado or quinoa that cause tropical deforestation? In my opinion if you consider to avoid all animal products, you should be aware of which products are seasonal and regional. Or else you don't help animals nor the local farmers. VegetarianismIf you consider becoming vegetarian or are already one and even all the vegans please always think about the fact what you're doing to your body. In the Stone Age people were depending on all the food they could get and they would use every last bit of an animal they caught. And I am aware that we evolve since then, but not every body type is fitting for this kind of lifestyle. You pass on a lot of minerals and vitamins your body needs. PescetarianismI personally think to be pescetarian is the most healthy one of these 3. You still get the vitamins and calcium and at the same time you make a small but important impact on the throw-away society of today. But please always be sure to get your fish or seafood from sustainable places.
After over a week of living without Facebook, Instagram and Snapchat I am actually surprised by the impact it made in my life. I can tell from myself that I am in a better mood. And I don't have the constant need of checking what my "friends" are doing. I simply don't care, and not in a bad way. Because I love to listen to all of my friends what they are doing, when they want to tell me. But I care more about what I am doing right now and with my life. It took a lot to set my happiness first. Of course I am not in the best mood 24/7 but the majority of the time.
But on the other hand it was also really hard when I was bored. I didn't know what to do. Usually when I am on the train I just check various timelines, and this led me to thinking again if I should check on Facebook or Instagram. However I started to taking a lot of books with me to wherever I go and realized I have lots of time to read on the Bus and the train. I am really glad I made this change in my life and I hope it will be as easy this next 3 weeks. And I hope I can take this experience with me. I recommend every single person to think about how much time we spend on social media! And social media is not a bad thing, but how much time we actually waste by looking at unnecessary stuff. And how we could spend that time by doing something meaningful! After 3 stressful weeks of rearranging my and bestfriend and I finally managed to spend a day together. We started the day of with a pretty good breakfast at a local confectionery, which is famous for their brunches. If you need to get your head off work and school or whatever is bugging you, what is better than spending the day at a thermal bath? Saddly you weren't allowed to take any pictures but the view from the roof top pool was amazing. If you're ever in Zurich make sure to check it out.
I have been thinking a long time about this. I was never sure if I could make it. But I made this decision about a week ago and made plans about how to implement this whole cleansing procedure.
I will still be posting blog posts once in a while but I won't be using Facebook, Instagram and Snapchat for 5 weeks. How I came to this decision? I myself think social media has a bad influences on us all. It makes us compete with each other and compare our lives. We don't even enjoy the here and now. So much time gets wasted being on all different kinds of social media. I wanna see if I actually feel better after 5 weeks and if i can go on with even a longer time with no social media. 1. TO SINK INTO SELF-PITYIf you keep asking why me, you'll never get to the ground of it. Self pity makes a huge deal about some bad luck. Instead of an ease it puts everything in negativity. And apart of that it annoys all the people around you. 2. ALWAYS LISTEN TO OTHERUsually no one knows us as good as ourselves. So does it make sense to make decisions about outfits, drinks or whatever based on what other people tell us to. Rather ask: What do I like? What make ME happy? What is good forMe? Even when the answer might be something else, than the rest of the world would have given you. 3. TO LIVE IN THE PAST Memories are nice and a little bit of nostalgia isn't bad with a glass of red wine in the evening. But who lives in the past puts more weight in the past than the present, and misses instant. And doesn't realize how beautiful it is right now, and might be something we would like to look back to later. 4. TO SEE THE FUTURE AS A RESCUERRight now everything stinks - but oh well, someday everything is going to get better or not? Dreams about the future are nice and motivating or even exciting. But if we always hope for even better and bigger, we miss - once again - the present. The only time, we can actually bring in shape. 5. TO COMPARE YOURSELF WITH OTHERS There are thousands of reason to envy other people about what they might have. Maybe the pretty body of your best friend even though she is eating all the time. Or even the pretty awesome career of the person you met last weekend. But the good thing is: It has abosultely nothing to do with yourself. Rather focus on your strengths and what you love to do. 6. TO ALWAYS PUT YOURSELF BACK IN THE LINE Between the girlfriend, the shoulder-to-cry-on, the daughter, party crasher, athlete and being a work ace the most important things gets forgotten: YOURSELF. If you're regularly alone, listen to your inner you and do exactely what feels right, is collecting energy and balanced and therefore ready again to achive all the duties. 7. TO ALWAYS DEPEND ON OTHERS You have a boyfriend? Great. And in addition a best friend? Even better. But your luck or bad luck isn't depending on either one of them or anything else. It is is important that we learn to spend time by ourselves but still have blast and also to be strong and independent.
I was going to write my New Years Resolutions but instead I think it's much more intresting and motivating to make a bucket list for 2017. 1. Learn Spanish.I've been trying to learn Spanish for about two years now. But I always quit. So this year I will keep going. 2. Connect with past teachers.Many of will remember our past teachers as cruel and mean. But all in all they just wanted to ensure we get on the right path. Teachers might not do everything right, but their intentions come from a good place and they want to see us win. 3. Volunteer work.I always wanted to work at a dog shelter or something like that. 4. Plant a tree and manage to watch it grow.I never managed to keep a plant alive. So this year I will get flowers and plants for my room. 5.Try out vegetarianism for 31 days.There is so much food waste everywhere, and so many animals get treated cruel. I like meat but we all should buy our food resourceful. 6. Organize a picknick.When summer is around the corner I want a big picknick, with a bunch of food and family and friends, like in the old days. 7. Go on a romantic Getaway.I actually never mentioned my boyfriend. But more details coming soon. 8. Visit a castle.When I was younger, I have been to a lot of castles in Switzerland but I haven't been in a while. 9. Help people in need.We all should support the ones who lost their homes and families. A lot of programms give you the option to do that online trough money. But I wanna go big and help in refugees programs here in Switzerland.
Every year I set myself goals but keep forgetting them, this year I will keep my blog update and upload my bucketlist to bucketlist.org to keep myself up-to-date, and maybe add some stuff. 11. Do a color run.I've been wanting to do a color run for two years now, I hope this fall is going to be the year! 12. Become more confident.Lately I've been struggling being more confident, but I will keep working on that with my yoga and mediation. Can't wait for yoga to start this year again. 13. Go camping again.It has been forever since the last time I have been actually camping. 14. Learn to drive.This year I will hit the big 18 and will be able to drive. Be safe out there! 15. Send a message in a bottle.In middle school I used to have a penpal, it would be fun to have one again. 16. Spend a day in a Spa.No explanation needed. 17. Sleep under the stars.18. Get published in a newspaper.In a few years I willhopefully attend the school of journalism and for that I need at least 3 published articels in a newspaper. 19. Color my hair.Change means a new haircolor. Thinking about a dirty blond or honey kissed hair. 20. Go skinny dipping.Hard to believe I've never been skinny dipping huh. I hope you had a great start in the new year. Can't wait to get started on my bucketlist and have a fresh start. I hope that in this year I make mistakes. Because if you are making mistakes, then you are making new things, trying new things, learning, living, pushing yourself, changing yourself, changing your world. You're doing things you've never done before, and more importantly, you're doing something. A lot of my friends have been asking me why I haven't posted anything lately. Mainly because I have just been in a Christmas rush. I have been tying to get all the shopping done, Christmas dinners at my office and last exams before break. And on top of all of that I have been trying to get enough sleep, what hasn't really been working. But I am glad that yesterday I managed to get my last present.
Well I guess a lot of you feel the same way during Christmas time. Stressed out, trying to remember everything. But we all should remember to take a little time for us, get away from all the hectic stuff and calm down. I am looking forward to having enough time to post on regular bases again.
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