It’s that time of the year when you like to be cozy and warm. You yearn for warmth and comfort. It’s also that time of the year when don’t feel like spending time outdoors. Well, it’s cold outside. However, this year 2020 being a very special year, we are already so much time indoor in […]
Year: 2020
Start A New Hobby For Mindfulness
Did you ever have a hobby as a child? Did you spend hours coloring or making crafts, skateboarding, hula hooping or perhaps looking out at the clouds and imagining stories? My favorite pastime was writing, painting and imagining. I could spend hours without being distracted. I thought to myself what I could do when I […]
Enjoy The Morning And Evening Sun In Stockholm
It’s a been a while that I have written my blog post. Sorry, it’s been actually a long long while. I know, I didn’t do justice to my blog. Well, perhaps another day I will write about all the things that was happening to my life, but today I would like to delve straightaway into […]
How To Be Happy - Directions From The Happiness Project
4 commandments of a contented heart. “No one is happy who doesn’t think himself (or herself) happy, so without ‘a heart to be contented,’ a person can’t be happy.” — Gretchen Rubin This November has been a happier month for me so far. Not because this month has been a very easy one, it has actually been difficult […]
How To Reset in November - A Month of Refuge and Rest
“November’s sky is chill and drear, November’s leaf is red and sear.” – Sir Walter Scott “It was November–the month of crimson sunsets, parting birds, deep, sad hymns of the sea, passionate wind-songs in the pines” – L. M. Montgomery, Anne of Green Gables Many years ago, during one of my German language exams, I […]
How To Celebrate Festivals When You’re Far Away From Home
Living the life of an expat can be hard. Today is Diwali and I sit here in the Netherlands, feeling lonely and desperate. My morning didn’t start with the sound of a firecracker (oh, it’s still allowed) or a popular song on the loudspeaker. It’s a regular day here. I haven’t had the time to […]
What Does Happiness Mean to You?
I often rant that I am not happy. When I decided to explore and find out the reason for my constant lack of happiness, I realized I was looking for happiness somewhere else. Happiness is actually inside me. Let me elaborate. I wrote this article about finding happiness where I wrote what undermines our happiness. […]
Do You Have the Key To Being Happy?
What Undermines Your Happiness At This Moment? “If you want to be happy, be.” — Leo Tolstoy. Happiness is an illusion. Happiness is also like sand held in your palm. The tighter your grip is, the faster it slips through your fingers. So the question is then how do we find happiness? I had been reading and thinking […]
The Nightmarish Experience I Had on The 4th of July
It made me promise never to travel on that day A few years ago, we planned a trip to the USA from Amsterdam to meet my sister and her family. By us I mean, my husband, I, and our five-year-old daughter. On the 3rd of July, we hopped on the train from Amsterdam to Berlin. But […]
Some Beautiful Fall Decorations To Admire
Autumn has always been my most favorite season – always. Today, without much further ado, let’s jump directly to see some fall decorations that are beautiful and admiring.