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Love Stories

Hola everyone.

Happy Valentine’s Day. I hope you’re all having a wonderful day, hopefully with all of your loved ones. And as it’s officially the day of love, I thought I’d chat a little bit about my relationship with the one and only love.

You know, when I was younger, Valentine’s Day has always been some kind of event that I tried to ignore as much as possible, one where I tried to shield myself from social media and so on. I guess that’s what you have to do when this day has come and you’re single. But in the past few years I learned how to work with it, how to accept it. And you know, as much of a hopeless romantic I am, I’m a hundred percent convinced that the love that happens between two people in a romantic relationship isn’t the only kind of love that we can find on this beautiful planet.

Although I’ve never had the chance to throw all of my romantic feelings at someone, I know that I have loved in my life. Love has always been a huge part of and in my life. Whether it’s the love I feel for my family or my friends or my pets. It’s still true, unconditional love. Even if it’s the love for a musician or an artist or whatever. Even if it’s the dumbest kind of love, the one where you can be more than certain that nothing will ever, ever come of it. I’m just the kind of person who falls pretty easily. Which is fairly dangerous one the one hand, but turns my life into such an emotional, romantic adventure on the other hand. Sometimes I find myself watching someone on the subway on my way home or at university and for a split of a second I feel my heart do a little jump. And a few moments later they are gone and my bubble of the imaginary future bursts. Some people might call that tragic. Which it actually is, sometimes. But I think it also shows how romantic even the smallest, dullest moments in life can be. And I love this ability. I love that I am able to feel, able to be this sensitive.

I know that people who currently are in a relationship like to feel pity for those people who aren’t, which also includes me. I can’t even tell you how often people asked me how I could actually survive without having a boyfriend. How weird is that? I mean, since when is having a relationship essential for survival? I really, really hope that that’s a mindset that people overcome when growing older. That’s also a reason why I’m quite happy that I had the chance to really get to know myself in the past years. Because this way, having a relationship is an aspect that adds to my happiness and nothing that is essential for its existence.

I love love. I think it’s what brings the magic into our lives. I’m glad that I get to be so passionate. I love my parents. I love my family. I love my pets. I love my friends. I love artists like Ed or Martijn for how happy they make me, even though they have no idea that they have such a great impact in my life. I still love them. All of them. And I would never be ashamed to admit it, even though some people might call me weird or unrealistic or dreamy (which actually is a compliment in my opinion, being dreamy). I’m happy that I get to love. That I get to share it.

You know, love is what turns every moment into something special. It’s in the smiles couples share. It’s the small jump my stomach does whenever I look at my cat sleeping next to me, like right now. It’s the excitement that slowly bubbles up before meeting my best friends after not seeing each other for a while. And it’s the hug I give my mum when coming home from university. Love literally is everywhere around us and I really hope that you get to cherish it as much as I do.

Guys, I want you to know, whether you’re in a happy relationship right now or single or anything inbetween, you are loved, every single day, by people you might not even know it. You all mean the world to so many people. I really hope that you are all happy and if days like today make you feel alone or anything, I’m here and happy to listen. Please know that. You are not alone. Being in a relationship is okay and being single is okay too. Being happy is what matters the most. I hope you get all the love you deserve. And that you are all having a wonderful Valentine’s Day. And, of course, that you enjoyed this post. Please don’t hesitate to leave your comments down below. And, as always, thanks for reading. x

Bye Bye 2016

Hola everyone.

Yes, it’s really happening. 2016 is finally leaving us. And to be honest, apart from how amazing this year was for my personal life, it was horrible for the rest of the world. For our society. Our planet. Our system. And we all know why. And what brought us here.

But let’s not focus on the bad things, right? I mean, 2017 is coming. A new year. A new chance to make it better. To do good. To change the world, change our lives. And do whatever makes us happy. And the rest of the world too. Because there is nothing more important than spreading happiness and love and doing good. That’s how we can turn our beautiful mother earth into a better place for us all.

And speaking of that, I also have some new year resolutions:

don’t pressure myself so much when it comes to exam
still rock my study and university
meet new people and make new friends
laugh and love more
try as hard as I can to fulfill my dreams
work on this blog as hard as I can
post the most exciting things for you guys
spread love
cuddle with my babies
spend time with my family and my friends
do what I love and what makes me happy
travel and see the world
be a little bit more sporty
read more books
make other people happy, also you

There they are. I probably have more things I want to work on, some will probably come up through the year. And I will try my best to fulfill them all. And to make myself and everyone in my surroundings as happy as I can. Honestly, this year has been incredible for me. University worked out pretty good. I got my internship in Berlin and for real got to move there. I visited Reading festival with my mum and had the opportunity to see all of my favorite bands. Mum and me travelled to Brighton and to Copenhagen, two of the most beautiful cities ever. I read so many books which was and still is very important to me. I made a lot new friends at Uni. And I started this blog, which still makes me more and mire happy every single day. And a lot more, of course. So many things happened. And so many things will be happening. And I couldn’t be any more excited.

I can only hope that all of you also had an amazing year, apart from all the negative things that happened in this world. And that you are happy. And that you look forward to 2017. And speaking of that, I’d love to hear your new year resolutions, so don’t hesitate to tell me, okay? And until then, I hope you enjoyed this post. And as always, thanks for reading. Here’s to 2017. x

Growing Up

Hola everyone.

So today I want to talk about something I am now confrontef with every single day. And I will for the next two months and later on for the rest of my life. Today I want to talk about how I feel about having to grow up and being an actual grown up.

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Now that I’m living alone in Berlin, with no actual grown up members of my family that even live in the same country, I am completely depended on myself. And holy moly, I can tell you, I never imagined that it could be this tough. As far as I remember, until now, I always had my parents around who would do all the grown up stuff for me. And of course that made life a lot easier. And now that I am in Berlin on my own, I have to do all of this stuff myself, which brings me to the point that I noticed how much the current situation taught me about life as a grown up:

Go for a walk once in a while, even if you’re alone
Telecom companies are straight from hell
Google is your best friend
Cooking for yourself all the time takes longer than you think
While being alone, you really get to know a lot about yourself
Doing things on your own like going to the cinema isn’t weird, but actually is normal
Life without your own washing machine makes everything a lot more complicated
The same without a dishwasher and a microwave
Late night shops are the best thing ever
YouTube, a good movie or tv show can save the day,
If you don’t like your current situation, change something about it
You’re never too old to need your parents
You can do whatever you want, just be happy
Animals and plants make everything so much better
WhatsApp is a gift from heaven
I still sometimes feel like I’m 12 and that’s okay (actually, it’s awesome)
Book stores are the perfect place to take a break from the world
Love life

So yeah, this is how I feel about living the life of a grown up here in Berlin. And maybe you feel the same. Anyway, I am still pretty happy that I can get back to being a child without this huge pack of responsibilities when I get back home in February. I don’t really feel ready for being and doing this here for the rest of my life, I still need some off-let’s be a child -time.

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I am pretty sure that most of you know pretty well what I am talking about, so whenever you want to talk, I am here. And until then, I hope you enjoyed this post, and as always, thanks for reading. x

Generation … what exactly?

Hola everyone.

Today is a special day because today I’ll talk about a serious topic. The topic that is called generation, this generation to be exactly. my generation. Those people who are teens right now, exploring the world and themselves.

I’m sure it happens to every generation that the older generations talk about them, but I feel like there’s a general bad feeling coming up when people talk about the people of this generation. We are those teens without motivation. We only care about superficial things. We dream too much (how’s that even possible?). And we don’t respect the older generations and other, mostly older people like we should.

I know what you’re thinking right now. Is this a joke? But it’s certainly not, unfortunately. And while I’m of the opinion that this couldn’t be any more false, I want to explore my generation for myself, because nobody knows who and how we are better than someone form that exact generation.

First of all, we have motivation. Okay, not THAT much motivation, but it depends about the goals and things we are talking about here. If I have to write a five page essay about the ways a company does its accounting, I will for sure not be motivated, at least not as motivated as other people might except me to be. But if I have to write a five pages essay about fashion and trends in order to get it printed in a magazine, I will be so motivated that I’ll finish the essay in an hour. So it really depends. We are motivated. A lot, really. Because we dream. We dream a lot. About our wishes, goals and the future. We just don’t want to earn money by doing a job that we actually hate. The fun and the love for the job is just more important than the money and people need to understand that.

A few decades ago it was important to earn money, because it was needed. But today fun and happiness and motivation and passion are becoming more and more important. I know, there are a lot of also young people out there who need money more than just badly, but I’m talking about those people who can actually chose where to work and what to do with their future.

I think there’s a reason why being a blogger or a youtuber are full-time jobs. People just found a way to turn their hobby into their job and I think that’s more than amazing. Because they will never be unhappy with it, at least I hope so. Today we have so many more choices to make, ways to choose, decisions to take and possibilities that are available. That wouldn’t have been possible in the earlier years. But it is today.

And of course we don’t only care about superficial things, actually they are becoming less important every second. Family, friends, achieving dreams and goals, having a good education, happiness, love and being happy with the person we are and we have become, those are things that really matter. Like REALLY. I know, we like to wear nice clothes, have a good smartphone and live in a nice place, but at the end of the day, those things don’t matter as much as other people would think.

And yes, we respect the older generations. Because we know that they have experienced far more than we have. And because they are those people who hand us over the responsibility for the planet when the time has come. Yes, there mistakes have been made, but I’m sure we can all turn this around and onto the way to a positive end.

Actually, I like the situation how it is right now, because my generation and for example the generation of my parents slowly become one, also through the social media and all of that. Of course, it’s annoying when your parents won’t listen to you because they are far more interested in their Facebook feed they have already seen about 10 times now, but it’s still some kind of come-together. And I like that.

My generation isn’t a bad one. We aren’t perfect, that’s for sure. But we are young and we already know a lot. We (mostly) know what we want, we dream, we think in a positive way and we fight for a better world. A lot of things are changing right now, people’s views are getting broader, the hearts are becoming more and more open. We are the ones who will rule the world in a few years and try to care for it as good as we can. And I think we can do it, I really do.

I hope you enjoyed this post, really. It’s an important topic for me, so I’d really like to know your opinion on this one. So don’t hesitate to talk to me. And until then, as always, thanks for reading. x