New Year, New Me?

It’s 2017!! Happy New Year everyone!!

When the first of January comes around, a lot of people make New Years resolutions. Me included. Every year I make them and every year I fail. I mean, is there actually anyone that does keep them? Congrats to you who can!

But I decided to try it again this year. I am gonna try my actual best this year and in stead of quitting stuff all at ones and starting the new habits all at ones I am gonna try making little goals for myself each week and hopefully it works better for me that way.

Sooooooo, here are my 2017 resolutions.

• Try living healthier lifestyle
• Read more books
• Keep my room cleaner
• Be more creative
• Play more guitar
• Write new music

These are my resolutions. I tried picking ones that aren’t too hard and possible to complete. Now I hope I can keep them this year, we’ll see.

So this was my post for today, I don’t know when my next one is but deal with it  ;-). I hope you liked it and I’ll speak to you next time!

Kisses, Just A Girl

My Summer Essentials

When you read this post I am on a sailing-trip in the Netherlands, I have planned out some post but it wasn’t possible to prepare 2 posts a week because I am gone for 3 weeks and I didn’t have enough time to write 6 posts. I am sorry for that but I made sure that you have at least one a week, starting with this one and the next one on Sunday in stead of Wednesday.

Today my post is going to be about my summer musthaves or summer essentials. Everyone has his own essentials but I want to share my essentials with you because you might find something that was not in your list of summer musthaves before that could be usefull.

So let’s start this list!

 

1) A good book

This may surprise you, but a good book is definitely a summer essential for me. Netflix is a nice way to spent time but sitting inside watching Netflix all day is not really a summery thing to do. A good book is so much more summer related. You can take your book with you to the beach, on a picknick, to the park, on a camping trip or to the pool… Whatever you prefer!

2) A regular camera, Polaroid camera or smartphone camera

I love taking picture, I actually think I’m obsessed! I love the idea of capturing a moment and having the opportunity to rewatch it again and again. I am going on 3 trips and my camera has to come! I think taking pictures is a really important thing to do because sometimes it is the only thing you have left of a person or a moment. But be aware: if you only focus on taking pictures and not on the moment that is happening, you will miss out on a lot!

3) A good playlist

I think a good playlist full of your favorite summer music is important too! There are so many times when a summer playlist full of all your favorite songs is needed. For example on a picknick, a beach day or even just a walk outside. It gets the mood going and a good mood is such an important thing in summer. Let’s get the party started!!

4) Confidence

This might not be an obvious  essential but it is really important. Summertime is the time that you go to the beach and to the pool. The thing you wear there is obviously swimwear. But this isn’t that easy for everyone. I have had struggles with my body image for a long time and even now I am definitely not completely happy with how my body looks. But it is so important for a person to feel good about themself! It is okay to not look like the rest of the world, it makes you unique. And the most beautiful part about a person is there inside and the glow that there confidence gives them. So don’t let other peoples looks get you down and don’t even let them hurt you when they say things about you that are definitely not true. You are you and that is perfect! Be who you are, because you are definitely perfect like that…

 

I think those were my most important summer essantials. Obviously you also have things like sunscreen, water, some fashion pieces and other stuff like that. But the essentials that I wanted to list here are a little different. It are things that will make sure that you have a happy summer.Because I think that is the biggest summer essential: being happy and smiling. Making memories and enjoying moments that you will never forget is the most important thing of all!

Little disclaimer: If you send me a message now I can’t answer because the moment that this post goes online, I am still sailing and wanderlusting. I hope you understand and I will answer you as fast as possible!

I hope you liked reading again and I will speak to you next Sunday!

Kisses, Just A Girl

 

6 Things To Enjoy Summer Even More!

Today I want to talk about the summer a little more because, yes people the summer holidays are almost here and someone is getting really excited (okay yes it is me alright!)!

I have 3 big trips planned this summer  but there are still a lot of days that I need to fill. And how can you spend a summer day better then while making memories with friends or enjoying a relaxing afternoon alone?

Stuck on what to do? Don’t worry cause I am here with 6 ideas to spent your time on this summer!

 

1) Explore!

What about that one near village that you have never really been to because you tought you already knew it? Well throw on your sandals with white socks, get out your camera (okay, maybe leave the sandals and socks at home) and pretend you are a tourist! I’m sure you will look at the place like never before! Want to do something while you are there? Make a plog! “A plog?” you may say? Well yes! A picture vlog or plog, is when you take pictures of everything that you have done (and in this case have seen) and put them in a chronological order together! Great way to enjoy your day over and over again!

2) Picnicing!

You may think a picnic sounds lame, but I tell you it is very cosy and fun! Call some friends and tell them to take some delicious (healthy and non-healthy) stuff with them! Make sure you have some big blankets that you all fit on and go to that one really cool park with lots of grass (most parks have it) and go sit next to the fountain. Put on some great music and enjoy the most relaxing meal you have ever had! If one of you has a Polaroid camera, make sure to take it with you, it adds a great memory to your picture gallery…

3) Beach day?

Want to have a beach day but the beach is to far and a train-ticket to expensive? No problem! Invite your friends, put on your swimming clothes, take your towel, get out a football and other things that remind you of a beach day and spend the afternoon in your garden like you would spent it on the beach! Missing the water? Take out some water balloons and water guns and that part is covered too! Make sure your beach-playlist is ready to play the whole afternoon long…

 

4) Pfff, so hot!

A hot day and you want some ice lollies but, there are no ice-lollies left? Well I know a fun and delicious recipe that you can try out! You might have seen it all over Pinterest already, but for those of you that have not seen it yet, here you are!

ingredients:

• Sprite, or other sort of lime lemonade
• gummy bear sweets
• some different kinds of fruit
• ice moulds, I got mine for €3 in Flying Tiger (you can also use plastic cups and spoons

Preparing:

• take the moulds and start filling some with gummy bears and some with fruit
• when all of those are in the moulds, pour the Sprite in till the height you prefer
• stick the topn there in there
• put them in the freezer for a couple of hours

Get them out and enjoy your selfmade ice lollies!

I filled some of mine withe Sprite and gummy bears, some with sprite and raspberry sirop and fruit and some mixed!

I didn’t really know what to expect from the taste the first time that I made them, but I actually really like them!

5) When the sun goes down…

Nice warm and dry evening with a clear sky? Amazing! Do you have an old mattress that is still comfortable? Even more amazing! The only thing that you still need are a lot of pillows, some blankets and your best friend, boyfriend or love interest. Switch your Phone of, lay down on the mattress and enjoy the stars! A night of stargazing, relaxed talking and a person you like… Sounds as in a dream right?

6) Geocaching!

Geowhat? Geocaching!

Geocaching is an outdoor recreational activity, in which participants use a GPS or mobile device and other navigational techniques to hide and seek containers, called “geocaches” or “caches”, anywhere in the world. (Source: Wikipedia)

The only thing that you have to do is sign in on Geocaching.com (yes, it is free), find a geocache in your environment by using the site or the app (for iPhone and Android) and on your way you are! I think it is an amazing way to spice up a normal hike a little bit!

Invite some friends and you can see who finds the cache first!

 

 

So that were some things that you can try out and do this summer… And if it is rainig the whole day, you just stay in bed adn Netflix and chill the whole day long! No one will Judge, it is a holiday after all…

Speak you guys in my next post, next Wednesday!

Kisses, Just A Girl

A Bucket List Thing

• Noun

           bucket list ‎(plural bucket lists)

A list of things to accomplishe before one is death

Wiktionary bucket list

 

A bucket list… Sounds amazing, right? I tought so too!

Did you know the word comes from a movie? “The Bucket List” is an American drama-comedymovie from 2007 directed by Rob Reiner. The movie is about two terminally ill men who go on a road trip with there list of things they want to do before they kick the bucket (=to die), their bucket list.

Since the movie came out lots of people started making a list and wrote things on there that they wanted to do before they died! The phenomenon “bucket list” was born.

Of course I had to make one too because, come on people, how amazing is it? Maybe this is all in my head but I have the feeling that since I made the list, I realy try  to do those things because the feeling of accomplishing one is amazing!

To be honest in the beginning, I wasn’t really shure if I would make one because I tought it would be frustrating to have all those things left on my list and not seeing a chance to accomplish one, but until this moment I have never felt that way…

I will write some things that are on my list. My list contains about 50 things already and from time to time I still think of some things that I want on it!

• walk the Inca Trail in Peru
• go out with some friends in an other country ✔️
• see a celeb on the street
• give strangers a compliment
• go camping with my best friend
• get flowers from a guy just because he likes/loves me
• travel around the world
• travel in 4 different continents
• sail solo
• do a street performance ✔️
• record a self-written song
• win a game or compitition
• give €500 to a charity
• give blood
• become an organ donor
• write my own story
• Begin a blog ✔️
• dance in the rain
• swim in the rain
• learn Spanish

 

As you can tell I have already completed tree things! One is obvious because you are reading my blog right now… I do want to tell you a bit about the other two.

1) Go out with friends in another country… I participated in an exchange programme this year for my English class. The exchange programme was a two week thing. In October 2015 we got partnered up with what the teachers of both schools found our perfect match, and in November 2015 those partners came to Belgium. The school with wich we did the exchange was a Spanish school from Bilbao. After an amazing week together here in Belgium they went back home and we didn’t see each other for 6 months. In May 2016 we (the Belgian students) hopped on a plane and went to Bilbao. On the first night that we were there in Spain we went out. Some very good friends of me were in the exchange too and we all went together with our partners! It was an amazing night…

2) Do a street performance… One of my passions is singing! I love doing it and some people say I am not that bad 😉. In the summer of 2015 I went on a camp to Croatia… One day we were visiting two towns. In the first town there was a second-hand-market and on that second-hand-market one of the camp leaders bought a guitare. In the next town we wanted to look if we could earn some money if we would play the guitare and sing! We actually did get 14,5 Kuna (the Croatian currency)…

These were a few of the things that are on my bucket list, so go on and start to make your own! Believe me it is a lot of fun to make it and even more fun to do it!

So stop reading, open a new document, create a bucket list, hang it up in your room and start doing all of those things! Let’s see if you will finish the list…

Kisses, Just A Girl

 

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