Home Sweet Home

Hello! How are you people? I’ m enjoying the last hours of a very hot Sunday. Last week I was thinking what I could write about and I couldn’t think of any idea which sounded interesting. Finally, I decided to write about one of my passions which is interior decorating. I know it may sound stupid to some of you, but it’s something I really like and enjoy watching and doing. One of the reasons why I like decorating is because sometimes we complain about the place where we live: it’s small, old, ugly, boring, etc. But there are many different ways in which we can change that place, and even with just few elements. Nowadays I live in a small apartment we built some years ago behind my mother’s house. It’s very small, but it is extremely cozy. I really appreciate it because it’s a space I have for my own and in which I can show my interests and style. I love keeping things that belonged to my grandparents, pictures, smells, colours, plants, and everything that make me feel like I’m at home. Most of the things I have at home are recycled or gifts from my family of things they used to have at their houses, so they all have a special meaning for me.

 I don’t know what you think, but I believe that our houses, or bedrooms, are a reflection of our personality. I know that sometimes we dream (or at least I do) with huge and radiant houses by the sea or in the mountains, but I also believe we should take advantage of what we have in this moment and try to make the place where we live as pleasing for ourselves as we can. After all, that’s the place in which we can share with family, friends or just with ourselves, and we deserve to feel at ease with it. So, I hope you feel inspired and show some love to your homes; sometimes it only takes us a few minutes to change something that can make us feel better for a long time.

"A person who never made a mistake,never tried anything new"

Hello! How are you? 

I wanted to share with you this quote by Einstein. Whenever I find a quote I like, I take notes. But this one really caught my attention and made me reflect about my own mistakes. I think that I have grown up, because in the past I used to think a lot about the mistakes I had made and how I wished things were different. But now I realize that mistakes are part of our everyday life, and we need them to learn and to establish our personality. Although in the previous post I talked about having a time machine, we know that what happened yesterday is over and there is no way of coming back to undo it.

That is why it is important for us to understand that mistakes are part of living and of trying new things. Maybe they will make us feel bad for a moment, but they are part of the learning process. Besides, if we stay home not doing anything, we are committing the worst mistake of all which is not living and enjoying the beautiful things in life. Of course, as you know, not everything is marvelous, but we must dare to do the things we like, even if in the way we are scared of what may happen. For example, the first time I fell in love with someone I gave to that person all what I could give, but the other person didn’t answer in the same way. For a long time, I felt terrible; I felt it was my fault to have trusted someone that way. But then, I decided that things had to change, and, although I made a lot of mistakes during that dark period of my life (so dramatic) I also learnt a lot and that experience taught me many things about myself and life in itself.

 Obviously, you all know about this, but it’s not bad to take some time to think about our mistakes and to see them as something positive. For example, to see that we were capable of overcoming them, to see that we are not going to do the same thing again and to see that they make us realize that we are alive.

Be happy!

Natalia

Bad vibes

Hello people! How are you? This week I have been thinking about those people who are always ready to ruin your day no matter why or how. I tried to find a similar way of saying what we call is Spanish “mala onda”. I found some interesting things. For example, you can say bad vibes when you want to talk about a situation which creates negative energies or unsafe feelings. You can also use it as a verb, for example when you say Stop, you are badvibing me! In this case it means to worsen a person’s mood, to annoy or to cause discomfort.

But the thing is, that sometimes when you are in an extremely and inexplicable good mood, there are people in charge of killing all your energy and your spirit in just a few seconds. It is the case of those people who always tell you what you do wrong, but never something positive about what you have done. Or those who are in a bad mood and because of that they want to ruin your day too, so that they are not the only ones feeling miserable. This also happens, most of the times, with people who have more power than we do (in terms of hierarchy) and who think that our lives and feelings are not so important, so they dedicate themselves to humiliating and mortifying others.

My question is; why don’t these people go and try to do things that make them happy, instead of being all the time trying to make others feel unhappy? It can’t be that hard. Just go to the countryside, meet your friends, make love, eat some ice-cream. Come on! Let’s try it before ruining someone else’s day. I’m sure this also happens to you, right?

Let's stand up and say: Stop badvibing us!

Be happy!

Natalia.