Standing in a Hall of Fame

It´s been a while, I know, but I kind of have an explanation for that. I moved like 800km away from home and started with Uni which made up more of a challenge for me then I thought. I love travelling and except for that one time, I am not a huge homesickness person, but moving out is not travelling and homesickness hit me hard combined with Uni stress and not knowing anyone, it didn´t make up for a great combination, but really that is a story for another day.

Since I last wrote about Paris, I thought I need to continue that “story”. Check out my previous post about Paris, if you want to know about the whole trip.

Well the whole reason for that trip was a concert in London. I know what you may think, why do you travel to Paris in order to go to a concert in London, but to me it made perfect sense. I really wanted to visit Paris and I wanted to take the Eurostar for a long time, so perfect combination.

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The concert was by The Script and Ella Eyre. It was my second real concert and I probably would have never thought about going to a concert from The Script if a friend of mine wasn´t a fan. The only two songs I knew where Hall of Fame and Superheroes, which I absolutely love, but honestly I didn´t even realize they are from The Script, until she told me. Then she also showed me their new album Freedom Child. From that point on, I listened to their songs everywhere. I think they connect to the world how it is right now and there is a song for almost every feeling on the album. Did you listen to it yet?

The concert was at the O2 Arena and we were super lucky with our tickets. Our seats where the first once after the stage and  I can tell you it wasn´t the worst view. Ella was already singing when we came. She put the whole arena in a good mood while the excitement for the main act grew. The Script started with a spectacular intro in the middle of the arena. The whole show was pretty spectacular I thought, but not because of the special effects or lighting more because of how they interacted with the crowd, with their fans.  They even went into the crowd (like really into the crowd) to play some songs. It was amazing.

They gave me this special feeling of knowing how it is to go thru hard times and that it will be alright. That feeling that you can achieve everything you want to if you work hard enough for it. That feeling that everyone is special in their own way and we are all stars. That feeling of not letting anyone take your freedom. I believe “That” feeling was, what made the show and them as a band special. I am very thankful for that concert and that they always remind me hard times will turn into good times and only make you stronger. If you are feeling down I suggest you go and listen to one of their songs right now. Remember we are all going thru though times and it will get better. Don´t care to much about what others think about your behavior, your outfit, your interests…be yourself, it is alright and in the end you are going to stand in a hall of fame.

I hope you all have a fantastic start of the week, and remember you are special!!

The Beach, Seagulls and a pier full of fun

I recently mad a day trip from London to…can you guess it? Brighton! Ok well it´s been a while now, but I didn’t have the chance to write about it yet. I loved it, it was like a perfect day out.

Brighton is a nice seaside town with a fun pier and loads of activities to do. After being “only “ in London for a few weeks, it felt good to get out of the big city and enjoy the beach. We made our way down on an early Sunday morning, so first thing we did in Brighton, get coffee and DumDum Donuts (they are deeelicious;)) With our donuts we went down to the beach. I love beaches, there is something very calming about them, don´t you think? The first time I came to Brighton I literally fell asleep at the beach, that´s how relaxing it is,hahaha. Unlike most beaches Brighton´s beach isn’t sandy which means you won´t have sand everywhere after a lay-down.

For lunch time you can find loads of cafes and little restaurants in the city. We went to a small burger place which was really affordable.  Besides the beach and the pier Brighton also has cute shops to look around in The Lanes or a shopping center with Primark....Basically everything you need without the hussel& bussel from London´s Oxford Street, plus of course the beach. ( Can you tell the beach is a big point for me?)

Before we headed back to London my friend and I took the time for a sunset walk on the beach and very important to take some pics..

Hope you all have a fab week!!

Can I decide who I am?

Seems like a silly question at first, doesn´t it? After a long talk with a very good friend about life and dreams, this question creeped up on us and honestly I am not sure if I know the answer to it.

I told my friend I want to do what is right for me and what makes me happy and then we started thinking. Probably everyone wants to do what makes him or her happy, but how many people really do that? It is hard. I think in today´s world we often forget what´s the right thing to do for us rather than for someone else. People want to impress, people want to look good when everyone is watching, people are forced to live a fast-paced life… Sometimes it can feel like society wants you to be a certain type of person so you fit in the system. Other people form people and without knowing they partially decide who we are.

I am still not sure if that´s a positive or negative thing, maybe it is both. Our parents and the environment we grew up in provided us with different life expectations and life experiences. They shaped us. It is the same with our workplace, our colleagues, the city we live in. They all shape us and I think that is positive on one side because it helps us to develop. On the other side we should still be able to create and live our own dreams and passions without the fear of being judged. People who honestly don´t ever care what other people think about their behavior, their outfit or whatever it may be, impress me. They decide who they are and don´t follow any given trends.

So can I decide who I am? Yes, but it´s tough to escape the safe mainstream pathways sometimes.

What do you think?

Don´t stress out.

I am that kind of person who thinks to much from time to time and starts worrying about silly little things. When I talked to my friends about it we came up with the conclution that "over-thinking" is a "girls-problem". Now I don´t know if it is only a girls problem or if guys do it too, but I am pretty sure most girls can relate to it. But why, why do we worry so much about little things which are so unimportant if you see the whole? Nothing is ever gonna be perfect that is just life, but if we do the best we can we don´t have to worry about perfect. We shouldn´t aim to be perfect because we are not made to be perfect. We are human.

Since I moved to London I realized I am stressing myself out about little things because I want to make it good like almost perfect. I know that it doesn´t have to be like that, but I want to do a good job . I start thinking to much about what could go wrong and stress out.
So this weekend I went into Kikki.K at some point and saw all those beautiful notebooks and diaries with inspiring quotes. I said to myself, they are right, just do the best you can and it is gonna be alright. It is definitely easier said then done, but it is so true. Sometimes things happen and you can´t change it. Then it is important to get back up again, learn from it and remind yourself, there is no such thing as perfection in everything.

First days in London

It´s been a while since the last post and I arrived days ago already...so here we go..
I decided to open up this new category for my London adventures. Yes, I moved to London and so far I am loving it. Like the days right before a big trip the first days in a new country are busy too. Everything is super exciting, new people, foreign language, different food... the list goes on and on. You know what I mean.

After a 3 hours delay I finally arrived at my "new home" for the next few months. The family I am staying with is super lovely,you feel very welcome. The first days were all about getting to know each other and working out where things are. I am slowly getting the hang of it,but it is just been a little over a week, so I try not to be to hard on myself if things don't exactly  work out the way I want to. It is ok I will learn it like driving on the left side of the road which is bizarre for me coming from the continent.

On the weekend I ,of course, went into London to enjoy the city life, try some of the "different " food and take a stroll down Oxford Street.
Cheers to loads of shopping trips to come!!

I hope you are all having an awesome week so far. Enjoy it.