Showing posts with label Goals. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Goals. Show all posts

Bye, 2014!

Hi guys!

I hope you had a lovely holidays! I spent mine with the whole family in Spain... Pics will follow later ;). I had a look at the photos of 2014 and built some collages to get a better view of what I did.

In January and February I did my vision board, visited Stockholm (where I lost my wallet), had dinners with friends, went to see an opera, went to an organic market often, did lots of sports, Including the 10k challenge - 10.000 kettlebell swings in five weeks! went to Berlin fashion week and moved to a new, lovely apartment with Ben.

In March I visited my cousin in Paris where we got to experience our childhood dream of visiting Disneyland ;). We had a housewarming party, I tried aerial yoga, I cooked and baked a lot in our new, big kitchen and planted the first flowers on the balcony. We did raw chocolate with a couple of friends. 

April was the best month because my older sister and I took our little sister as a surprise to New York! The trip was amazing. The city has completely different energy and phase than any other place I've experienced before. The Lion King musical and rollerblading around the Central Park were the highlights of the trip. If I wasn't 100 % sure before, I was now: I want to move to New York.

In May and June the weather was awesome. I spent time cooking with my friend, Fanny, bought a vegetable spiralizer, went to see World Press Photo exhibition, hiked 20 km and spent lots of time outside in parks, street food markets etc. I also had visitors from Finland :).

In July and August I had awesome long holidays in Finland. I got to spend time with my family, Ben and friends who also had a holiday at the same time. The highlight was our boat trip to a small island where we spent the day swimming, sunbathing, eating and discovering the island. I also visited the legendary Sauna festival with punch of friends. In August the evening started to get darker, but the weather was still warm so we spent lots of time at the balcony. We had a "shrimp" party with some friends.

Because the previous trip to Finland was too good, I had to book another one for autumn. In September and October I baked a lot, went horse riding and spent lots of time outside with my dog, I also started grafting my "vision book" (easier to transport in a book form :D). We also moved again with Ben.

November and December were full of pre-christmas parties, christmas markets and crafting. The highlight was the trip to Spain with the whole family where we shared a villa together.


All in all it was a great year! I even manganed to travel a bit even though I'm trying to save my money for something big ;). I made lots of new friends, tried new things, read more books, and almost stayed vegetarian :D. My biggest goal this year is to eat vegetarian or vegan food and to stay healthy (almost managed that as well last year ;). I have also very exciting plans for this year, but I'll write about them later.

I wish you a happy, exciting and adventurous 2015 everybody!



New year's resolutions

Hi guys!

I, like probably many of you, did a punch of new year's resolutions for this year. Some of them formed after the NYE though... I have of course also some professional goals, but here are my goals for the free time ;).



I also had a look at the goals I set for myself  in September to achieve by the end of the year...time to see how I did...

I'm healthy:
* I eat the best food 
* I buy only organic food - Mostly, but not only..
* I eat mainly vegetarian food - YES
* Back to my porridge and smoothie routines - Porridge yes, smoothies no
* I use the superfoods I have - No I didn't...
* I do yoga and other sports regularly:
* yoga once a week - Yes
* Other sports twice a week (running outside & gym) - Since December..
* I’m a member of a gym - Yes
* I meditate once a week - Ooops, must have forgotten this one
* I go to bed before 12 - I definitely got better in this
* Once a week wake up early in the morning to meditate, do yoga or sports - More than once a week!

  I live in harmony with Ben :)
* I speak German with him daily - MUAHAHAHHAHA
* We follow our cleaning plan like a bible - Not really, me better than Ben :D
* We spare some time in the evenings for golf, movies, eating out, cooking etc. - Yes, but could still do more

I  read the best books
* I read every evening - Not quite, but gotten better
* I use computer only until 22:30 ;) - Oh well, what time is it now... but yeah, gotten better.

 I enjoy life, relax every now and then and do the things I love
* I travel and see new places - Yes, but could have done it more...
* I pamper myself, with some nice food, magazines and stuff - Yes, made "home spa" more than once ;D
* I walk around the city and parks, find new places in Berlin - Mmm, did this maybe once or twice..
* I eat slow, lazy brunches and read in comfy cafes - Hahah, wow how difficult to achieve :D...mission accomplished..
* I write my blog and I'm good at it :) - Ah, had too long breaks, but maybe I have developed a tiny bit
* I take a lot of nice photos & videos with my new camera - To the point of annoying my friends and Ben ;)

Oh, pretty much fifty-fifty...a lot to improve still. I could keep these goals as well and revise them again in the summer :D. What were your New Year's resolutions? Would be nice to hear them!


My goals for the rest of the year

Hi Guys!


I had a flu with a horrible high fever since last Saturday which got me to think of my goals that I set myself for year 2013. It's a thing that I started few years ago, to take the time to clarify what I want and to stay focused in reaching them. So every year or every half a year I write down what I wanna gain that year. It has worked fine for me so far, but this one point I don't really seem to reach even though it has been on my list quite a while now...being a healthy person, FAIL!! I decided to fix my goals for the rest of the year and prioritize them too, it's time to start working on that "healthy person" -issue of mine.



First of all I wanna explain a bit why I'm doing this. You might have heard about some studies stating that people who write down their goals are more likely to reach them. I think it's true. When you think about your goals, they are normally just some kind of idea floating in your mind, but as you write them down, they immediately become more tangible. It also helps you to clarify for yourself what you actually want and encourages you to take action. Seeing your goals in the paper motivates you and when you read the sentences again and again the impression in the mind becomes deeper. Therefore you start to act towards your goals also subconsciously. 


Some tips that I used to write down my goals:

  • Write it in present tense, first person, as if it had already happened to you. If you write it in future tense, it might always just stay in the future unreachable. So instead of writing "I will lose 5 kg", write "I weight 55 kg".
    • Write them down in detail. Instead of "I have a new work", write "I work as a fashion journalist in Japan's Vogue". This gives your subconscious detailed instructions to work on.

      • Give your subconsciousness positive instructions. Don't write about what you want to leave behind but about what you wanna gain. If you're thinking "I don't want to do this job" it only gives you more negative thoughts that don't take you anywhere, whereas if you think "I work as a fashion journalist", it will have more positive impact. Positive thoughts bring positive results ;).
      • A tip that I just recently found and I am about to do just now: Re-write your goals, adjust them, rephrase, add motivational adjectives etc. This way the words will have maximum impact on you ;).



      I copied down my new goals for the rest of the year. Some things I could take away because I had reached them already. There were points about writing an excellent thesis (this is the main reason why I then ignored the "healthy person" part :D), and about putting an effort for my distance relationship (we live together now, so no need for that anymore). There was also some work related points but this time I decided to leave them out since those goals we set at work anyways. 

      As you can see they don't seem huge ones, I'm not going to build a house or anything, but let's remember these are for the rest of the year and the biggest goal of this year I've already reached, that was the thesis thing. Also, being healthy has proven to be more difficult than I thought, haha.



      My Goals For Year 2013

      I'm healthy:
      * I eat the best food
      * I buy only organic food
      * I eat mainly vegetarian food
      * Back to my porridge and smoothie routines
      * I use the superfoods I have
      * I do yoga and other sports regularly:
      * yoga once a week
      * Other sports twice a week (running outside & gym)
      * I’m a member of a gym
      * I meditate once a week
      * I go to bed before 12
      * Once a week wake up early in the morning to meditate, do yoga or sports

      I live in harmony with Ben :)
      * I speak German with him daily
      * We follow our cleaning plan like a bible
      * We spare some time in the evenings for golf, movies, eating out, cooking etc.

      I read the best books
      * I read every evening
      * I use computer only until 22:30 ;)

      I enjoy life, relax every now and then and do the things I love
      * I travel and see new places
      * I pamper myself, with some nice food, magazines and stuff
      * I walk around the city and parks, find new places in Berlin
      * I eat slow, lazy brunches and read in comfy cafes
      * I write my blog and I'm good at it :)
      * I take a lot of nice photos & videos with my new camera


       Now I just need to print that out and put somewhere where I see it every day... and I'm sure the message starts to sink in!





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