We’re starting a little early with December things. Some find it very unpleasant having December pushed into earlier months, myself included. I mean, let the autumn be. But better to be prepared early than late, so we’re making an exception this year. A useful tip can’t be one too many, even if a bit early. …
Category: Lifestyle
Sustainable fashion series – 2. how to take care of clothes to prolong their usefulness
2. Don’t wash too often. On the micro level, the clothes remain as dirty as before. With normal use, where there are no stains, but we would only wash for the feeling of cleanliness, don’t. By washing too often we only do harm to the clothes and to water. Do this instead: 3. Be very …
Sustainable fashion series – 1. how to start
There are more clothes in existence now, than we need, to decently dress all the people in the world for their lifetimes. Therefore, it makes sense to reduce production, improve quality and extend the life of clothes, shoes and accessories through repairs, recycling and exchanges. Have you ever wondered how much energy goes into the …
The powerful speech in the film Barbie
An eye opening speech. Thank you, Greta Gerwig and also America for delivering it so perfectly. If you haven’t seen the film, but intend to, I advise you not to read this. It’s not a spoiler, but it’s best to experience these words as you’re watching the film. However, if you don’t intend to watch …
True friendships survive. No matter what
A story about a friendship. It got through a lot and came out stronger. There’s even a Gossip girl moment in there. The story begins with two girls at 7 years of age, they become a part of the same class in primary school that will stay together for the next 8 years. At first …
Pole dancing – all the benefits
This sport can, in terms of difficulty, be compared to gymnastics, ballet and martial arts. It is demanding, thus it has high returns. First, you have to be strong and fit to begin with. If you lack some strength, you have to be very persistent. With regular hard work you can gain the strength you …
Winter days we dream about
When one enjoys the warm, colourful autumn, but is also looking forward to winter, enjoying the fun December, can still become rather anxious when cold and snow just don’t appear. This December has in our area been similar to last year’s, warm (10 °C daily on average), even rainy. One then very hardly waits for …
Quality over quantity – always, with some help from Aesop’s fables
As the year begins, here’s an Aesop’s fable to remind us that quality always beats quantity: A fox belittled a lioness because she never bore more than one cub. “Yes, only one”, she replied, “but a lion.” Biological fact: lionesses usually have between one and six cubs at a time. Most often they give birth …
Fairy symbols
Have you ever heard of these? They are also known as attraction symbols as they are meant to attract the prosperity which they are named after. There is over 200 of them, each symbolising a good prospect of life, each with a different name and shape. Attraction symbols are somewhat keys to energy, values, abilities, skills, …
Dear human, good planets are hard to find
This is not about the second quote we hear too often (which, unfortunately, we must): “There is no planet B.” It’s just thinking about the little things we can do make this life so much better. By life I mean everything in existence. It takes as little as: Be respectful, mindful, aware, friendly, kind, open-minded, …