Making inappropriate gestures to the camera. I’m a fucking class act.
Happy new year!
I hope you’re not too hungover. I will try not to use Caps Lock too much. I know how much yelling hurts when you’re in that state.
Me? I had champagne with a bunch of my girlfriends and we watched the fireworks over the Rotterdam sky. I loved it. Like, genuine, big smile on my face while watching the fireworks and hugging my best friend-loved it.
2014?
Was great, actually. Just because the last month was rough, doesn’t mean the entire year was ruined.
My contract was renewed and changed into January, creating a job that combined everything that I loved (except bacon, but we have a great cafeteria downstairs). My job inspires me to an attempt to be my most productive, flexible and peaceful self, even if it needs tons of coffee and the occasional cinnamon swirl.
I went to Paris, to Thailand, to Berlin and to Italy this year. Paris is the prettiest, and it was so nice to spend a whole weekend with Lin, doing whatever and going wherever. As mentioned before, Thailand was smelly but gorgeous. Berlin is this grubby city with great coffee and great techno. Italy was basically me finding good restaurants to eat in for a week, so no complaints there either.
I broke my first bone, and learnt a little bit about patience, painkillers, and the combination of alcohol and painkillers (great idea).
I practiced Bikram on and off this year, but I reconnected to my yoga practice when I went back in there with a broken ankle, in the hope that it would help. It did. I healed fast, and the other mental and physical benefits were enough to keep me going into the studio between 3 and 5 times a week for the last months of the year.
AND I practiced Asthanga in a private class for the first time this year, as I said I would in the 50 Days Until 2015 thing. Humbling experience, as my arms hurt for three days from al the $$%@!* Downward Dogs.
The weird part: in the last month of 2014, I broke up with Will and moved to another place, on my own. Which was not a part of the plan, but things don’t always go the way you thought they would. In fact, sometimes they make a back flip, give you the middle finger and go in a complete opposite direction.
I’m dealing with it to the best of my ability, and to be honest I’m a little surprised by all my successful adulting and reasonable functioning. The best of my ability is actually not awful.
What helps me in terms of outside factors is my support system, offline and online. The (virtual) hugs, encouraging words and kind gestures are un-freaking-believable. I don’t know what I did to deserve all of it, but I love it. And it makes me want to be even better to my off- and online loved ones than I was before.
What REALLY helps too is the fact that I have a place to live. I mean, holy Batmobile. This created so much peace and comfort that was very welcome in that first, very sad week.
Plus, I like to be alone, which is a huge plus now. And if I do want company, I have an array of friends and family who love to see me. People who go out of their way to make time in their busy schedule for me. I love them for that.
And what helps me from within, is that I accept where I am now (most of the time anyway). Sure, I look at it with “dude, what the fuck?”-wonderment, but I accept this situation and I’m moving from there.
2015
A year to figure things out.
A year to focus on my job, my yoga mat, my running shoes, my blog.
A year I intend to use well. With obnoxious jokes on Twitter, triple chin selfies on Instagram, AND SO MANY WEIRD YET ODDLY INTERESTING SELF HELP ARTICLES. Oh, sorry. Got excited.
Ok bye.
(Also, welp, single. I need date outfits that say ‘I spend most of my time on the Internet and I have a lot of opinions about Doctor Who and YET you still want to do dirty, dirty things to me’)
Ik had het al gezegd, maar ik vind het echt knap hoe je met de situatie omgaat en hoe je erin staat. Kudo’s. Met je outfits komt het wel goed, en met de rest ook. Happy 2015!
Je bent bij 2015 nog vergeten dat er weer een taartfest komt!
P.S. You’re awesome.
You had me at “I spend most of my time on the internet” 😉
1600 BYR? xx
And Happy New Year of course 😀
looking forward to all of your great writing! 🙂 happy new year Lianne x
Honestly, nothing compares to the overwhelming feeling of “starting over” on New Years’ Day. It’s my favorite day for that very reason. My resolutions last about 2 days, but those 2 days I feel super productive and basically my most awesomest. I hope your 2015 is amazing!
dat 2015 een nog mooier jaar mag worden! 🙂
xo, cheyenne
Wow! You travel so much .
He babe! Ik reageer niet altijd hier, maar ik lees elk stukkie hoor. Dikke zoen voor jou, alle goeds in 2015!
I’m coming to the comment section late, it’s already January 6. But I can say that so far so good for this year! Oh yeah, I’m loving it. I made a major change in my professional life right at the end of 2014 and I’m hoping to focus more on my blog and writing in general in the coming year. Happy new year to you and good luck to us all in our endeavors.
Late to the party, maar desalniettemin: alle goeds, en alle liefs voor het nieuwe jaar. Je verdient het en je bent te awesome voor woorden.