Category: Lifestyle
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Instagram #8
It’s been a while since I last showed you a summary of some of my Instagram pictures. And this time, I’ve decided to give you a bigger impression of my daily life. I simply took more pictures during the latter few months of 2014 than ever before, so I also have more to show you.…
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Tips for a good night’s sleep
Am I the only person who has trouble sleeping sometimes? Probably not. I go through phases where I think and worry too much at night. Sometimes so much so, that I can’t sleep anymore. Since I have a busy job, with a long commute, as well as a busy personal life in which I also…
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214 of 2014
The last day of the year and so it’s time to reflect. Reflect on the year that was. That for me, was a year filled with many ups and many downs. But like they say: every cloud has a silver lining. So I worked through my very crappy first half of the year and found…
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Video: Christmas decorations
In today’s video I’m showing you how I’ve decorated my tiny living space for Christmas. It’s the first time I’ve pulled out all the stops and I thought: why not film it! I apologize for the shakiness of this video at certain points, but I decided halfway through making this video that I wanted to…
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Watch me grow up…
It’s time to get personal again. This time I’m not showing you any recent pictures. No, we’re going back in time. When I was browsing my hard drive last year, to find pictures for the Little Fashionable Me tag (click here), I also came across tons of pictures from my late teens and early twenties.…
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Instagram #7
My picture taking streak did not dwindle down this month. I think I may have started to become a little bit addicted to Instagram these days and I try to have a new picture up every day. And so far that’s been working. My next Instagram overview will therefore contain tons of pictures as these…
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Homewear wishlist
As the days are getting colder and I’m spending more time indoors, I have really been into homewear lately. In case you didn’t know I started revamping my living space last year and by now I really want to finish things up. I’ve been eyeballing plenty of items: from furniture to decorations (yes, even the…
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Instagram #6
Time to show you my life in pictures again. I’ve been taking quite a few pictures lately and so I gathered enough pictures for a new blog post a lot quicker than usual. Without further ado, I’m sharing a glimpse into my life of the past month. If you like the update asap, then please…
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The art of being alone
I’ve been meaning to do a post on this topic for quite some time, but I never felt like I got quite the right angle. I wrote about it some years ago when I first started my blog, but I haven’t addressed it since. The reason why I feel the need to write this blog…
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Getting back in shape
It’s been a while since I last updated you on my work out routine, but to be honest, there wasn’t anything to update you about. For the past year my work outs dropped to an all time minimum. For a few months I worked out hardly at all, apart from dance class, and then last…
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Personal update #7
It’s been a while since I last updated you on my life. I haven’t written anything since July! I was simply so busy getting back to work and getting my life back on track that I didn’t have much inspiration for a personal update post. I also had quite a few things that I was…
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Instagram #5
It’s time for another personal post again. And today I will be giving you a peek into my life by showing you a few pictures from my Instagram from the past 3 months or so. I’m not a very fervant photo taker and especially now that I’ve gone back to work I have little time…
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Old fashioned profanities
The English language is a funny thing. It has been around for centuries and since language is an ever changing thing, adapting itself to the custom of the times, the English spoken today is not the same as it was 50, 100 or 200 years ago. Pronunication may change, words are added to the vocabulary,…
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Happy moments #3
Staying positive isn’t always an easy thing. Trust me, I’ve had my share of negativity in the past and especially in the past year. But the best thing you can do, no matter how dark things can get, is to try and find happiness and positivity in the small things in life. Small things that…
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Being a teacher 2.0
The start of a new school year and the start of a new job: that’s all been happening for me this past week. By this time I’ve been teaching for over 8 years and those 8 years have been a rocky ride. Especially the past year was tough and at times I doubted whether being…
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Why dance is important to me
One thing I’m still working on in my journey to making a full recovery from my burn out earlier this year, is my fitness level. Being burned out leaves you incapacitated most of the time and thus regular workouts aren’t something you’re willing to waste your energy on. However, no matter how bad I felt…
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Plastic Free Tuesday
Do you know what day is today? It’s Plastic Free Tuesday! When my college friend Annemieke asked me to participate in a worldwide movement to create awareness for the amount of plastic in the world and hopefully minimize the impact of plastic to our environment, I didn’t hesitate and said yes. The challenge? Do not…
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Summer time tag
A little while ago, Dutch beautyblogger Serena from Beautylab.nl made up this Summer Time tag. I thought it would be fun to fill out. I translated the questions to English for the purpose of this blog. Feel free to fill it out as well if you want. Enjoy your Sunday! 1.) Tell us something about…
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My phone cases
My smartphone isn’t the latest, snazzy, flashy model. I still have my trusty (and by now ancient) Samsung Galaxy S II. I’ve had this phone for 3 years now and I have no intention of getting a new one yet. It still works perfectly fine and looks in mint condition. The reason? Because I’m quite…
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Personal Update #6
It’s July, which means there should be a seventh update by now, but since there were a few things pending and my trip started right when I would have written a 6th personal update, I decided to postpone my monthly personal update. By now, I’ve come back from my Interrail vacation, have had my dance…
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Instagram pictures #4
It’s been a month since I last gave you a little peak into my personal life, so I thought it would be time to do that again. These pictures roughly span the months of May and June. I went to Frankfurt, watched the World Cup, listened to records, and had lots of yummy food. If…
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Happy birthday to… ME!
Today just a short and quick note as today is my birthday! YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY! I was born on 6 July 1984, which makes me a whooping 30 years old. Yikes, I’m getting old! Or like a good friend of mine decided to put it when she turned 30: I’m 29.95 including shipping & handling. Luckily for…
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Happy Moments #2
The past few months haven’t been the favorite ones of my life, but by now I can say that I have found my happy spot again. I am still feeling a little bit better every day. I know the bad is defitely behind me and the only way from here is up. All I’m doing…
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Difficult words to throw into casual conversations
Today I have another language related post. When you’re learning to speak English as a second language, the most difficult thing to do, is to play around with the language. Where in your native tongue you have the ability to use and even come up with a plethora of words, in a foreign language getting…
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Instagram pictures #3
Whoops it’s been a while since I did one of these, so some of these pictures go quite a while back. But I’m sure you don’t mind. Anywho, I have another look at my life in 15 Instagram pictures. If you like to see more (and be more up-to-date hah!), you can follow my instagram…
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Personal update #5
May has been an amazing month for me. It got off on a rough start, but now, by the end of it, I have so much to look forward to in the next couple of weeks/ months and so much to look back on that I’m feeling very positive and super motivated. Yes, I’m not…
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Life in 20 questions tag
Tag time! I haven’t done a tag in a while, so time to get down and answer some personal questions again. Source: weheartit.com 1.) Favorite color Red. And I love wearing it. 2.) Favorite number Eeeehhh… Don’t have one really. 3.) Dream career What I’m doing for a living: being a teacher. I’d wanted to…
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Happy Moments #1
Happy Sunday everyone! There are plenty of things that make me happy and I thought it would be fun to start sharing these with you. My first 10 happy moments from the past few months are: Concerts, Because live music is the best Unexpected gifts from friends & family, Because they lift my spirits Nailing…
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Favorite words ?!
My blog description reads: “I am an English teacher trainer with a passion for beauty, fashion, dance, music, reading, languages…” Languages, you may wonder? Apart from the fact that I am an English teacher, language and linguistic oddities have always been a passion of mine, but as of late I have not been writing much…
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Personal update #4
April was the month of highs and lows. I had tons of fun meeting up with friends and family and I went to another concert. However, I was also informed that my contract will not be renewed and that caused some stress right when I thought life was getting better. With that being said though:…