Bookmarks dump pt. 3 – Final

Blogs, articles and a few thoughts

I used to read (and write) a lot of self-help literature back in the day, here are some of the gems I encountered. I probably wanted to write about these topics myself, but I guess others have done a good enough job out of it, so I won’t waste my time.

1. What is it that you want to do with your wild and precious life?
2. Stephen King on writing
3. Elena Levon – don’t remember why I have this bookmarked, but this lady is amazing – passionate, fiery and ecstatic.
4. How to get everything you want in life
5. Everybody deserves a broken heart – a lesson in courage
6. 1000 awesome things – a project to enjoy life
7. A great article on how to up your game
8. Not Salmon – an inspiring and sarcastic self-help blog
9. It’s not rocket science – a post about achieving your dreams
10. 7 questions to ask yourself when you need some clarity
11. 7 reasons why I don’t do free work
12. Eat & Relish – I only remember this post and the pictures are great
13. 10 ways to make your wedding fun (I’m not too fond of weddings, but I guess I’ll use this if I ever decide to have one)
14. 10 wedding vows you won’t hear (what’s up with the wedding theme?)
15. The origin of some idioms
16. A non-romantic soulmate, a?

And some thoughts on a few other links I found.

On slowing down : I agree – multitasking is a lie. Take your time, put yourself into your work and great things will sprout.

On crying : I had a few very, very lousy years as a teenager and these were the years I did not cry. 5 long and tearless years. This was the article that unleashed it all for me and made me accept that I am not a logical machine. I am a sensitive human being. I get shy, embarrassed, hurt, scared and I cry on movies. I even cried at the end of Maleficent, because I was overwhelmed by the fact that I am watching it with my partner and listening to Lana Del Rey’s voice. Yes, crying is good for you – it makes you human.

On abundance : Give what you need and you will have it.

On loving everything all at once: Barbara Sher calls people like me “Scanners” – always searching and going to the next cool thing. Her antidote to the shame we feel about not sticking to only one passion is “Do everything and don’t finish any of it”. Best advice in my life.

On becoming a millionaire – sadly the link was broken : The main idea was to imagine that you already have a million bucks and now you have to keep it – how would you dress, act and make decisions? How would you feel differently? It was such a well-written article.

What you do every day matters more than what you do once in a while.

Count your blessings (3 or 5) before you sleep – this is how you signal your brain that being happy is important.

Try to show your TRUE self in front more people in your life and not just your best friends.

Useful links:

1. Wunderlist – a productivity tool to manage your tasks
2. Focus Booster – helping you manage your focus by timing
3. Squarespace – website templates
4. Collabfinder – find people to work with for your passion projects

Fashion and art:

1. Wendy‘s lookbook
2. Josefine Johnson
3. How to corset properly
4. Mensweardog
5. Stanley Kubrick’s beautiful photos
6. Enchanted dolls
7. Cute posters
8. A print I want
9. Jen Zee’s art

Random bookmarks:

1. Dreamy photography
2. Free parking – sweet video about love and kindness
3. DrifterRoller – a short clip about clashing the two sports
4. 12 things my little brother said
5. 7 websites to check out
6. Idiotic barbie shots – totally sarcastic
7. And a Barbie video
8. A funny list of small life hacks
9. Bulgarian communist monuments

Bookmarks dump pt.2 – Photography

Bookmarks about photography. Prepare an hour or two to marvel at these images. Most are connected to travel in some way since I love soaking in a new scenery, especially if it’s far away from where I currently live.

I tried to put my favourites on top (and sort them in some kind of groups).

Swimming in a cenote (Mexico)

1. Stunning series – ink in water ❤
2. Abu Dhabi – The Grand Mosque
3. Page Arizona – so relaxing…
4. Secret canyon
5. The Emerald Isle
6. Little owls – I love owls so much
7. And (retro) cars – I love them almost as much
8. Cuba – how I long for your simple Spanish charm
9. Pisac ruins
10. Yosemite bike ride – so spacey :}
11. Portugal
12. Amalfi coast
13. Going Coastal
14. The great ocean road
15. When you travel alone in Iceland
16. Thai Times
17. Fortress Busan
18. Buenos Aires
19. Top 10 things to see in Zambia
20. Peaceful state of mind
21. Super moon
22. Heda
23. 3 days of wow
24. Why I run
25. Looking up
26. Path of least resistance
27. Planning a rim to rim hike
28. Half dome conquered
29. Moroccan Bazaar
30. Colour me deco
31. Paraglading Oludeniz – soon my boyfriend and I are going paragliding as well, yay!!!
32. Crystal Mountain
33. Ha Ling peak
34. Sapa mountain ride
35. Cows and country
36. Dog and Owyhee river
37. Norfolk tulip fields
38. Dutch flower fields
39. And it was all yellow
40. For the love of flora
41. Of petals and pollens
42. …And more flowers
43. Cherry festival
44. Cherry festival in Taiwan
45. Spring is here!
46. Woah, more flowers, why?

Projects:

1. Toffee art installation – how cool is that?
2. Shadow balls
3. Shining statue

Fashion:

1. Marie Claire – Italia October 2009 (not work & children safe)
2. Let there be light
3. Ghost riders
4. Doll session – Karen Elson by Nick Knight for Vogue UK October 2008
5. Freaky lil’ mama – Vogue Korea 2009
6. Yelena Yemchuk – Vogue Nippon / Jan 2008 She Loves the Wet and Wild Model: Natasha Vojnovic Fashion Editor: Anastasia Barbieri
7. High … fashion?

 

 

Crazy Bookmarks?

Today I decided I will do a major computer cleanse. I sorted out the huge folder of pictures into folders and archives, cleaned a huge pile of random files and now I came to the bookmarks.

I don’t know if anyone else does that, but I constantly bookmark and download things that I, sadly,  never return to.

I don’t understand why I keep thinking that I will have more time “someday” to actually sit and enjoy the gem I found if I can’t do it now. Or that I will have the energy and creative resources to use this information in some way.

So, what am I supposed to do with a huge list of links I may never even need or have the time to read?

Worst of all when I know there is an upcoming Windows update doom upon my shoulders…

Just dump them on you in hopes that they will turn out entertaining to someone.

1. Endless roads – a beautiful film about girls longboarding
2. Setouchi photography
3. Street Art Utopia, including one image from my hometown – 
4. A blog-project to do one kind thing everyday – I bookmarked because I thought that maybe I will do something like that as well, but I guess not – Allspunout365
5. An interesting article about how our hearts actually influence the world around us and are key to a happy and healthy life. The site offers other good articles as well – The Coherent Heart. I used to read it a long time ago, so no guarantees.
6. Elizabeth Gilbert’s TED talk on genius.
7. Shawn Achor TED talk – the happy secret to better work
8. J. K. Rowling‘s commencement speech.
9. A classic library. Online. Free. Just go.
10. And another one. More specifically I was trying to read Anna Karenina. Never got to that part, at least I watched the last movie.
11.  More classics.
12. A girl’s look on keeping the perfect wardrobe and giving the answer on “I don’t have anything to wear” issue.
13. Audrey Kawasaki‘s art. Dreamy, elegant, sexual.
14. Funny and short life lessons from reading 200 books.
15. Why life should be more like baseball?
16. Old trains photography

 

Nest HQ

This is going to be a really specific post, really…

I recently found this site called Nest HQ – it’s a site about different (and a bit underground) music which I thought is just a great hub spot for awesomeness.

They have short articles explaining about a label, artist or an album and I thought it was very engaging to read something short while listening to a new favourite song.

Hope you find something that suits your taste, too!

Thousand kisses!

Music pause: Nina Simone – Feeling Good

I have been in a philosophical mood lately, so maybe soon when I have the time, I will let you know what has been spinning in the empty space between my ears.

Until then I just want to immerse you in the mood with this remarkable piece that makes it all a bit more bearable:

I may even do this a repeating type of post as in my universe a song says so much more than my incoherent ramblings.

Cheers!

5 Crucial Steps to Follow Your Passion

Here is my second article for CareerMeh.com, I hope you enjoy it!

5 Crucial Steps to Follow You Passion

This is something I am really excited about, as it took me quite a long time to discover mine and I am glad that I can transfer this to someone else.

Feel free to share, like, comment as I have poured my heart into this baby!

What You Absolutely Need to Know About “Finding Your Passion”

Here is an article (part 1) that I wrote for CareerMeh.com that I am really proud of. It’s a new website that gives career advice from Millennials for Millennials.

What you absolutely need to know about “Finding your passion”

I would appreciate it if you like, share and comment on it as I spent a great deal of time condensing all I know in just a few paragraphs.

Creativity Is Elusive

Creativity is an infinite resource. This is what I believe.

People are not.

Yes, we are vastly intelligent, yes, we can do a lot even in one single day of our short lifespan. Yes, we can be creative for most of that time and yet, if you look at a human being as being a vessel for the Muses’ power – we are just a tiny, tiny bowl.

Also, imagine this: every time you are stressed during the day is like a pebble you put in your bowl, sometimes you can feel this happening and you hear the tiny ripples it makes inside. Most of the time you don’t, but the pebble is there – it’s evident once you try to squeeze some creative juices out into a project.

The more stressful your days are, the more pebbles you accumulate along the way and probably the less time you have to clear them out by actually creating. This is my take on a writer’s block and the hardest thing for me to accept is that it is not under my control.

There are relaxation techniques or other ways of hustling through these moods, but sometimes it just flows out of a path that you have not foreseen. I have been trying to write an article for a blog I read for over a month (at least in the little spare time I have), but here I am writing my second post for my own blog this week… and drawing more than 3 paintings… and teaching myself how to code.

And, as far as I have any reliable knowledge about the creative process, I believe that soon after I clear the pebbles from my bowl by other means, the article’s turn will come.

Constantly On The Move Or A Story About Wearing Too Many Hats

I really wanted to write this blog at least on a weekly basis, and although I don’t want to make excuses – I realize once again that life doesn’t always go our way.

My job became a lot more burdensome and stressful and sometimes when I get home I just stare in the blank space and then go to sleep. I really want to say how well everything in my life is going but the truth is far from that.

I have been wearing too many hats, trying to force myself in many different directions, making too many life-changing decisions and taking on too many responsibilities.

As I want to make this blog about my different interests and make it light, I will try to give you a quick update on things that have been going okay.

First, I am still drawing. Also, I found a few awesome groups on Facebook – one that gives daily topics and one that has weekly session with some U-Mazing digital artists. Just watching these blows my brains out. So, here’s a pony I drew:

Second, I managed to save quite a huge amount of my previously owned Eric Van Lustbader books filled with sizzle, because I gave them to a friend of mine who owns a bookstore, and I even managed to finish the one called “Sirens”. Mmmm, yum! Definitely recommend!

Third, my boyfriend and I are going to move in together soon(ish) and we are currently renovating the apartment, so I have been day-dreaming and devouring design magazines in order to find the best style for us both, given our very different tastes.

Fourth, I am still trying to maintain some shape different than sphere, so I have been going to my martial arts training as often as possible and I even went to a swing dance lesson.

Sadly, I haven’t had much time to devote to my favourite game – Guild Wars 2 and probably I missed the grand era finale. Having a full-time job is not the best decision for a mover and shaker like me!

Well, if you just skipped the wall of text, here are a few interesting links you might enjoy:

1. Be reminded that we live in a miraculous world :}

2. Love sprouts in the most uncommon places – a monkey taking care of a kitty will warm your heart, I promise

3. Etam Cru’s magnificent grafitti

4. Romain Laurent’s awesome gifs that make me chuckle

5. I don’t usually read articles like that, but I can mostly agree with this one – 10 types of people to avoid in your life

6. A genius who played around with London underground signs ;}

7. A truly creative way to fulfill people’s wishes ^^

Videos:

1. Learn Italian gestures with hot males, ah, the pheromones ❤

2. A great new technique that merges hand-drawn illustrations with animation -I present you the Disney short “Paperman” 

Sad, but the feels:

Elderly couple who take a photo each coming season

And a short quiz I enjoyed a lot: What fictional city do you belong to?

Well. hope you had fun! Keep going for your dreams, because the world needs what you have to offer!

Sex is awesome!

Sticky, sweaty, sultry, summerly and snaky… sex is shaky. Sex makes the world go round. Sex makes you feel alive. Sex could be a strong driving force. Sex sells. Sex motivates.

Sex is natural, powerful, so so human, but immensely divine.

Sex is supposed to be the best way to express yourself. What you stand for, what drives you crazy and who you love. There is nothing more intimate than stating that you are attracted to someone. This is the easiest thing to desire when someone has captured your heart. You want to shout it out from every rooftop and send fireworks in the sky that write your lover’s name.

I am totally a physical being and I need constant physical contact to understand that I am valued, heard and respected. For me, touch is the only sensible way to give love. It is who I am and is a natural continuation of my body.

Yet, for some many people, this is impossible. Because they are gay.

I can’t even imagine the pain that a person who is robbed of such a natural right to show who they truly are might feel like. And I am disgusted that there are people who would beat up, abuse, try to “straighten” out and make gay “normal”.

Love is for all. Let’s bring this change in our generation, let’s teach our children that every person deserves the simple right to love and be loved in return.

Some interesting links:

How would you feel if you were straight in a gay world?

Stunning photography of gay couples

And if I were persuasive enough would you sign this petition to support gay people in Uganda who are fighting for basic human freedom?