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Goals for 2018

First day of the new year and I must say that it has started quite well. I started the year by going to bed content with a very relaxed and enjoyable night. This morning I slept in a bit as I had decided to start the year on a slow note. I got to devote quite some time to read some blog posts. I must say that I am glad that my goals this year does not include to spend less time just relaxing with a cup of coffee and discovering new posts and bloggers.


I write this post knowing very well that everything is always changing and that what I have decided my goals are for the year at this stage might change. But I will still post this for two very selfish reasons. Firstly I think it might be easier to work against them if I’m not the only one to know about them. And secondly I want to have them up here so I can review them when I want during the year and at the end of the year to see how the year turned out compared to what I wanted it to be.

My goals:

1. I want to sell my apartment and by a new one

I started this process at the end of last year and I really want something to happen on this front hopefully soon. I am not a very patient person when it comes to things like this and I find the whole process quite stressful. I have already found a place I want to buy, but I need to sell before I can buy. The new place will not be on the marked forever so I really hope something will happen soon.

2. I want to move more and eat a bit healthier.

I know that this is a very common goal for a new year, but this year for me I can feel that it is very necessary. As I spent most of the end of last year being sick my body has been trying to tell me that, as soon as I feel better I should resume my walking and eat less junk and more vegetables. I don’t have a goal to loose x kilos or to stop eating everything nice, but a small change is really needed.

3. I want to learn not to bring stress from work home.

I don’t really have a very good plan for this, but I have been researching some methods for this that seems to work for others. I love my job and I get to do a lot of things I want to do and I always get the opportunity to develop. But there are no signs that 2018 will be any less busy than the previous year, so I need to work on my work life balance in the new year.

4. I want to be better at reaching out to friends and family.

I am not the best person to contact my friends and ask them to get up to something. I find that I am more often the one being asked than the one to ask. That is not because I don’t want to hang out with them. But this year I hope to start turning that around. This will also mean that I hope that I will be better at socializing in the new year.

3. Post more 

I want to put up more posts on my blog this year than I did last year. I will not make a goal to post every day, because I don’t have that much to blog about and because I know that I would fail on this very fast. This for me is more about setting goals that I can actually reach. I really enjoy being in the blogging world and when I post it makes me feel good. And we should always strive to do more things that makes us happy.

4. Do one nice things for others at least once a week.

This will include random acts of kindness towards strangers and doing nice things for friends and family. I’m not going to limit it to once a week, I always try to help others, but I will use this goal as a reminder that doing something good for others is also good for yourself. I think doing nice things for others could make you a happier person.

So what about you, what are your goals for the next year?

 

 

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2017 on the thoughts and life of me

2016 was not a very good year on my blog, mostly because there was so much going on at one point that I had to take a quite long break. 2017 has not been less busy, and I have struggled with posting as much as I would have liked. That being said this year has been marginally better in the stats. The things I miss when I am too busy is getting to read all your wonderful posts, an interacting with the wonderful people I have gotten to know in the blogosphere.  As ever I hope that the next year will provide me with more of all the things I love about blogging.

I want to thank everyone that has visited my blog and taken the time to read, like, comment and share my posts. You are what makes blogging enjoyable. I want you all to know that I greatly appreciate all of you.

My most popular blog posts in 2017 was:

  1. Vilnius part 2: Food
  2. October
  3. Glad Mat Festival
  4. A Me Day
  5. Galway in Winter
  6. Easter in Ireland 2017: Walking in Dublin
  7. Saturday Chill
  8. Almost Christmas
  9. Update
  10. Wedding in Sauda

My blogging goals for next year is that I will manage to be more active in taking part in the blogging community and that I get to share some nice posts with you, that some of you hopefully will enjoy. I hope I get to visit your blogs and read the great contributions that you provide for me to read.

I wish you all a good blogging year in 2018!

 

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Update 

Hi all,

I am in fact still alive and kicking. But I have been very busy and a bit stressed lately. In addition to being a very busy time of year in general I have been traveling a bit both with work and privately. Hopefully I will have some time to update you more on this soon.

As if things was not busy enough now, I decided that I wanted to buy a bigger place and I have put my beloved little appartment up for sale. Had I fully realize how much work this would be I’m not sure I would have done it.  For those who want to see where I live here is a link to the add.

https://www.finn.no/realestate/homes/ad.html?finnkode=108297027
Hope all that all of you are doing well.

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My weekend

Last week I wasn’t feeling too well and had to stay in bed for a couple of days with a fever. So this weekend I did not have much planned a part from relaxing and sleeping. But then came Friday and a friend of mine was going in to town and asked if we could meet up for a curry and a beer. She had a ferry to reach at ten o’clock so I thought I might as well be a little social this weekend even if I was not up for a big party. We had a nice evening but by the time I came home I was very tired and went straight to bed.

On Saturday I actually managed to sleep in a bit and I did some much needed tidying up in the apartment and ran some errands. In the evening another friend asked if I wanted to come to the movies with her and after the film we went out for a couple of drinks at a friends cocktail bar. The movie was good and the company and drinks was excellent. But once again I managed to be sensible and get home quite early so I didn’t ruin the next day.


Sunday was very Sunday-like. I stayed in read some blog posts, participated in #Sundayblogshare. I continued cleaning my apartment and have finally begun some much needed de-cluttering work. Today, Monday I woke up at 03.30, so I imagine this day will end earlier than planned, but I hope I will be a good girl and continue the work I started over the weekend this week.

Hope you all had a weekend as good as mine.

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August

Today is the first day of a new month. August is the last of the summer months. This month will bring a lot of different things both at work and private. One of the things I will be doing is going to a friends wedding and visiting a new country. And I am really looking forward to it. I had some vacation in June and I am ready to have a few more days in August. 

A new months feels like a clean sheet of paper just waiting for me to fill it in. And hopefully this months writing will be very good.

Last months went by very quickly and it feels like this summer is trying to run as fast as it can and that it will be over almost as soon as it begin. Luckily I have a busy, but exiting fall ahead. And I feel ready to grasp the opurtunities that come my way.

So what do you want to fill your blank August page with?

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2016 a blog review

2016 ended with a good party with lovely friends and 2017 started with the same. 2016 ended with a lot of rain, but today the sun is out to make sure all those that has decided to get a fresh start with the new year can get off to a good start.I for one am going out for a little walk later on today to get some fresh air.

goodbye-2016

My most read posts in 2016 was:

  1. Hafrsfjord
  2. A Winter Walk
  3. Easter in Ireland 2016 Part 3: Dublin’s Fair City
  4. Frozen
  5. Bergen, Ulriken
  6. Hafrsfjord 2
  7. Pokemon Go
  8. Cinque Terre
  9. Sunshine Days
  10. Easter in Ireland 2016 Part 6: St. Stephen’s Green

And the post that received the most comments was:

Happy birthday to me

I want to thank all of you that has visited this blog and a special thanks to all of you who contributed with comments and the like. Blogging would not have been worthwhile if it hadn’t been for you. I mostly appreciate each and every one of you. So thank you so much for 2016, may 2017 be an even better year in blogging.

What was the most popular post on your blog in 2016?

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Playing catch-up! Share with me.

Being back in the blogging world made me realise just how much I enjoy it. Even after such a long break I have been welcomed back with open arms by good friends. That is just such a wonderful feeling. I didn’t realise how much I missed all of you until I came back. Well, better late than never.

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Photo taken earlier this year. I find it quite peaceful.

So I have started to update myself on what has been happening on your blogs since I’ve been away. I am sure that I will miss quite a lot of great posts, but a lot of them I’ll get to read and enjoy. I woke up quite early this morning, made a cup of coffee, crawled back in bed and started reading blog posts.I most say it’s been a very enjoyable morning so far!

If you have any good posts I might have missed in my absence, feel free to post the link in the comment section. I’m going to treat myself to spending quite some time in the wonderful world of blogging this weekend.