Self Inflicted Optimism

My biggest belief is that a person must be able to be the master of their own happiness. I've decided to do more things that make me happy and this little tumblr blog will be one way of letting my happiness out. This blog is a smaller version of my bigger blog (Self Inflicted Optimism) where I share things that make me happy whenever I feel like it. I shall do pretty much the same over here, but just not as extravagant as on my main blog. 

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Saturday, July 16

Today I'm grateful for: 1. Our little cabin in the woods. 2. The sea despite it being so cold. 3. Nature.

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Thursday, July 14th

Today I'm grateful for: 1. Not having Pokemon Go available in my country or else I wouldn't be doing anything else. 2. Having delicious totally drinkable tap water and not having to buy my water from the store. 3. Ice cream

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Saturday, July 2nd

Today I'm grateful for: 1. Being able to bike to work and get exercise done at the same time. 2. Sauna. It's the best after a hard days work. 3. Clean sheets.

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This week’s category in Top Ten Tuesday, (hosted by The Broke and The Bookish), is a freebie. This means I can share a list of whatever I want.

I’ve found some fun and entertaining quotes and other inspirations online lately. Some of them have been very accurate and point on with my views on books and I thought I’d share them with you today.

All of these pictures are from Pintrest and because it’s part of the Internet I’m not too sure who owns what, but I for sure didn’t make any of them myself. All the credit should be given to whoever made it first. :)

I do realize I chose more than ten quotes but I just couldn’t decide which ones to leave out.

Toodles!

EDIT: As you can see there are no pictures here. The pictures I shared didn't exactly work the same way on Tumblr as they did on my original post on Wordpress. If you wish to see the quotes I chose please visit my blog at myblogexactly.wordpress.com. Click THIS LINK to be taken straight to the correct post.

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Sim Sunday #1

I’m gonna start off by saying that I’m definitely not a gamer! The Sims is the only game (phone apps don’t count) I’ve ever enjoyed playing year after year. I started playing it a long time ago and I’ve moved up from The Sims 2 to The Sims 4. I decided to take a plunge and make The Sims part of my blog as well. I like the game because I can do whatever I want in the game and get away with it. I…

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Top Ten Tuesday - To Be Read...

Top Ten Tuesday – To Be Read…

My most frustrating hobby is adding books to my ‘to be read..’-list. It’s extremely frustrating because the pile seems to get higher and higher no matter how much I try to make it smaller by reading. Luckily I’m sure I’m not alone with this problem. At least according to most of the book blogs I read there are others with the same problem. Today in Top Ten Tuesday, (hosted by The Broke and the…

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Top Ten Tuesday - I Meant to read this but...

Top Ten Tuesday – I Meant to read this but…

…Life happened? I don’t know why I don’t read half the books I plan to. Mostly I end up reading something else which is why it’s better that I don’t plan what to read next. Yeah… this weeks topic for the Top Ten Tuesday, (hosted by The Broke and the Bookish), is 2015 Releases I Meant To Get To But Didn’t. But because I don’t really plan what I read and I most certainly have not exactly planned to…

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Top Ten Tuesday - Resolutions

Top Ten Tuesday – Resolutions

As it is still the beginning of a new year I’m going to make a few more new year’s resolutions. This time they’re going to be bookish resolutions inspired by Top Ten Tuesday!  The whole thing is hosted by The Broke and the Bookish. I’ve gathered a list of books I’m planning to read this year. These ten books have been on my to be read list since the dawn of time. Well… not all of them. A couple…

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Movies I watched last year

On Saturday I wrote about how I failed the 50/50 Challenge and couldn’t read 50 books in one year. I did manage to watch over 50 movies though. I’m not sure how many I saw exactly because I failed to list them all, but there’s 61 movies on my list of Movies I’ve seen in 2015 on my IMDB profile. I was thinking of sharing the top five best ones but it turns out that I gave two of the movies a 10…

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123 Things To Do - Check in #1

I'm doing things, but I could be doing so much more.

I’m a crazy planner person! I make a lot of plans on what things I should do and how I should do them. I plan to do so many things and write a list of them and then I usually just don’t do them. But well planned is halfway done, right? The day I found out that I’ve gotten in to the radiographer school I planned to do a list of things I wanted to achieve during my studies. All the things aren’t…

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Books I read last year

Books I read last year

As I mentioned yesterday I didn’t complete the 50/50 Challenge (Read 50 books and watch 50 movies) last year. I’ve been trying to complete it for a few years now without being successful. I will try again this year. I never have any problem to watch all the movies, but I really struggle with the books. Last year I read 30 books and I’m really proud of that number. Lets see if I can add at least…

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Hello 2016!

Resolutions for 2016?

I have a confession to make. I suck at completing my new year’s resolutions! I make one or two every year and I usually I really try to complete them but I just don’t. I know most people just forget about them by February and I shouldn’t even care too much because new year’s resolutions aren’t that big of a deal anyway. Usually the reason I can’t keep up with my resolutions is that they’re way…

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1. Fist: Make a fist around the epi-pen, don’t place your thumb/fingers over either end

2. Flick the blue cap off

3. Fire. Press down into the outer thigh (the big muscle in there), hold for 10 seconds before removing (the orange cap will cover the needle). Bare skin is best but the epi-pen will go through clothing. Avoid pockets and seams. 

- Ring an ambulance even if everything seems to be fine!

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Oh my god. So as someone who has to carry an epipen EVERYWHERE I am so happy to see that there’s an info post about them. Like in the extreme case that I can’t inject myself, somebody else would have to do it, but nobody knows how to do it! Thank you, this may just save my life some day.

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Don’t be wimpy about it, either. I know friends who are like, “but idk if I could stab you with a needle!” Please stab me with the needle, don’t be hesitant about it.

In my case (I can’t speak for all allergies), an epi buys me 20 minutes of breathing to get to the hospital. It is not a magic bullet, it’s a few critical minutes to help get me where I need to go.

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For those who don’t know, people with serious food allergies carry epinephrine which is an adrenaline shot just in case they have anaphylaxis, which is a life threatening allergic attack. This shot is life-saving and must be administered to someone who is having an anaphylactic attack as SOON AS POSSIBLE, because an extra waited minute could mean their life.

It doesn’t hurt much at all to use this needle. The first time I used mine, I didn’t even feel it. But be sure to stab it IN THE OUTER THIGH. Do not stick it anywhere else or you could seriously hurt or kill someone. Just right to the outside of the thigh and then call the ambulance - even if your friend starts doing better, they could have a biphasic reaction, meaning a reaction that comes back (or they may need a second dose, be on the look out). If your friend has an epipen, then they have an epipen trainer that doesn’t have a needle and you can try it out just to be sure you know how to use the real thing if you have to. I’d also advise holding it a few more seconds then 10, maybe go for 14 just to be sure all the medicine is administered and that you didn’t count too fast - that’s what I did.

Here’s a graphic of where to stick it:

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THANK YOU FOR THE GRAPHIC I was about to ask because my mom carries one around and so do some of my friends and I wanted to make sure I would do it right if I ever needed to!

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My classmate carries one around all the time, so I thought it wouldn't hurt if I left this handy guide on how to use an EPI pen here on my tumblr blog.

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Top Ten Tuesday - Awful books

I gave these #books a chance once. Now I regret it!

Is it another Tuesday already? Time to list some more books for Top Ten Tuesday! This week’s list is of Ten Bookish Things I Want to Quit Or Have Quit. The whole thing is again hosted by The Broke and the Bookish. I decided to make a list of books I just could not finish or I wish I had finished. Just make sure we’re on the same page here, it’s totally fine if you like any of these books. I gave…

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Be positive

I have a gift, I can make you smile Let me show you, just join me for a while Optimism is like a summer breeze Valuable, such as valyrian Steele Each of my friends are daily amazed Giving them a gift of negativity erased All things may not go your way Might feel like Sansa on a really bad day Elaborate your feelings and tell them to me Of course I'll listen, you're my friend in need Free your mind, let the confidence in Take your strength and let yourself win Have some fun, be like a marshmallow Ride the coco wave just don't get yourself swallowed Often you feel like life can't get better No! You're wrong! Try writing a fun letter Every now and then when feelings get too serious Smile I must, life is much too tedious

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Me? A poet?

I'm trying my hand in poetry.

I’ve registered myself for a blogging university course ‘writing 201: Poetry‘. I’m not really a poet. I write a poem or two every now and then for birthday wedding or other greeting cards, but they’re never too serious. I write them to make my friends and family laugh and giggle and definitely not take me seriously. I also usually always write my poems in Finnish. (more…)

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A haiku

I have not been blogging / haven't been searching for screens / been basking on books