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My
new
haircut!
Being alone is not bad at all. I have decided to take the time to appreciate the time I have with myself and use it as an opportunity to get to know myself. When you date someone you are getting to know that person. What tends to happen is that the more time you spend with that person the deeper the connection gets and you may even fall in love with that person.
I am one of too many people who need to learn to love themselves as they are. As a follower of Christ I am called to love others as myself. How can I truly love others if I do not love myself?
I am dating myself. I ask myself questions like you would do on a date. ‘What music do you like?’ ‘Do you drink coffee without syrup because you like it better that way or because it’s considered more professional of a coffee barista to drink coffee without syrup?’ ‘Do you want kids?’ ‘What are your biggest dreams?’ ‘What do YOU want to do this weekend?’ The more I get to know myself the more likely I am to realise when codependency is ready to party in order to fit in with everyone else. The less different you are or the more normal you are (depends on which side of the spectrum you are) the more lovable you are (what a lie!).
The more honest I am with myself and others the less likely I am to lose myself and forget who I am truly am.
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Today I had one of the best date with myself I have ever had. I was so happy.
I started out very productive and cleaned my whole apartment. Deep cleaning. It was very much needed. Having a clean apartment makes you feel better and somehow makes the apartment look thousand times better.
Afterwards I treated myself to a coffee on the way to the library. Since I was treating myself on my day off I took syrup in my coffee like I used to do back in the days but realised I just cannot stand the taste of syrup in my coffee. It destroys the coffee taste, in my opinion. Well, there’s one thing I learned about myself. I picked up some newspapers at the café in the ways so that I could do some painting at home later. For a while I have been on the way to turn a Pinterest pin into a real life DIY project. I am so thankful to have a library close to where I live! It’s been a while since I went to the library so I went there today to see if I could find some interesting crime novels to read. I found one by Jussi Adler-Olsen called “Konan í búrinu”. The title directly translated would be “The Woman in the Cage” but I found out that the English title is indeed “The Keeper of Lost Causes”. Don’t worry, I will make a book review on it when I have finished reading it.
Finally, my day ended with my Pinterest project and baking Icelandic meringue cookies with delicious Icelandic milk chocolate and liquorice. Yum! I will also make sure to feature a post with the recipe in English so you can bring a little bit of Iceland to your home baking.
To end this lovely day, of course I will go to bed and journal and read by candlelight.
Will there be a second date with myself? This first date was good enough so, totally!
Bless í bili! (Bye for now!)
xoxo
// New hair for a Special Date Being alone is not bad at all. I have decided to take the time to appreciate the time I have with myself and use it as an opportunity to get to know myself.
