Hello everyone. How are you? I am sitting here thinking about my life and how I am living it, and I feel blessed when I think about it.

So as the headline suggest this post will be about living. How we can live a better life even in hard times, like the time we are in now with covid-19 and all that.

As you guys hopefully know is that I am an student, I study history and I love it. I am thinking about taking a master in history after I am done with the bachelor-degree. What some of you might not know is that I have around 1 hour trainride to get from my home to the university, and as the situation is the way it is in the world, and that Kim Ove (my boyfriend for those of you who don’t know that) is in the risk group I have decided that I should stay home and do the study’s here at home instead of traveling with public transport. I have been to the university twice since this semester started and I do miss being there on a regulary basis, but for now Kim Ove’s health is more important.

Since I have been home I have had times where I was bored, I stopped showing up for myself thinking as so many of do and especially know during covid-19 is that noone is going to see me so what’s the point. I was really good at showing up for myself during the summer, aaaand that didn’t last when people started work and school again. This is not living my best life, and as most of us I was thinking that I would start living my best life and showing up for myself when this pandemic is over and everything is back to normal again. To be honest I think that we will get a new normal after this.

And here is the truth(!!!) YOU are the one who matters! YOU should be SHOWING UP and LIVING YOUR BEST LIFE for YOU and not for others! I realised this with the help from Tonya Leigh’s prodcast french kiss life and her website with the same name. And now I make the bed every day, I may not use makeup everyday but I do feel that I show myself from my best side most of the time, even when I do walk around in my peter pan pant that I myself have sewen (bragging proudly), I do walk alot in it since I like to go for a walk/jog and some days it’s when I wake up, other days it’s after dinner, and some days it’s in the evening. And right before bed I do some yoga. The house is almost tidy everyday, I light candles after it gets dark, I read, I watch tv-shows and movies both alone and with Kim Ove. I do study also, and some days it takes all day to get ahead with all.

Some days we are visitng friends and it feels so good to see other people and talk to others face to face. And since we don’t have any cases of covid-19 here in my town which makes it easier to see friends and be outside without being afraid of getting sick.

I have fallen inlove with myself and my life after I started to show up in it. Do more things that are good for me and I do talk positively to myself and I both see and feel so much better. Yes I do have more fat on my body that I want to loose, and yeah I do want to be done with my acne-problem, and someday I will, but I will not wait for that day to live in the feeling I think I will have when I reach the goals. I live in the feeling now! I dress the same way I will do when I reach my ideal weight, I do take selfies and post them online without makeup just as I will do when I don’t have an acne-problem.

LIVE YOUR LIFE NOW!! Don’t wait for a time that may never be.

And with that I will say good night and see you on sunday!

Love Emilie ❤