Bitesize #8

Thoughts on anti-manifesting and recipes I want to try

It’s 10 pm and I said I would go to bed early tonight but I really really want to write a little so here I am. I usually aim to post these little monologues chit chats on Fridays but yesterday we had a birthday party for my boyfriend who is urning 30 tomorrow (wohoo!) and so Friday was spent cleaning the entire apartment. Which I absolutely loved - although I feel kind of bad saying that, typical pick me-girl. Anyways.

I am SO happy we decided to throw him a birthday party. Well, he decided to have a party and I am SO happy he did. We haven’t really had that many friends over since we moved in due to an avalanche of slightly average reasons but we finally managed to get the bulk of our friendship group together, in one go, and it was a hit. We even played a silly game and people were really into it. I guess we have great friends, huh.

How has your weekend been?

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I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again. From now on I want to start (a few of) my mornings with movement. It just feels *so good* and it undeniably puts me in a better mood for the rest of the day. Hence the “I’m going to bed early”. But really, as soon as I’m done writing this I’m going to bed because I have a date with Youtube star my friend Nicole tomorrow morning. If you haven’t tried Youtube workouts yet - what are you waiting for? Who has time to go to the gym in the summer? It’s bad enough I have to make it to the living room.

The end goal

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I tried on a skirt I’ve been eyeing on Arket’s online sale today and erase everything I said in my last post about skirts because I WANT IT. I did manage to keep my wallet closed and scurry on out of there before I talked myself into buying it, because I’m trying to be more mindful of my purchases (yada yada). But honestly, if I’m still thinking about it in 3 days and it’s still available it’s a yes from me. It is so damn cute.

Perfect length, perfect width, perfect fabric

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Random thought: does anyone else feel like they “ruin” their chances of getting something they want if they think about it / want it too hard? Like the opposite of manifesting. I’ve had this feeling for as long as I can remember, that if I anticipate something too much or want something too hard it slips out of my hands. On the other hand, if I pretend I don’t really care the universe sometimes “rewards me” and provides. (Insane, I know). This makes me very reluctant to wish for something to happen and I’ll put off feeling giddy about something that I’m not 100% sure about until I am. 100% sure, that is.

Ugh please tell me I’m not alone in this. Anyone?

Me to me

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For the past two years Lately, my boyfriend and I have been in a rut making the same dishes and honestly I’m kind of over it. So I’ve set out on a mission to find new recipes for us to make that are “nutritious aaaand delicious” to quote my sister. I am NOT a salad type of gal and I never will be so screw anything that comes on a platter of leaves, but other than that neither of us are very picky. If you have any must-trys for us then please let me know in the comments! Here’s what I’ve been drooling over on Pinterest:

Those roasted carrots and beets are from thenoshery.com, the others I don't know I'm afraid

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Okay that’s all for today because it’s almost 11 pm now and my new and improved life starts tomorrow. It is Monday after all.

Please enjoy your summer (or winter) wherever you are! xx