1 Year 9 Months later

Hello my Lovelies,

It has been really a long time since I posted my last article here. To be honest, it is a little bit strange to sit in front of the white screen again. But I would like to start writing again. I was really fascinated by the fact that people still read my posts which meant for me that there are still people out there who are interested in what I write, and seem to like my little page.

For that, I’d like to say a big THANK YOU to each and every one of you! I do really appreciate that and YOU are the reason for me to get back to writing here and sharing my world/life with you. 🙂

This post will start with a look back at what I did in nearly two years and then we will talk about the future of the blog and what I’ve planed to do. So, please come here and sit next to me on my blue comfy couch, grab a pot of coffee or tea, maybe with a cookie or two, and let’s talk a bit.

2 Years ago

I’m not going to lie, blogging was fun but I had the growing feeling I wrote the same things every time. Due to that, I thought that I needed to break out of this habit. The topics weren’t that much fun anymore and I got bored. When I got bored, I’m prone to look for something new or more fun to do. Well, I found it in gardening and growing veggies in our garden. Every day after work I was outside in the garden and took care of the plants, or I sat down and simply enjoyed being outside. It was fantastic. I forgot everything around me. It was a form of self-care and I learned to do nothing. Being outside, enjoying the sun kissing your skin and listening to the birds singing the best melodies is really something to appreciate.

I read some books, enjoyed time with friends, or we traveled to different places just for fun or for vacation. We built some models with clamping blocks or just hading a good snuggle with our pug girl Maya.
We started building new friendships and found a way to play more board games with a little group of enthusiasts every month. Furthermore, we learnt to play D&D (Dungeons & Dragons), which we play once a month online because we all live quite far away from each other.

At the beginning of 2023 I started one of my biggest journeys so far: I learnt to accept myself for the person I am and the body I am living in. Then I started my weight loss journey. For me, it was the first time in years that my weight wasn’t going up.
I know a lot of people who are loosing weight really fast and then they are really happy about what they might have achieved in a few months time. We all know these Instagram/Tik Tok/Facebook etc. posts and the photos plus the „What I eat in a day“-thingies. Two years ago I would have died to lose weight that quickly and to look so good. But at the beginning of 2023 there was a click in my head which told me „F*ck them; my body, my speed, my weight“. I think I’m more like a turtle when it comes to the speed of losing weight. I have lost 12 kilograms of fat and gain 5 kilograms muscles. This is now the plan for the next years: Lose fat, gain some muscles, and give a sh*t about what other people think about that I’m not losing weight fast enough.
I had an appointment with my doctor the other day and she took a blood sample because of my overweight. I was quite worried to get diabetes or something like that. But my results were like a masterpiece, nearly perfect, and you wouldn’t think that it belonged to an overweight person. We spoke about my weight loss and she told me that I shouldn’t loose more than the mentioned 12 kilograms in a year, so my skin wouldn’t to get too loose. At the moment, I couldn’t get any further special treatment because I’m „not overweight enough“. She also wouldn’t give my any drugs like wegovy because of the side effects. So, I’m doing it on my own with calorie deficit and sports.
But to be honest, I won’t write about this in the future. If somebody would like to know a little bit more, then send me a message and we can talk. I don’t think that you would like to read about another overweight lady losing fat. There are so many articles about it at other places. 😉

Mentally, 2022 was tough and 2023 had its ups and downs as well but it was a little bit better. Some people think that my positive mood is because of my weight loss. Well, it is half the truth to be honest. My mood got better because this was the first year where I didn’t sabotage myself and being negative about myself. I learnt a few things about myself and I let people walk out of my life because they were too toxic or they weren’t there for me. I trusted myself more. So my thoughts weren’t against me. Because of all this I found little bit of my inner peace. Mental health will always be a part of this blog because anxiety and depression isn’t always the same. It is really different from person to person, and I think these are topics people don’t talk about enough.

So, what’s next, do you think? Well here’s a little spoiler 😉

What Will Happen?

Easy to answer, I will start blogging again. I think I’m going back to the roots and write one post every week about one (or more) of the following topics:

• journaling and writing (subscription boxes, washis, journals etc.)
• gardening, and new: bird watching
• mental health care
• traveling
• reading
• painting/drawing and new creative testings
• NEW: board games

You may recognize some little new topics like bird watching and board games. Well, I’m not sitting behind the window, like an old lady, watching the birds with her binoculars. – NO! But it’s an interesting thought 😀 No, I will talk about my Bird Buddy and show you some cool photos.

The second new topic is board games. Well, for some of you it might seem boring but I don’t write about the standards like Monopoly. I’m going to dive with you into the deepest ocean where you build cities or travel to different planets and try to survive „On Mars“ or survive an Alien attack. Let’s talk about board games which grab you and pull you into their story, so that you will completely forget the time. I would like to talk about the cool stuff, not the typical games which we all know.

A little sneak peak is the journaling and reading. I changed my system this year and I have a reading journal as well. I introduce you to my new way of journaling. Therefore, I writing more about the books I read and the thoughts I have about it. Together we will discover new genres because I will broaden my mind.
I’ve got two subscription boxes at the moment and I will talk about them as well.

Traveling will be a bigger part as well because we are going to Japan again this year. I’m thinking about some posts about how I plan the trip and which spots we are going to visit. After the trip, I will write some posts about single days and check whether the plan was good or not.

So, that’s all for the moment! I wish you all a wonderful weekend, a great start into the new week and just have a good time.

Love to you all and a big hug,

Your Evil Journalista aka Chrissi