Challenges and Fears

Challenging yourself and facing your fears is a very important part of growing as an individual. You might find that my example is silly and that I could have found a better one, but those who really know me know that I have some strange feelings about geese and swans. I won't go into detail of why that is, but in short I get very freaked out when these beautiful creatures come towards me or somewhere near me begin to flap their wings {even thinking about it makes me shiver}. My point is that to get rid off some fears you might have to get closer to them. Seems weird and of course you will feel a bit scared at first, but once you do that little by little you will get more comfortable being around something that you were afraid of. At least this was the case for me. At first I began by taking pictures of the swans from a distance, but step by step I tried to get as close as I can, I felt challenged but I liked it. And now these creatures freak me out a bit less {I believe so}.

My advice would be to keep encouraging yourself to feel more secure one time after the other. You can do it.

 

Take care,

Juste

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Finding my inspiration

At the beginning of this summer I stepped out of my comfort zone. As soon as I finished with my final exams I took a leap of faith and began my sort of an independent journey. On my own. Because of this I explored new places, met new people and most importantly fought away my insecurity of  not being close to my loved ones and built up the emotional strength not to give up. Anyone who is in the same position as me, has to understand that everything happens for a reason. The drawbacks come with new opportunities, the highlights let you feel the triumph which you earned yourself. What matters is that you can't throw in the towel just yet. See where the next day takes you. At the edge of total break down try to find a place that is as calm as you want yourself to be or even more chaotic than your own thoughts. For me it was the coast of the Baltic sea. As I was looking at the frequent waves that never stopped coming I felt winded up, unsure, but by just taking a glance at the whole picture {the partly clouded blue sky, the waves and the blezy wind blowing in my hair} I felt relieved.

Believe that after your worst day there will be a better one.

With all my love,

Justina

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"New Year, New Me"

It is such a cliché phrase. But there's no denying that it doesn't have a powerful meaning in the world. It is quite similar to birthdays we all have. I mean, the fact is that we are getting older by day, by minute even, but we don't feel like we do. It's the change in physical number that immediately changes how we feel about ourselves, life in general. 
On that note, the growing number of the year, reminds us of the promises we did not keep in the previous year, so we try harder to change them the following. Therefore we have "newyear resolutions". Here lies a controversy of people who truely believe in them and who don't, but I can only speak for myself.
See, I used to jump into these resolutions, for eg. being fit and eating healthy, and convince myself that I can completely change myself in a couple of months.. It's silly. In those cases, I would have great motivation and success in keeping it for what, a few weeks? Then I would give in to all junk food and eventually all my hard work would go to waste.
So, I changed my point of view. Today I am on my way to being fit, healthy and not looking like those perfect pictures on Instagram, 'cause I know that that is not My body type, but looking better than I did in the past. I believe, that it is important that you make it a good habit not a chore.
That is what I want to spread. Not everyone was born to look like a skinny swimsuit model. Love your body and try not to imagine your face on the shoulders of someone else, but really look at yourself and see what you want to achieve.

Chocolate, pizza and ice cream aren't going anywhere from my life and it's okay!

Love yourself,

Justina

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