Tidbits from Lauttasaari

Walking in a forest is such a relaxing thing to do. Yes, i agree it depends on the forest, the season, the weather etc. I have some quite specific memories and even people in my idea of forest walks. To be enveloped by trees, wind, sounds, green like that can be very soothing for a scarred soul. It may come off as slightly new ageish, needing a place to worship, but i dont think that is what i am trying to say here. The stillness, the slow time in the trees growing, the rustling in the leaves, the colours and smells all bring me back, and away. Could be considered escapism i suppose, but a benign such. See more progress on: walk in a forest

To learn how to trust another person is really tough. It is so easy to reserve your judgement, selfpreservation tells us to save a tiny little bit of ourselves, just in case. With trust i here mean you go asll the way. Equívalent of trusting somebody with your life. This might be a bad analogy, however, as you might well be able to trust a lot of people in extreme situations, but you would not tell these same people your innemost secrets. There is a kind of release and perverse joy in baring yourself like that, and yet, to me that is what the concept trust implies. I tell myself and others that in the final analysis we can never trust anyone. Is this really true though? In bleak moments of despair i feel convinced it is. More often i tend to doubt, and that is the state i find myself in most of the time. I am willing to give it the benefit of the doubt. Because, if there really is such a thing as trust in the above mentioned sense of the word, it would be like finding faith. Actually i

and it is a flow. just stop thinking to much and simply do it. it sounds contrite and naive, yet it is true. Often i would really not like to do somthing, but i bite my teeth and chomp through it. I feel very good afterwards. See more progress on: get things done

i found myself in our attic. It wasnt me who started it, but sooner than you would think we had it under control, and a lot of junk was made redundant. Good feeling! See more progress on: clean out the attic

Great, i have been taking much more photos the last three months again. True, it is not one per day as in my new year resolution, i simply does not have the stomach for it, but i think about what i see a lot more, and in bursts of extra energy i do take more pictures. And that is a very very good feeling. It Feels good enough fo me to remove this from my wish list, even though this, as so many others of my entries are not easily crossed out, as they by nature are continous. Well, what dod you do? See more progress on: Take more pictures

Incredible. Partly thanks to 43things, i have gotten some things done. I was, like always, overly enthusiastic about this new service when i first started using it, being active daily, logging in constantly, adding entries, and mostly polishing my list of 43 things i want to do. Then the familliar slope occured, and as a result i haven’t been in for ages. Now, coming back (this is my second attempt to get 43 things into my everyday lifr again) i do notice that some things have actually changed, and for the better. I have even been bold enought to submit a first draft of my final paper for the university degree that i have had dormant for years. It is a combination of several things, but regardless, i feel good about it. See more progress on: finish my degree

Two hours skating on the ice, my cheeks are glowing red. It feels so healthy. And the setting was just perfect. Almost the whole class of Leo, including the teacher. We were 41 in total, skating in the beautiful and crisp evening, minus 7, no wind, half moon. And how we skated! It was the hockey game that drew most attention, parents vs the kids. After almost two hours play the result was announced, the kids won 18-16. And we all went home. Great feeling.