TWOTHOUSANDTHIRTEEN

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Yes, I should be studying but this post will be kept short! Since I haven't really posted a recap-of-2012 post, due to lack of time during the holidays, I just want to share what I have planned for this year. A dear friend of mine showed me this and I just think - since 365 days are quite long and lots of stuff can happen which you might just forget - it's a good idea to keep them noted, literally said. So, I decided to make this 2013 jar where all of the good things that happen to me this year will be jarred up in there, ready to be read at New Year's Eve. How about you join the fun?

LADIES

It's good to keep in mind where you are coming from and where your heart should be placed, which shouldn't be stolen from a guy who doesn't have your best interest at heart.

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Ezzy

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BELATED HAPPY 1st JUNE, EVERYBODY

Do not ask my why I am stoked about June! I just felt like celebrating this day a bit! Summer break is only a month away now... I hope I don't screw up.

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Ezzy

FICTION AND NON-FICTION COUPLES I ADORE: #1 Summer Roberts & Seth Cohen

Okay, I bet someone who never liked The O.C. is from a different planet because why can't you just NOT like it? It was pretty dramatic but just looking at the characters is interesting enough. However, this is not the point of the post. I have always adored Summer and Seth together! He is the dork-nerd and she was quite the bitch but still, they managed to complement each other so well! And they looked soooo cute together. Well anyways, in short, I adore them :)

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Ezzy

THE CONVERSATION WITH AMANDA DE CADENET

I have come across this interview series through my favourite and regular visited blogs and pretty much spent my evening watching these interviews. All I can say is that each and every person in this show is such an inspiration. It is a show where two women (mostly celebrities) talk about being a woman. They talk about their struggles, their careers and just how miraculous life can be. Although women still have to fight for certain rights or even fight for the female image, us girls/women have accomplished so much over the past decades. Over the past weeks I have really tried to understand what my role in life was and whether I am forseen for so much more. It is very easy for us girls to fall for role models that aren't meant to be ours. We tend to go for appreance and looks instead of using something that is not as fleeting as our brain. We tend to think that finding our Prince Charming is the only way to be happy. We tend to put other people before ourselves because it is in our nature to be very caring. However, it's ourselves that we shouldn't forget about. We also tend to be dependent on so many perishable things that we lose track of what really is important for a life time.

I really recommend you to watch this series. I for my part have already learnt a lot within these 45 minutes of watching the show. Enjoy!

Check the episodes on http://www.theconversation.tv/show/

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Ezzy

JENI SUK

I have been quite obsessed with Jeni Suk lately. I just think her covers are really smooth! It's worth a check out, people! Here are my faves for you ;)

Get at her on:

Follow me!
http://www.twitter.com/jensuki
Facebook!
http://on.fb.me/hSuEsI
Tumblr!
http://www.jennysuk.tumblr.com

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Ezzy

Demi Lovato's 'Stay Strong' Documentary

I've just finished watching this awesome and inspiring documentary of Demi Lovato's time of struggle.

This person isn't just another Disney Channel actress, she is so much more than that. But looking past her career and looking at her as a person she has accomplished so much more than every other teenager has. She struggled with eating disorders, depression and self-harming and through treatment she decided to live life.

Demi has inspired so many young girls and I am glad that she spoke up and openly talked about her problems since nowadays, problems are just swept under the carpet, left unsaid or just swallowed down.

It takes courage and the will to act as a role model but you can be one if you want to change the world we live in. Maybe it is God's purpose for you to be here on Earth. Always think you are down here for a greater purpose. Embrace it and live!

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You might want to take a little bit of your time and watch the documentary here.

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Ezzy

I AM THAT GIRL: My Own Author By Alexis Jones

I've just stumbled upon this great article about staying true to who you are regardless what society expects from you. In this world it is hard to be who you are because we often fear rejection and judgments not only from other people but mostly from our loved ones. This article is trying to convince us, that we need to continue fighting for what we believe in and mostly staying who we really are. Enjoy! It definitely is worth a read!

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 It’s not just our body image that we struggle with in life. Whether we are too curvy, too thin, too tall, too short, too tan or too pale; it’s easy to recognize the narrow definition of beauty that makes us all feel chronically insecure. I had a conversation in the car with my best friend recently, and it dawned on me that these unoriginal molds, silent expectations and paradigm influencers go much deeper than us merely comparing ourselves to unrealistic, unattainable, airbrushed perfection.

In one little word, an entire world of limitation exists — should. All the things we think we “should” do serve as a form of internal incarceration. Although I’m not necessarily proud of this fact, I am a “people-pleasing perfectionist.” I want to be liked by everyone, even you as you read this blog. On top of this impossible and challenging mission, I want to do everything perfectly and anything that falls short of that insane expectation is fair game for the Simon Cowell critic in my brain who tries to convince me that I’m not good enough. Somewhere along my life’s journey, I was convinced that perfection and pleasing were noble and desirable pursuits. I have actually set myself up for misery, failure and unimaginable disappointment.

In the world of “should,” there is no room to be real, honest or vulnerable. In a world of “should,” we live by everyone else’s invisible rules. We are governed by expectations most of us created when we were kids from the kind of person we marry to the car we drive. What I’ve come to realize is that when we allow ourselves to be on autopilot, we hand over our pen to someone else and ask them to author our lives, taking a backseat to their rules and slip comfortably into their mold for our lives.
I certainly am not impervious to the pressures and expectations that influence my life, but at least I’m aware that they exist. My insatiable desire to be liked and to pursue perfection at all costs has and continues to produce an inauthentic projection of who I want people to think I am. The true definition of empowerment is the mere recognition of choice and that is where I now choose to live. Not in a world of “supposed to,” but in a world of questioning what I think, feel, want and need. Only in that space, am I granted permission to think for myself, to assign my own meaning, to date a guy who’s “not my type,” to be open to possibilities and pencil my own mind-blowing adventure story. 

I’ve been a rebel my whole life, never fitting in and always asking why. The poet E.E. Cummings perfectly articulated life’s greatest challenge when he wrote, “To be nobody but yourself in a world that’s doing its best to make you somebody else, is to fight the hardest battle you are ever going to fight. Never stop fighting.” My challenge for you, for me, for all us is to fight to make your own decisions in life, to create your own rules and write your own personal constitution, only ever looking for your own approval.
We are infinitely unique and when we stand confidently on our own two feet, we enter into a reservoir of unfathomable power, unconditional love, creativity, honesty and passion. Whatever you are seeking already exists within you; the answer, wisdom, eloquence and truth you desire are all inherently yours. So take a deep breath with pen in hand, and write your story.

Source: http://www.iamthatgirl.com/2012/02/27/my-own-author-by-alexis-jones/ by Alexis Jones

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Ezzy

Idol of the Month: Emma Stone

We just need more people like her on this earth! She is funny, intelligent and ambitious! Her speech when receiving her award is something every person needs to remember!

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Ezzy