🥳 1 year of blogging 🥳

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This is an excerpt from the end of my first post.

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We're not waiting any longer! We can and will cross USA next fall. We can and will work at a ski resort next winter. We can and will participate in projects that fill our cup with the joys of life.

It's the best decision I've made in a long time! It doesn't even scare me, actually. I know it will pose challenges because I won't have control over everything all the time. I won't spend most of my time in the safe cocoon of my home. I won't go to the secure job I know so well. I won't eat the food I'm most familiar with. I won't surround myself with my safe and good people.

I'm going away from all of this! I'm going to embrace the anxiety I've claimed to have owned all this time. I'm going to squeeze it like a child squeezes a teddy bear! I'm going to look it in the eye and say, "Keep up with me if you can!" Because now, it's actually me who decides! I might cry, throw up, and hate life in the beginning, but I believe this could be the start of a new beginning for me. I'll have Morten with me all the way, and with him, I can do anything. The only difference now is that we have to face the scenarios WHEN they come, not BEFORE they come. I'm going to learn how to live life. Really live it! Not just exist in it. It's going to be tough, but it will be worth it. So, I just hope I'm cute enough throughout it all for Morten to endure the madness.

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It's now been a year since I wrote this. It couldn't have been more spot on! I loved the summer break and the freedom that came with it, as usual. It was a bit strange when everyone started working, and I wasn't, but I filled my time with Motorfestival Vikersund tasks. No stress. Then we were about to go to the USA. I started getting excited a lot! And anxious a lot! We left Norway. Three days into the 60-day journey, I gave up for the first time. I cried, vomited, and hated life. Just as I thought. I couldn't have been more sure that the journey was never going to be a success at the beginning. But Morten didn't let me give up. He helped me squeeze that teddy bear. Together, we took charge. We made choices that allowed for sucssess. 🧸

I learned a lot about myself and my limits. I learned that I am a stubborn and strong woman (who is very glad not to have to be that alone but is surrounded by lovely people on all sides). I've learned to accept help. I've found out that I'm peculiar and take a long time to adapt to new things. I've discovered that I like doing new things, even though thinking about doing them scares me. Because when I'm in the experience, it's incredibly fun to feel the emotions I have. I've also realized that emotions are entirely okay. Sometimes even a bit more fun with emotions than without. And I've discovered that to feel emotions, you have to endure having all of them. It's not dangerous to be afraid, sad, angry, or tired. Because then it feels even better when I'm safe, happy, glad, and excited! If there's one thing I appreciate having learned, it's exactly that. I've been afraid of the unpleasant emotions and avoided them as much as I can. The result is that you lose half your emotional life. And that significantly dampens the other half. 😆🫣😭🥳😎😡

So now I feel everything, and it's okay. Because I can turn my thoughts around. It took me a year to do it, but I've gotten much better at turning negative thoughts. Whether they are about me, others, experiences, or the future doesn't matter. I've realized that I am valuable and deserve as much respect as I am willing to give to others. And I deserve good experiences and a happy future.

In short: this year has taught me a lot! 🤓 So in the coming months, I'm going to learn even more! Definitely! Mainly because I've shared everything with you through this blog. Then I've gotten it out of myself a bit and seen it from other perspectives than before. So thank you for doing this with me! 🧡

In addition to traveling around the USA, I've started something else I didn't know I could do before I started this blog. I'm learning to make websites 🤓 I got good help from Mats at MA Media to get started with the blog and set it up. He gave me a chance, and I took it! So I get a lot of help and insane amounts of new knowledge. Plus, I get to use my creative and efficient brain. It couldn't be better! So the plan for my days ahead is already set! Love it when you can seize the opportunities that come. I would never have taken this opportunity if it hadn't been for this process and change I've had with this blog. So again, thank you for being with me on this journey! 🧡

I'm not planning to give up now, you know. I'll continue to share how life on Geilo is. And how my new everyday life affects the anxiety I'm in the process of conquering. Because I'm pretty sure that's going to be a new journey. I'm going to feel lonely and unsure. I'm going to experience challenges that lead to ups and downs. Because I'm going to continue to live, and that's what life is. Ups and downs. 🎢

So feel free to follow a little longer. And remember, today it's okay to have cake 🎂 because this journey wouldn't have been as great without the blog and feedback from my cheering squad! 🫶🏼

HIPP HIPP

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HURRA

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HIPP HIPP 〰️ HURRA 〰️

By the way! I can report that so far, I've been cute enough for Morten to endure the madness 👸🏻

Here's a selection of selfies I've taken throughout this year. I feel that they show a bit of how life has had its ups and downs 🎢🎡