Super personal! Or completely normal?

Summer reading materials. 

Maybe I'll find out what's normal after reading them 🤷‍♀️

What is actually normal? I have my own idea of ​​what is normal. And I have said several times that I am not completely normal, or that ¨it¨ is not completely normal. But what is it that says that ¨it¨ is not normal or that I am not normal. Because what does normal look like? What is it and who is it?

Today I saw a physiotherapist. She specializes in women's complaints. In my case, it is pelvic floor pain due to endometriosis. Then this ¨normal¨ struck me a couple of times. I was terrified because I didn't know how this was going to happen and had made up terrifying thoughts that many women can probably guess. My brain made the following assumptions: The pelvic floor is inside the body. Easiest access is through the “pee’er” I am not a fan of such examinations. Because that's not what I usually do. Luckily! 😅 It's not an everyday thing for me to do. For the professional, it is everyday life, i.e. normal. So normal for you is not normal for me. (Can reveal that there was minimal nudity and little gynecological about it! Most of it took place clothed with a focus on breathing and relaxation. Two things I like to do 😇)

Doubt that she dreaded my appointment as much, precisely because it is normal for her. So why the heck should we compare ourselves to others. We are not the same!! Normal for me is not normal for you. We talked about pee and poo at the physiotherapist. How often is it normal to poop? Do most people pee at night? Do all women pee when they laugh or sneeze? I have no idea!! Because there is no right or wrong answers. For example, I rarely poo according to the ¨normal.¨ This could probably be due to the anxiety that triggers stress hormones, which in turn calm the digestion. Is it normal?

I was raised as a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormons). It's perfectly normal for me, but my friends had a different normal. But the world was the same for me as it was for my friends. So even though we had different normals, society's expectations were the same. Very difficult to fit into the ¨normal¨ box, when nothing is normal!

So in the car on the way home from the physiotherapist I concluded the following. Don't stress about what others say about what and how they think/do things. Give a little more H instead. Your normal is not their normal! And that's certainly good! We are different and we need diversity!! So make yourself happy!! No one else is going to work as hard for it as you do.

Unless you're a princess like me. Then you are pampered and helped to a state of happiness. But I've actually worked quite hard on it myself too. I got a lot of help! Undoubtedly! And I'm proud to have had enough sense to accept it! I can't actually do everything on my own. And since shared sorrow is half sorrow, shared joy must be double joy. So then I can share the joy too!

Don’t give a damn what you think other people think is normal and find your own normal. Also, make sure to do abnormal things every now and then. Because it's fun too! Enjoy life, poop when you have to and stop stressing. Life is fun if you let it be!

USA

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UPDATE

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USA 〰️ UPDATE 〰️

By the way! I have an update on the Great USA trip!

Part of the route

Even if we don't quite know where and when, we know about quite a lot 😅

We have booked a few more overnight stays. Among other things, a nice cabin in Salt Lake. Or a little outside because I don't like big cities and I persuaded Morten to live there. We have also agreed that one of my sisters and family will meet us at the same time as Sebastian arrives!! So it's going to be an absolutely fantastic week. We've looked at some places we think might be nice to live, but haven't booked anything yet. Some of the journey is going to change along the way, so we don't want to nail down everything yet. What we have done is book the hotel for when we land in Boston. So we have a place to shower and go to bed after the journey. I think that was the most important thing for me anyway 😅 Then we'll see if we do something more when it gets even closer 😬