Charlotte Eriksson's Blog, page 1372
June 2, 2013
Sixteen Small Steps to Happiness
1. push yourself to get up before the rest of the world - start with 7am, then 6am, then 5:30am. go to the nearest hill with a big coat and a scarf and watch the sun rise.
2. push yourself to fall asleep earlier - start with 11pm, then 10pm, then 9pm. wake up in the morning feeling re-energized and comfortable.
3. care less.
4. get into the habit of cooking yourself a beautiful breakfast. fry tomatoes and mushrooms in real butter and garlic, fry an egg, slice up a fresh avocado and squirt way too much lemon on it. sit and eat it and do nothing else.
5. stretch. start by reaching for the sky as hard as you can, then trying to touch your toes. roll your head. stretch your fingers. stretch everything.
6. buy a 1L water bottle. start with pushing yourself to drink the whole thing in a day, then try drinking it twice.
7. buy a beautiful diary and a beautiful black pen. write down everything you do, including dinner dates, appointments, assignments, coffees, what you need to do that day. no detail is too small.
8. strip your bed of your sheets and empty your underwear draw into the washing machine. put a massive scoop of scented fabric softener in there and wash. make your bed in full.
9. organize your room. fold all your clothes (and bag what you don’t want), clean your mirror, your laptop, vacuum the floor. light a beautiful candle.
10. have a luxurious shower with your favourite music playing. wash your hair, scrub your body, brush your teeth. lather your whole body in moisturiser, get familiar with the part between your toes, your inner thighs, the back of your neck.
11. push yourself to go for a walk. take your headphones, go to the beach and walk. smile at strangers walking the other way and be surprised how many smile back. bring your dog and observe the dog’s behaviour. realise you can learn from your dog.
12. message old friends with personal jokes. reminisce. suggest a catch up soon, even if you don’t follow through. push yourself to follow through.
14. think long and hard about what interests you. crime? sex? boarding school? long-forgotten romance etiquette? find a book about it and read it. there is a book about literally everything.
15. become the person you would ideally fall in love with. let cars merge into your lane when driving. pay double for parking tickets and leave a second one in the machine. stick your tongue out at babies. compliment people on their cute clothes. challenge yourself to not ridicule anyone for a whole day. then two. then a week. walk with a straight posture. look people in the eye. ask people about their story. talk to acquaintances so they become friends.
16. lay in the sunshine. daydream about the life you would lead if failure wasn’t a thing. open your eyes. take small steps to make it happen for you.
June 1, 2013
"When spring came…if you could keep from making engagements, each day had no limits…"
-
Hemingway
I have wanted to hear your music for a long time now, but I don't have the time to. Could there possibly be a link to some of it.?
You can find links to my music all over my websites and you can find me everywhere really, on Spotify, Itunes, Soundcloud, Bandcamp, Youtbe… Just search for The Glass Child, I basically live all over cyber-space! But here are some of my songs, I hope you like it :)
The Glass Child - I’d Like To Remain A Mystery by the Glass Child
"A great book should leave you with many experiences, and slightly exhausted at the end. You live..."
- William Styron
grubangel:
burnt-roses-fallen:
The Death Rose (Rosa calvaria)...
The Death Rose (Rosa calvaria) is a rare and mysterious plant species. Beautiful when blooming, the buds form skull like faces when wilting.
Biologists still don’t understand how the Death Rose forms these shocking designs as they are impossible to grow in lab experiments.
This is amazing. The only flower that would make its way into my room.
"I still believed he’d love me again somehow, love me that intense, thick way he did, the way..."
- Gillian Flynn, Gone Girl
Getting ready (means drinking coffee) to play at Star and Dove...
Getting ready (means drinking coffee) to play at Star and Dove Olde British Tavern & Dining this afternoon to celebrate Bristol Beer Festival! Come hang and chill in the sun if you’re around, and if you’re not go hang and chill in the sun anyway :) Happy Saturday y’all, go get in trouble! (I’m still learning how to not look creepy in photos… or do weird stuff with my hands…)
Civil Twilight - It’s Over
It’s been two week now since I...
Civil Twilight - It’s Over
It’s been two week now since I walked through that front door,
Two weeks since I felt your skin.
