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Summer’s end

August 31, 2020

Summer’s end always comes way too quickly. As much as I love the seasons changing , almost all of my best memories from childhood and even now in adult life come from Summer time.

Summer’s end comes earlier in Helsinki, Finland than what I’m used to call as Summer’s end in Sibenik, Croatia. For those who have been reading this blog for years know that I’ve been living for the past 13 years in Finland but I grew up in Croatia.

I’m very melancholic person and in some ways I have hard times letting “things go”. I sometimes get too attached to just a feeling of something , such as the feeling of Summer at it’s best, the energy, the never-ending sunshine, the happy faces of passers by…

Summer’s end always makes me rethink of the months behind since the year’s beginning. It’s kind of my way of checking in with myself, see what I’ve done well, what I’ve done wrong and what I could do better. Not just in sense of work and success but also , if not even more importantly in sense of how I’m feeling and how I’m progressing as a human.

I hate wasting time into nothing and I try every day to be better than I was the day before. Of course work done well pushes you forward and gives you that confident “wind in your back” but more and more as I’ve been growing older, I find it that my self confidence comes from how much I’ve managed to better myself and how many people besides myself I’ve brought happiness to.

We’re living in the extraordinary times and just like with Summer’s end, I am still hang on that feeling of the world before “the pandemic”. I feel like nothing is as simple and easy anymore but I have managed to figure out how to get the best out of this situation and accept the changes as they come.

I, like many of us love to be in control of things and know what’s coming next but life is everything but predictable and changes are inevitable. We sort of forget that we’re not Higher power and that so little is actually in our control. Life is meant to be changed and life is meant to break you and raise you, that’s just the law of the Universe and as much as we’re now thinking that this Pandemic is one of the worst things that has happened to us in decades, maybe , just maybe it might be one of the best things as well…

Maybe we have been too cocooned in the safety of our daily lives, living more freely and carelessly than what we’ve been aware of. Maybe we have stopped growing as humans and so many things were getting too big, too overpriced, overhyped, etc. I think that we’ve taken so much for granted and never had a moment to actually stop and ask ourselves what are we, as earthlings actually doing here on this planet? How much are our eyes open, how much our ears are ready to listen?

Isn’t this just the right time to rethink everything? The whole structure of our society, the way how things work, what and who’s important and who and what is something that we can totally mange without or not in as big doses as we’ve been used to.

It’s time to be humble, to be thankful and to finally, when looking at your neighbour , co-worker, friend, etc. to look at them and actually care how are they doing, how can you help and / or just pay more attention to small things in life like freedom of movement!

No matter how bad things might look like, underneath it all, maybe the awakening is what’s hiding and maybe, we can together make a positive change in the world which is right now what we truly need.

Summer’s end is melancholic for me, I miss my Sibenik more than anything and I’m thankful that I was able to spend two beautiful weeks there this Summer but due to the situation at the moment I have no idea when is the next time I’ll go there. I wanted to share with you my latest photo shoot for YSL beauty here and invite you all to always search for that silver lining in everything. What you’re searching for is what will find you. 🙂

Photos and idea by : Valerio Baranovic

Make up and idea by : Katarina Jukic

Location : D-resort Sibenik, Croatia

Jewellery : LuluRoxx

Food, Lifestyle, My Work, Travel

Summer in Croatia

August 29, 2017

Summer in Croatia was a bliss and it feels like I was there last week, when in reality it’s been almost 2 full months since I’ve returned to Helsinki. Can you believe that there are only 3 days left of August and pretty much after that the Summer is over? I still can’t wrap my head around the fact that I had to pull out my Fall coat and put a scarf on for the first time in a while… Continue Reading…

Lifestyle, Travel

Croatia roundup

June 17, 2016

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If you do follow me on Instagram, you have probably noticed that I’m back to Helsinki. The temperature/ weather difference came to me as a shock, it’s at least 10 degrees less than in Croatia and it’s been raining like crazy for the past two days. If it continues like this, I can kiss my “olive skin” tan away. 😀

Anyways, Croatia was amazing, the sun, sea and people made my soul and heart filled with happiness and gratitude. I didn’t knew how much I needed to recharge my batteries until I have arrived there and on the very first day have realised that all I wanted was to sit by the sea, in peace and just “be”.

My dear readers, whenever you can, go and travel, you will always return back home a different person than you were before you left on a trip. Travelling always makes you richer and gives so much closure on some things that are so important as well as make you dismiss those that are of no use/ good for you anymore.

Here’re few photos to roundup the final days of my trip. It’s FRI-YAY and I’m happy for the weekend to be here, some quality time will be spent with my daughter and close friends.

Have a great weekend sweethearts!

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Lifestyle, My Work, Travel, Uncategorized

5 for Friday

June 3, 2016

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ENG: How in the world is it Friday already? To top it off, it’s also beginning of a new month, so… Welcome June, I’ve been expecting you. 🙂

How was your week? Mine was a mash up of all sorts of happenings, feelings and lots of warm, may I say hot weather which brought me to the beach and I got my bikini out for the first time this year. To be bare feet, with minimum clothes on and feeling the sea breeze while licking super yummy ice cream… Let me tell you, only few moments/ things can top off a moment like that one was.

This Friday will be an easy going one, first some errands, then some zen time with a good book and my mini me at the beach and in the evening I will meet my friend to go and watch a “Miss Mamma” gathering 16 ordinary women from all over Croatia aged 25-55 and divided in two categories. I’m actually quite looking forward to this, different kind of competition where I believe that whole personality will play a bigger role in winning the competition than the looks which is usually the case in other “beauty” pageants.

Saturday and Sunday will be all about pizza, beach time and possibly squeeze in some movie time too. 🙂

I’m sharing my 5 favourite Instagram photos of the past week. Follow me daily HERE !

Have a great weekend everybody!

FI: Kuinka ihmeessĂ€ tĂ€nÀÀn on taas Perjantai? Ja kaiken lisĂ€ksi tĂ€nÀÀn on uuden kuun ensimmĂ€inen pĂ€ivĂ€, joten…Tervetuloa KesĂ€kuu, olenkin jo odottanut sinua. 🙂

Kuinka sinun viikko meni? Minun mennyt viikko oli erilaisten tapahtumien, tunteiden ja lisÀksi lÀmmön ympÀröimÀ sillisalaatti. Kuumat pÀivÀt ovat vieneet minua rannalle nauttimaan. Joten sain vihdoinkin kaivettua bikinit esille. Maailmassa on vain muutama asia jotka ovat ihanimpia kuin se tunne. Kun saa olla paljain jaloin, vÀhissÀ kesÀvaatteissa. Ja kun tuntee raikkaan merituuleen, samalla kun nauttii mahtavasta jÀÀtelöstÀ.

TĂ€stĂ€ Perjantaista tulee tulee tosi rela. Ensiksi muutama pĂ€ivittĂ€inen asia. Ja sen jĂ€lkeen vĂ€hĂ€n zen aikaa hyvĂ€n kirjan ja minun mini minĂ€n kanssa rannalla. Ja illalla olen menossa hyvĂ€n ystĂ€vĂ€ni kanssa katsastamaan “Miss Mamma” tapahtumaa. Jossa kisaa 16 tavallista ympĂ€ri Kroatiaa tullutta 25-55V naista. Odotan tĂ€tĂ€ innolla. SillĂ€ toisin kuin yleensĂ€ muissa kauneuskilpailuissa. TĂ€mĂ€n kisan toinen pÀÀkategoria on luonne, siis ulkonÀön lisĂ€ksi. Ja uskon ettĂ€ nimenomaan se kilpailijan luonne on tĂ€llĂ€ kertaa se tĂ€rkeĂ€mpi seikka.

Lauantaista ja Sunnuntaista tulee pizza ja uimaranta tÀytteisiÀ. Ja saamme mitÀ luultavammin myös ympÀttyÀ siihen sekaan myös ihanan leffa hetken.

MinÀ jaan minun menneen viikon 5 suosikki Instagram valokuvaa. Seuraa minua pÀivittÀin tÀÀllÀ !

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Lifestyle, Travel

Life lately

June 21, 2015

Hello my dear readers! How are you doing? Did you have a nice Midsummer weekend? I have usually spent past 6-7 Midsummers in Finland and it’s a big “thing” over there, but this time around as you know already, I’m in Croatia and in the city I’m staying at ( my old hometown ) Sibenik, it was the city’s birthday and an opening of International Children’s Festival for the 55th time.

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