CopyCats

For the longest while, I would see all these cool things around me and marvel at them. I would never dare to make them my own and try to get the coolness into my own life. I would just sit by the sideline and appreciate the beautiful things around me.

Who was I to think that I could pull of that hair-do? Who was I to even consider pursuing a career as a writer? The only place I’d ever be awesome would be in my dreams. Who was I?  No one special. And as such, I couldn’t do anything special.

But you know what? That’s not the way life works.

It’s not a case of ‘She has it, so I can’t have it too’. Being awesome isn’t some kind of child’s toy that only one person is allowed to play with at a time.

I wish somebody would have told me that. Maybe someone did. I wish I would have believed them.

Life is not a case of you either have it or you don’t.

If you see something you like, you are allowed to copy it. I’d even encourage it.

Somewhere along the way, it became a big no-no to be a copycat. You were supposed to be awesome just by being you. And maybe there are people out there who can do that, but I couldn’t. As a teenager I had no idea who I was or even who I wanted to be.

It sucked.

And because I felt so decidedly un-awesome, I came to the conclusion that I just didn’t have what it took to be awesome. I obviously wasn’t anything special. I didn’t deserve anything special.

But that’s not true.

I’m not saying that we’re all unique little snowflakes with superstars and rockstars inside of us. We’re not.

Tyler Durden agrees with me. 

But that doesn’t mean that our lives can’t be awesome.

Quite the contrary.

Not to be a Debbie-downer, but we are all going to die. It’s pretty much the only thing in life you can count on so get used to the idea that this is all you get.

Since this life is all we get, doesn’t it makes sense to cram as much awesome in it as humanly possible?

If I see something I like, I mimic it and try to adapt it to my own life.

I’m a CopyCat and proud of it.

Where did June go?

I know that time is on my side, but it’s moving very quickly at the moment. A lot is happening. A lot of good things.

Awesome things that have happened to me in the last month:

• I got the acceptance letter for ITU. I’m going to be a student come this fall. And even though I had a little resistance toward returning to school (understatement of the year), I’m really looking forward to it now.
• I got a roommate.
• I got short hair. Like, really short.
• I got a desk at the IT department in G4S.
• I got wireless internet in my apartment.

All those awesome things? They happened because I made them happen.

It’s odd, but sometimes good things happen. Sometimes when you go after what you want, you actually get it. I’m still not quite used to this whole ‘Life is good’-bit that’s been happening to me lately. But if you’re out there, and you’re struggling, I guess I just want you to know that good things to happen to good people.

I found this video on YouTube today, and I thought I’d share it with you guys.


Formula for success:
10 % luck + 20 % skill + 15 % concentrated power of will + 5 % pleasure + 50 % pain = 100 % reason to remember the name!

... and that ain't wrong

It’s kind of weird how the happy can continue to shine.

There are no doubts in my life right now. None. There are still things I’d like to improve, and things I simply have to put on the back-burner because of lack of time or money.

But I know where I want to go, and the path is clear.

Wauw, I sound all grown-up right now, don’t I?

But you know? This is the first time I actually feel like my life is good. Before, it was just a label. Now, it’s reality.

I can’t tell you why. Maybe it was because my life truly sucked for a while back there. But now? I’m finally to feel the happy and it’s wonderful. It's like I've finally gotten a sense of direction back into my life. I've been drifting for years now. Holding on to fragile dreams and hoping for a better tomorrow. But now I know that today is fantastic, and tomorrow will be even better.

And because music is such a fantastic way to communicate feelings, here’s a song that perfectly fits my mood.



The song is by Swedish singer/songwriter Salem Al Fakir.

If you want to take a sneak peak into my past, then he's also written this song. It's dark. Very dark. And it's where I was about a year ago.But now I'm happy. Happy happy, joy joy.

Sharing the happy

I've been listening alot to Mika lately. His songs are so vibrant, full of life and happy (even when dealing with things that are sad).

I like that he can be sad without succumbing to sadness.

There's no better way to start my day, than to plug in my earphones and listen to him telling me that everybody's gonna love today. Love, love me.

Have a great weekend!

Things I like: My life

Sometimes? I’m not a very happy person. Like. Really not happy.
But right now, I’m smiling.

Aaron Paul is happy as well

I’d love to be able to tell you why. To tell you exactly how to become happy. But I can’t give you a blow-by-blow description of how things shifted for me.

I can only tell you why I’m happy in this moment.

It’s a mix of a lot of different things, but generally speaking, I really like the direction my life is taking. Work is going splendid. I’m to start school this fall. I’ve begun to talk to old friends I hadn’t even realized I’d missed. My family is pleasant to be around. Life is good.

The 10th Doctor thinks that life is pretty swell as well.

Weirdly enough, this streak of happiness isn’t because of some guy, who’s come to sweep me off my feet. I haven’t met prince charming on a white horse.

But it does kind of feel like I’m in love.

Maybe I’m in love with my own life? It sounds corny and self-involved. And it’s not that I can’t see areas in my life that couldn't be improved, but I just feel like those areas are getting increasingly insignificant. It’s just a matter of time before they’re gone. And time is on my side.

I like where I am, and I like where I’m going. I couldn’t very well ask for more?

Except maybe the 10th Doctor looking at me like that, inviting me to board his TARDIS.

I don’t know how long my streak of happiness will last. I try not to think about it (but a small voice in my head keep insisting that it won’t last forever).

In this very moment, I’m just happy and thankful for my happiness (and I suppose I’d only take it for granted, if I wasn’t afraid of losing it).

Life:

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It’s all about the storms. The silence that precedes them and the rainbows that follow them.

You can't control the storms. You shouldn't try. They will take you somewhere magical. I promise.

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If there are no limits, where do you start?

Have you guys seen the movie ‘Limitless’? Trailer below.

The movie is about a struggling writer, barely able to complete a sentence, let alone a manuscript. He’s depressed. He’s just been dumped by his girlfriend of several years. He’s a low as he’d ever been.
Then these pills come along.

He takes one and suddenly sees the world in a whole different way.

It’s like he has superpowers, but all that these pills do, is enable him to use the full capacity of his brain, to remember everything he’s ever read/seen/heard, and to simply connect the dots.

They allow him to see the bigger picture and how to get to where he wants.

One of the first things he does when he gets this ability is clean his apartment.

Isn't that just perfect?

He walks into his apartment and sees it like a stranger would. He evaluates his surroundings, deem that they are insufficient and then immediately starts to improve on them. He doesn’t move on. He doesn’t give up.  He simply starts from where he is, and begins to improve on what is right in front of him.

He could have left the apartment and never look back. He could have shut out the clutter and sit down to write. He could have torched the place. He could have gone anywhere in the world.

But he didn’t.

A man with a four digit IQ, decided that the best thing he could spend his time on, would be to clean his apartment.

Because you have to improve on what's right in front of you, if you want to move forward.