this video is about the goodness in every single day and how to find it.
The truth is, life is a little different lately and that's no surprise.
The usual things we would find ourselves getting excited about are a little bit well off-limits
lately. I know in the past my favorite points in the day would be a visit to the coffee shop and
having a meet-up with my friends- both currently impossible. This led me to think there must be
smaller moments in my day that i have previously ignored and i'm going to find them and learn
to appreciate them, for example the birds that love a visit to my back garden for some reason.
i'll admit, most of us wish we were next to a beach in a sunny country sipping on a margarita
and it's probably putting us all in a funk right now right. As a keen traveler myself
i can't deny that the past year has been
quite difficult because a lot of my joys and memories come from discovering a new country,
learning about the culture, meeting new people, learning a language there and sadly the reality
is that's just not possible right now. So your dreams of margaritas in mexico are going to have
to be put to the side but don't worry it's not all doom and gloom, let me explain why.
Okay i want you to stop whatever you're doing right now yes you and think of three things
from the comfort of your own home that brings you joy. Maybe it's the book collection in the corner
of your room, or the kitchen where you learned how to make risotto for the first time, of where you
learned how to make focaccia from scratch. Either way, this is your space or your family space and
you took part in their consumerism habit and you filter with things that you thought
would make you happy, so let's revisit them. You may be someone like me who doesn't own
too much in their life but the things they do on or bring some joy, or maybe you're a hoarder.
Either way, i'm not going to judge, but you bought these things because at one point in your life
they brought you joy. Let me show you what i mean: i love cooking and i always have. It's something
i probably got from my father because you can see he's at his happiest when he's cooking a meal for
his family . He has always taken the time to enjoy cooking a meal and learning new recipes
and perfecting them so that he can see smiles on other people's faces. personally, i find it
relaxing cutting up an onion, tossing in spinach into a recipe. It's a good hobby to have because
it will improve your life and it's something you can never fully master. there's always
new cultures to discover in the food industry and you can learn new
recipes and different variants of that recipe this here. in the b-roll is a spinach
and pea risotto from my boyfriend's mother who is possibly one of the best cooks i've ever met.
Another thing i like to do in my spare time is learn a language. in 2021 i
decided that i was gonna learn italian and i wanted it to be as vague as that:
learn italian. no, don't get to c2, or get to a2 or learn how to communicate when you travel there,
just learn italian and enjoy it with no pressure to get to a specific level- just
enjoy the process. Here is me enjoying this process by learning some italian songs.
If you don't understand where this video is going sit tight, it will be clear.
There is always something to be grateful for in life, i promise you that. It might be your
family your relationships in your life it might be the things you own it might be experiences
you have but we can all agree: there's something to be grateful for. Of course there's also always
something to complain about but it's your choice if you want to spend the time pursuing the things
that make you happy or dwelling on the things that don't the things that are out of your control.
sure i wish i was living my erasmus experience in france right now like i should have been doing
if it were not for the pandemic, but i have the chance to do it from the safety of my own
home surrounded with my family and at my own pace so i'm grateful for that the world is upside down
and everyone is losing patience but that doesn't mean that you have to. You can instead spend it
enjoying the things that you do have in life instead of dwelling over the things you do
not have. take the time in every single day to think what made me happy today
what was something good that happened did i have any conversations that
have been resonating with me since lastly have courage we will get through this together
and there's a light at the end of the tunnel finally i want to leave this video on a quote by
epictitus "it's not what happens to you but how you react to it that matters"
it's your choice