Beach Vibes | OOTD

Bonjour, my friends!

How are you feeling on this first Friday of summer 2017, are you ready to go celebrate and spend the weekends with your family and friends? I mean, probably a lot of you have exams rn which I do too, what a waste of such a lovely weather. Anyways, I felt like giving my outfit a summer vibe today and dressed like a sandman, ahaha. But no really, I love this look. It's again a monochrome kinda sandy colour that really reminds me of a beach but it also somewhat resembles a pyjama with a pair of straight long pants and a silky shirt. A hat is here to add that California vacation feel. Now for the shoes I went for a pair of statement heels because I gives this outfit an office and also party appropriate look as well as makes it seem like you thought everything through. So my tip of the day would be adding one statement piece to your outfit.

wearing: hat - Karfil Hats; shirt - Apriori; pants - Olsen; heels - local brand



Don't forget about 30 Day Happiness Challenge 
Today's quest is:
Watch your fav Movie!

Check out my Instagram stories to see what's my choice of a movie and also what's your challenge for tomorrow!

Stay chic

Stay true

XoXo

Ivana

30 DAY WATER CHALLENGE + free printable water tracker

  

Hey, and welcome to our safe space.

How's going your first 30 Days of becoming a better version of yourself? (Do not what I'm talking about? Read the post here and a 30 day self-care challenge here. Join us on our journey)

As I promised, I'm going to be posting a new challenge or tips every other week to help us reach our goals easier. And yes, this time there will be Free Downloadable Printables just for you.

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It'll be easier to  accomplish your daily goal if you remember some of this things:

• drinking water in the morning (~ 30 min before breakfast) not only contributes to keeping a healthy level of hydration throughout the day but also helps you wake up
• 30 min before any meal also helps you curb your appetite and as a result you won't overeat 
• 1 hour after meals and generally in between meals is time when your body will naturally feel thirsty so just listen to what your body says to you. (Also helps to snack less)

Drinking around 2 liters of water per day is a healthy recommended amount. So it's somewhere around 8-10 glasses of water. I created this little tracker to make it easier for you.

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However, if you're active through out the day and move a lot then your desired amount is about 3 liters.


Here are some useful tips:

• add fresh fruits or oils to your water to make it tasty
• invest in cute water bottle and carry it around with you
• set reminders on your phone 
• remember that you to follow a gradual pattern to keep your body equally hydrated throughout the day
• use a tracker or my printable to check yourself   

Stay true, strive to be a better you every single day

XoXo

Ivana

Persona #4 Zuko the prince of the new era

Hey, babes. Before I start my usual ramble let's get some thing out of the way.

First of, I can't resist just talking about real people so there you go, another gorgeous fictional character to admire.

Second, if for some obscure reason you still haven't watched Avatar: The Last Airbender (not Kora or God Help Us that movie) then immediately disembark this page and go watch it, like binge watch it and after you absorb all the beauty, deepness and every little thing about this show, then do come back and enjoy some decent (maybe not so decent) appreciation post for the biggest rebelish cinnamon roll in this universe aka Mr. Zuzu.

Now, when you've been warned, let me invite you to join on our emotional rollercoaster ride.

It would be wrong to say that Zuko was the only one who changed throughout  the series because one of the best things about Avatar is definitely character development. Every character got his/her dose of life-changing events. Although, to me, Zuko is one of those who developed the most and for the best. Let's begin our little retrospective journey.

When we first meet the Prince in exile he comes across as I short-tempered, self-centred blind rebellious teenager. Honestly, I immediately didn't like him for being such an asshole but we should appreciate his blind determination to get what he must get. If not for Zuko's lovely uncle Iroh who balanced everything out,  Zuko could've exploded right there during his first "battle" with team Avatar. Our little Prince went a long road to become such a graceful King. We saw him next to his crazy sister and father which made us think that maybe he ain't that bad compered to his family. His storyline seemed to be always on the complete polar opposites. It had to be extreme, it's either he's being a total fuckboy and ruining everything in front of him or he's having strong spiritual awakenings and trying to get shit together and correct his past mistakes. 

Even tho Iroh helped him all the way, Zuko still found his path in life when he was alone which makes me love him even more. 

Some of my fav moments of his storyline differently are: 

1. Him being the mystery mask boy and saving everyone

2. Trying to master lighting and failing at it and then discovering a better ability (such a cinnamon roll)

3. Being friends with Toph

3.2 Talking to frog about life (again cinnamon roll)

4. Going on field trips with team Avatar (including Him and Aang being stuck in resin and then dancing the dragon dance; Mai x Zuko  moment during prison escape)

5. Reuniting with his uncle Iroh

6. Final battle against his sis ft. Katara (this episode I totally shipped it)

Ah, Zuko is such a cinnamon roll, my heart always starts beating so fast whenever I remember that time when he finally joined Team Avatar and they spent time together and went to his child home and  watched that obscure theatrical performance.

I would've totally shipped Katara and Zuko but like my fav none canon ship is Katara and Jet (I know, I know he's such a fuckboy but still, I can't). What's your fav ship and fav moment w/ Zuko?

Zuko changed from a lost angry baby to a graceful wise adult. If he managed to go through so much shit and grow up a decent person in such a family then we can totally do it too. He's such an inspiration to me. Plus he's a true cinnamon roll, we've seen him being vulnerable and lost so many times it feels like he spent the whole series struggling with his own identity (which is true and is good).

The moral of today is as always  -  be true, be you and search for better things

Also, be kind 

XoXo

Ivana

30 Days to Better You | Philosophical Life

Here I am, interrupting your Saturday afternoon with possibly a life changing post.

A couple of months ago an idea was born in my head while I was dreaming about cool artsy boys. There are so many great people in this world but I'm especially attracted to the I-am-super-arsty-and-cool-and-deep-and-also-do-a-lot-of-shit-at-such-a-young-age type, a good example would be Bertie Gilbert or Cole Sprouse or Charlie Heaton or Sergei Polunin etc. And a question arises, why aren't I friends with such people? After pointless attempts of moving to London or attending artsy youth parties, I realised that I'm too broke and introverted for this kinda life so the only logical way out would be becoming as cool as these people (whom I adore) are. Yeah, great, read ten books a week, start drawing and filming, writing poetry and also learn five languages two of which are dead. Of course, great decision but not really possible when your life is a mess and your body can't make it up 3 floors of stairs. That's why the first Volume of my (or our) journey to becoming a true philosopher will be dedicated to body and soul.

Volume I

"Mens sana in corpore sano"

Body

Healthy food

Before starting on any exercise I feel that we need to prepare and cleanse our body from all the toxins and having a healthy diet is the way to go. I do understand that it may sound a bit unrealistic because you can't suddenly give up all your bad habits that's why we are just gonna concentrate on some points to start our journey with. The guidelines are:

• oatmeal for breakfast (literally the best decision in my life. You can always add some fresh fruits or honey for flavour)
• drink more water (like 2-3 litters per day)
• more tea, less coffee 
• fresh/baked/dried fruits as snack 
• dark chocolate (I'm talking 75% and up) rather than milky (it will also help your brains)
• say no to alcohol because we ain't fancy enough yet for a glass of good wine in the evening or an expensive whiskey (not yet guys, not yet) (okay, maybe a glass of decent wine once in a while but no cocktails)

Soul

Law of Attraction (new thought)

Now let's talk about spiritual stuff. For starters we need to deal with our (mine) constant depression and positive thinking is what will help us. I won't go too deep into explaining the Law of Attraction but basically if you think positively and visualise your goals all of it will be more likely to happen and you'll live a great life. Our thoughts produce an aura around us and depending their charge we attract the same aura (positive or negative) from the rest of the world forming our future in certain way. So, for this 30 days our goal is to try thinking more positive and also maybe create a mood board. 

The Connection

Yoga

Okay, now when we established some work on both body and soul we need to bring it all together and connect the ends to stabilize ourselves as humans and what can better than Yoga the ultimate training for both of out sides. Of course, if you wanna be boogie you can go take yoga lessons at your local fitness club but I ain't got money for dat so we are going to start with some home workouts. The easiest and best way is just to search "yoga for beginners on youtube" and you'll tones of tutorials. as for me, personally, I really like Yoga with Adriene and probs I'm gonna the 30 days of yoga thing. 

Rounding up, our goal is to ease into doing a lil bit of yoga now and then. We're going to go deeper on this matter in our next 30 days enhancing our abilities and workouts.

Finally, a few words about the concept behind it. 

I'm going to post every month bringing something new each time.  

I'll pay more attention to previous topics as well as add some new ones.

I may also post some semi-posts during the month and maybe explain 

more about each topic or catch you up on my progress

and how I'm feeling.

If you still here and want to start this journey with me comment  and post using #30daysofphilosophicallife

Peace out 

XoXo 

Ivana