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Kortet ovan sitter uppe pa vaggen hemma hos mina foraldrar. Det var ett foto som Hallands Nyheter hade i en artikel om en workshop som vi i dansprogrammet pa gymnasieskolorna i Halland hade i Varberg.
Min koreograf, JoAnna, pratar om det fotot ibland pa rehearsals (de var ju och halsade pa forra sommaren), vet inte riktigt varfor men hon namner det i olika diskussioner. Det ar ett foto och en tid som jag har glomt bort. Det var sa lange sedan.
Sa ung och sa manga mal som jag ville uppna. Idag sitter jag fortfarande sadar pa golvet, men jag har uppnatt alla mal jag hade. Helt otroligt konstigt nar man tanker efter. Det var mal och delmal som kandes sa stora och sa langt borta, men nu 10 ar senare har jag uppnat allt och lite till. Jag ar stolt over mig sjalv.
Det ar dags att skapa nya mal. Det har varit svart att komma pa vad de malen ar. Sedan jag kom tillbaka till Sverige efter min tid i Portugal har jag varit lite vilsen (ja, i fyra ars tid). Men under den tiden har jag anda uppnatt en massa saker.

Mycket idag handlar om att man maste gora saker hela tiden och man maste gora saker som betyder nagot…som betyder nagot for alla andra. Jag tycker att man borde stanna upp ibland och tanka pa vad man sjalv vill och tanka efter pa det man redan har astadkommit. Vad har du i ditt bagage? Vilka erfareheter har du? Vilka kunskaper sitter du inne med?
Vi stressar och vill ha en karriar nar vi ar 20-25 ar. Ta det lugnt! Hellre att man gor nagot som man sjalv vill och mar bra av, an att gora en massa saker som later bra eller ser bra ut pa pappret.
Den har tiden som jag funderar pa mina nasta mal i livet tar inte jag som nagot negativt. Jag ser det som en tid da jag kan testa mig fram. Jag bor nu aven i ett annat land som jag forsoker anpassa mig efter, och det ar ett ganska stort projekt i sig:)
Nu ar tiden da man soker till skolor. Vilken gymnasieinriktning ska man valja? Vilken hogskola ska man valja? Jag har manga yngre lasare och till er sager jag bara: lyssna inte pa alla andra, kann efter sjalv. Och! Man kan alltid valja om senare i livet, det ar aldrig forsent att andra sig 🙂

The photo above is hanging on the wall in my parents house. It was a photo for Hallands Nyheter’s (a newspaper in Sweden) article about a workshop that we in the dance program in High Schools around in the region Halland, had in the city Varberg.
My choreographer, JoAnna, talks about that photo sometimes in rehearsals (they all visit last summer), don’t really know why but she mentions it in various discussions. It’s a photo and a time that I have forgotten about. It was so long ago.
So young and so many goals that I wanted to achieve. Today I’m still sitting on the floor like that, but I have accomplished all the goals I had. Unbelievably strange when you think about it. There were goals and smaller goals that felt so big and so far away, but now 10 years later, I’ve achieved everything and some more. I’m proud of myself.
It’s time to create new goals. It’s been hard to figure out what those are. Since I came back to Sweden after my time in Portugal I’ve been a little lost (yes, for four years). But during that time I have done so many things.

A lot today is about that you must do things all the time and you must do things that means something…that means something for everyone else. I think you should just stop sometimes and think about what you want yourself and think about what you already have accomplished. What do you have in your backpack? What experiences do you have? What skills are you sitting on?
We stress and want a career when we are 20-25 years old. Take it easy! Rather that you do something that you want and feel good about than do a lot of things that sounds good or looks good on paper.
This time I’ve had to think of my next goals in life, I do not see them as something negative. I see it as a time when I can try new things. I now also live in a different country that I’m trying to adapt myself to, and it’s a pretty big project in itself:)
Now is the time when you apply for schools. What High School specialization to choose (in Sweden)? What college to choose? I have many young readers and to you I’m just saying: do not listen to everybody else, go after what you want to do. And! One can always choose differently later in life, it’s never too late to change 🙂

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God morgon! Idag ar det St Patrick’s Day! I helgen har vi sett massor med gronkladda personer. Under var promenad i lordags sag vi inte en enda bar som inte var packad med folk..mitt pa dagen. Jag antar att paraden kommer att vara idag, sa Fifth Ave kommer sakert vara annu gronare senare idag:)

Good morning! Today is St Patrick’s Day! This weekend we have seen lots of green dressed people. During our walk on Saturday we didn’t see a single bar that wasn’t packed with people..on mid day. I guess the parade will be today, so Fifth Ave will for sure be even greener later today:)

Forresten, har ni sett filmen The Great Gatspy? Eller last boken? Vi har nagra gratis HBO manader pa tv’n och de visade den filmen i lordags. J har last boken tidigare, men jag hade ingen som helst koll alls pa vad den handlade om. Efter 10 min in pa filmen var jag otroligt uttrakad. Varfor? Det utspelar sig pa 20-talet men de har gjort det sa modernt. Hur de har filmat, musiken (nutida pop/rap musik, come on!) och hur de dansade. Visst att man ska fornya tekniken och tanket inom film, men jag blev sa besviken. Sa fina costumes (som de vann en Oscar for) och sa trakig nutid musik ovan pa det. Nu later jag som en gammal tant, men jag vart inte jatteimponerad, tyvarr.
Vad tycker ni som har sett filmen?

Btw, have you seen the movie The Great Gatspy? Or read the book? We have a few free HBO months on the tv and they showed the movie on Saturday. J have read the book before, but I had absolutely no idea at all on what it was about. After 10 minutes in to the movie, I was incredibly bored. Why? It takes place in the 20’s but they have done it so modern. How they’ve filmed it, the music (todays pop/rap music, come on!) and how they danced. Sure, they have to renew the technique and way of thinking in movies, but I was so disappointed. So nice costumes (which they won an Oscar for) and so boring new music on top of it. Now l sound like an old lady, but I was not that impressed, unfortunately.
What do you, who have seen it, think?

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Efter en solig promenad kom vi hem och jag bakade kladdiga chokladmuffins. Oh boy, sa goda de var! Gott att ata onyttigt ibland:) Jag har inte bakat muffins pa evigheter. Forsokte hitta ett nyttigare recept pa natet, men no luck sa jag tyckte att det fick duga med vanligt.
Ikvall har vi tittat pa fler avsnitt av Parks & Recreation. Ooooh, jag vill va Leslie Knope! Till det satt vi med var sin ansiktsmask. Jim var sa sot:)

After a sunny walk we came home and I baked fudge chocolate muffins. Oh boy, they were so tasty! Nice to eat unhealthy sometimes:) I haven’t baked muffins in forever. Tried to find a more healthier recipe on internet, but no luck so I thought it would have to be fine with the normal ones.
Tonight we have watched more episodes of Parks & Recreation. Ooooh, I want to be Leslie Knope! With that we both sat with a face mask on. Jim was so cute:)

With whipped cream and raspberry it was a delicious!

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Vi myser med kaffe, lyssnar pa The Beatles pa skivspelaren och funderar pa lite saker om var resa till Stockholm i maj. Riktigt sondagsmys:) Idag maste vi (= jag) stada, tvatta, och fixa med saker som inte har blivit gjort tidigare i veckan. Vi ska forsoka njuta av vadret lite ocksa for imorgon ska det snoa (!!) igen. Sa knasigt. 

We are enjoying our coffee, listening to The Beatles on the record player and thinking on some things for our trip to Stockholm in May. A really cozy Sunday:) Today we must (= I must) clean the apartment, do laundry, and fix the things that haven’t been done earlier in the week. We will try to enjoy the weather a bit too, cause tomorrow it will snow (!!) again. So weird.

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Vilken harlig dag vi har haft. Borjade dagen med att lyssna pa faglarna utanfor fonstret kl 7am (vi bor som i en bubbla pa Manhattan, sa konstigt). Efter lunchtid gick vi ut pa en promenad och har precis kommit tillbaka och klockan ar nastan 7. Vadret har varit jattefint. Det blaser mycket, speciellt nara vattnet, men annars ar det varmt och skont.
Vi har promenerat i “ghost town”, under Brooklyn Bridge, genom China Town, in i Soho, genom West Village, suttit i en bar i Tribeca och atit sushi har i Battery Park City. Nu ar vi trotta i benen och matta i magen. Dags for nagra avsnitt av basta serien Parks & Recreation.

What a fantastic day we’ve had. Began the day with listening to the birds outside the window at 7am (we live in a bubble on Manhattan, so weird). After lunch we went out for a walk and we just got back home, and it’s almost 7. The weather has been wonderful. It’s really windy, especially near the water, but otherwise it’s hot and nice.
We walked into the “ghost town”, under the Brooklyn Bridge, through Chinatown, in Soho, through the West Village, sat in a bar in Tribeca and ate sushi in Battery Park City. Now we have tired legs and full stomachs. Time for a few episodes of the best tv-show, Parks & Recreation.

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