Simply Selma: journal

I love autumn. It's my favorite season of all and it always has been but it has become a fave even more so since I started working in aviation - it marks an easier period after a summer buzz. My job is a peculiar one - that kinda hit me when I started a routine of getting back from work at 8 a.m. on a Monday while everyone's work week was just beginning. And again, going to work at 8 p.m. on a Friday night wearing a sweatshirt and carrying meal boxes while everyone's dolled up definitely screwed up any chances of me becoming a party animal.

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Trip to Vienna | Since I'm pretty much home-bound due to my "real" job, I never get to travel much. I always say to myself that I'm going to change this but whenever I get some days off, a ton of house chores are waiting for me, I end up being exhausted (on my time off!) which coupled with chronic sleeplessness aka insomnia due to night shifts leads to a disaster. I end up having tons of nap time which is fab and exactly what I need but - when the time comes to get back to work, I cannot help but feel a bit sad that I haven't used up my time for something more exciting. That's why a trip to Vienna with drogerie markt was absolutely refreshing and a kick to the butt - I need to do this more often! I'm being realistic so I'm aiming at becoming good with short trips, for start.

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Travelling is one of the things I want to do more in my life - I don't get to travel much, mostly due to my "real job" but I'm quite determined to change this. My husband and myself have been planning a visit to Vienna - we've looked up everything from what season is the best to visit Vienna (we think it's in spring and winter), accommodation and all of the sights we wanted to see. On our Vienna bucket list we had Museum of Technology, Natural History Museum, Museumsquartier, Sigmund Freud Museum, house of Mozart, Haydnhaus - and many more. That's why I've been super surprised when drogerie markt Bosnia and Herzegovina offered to take me to Vienna to their #dmbloggerevent (a whole post about it is coming after this one!). Even now thinking about it, it was such a wonderful experience albeit a short one.

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I hope you're reading this whilst in your softest pajamas in bed, or bundled up on the sofa with your favorite beverage in hand and best Christmas movie on TV.

Holiday season definitely brings a rush of excitement and buzz, everyone's rushing to get presents, work is being round up for the year's end and traffic is horrific. But when all of that passes and the end of December becomes real, things become more chilled, relaxed and calm. It's actually the perfect time to reminisce and re-evaluate.

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My adoration of this magical season goes well back but not every autumn was one to remember. Some years we feasted our eyes only on rain, sleet, bare branches and too many melancholic cloudy days a tender soul can bare. This year, however, I was rewarded with the autumn of my dreams. So I've decided to write an ode to my favorite season.

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A few years back, pamper routines mostly consisted of browsing indulging products bloggers loved and slathering them all as much as I could (at the same time). Now, I might risk to sound like a bore but, relaxation is now something I don't associate with products as much as I used to and it's not strictly related to a certain day of the week. But an outlay of a routine is comforting. My "me" time now mostly happens at evening/night or really early in the morning and I do my best to have as many of those moments as possible. They are my selfish little treats but they're also what retains my sanity, my inner calm whenever I feel that the world outside has changed too much or became too crazy for my liking.

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Waking up a bit early to get a sip of water or a scoop of my honey and ginger mixture always feels like I'm in a state of half-sleep. I check the clock on my phone and it tends to be around 6AM. That is, when my eyes can make of numbers while squinting. I need to turn down the brightness of the display. Turning from one side to another, I secretly enjoy the crinkling of clean cotton sheets. After taking a look of my bundle of love and noticing he's probably going to wake up to a tickled nose as a lock of his hair is touching it (it has grown long!) I finally muster up the energy to stand up. I must have my fluffy socks on - if they're not next to my bed I'll have to walk barefoot to the kitchen and those tiles are too cool at 6AM for my liking.

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Yesterday marked my blog's 4th anniversary! I find it incredible that it's already been four years since I've started typing away in this "little corner of internet" which I call my own. This means I've started blogging when I was 25 years old and now that I'm 29 - I feel a little bit older, wiser and with definitely some interesting experience and new knowledge up my sleeve.

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One of the first words a foreigner learns in Sweden is 'lagom'. In English, there isn't one word to sum it up. Roughly translated it means 'enough, sufficient, adequate, just right'. Lagom is widely translated as 'in moderation', 'in balance', 'optimal' and 'suitable'. While words like 'sufficient' suggest some degree of abstinence or scarcity, 'lagom' carries the connotation of appropriateness. This is similar to the concept of the middle path in Eastern philosophy or Aristotle's 'golden mean' of moderation in Western philosophy.

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I've been working on this little project for months, the change was brewing and ideas floating in the air ceaselessly and I still have trouble with turning my thoughts into words for you guys. Firstly, I want to welcome you all to Simply Selma - a blog, a place you will find familiar but somewhat changed. Personally, I find it quite difficult to say goodbye to Meteo Beauty and the whole identity associated with it but I know it in my heart that it was a right thing to do.

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