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    I really love gifting. And obviousky, I love all the opportunities of the year for gifting. Even though I find it a bit challenging choosing gifts for fathers, I still enjoy thinking about all the things they could use in their daily life. Men are practical, and they normally enjoy things that make life easier, but you can always gift something related to their hobbies or to your relationshop with them.  Here are some tips and ideas that you can you for you father's gift: Personalize it! If you still have time, I highly recommend getting something personalized. I did a mouse pad and a desk mat a few years ago. He really loved it. Maybe you can go for something simple, like a bottle, a glass/cup, or even a apron.  DIY it. I think we can always do something cute. I don't know what your artistic skills are, but you can maybe paint or draw something. If you have different inspirations, maybe you can create something from your heart.   idea: box for card g...

Don’t fall into the trap of believing that who you are, what you own, and the life you live are not worthy of love. If I could give you one piece of advice, it would be this: romanticize your life . No matter how it works, how it looks, or how it goes by — find beauty in every little thing you have. Maybe it’s a ritual, like your evening skincare routine . Maybe it’s your morning workout . Regardless of your financial situation, your studies, your routine, or your calendar — there’s always something worth cherishing. Why I’m Saying This Maybe you’ve felt like I once did. Maybe you’ve looked at your life and thought: It’s not worth sharing, it’s not impressive enough. For a long time, I believed that if my Instagram stories weren’t color-coded, if my fonts weren’t perfectly matched, or if my photos weren’t taken with the latest iPhone, they weren’t worth posting. They weren’t worth talking about. But here’s the truth: that was a lie. I lied to myself for years. I compared m...

      D on't fall into the trap of thinking everything you are, own and live is not worth of love.      If I could give you one piece of advice, it would be to romanticize your life. No matter how does it work, how does it look, how does it goes by. Try your best to romanticize every little thing you have. It might be a ritual you have, like a your evening routine, maybe it is your morning workout. Regardless of your financial situation, your studies, your routine, your calendar.      Why? Maybe you are in a similar situation to what I have lived. Maybe you are thinking that because what you have, how you look, what you do is a little bit different to other people and that's why you might not deem it worth of any praise or value. I used to think like that. I used to think that if my stories were not color coded, the fonts were not professionally matched, or if the photos were not from an iphone it wasn't worth posting. It wasn't worth sharing...

       This is just a couple of things, abilities, skills that I wish I had learned through my parents, maybe during my upbringing, but I had to learn later in life as an adult. This is not to say they didn't do a good job or anything around it. They had many things to worry when I was little and simply teaching me this stuff was not on the agenda.      Just a little bit of background, I was mostly raised by my grandparents as both my mom and dad where very young (I love that I got to spend a lot of my time with my grandma). Anyways, this was late 90's and onwards. Mind you that they did not have all the access to information that we have nowadays. So, it might seem obvious to teach your kid, but it was not so much then.     Here we go:     1. Emotional Intelligence Neither of my parents knew or taught me this. I had to learn as an adult, I had to struggle with this for around 22 years to understand my emotions, how they are display...

     A few weeks ago I decided to challenge myself to spend less time online, less time on social media more specifically. I did not think it would be such a big challenge. It has been such a transition, I don't like to think neither to admit it, but I was addicted to social media. I have been consuming so much content, I have been spending so much time online. My phone has been filling more gaps than I wish it would, so I decided to make a change. I decided to start a digital detox. I decided to increase my time offline.      Here are a few things you can do instead of doomscrolling:      1. Be bored. I am not even joking. We have spend so much of our time on our phones we don't even remember what it is to be bored. We don't wait in lines anymore. We just grab our phones and distract ourselves from boredom. I don't mean that you have to embrace a boring life, just that sometimes we have to challenge ourselves not to grab our phones while wai...