Summary of the year and the end of a century

This year has given me so much joy, truly, I quit a horrible desk job (with a psychopath boss), and started at my current one in January being an print operator in wallpaper business. Since then I have healed my stressed gut, gotten to wind down and appreciate life again. Burnt out in 2018 with the whole threat situation and the financial setback that came with it. Not being able to feel safe and to sleep without night terrors - 2019 gave me more peace, wonderful new friends at work and fun activities throughout the year! including an all expenses paid trip to Barcelona with work :)

In April we set out to take our paragliding license - weather wasn’t good enough so one mountain flight in Åre and a few hill glides was all we had time to do on that week.

The summer was awesome in our camper, we drove approx 4000km to spend time in the alps. We started in Chamonix looking skyward to all the paraglider sun the air (we’re not allowed to fly abroad on out student license unfortunately) and then hiked and did via ferrata once we found it! We also turned our camper to the east to see Aosta valley in Italy before driving home through Austria and Germany.

        I didn’t want to wait until the next year to get my paragliding license done so I booked a trip to fly in Öludeniz Turkey - where I also got my mountain license in hand. That trip was one of my very best trips ever! I found so much joy in flying and finding new friends from all over Sweden and a few Turks as well!

As I am writing this I’m in Åre for Christmas and had one last paragliding  mountain flight for the year and also about 65km of cross country skiing over the week. I feel fulfilled and blessed to be able to travel and go after my dreams like I have been able to. A little over 7 hours flying my BGD Magic,  26 takeoffs and 16 mountain flights. Most flights were in Turkey. And I have already booked for September again.

Financially I have had a very good year, my funds have grown both due to the money I put in but also due to the market increases. My portfolio as a whole has increased by almost +65% and with my deposits it has increased by +260% and my dividends now cover one whole month worth of expenses (rent, electric bill and car expenses and such)

Relationship wise I’m soon to be celebrating 10 years with my wonderful partner, he is the light of my life and we do (almost) everything together, we both have our ups and downs but pick each other up and find harmony again. I thought that finding friends that had paragliding and climbing as a hobby was one in a million but in this year I met several awesome women with similar interests as myself so I’m positive that my new connections will bring me joy. I love that I found new friends that has no desire to have kids. It makes finding time for each other much easier and hassle free.

          Training this year was difficult due to a knee injury in March, I twisted my knee on an ice hockey practice and was out for the season. Now I try to keep fit in the gym and I am thinking of maybe doing one final try for fitness competition (don’t hold me to that though) - motivation is mostly to lose some weight and really look into being more healthy all together.

            Upcoming adventures, well we have booked the next trip to Åre already in Easter, we’re taking another class and getting more flights so we can get Pilot 1 certified. The summer has not been decided, either the alps or we might go for a Swedish fjällsemester. And I booked another trip to Turkey to fly some more and see my paraglidinggirls again!

We’ll see what the next century will serve. I would like to wish you all a happy new year and a good new century to come! May your life be filled with new experiences, healthy and wealthy onwards!

Motivational - limitless courage

I get told a lot that I’m strong and “I wish I was as strong as you” the thing is, I’m not strong because I was born that way, I’m strong because I push myself a lot, I’m strong because I’m not afraid to fail.

I had this awakening that my mindset is the root of my success, it’s not talent, it’s not genes, it’s not luck.. it’s me TRYING, my curiosity to see if I CAN. It’s the optimistic mindset that I can LEARN anything I put my mind to, it’s in my CONFIDENCE in me doing my very best. It’s also my way of comparing myself to ME - never to anyone else. It’s in my TRUST in myself to try new things and to subject myself to things I have never done before.

When I was 25 years old I decided to learn how to play ice hockey - although I hadn’t been on scares since I was a child - I ended up playing and scoring in the second highest series. In my 30s I learned to climb - never having used my muscles in that way before. Few years back I entered a figure competition, while overweight, training every day to teach my goal - and ended up top 6 in my class, I didn’t win but I soared and I grew a lot through this process.

 In the latest 3 years I learned to invest in the stock market - exposing my capital for risk - and I’m reaping the benefits.

This year I set off to learn how to fly a paraglider - never ever had I tried anything like that before, not even a tandem flight nor a bunny jump or a sky dive. I signed up for the classes and flew on my own.

It’s not that I’m different in any way, I fail, I get discouraged, I cry, I scream and swear - sometimes I quit.. and sometimes I’m afraid - but I have too much integrity to stop living and to sit on my ass for the rest of my life. I don’t give in to fear, fear is not danger. Fear is a feeling, it’s anticipation of danger but seldom there is true danger. Fear is the thing holding you from success, fear is you brain trying to protect you from failure - but failure is not failing, failure is the path to success. To win you need to move through failure and keep going.

Everybody has this power within.

To find this limitless power within, go further, keep evolving, read books, listen to successful people, try, be bold, be brave, work on your feelings, keep going!! Lift heavier, try harder, take the step out in the unknown.

learning to fly

In my earlier years I had a lot of insecurities, I was too short, to bulky, my nose wasn’t the nose of a magazine supermodel. My insecurities was not by far as deep as some of my peers but I had them for sure. Now I passed my thirty fifth birthday I’m getting into my real core, the essence of my being. And no where in there is a need for outer validation. Those who know me know that I have never been a validation kind of gal, but even less now. Beauty industry is always trying to get you to create a new habit, a way for you to keep consuming their products.

It used to be nail polish, hairspray and lipgloss, but has warped into fillers, nail and hair extensions and so on. For me I’d like to be defined not by the exterior makeup or clothes, but for my actions, my bravery and my skills. Men more often gets complimented by these traits and I want to claim that for myself, and all women who strive to be more than just a nice thing to look at.

Here’s to the women who go on adventures, who risk not having a good angle on the camera - but she has fun instead of worrying how it looks. Here’s to the women who learn a new trade, goes on a trek in the middle of nowhere or climbs a mountain.

My adventures have been learning to climb, ice hockey at 25,  learning at 30 years old how to cross country ski, took open water divers certificate and now have a paraglider student license.

Paragliding was so much more than I expected and once I tasted the sky I was hooked!
We did our class in Åre with Lars @ Skysport - very good teacher and safety awareness was on point. For the future we will collect flights to get mountain license and also Pilot 1 to get to go more off grid and fly higher. We also plan to book a trip with Skysport to be able to get some experience flying (also it’s so cool to get to the best places and to fly with other pilots - the people who are in this sport are so awesome!!)

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