My New Year's Resolutions

Hello everybody,

So the new year is getting closer and closer and I thought that this was the right time to share some of my resolutions. I think that it is always a good thing to set some goals for yourself and there is no better time than a new year! Yes, I am one of those people who has the endless list and who never achieves the things and just makes the same every year and I joke about not doing them etc. I get all of you, but I'm saying this not only for myself,but also for you: Let's really do it this year. For real, let's do this! Let's make 2015 count! 

I decided to make a little list and (even more important) post it on here, where not only I, but you too, can look with me and hopefully I can do them all. This is my list:

Get fit:

This is something I put on my list every single year and I fail every year. I try every year and to be honest: I can do this and it makes me happier... So I don't really get how it fails every time! I've seen changes before and it always made me really happy. I am someone who struggles a lot with her body-image (and I always have ever since I can remember) so this would be a huge step for me and I bet it would make me way more confident and I'd feel healthy. I feel like it's going to give me a lot so this is certainly something that I need to do. Running isn't THAT bad after all. I really want this.

This has always been the most motivating to me.

Listen to more music:

If you know me well, you'll know that I listen a lot to music and I enjoy it so much! But this is something more than just listening to music. I want to discover more music. I want to discover more artists, more genres, etc. Music is (to me) the most beautiful form of art. I should be rewarding that and appreciate it more.

Hayley Williams is the lead-singer of Paramore.
She's an angel, I love her. 

Eat more fruit:

Wow. Such healthy. Much original. I certainly am not giving any fucks at this point. Yes, eating more fruit is on my list. Because I love fruit. Okay? I love fruit A LOT. I love the taste of it, I love how it looks, I love to combine it etc. I LOVE FRUIT. Then why is this on my list? Because apples aren't the only thing I like to eat as fruit. *wink wink* (to my parents) If we would get some other fruits besides red apples (as I love green ones more) then you'd do me a huge favor and you'd help my resolution very well. I'm thanking you. Fruit.

NOTE: I don't eat bananas.

Save more money:

This was also on my list last year and guess what? I DID IT. I DID IT. I REALLY DID IT. I saved like so much money and saving money is actually a lot easier than I expected. So this is one we're putting on this list again and it is very important. I'm saving for personal things and maybe I'll make a blogpost about it one day.

I started captioning all my pictures and I felt awkward to leave one because this pic deserves a caption too, right?
Captioning means no gets left behind.

Be able to play guitar:

I got a guitar and the only thing I need is a few classes. You don't understand how much this could help my career later. THIS IS SO IMPORTANT. All I need is some money and people who want to drive me to the place once in a week or even two weeks. THAT'S FUCKING IT. Did I mention that we have a guitar that hasn't been used in years? Did I mention that playing guitar would be very important to me? I hear you thinking: "You're a teen, go to your parents and just ask them." I've done that already. I have gotten the same reply as always (that I like to call): the ignorant parent.
Just keep ignoring the question until I stop asking it. Wow, "family" is so nice.

Oh I take every single oppurtunity to use a picture of La Leto (aka Jared Leto)
(but if we're being honest here: La Leto sounds cool)

Sing more:

I don't sing enough if you'd ask me. I love singing so much and I'm great at it and I could talk for hours about it (but I'm going to shut up right now). If you sing a lot you probably know that your voice improves the more you train it (maybe some people also know this without singing regularly, because it sounds quite obvious) I think that the reason I don't sing that much is because I prefer to sing when it's dark outside (though I always sing in my room) and before I've eaten (so I can jump around a lot) I should try singing even when I have eaten. I needed a sentence to bold in this one so here it is! 

This is Demi Lovato with her pink hair (which I loved the most)
I chose her because she has an amazing voice.

Dance more:

So I used to dance in a group and it was really fun but there were financial problems so they had to stop. I miss it a lot and I don't dance as often as I used to. Dancing is an amazing thing and I really love that hobby a lot. I once read that you should have three hobbies: one to make you money, one to keep you in shape and one to be creative. I must admit that I haven't found them all yet, but I have a lot time to do that!

I chose this gif because let's face it: Selena Gomez is an amazing dancer.

Ride more with my bike:

This is literally one of my favorite things to do! Alone or with friends: I love it! No matter where, if the sun is shining, then I'm up for it! It is just so relaxing and it just makes me happy. I don't come outside that often as I should, so this is a great way to do that! I also tend to do it when I'm bored or when I decide to visit a friend!

Isn't this like a gif from that one music video of that one band?

Hang out more with my friends:

I'm young and I should do this more often. Every time one of my friends asked me to hang out I had to say 'no' for some reason and it really pisses me off. You learn a lot around people and my friends are very creative, so inspiration and fun are the only things I'd be getting! Great things, right? (NOTE: Did this sound sarcastic, because it wasn't meant to be sarcastic, just so you know!)

Okay, this is just a random photo I have on my computer, but like I don't hang out
with people so I didn't have a nice picture so I decided to look up "hanging out"
on Tumblr (pls don't do that: it's full of dicks and boobs) So then I was like looking
for a good picture and I chose this one because potatoes are just neat.

Drink more water:

Not that I drink a lot soft drinks or alcoholic drinks or something: I just don't drink a lot in general (which is obviously not the best thing in the world) so that's a goal I really need to set for myself. Drink more water kids, it's very important! I prefer water a lot of times, I think water is just neat.

From all the bottles of water I've seen in my life, I chose this one.
It's the chosen one.

I'll let y'all know if they became a reality. If you like to you can tell me some of your resolutions.
Have a great new year and a great 2015 in general!

Much love,
Xo

A dream is a wish your heart makes

Hello everyone,

so if you hadn't figured it out already by the title of my entire blog, I am a dreamer. And I'm proud to tell that I'm also a big believer. So I thought it would be appropriate to talk about dreams. How I get my motivation, how I work for them, etc. And I hope it may give a little spark to a dreamer out there.

My dream

I want to become a lead-singer in band. (though I'm 99.9% sure my parents don't like this one). The thought that one day I will spend time sitting on a tourbus together with some of my best friends to sing for people and make them have the night of a life-time, to be able to touch some in the heart, to make a change... it gets me. From touring the US to playing shows in Australia; it could all be possible. And that's what I'm working for. I am willing to give everything for that dream.

My motivation

I'd be lying if I said that my biggest motivation isn't Jared Leto. He supports my dreams more than I do and that's why I love him. 

This might be my favorite quote ever. PERIOD. I love these words so much and they give me so much strength. I also tend to pick a lot inspiration out of songs and I'll give you 3 of my favorite songs. (surprise, surprise: 2 of them are by Thirty Seconds To Mars, because a lot of their songs evolve around dreams) 

Paramore - Last Hope

Thirty Seconds To Mars - Do Or Die

(this is probably my favorite song ever)

Thirty Seconds To Mars - Closer To The Edge

My work + plan

So I think that you should think for yourself: "what work has to be done for this dream?". Tend to also think about little things that will pay off in the end; start with those. For me that is doing some voice exercices. I tend to do them whenever I feel like it and 8/10 times I will do them if I tend to sing. 5-10 minutes and I'm good to go! Very short period for a warm-up but that's enough for now. 

I also started to experiment more with songs right now, giving it a little twist and make it fitting for my voice. I also started to sing louder and with more confidence, which is a HUGE improvement for my voice. 

Then completley differently, I practice microphone skills: I use an empty bottle of deodorant (I have no proper microphone) and I lip-sync to songs and tend to think of how much energy you should put into them so you can go through an entire concert. 

I also try to think of when in songs I could add little things or how you could let the crowd sing something, jump, etc. Just everything involving the crowd. I think of lights, I think of video in the background, I think of stage-form,.. I got it all covered!

So what is my plan? Just stay here in Belgium? Fuck no. Los Angeles baby! Los Angeles has been a city I dreamt about ever since I was a little girl, and I feel like that's the place that I belong. I might study something there that has to do with film-making in the mean time and find like a little job to make some money. I'm saving for LA as soon as I bought a camera. 

So that was basically it. If I could give you one thing to remember from this post it is that you need to follow your dreams and work really hard because they can come true if you have enough faith and work hard. You can do what you dream. Dreams aren't impossible.

To end this post I got a little message from James Franco for you:

Much love,

Xo

First post

Welcome, welcome, welcome!
This is my sort of 2.0 blog as I just didn't feel like it with some aspects of the previous one. You can still click the link to see some of the previous posts on there (I think there are 40 on there) so that's here.

I made this new one which looks quite similar to the other one. I just loved the lay-out and I spent months looking for that back then. The difference is that this blog is by a completely new me. I grew up in so many ways differents than that blog.

Here is to a fresh start and the hope that you will follow this journey with me.

Much love,
Xo