Talk behind your back

It's something that happens all the time. People talking behind each other back in a negative way. I honestly think it's the most stupid thing to do. If you have a problem with them please talk to them directly and don't escalate it until it's too late.

I am now in an environment which makes me a little bit sad. The group I am in feels that they are the trash bin. They do voice the problems but not to correct person. Last week I feel like the negative energy is coming in from them and it's disturbing. I feel that it influence my energy level and mood.

The only thing I know is that whatever I say about someone behind their back I would also say in front of them. This makes sure I will not participate in those talk and rumors.

Nice beer

I like to drink once in a while and last week this typical sweet beer was on sale including the glass. I immediately bought two of the gift packages. I always joke that this beer is cassis (in dutch a soda drink) with alcohol but I do indeed smell or taste the wood. I don't really know but the beer was enjoyable. 

What I also do as a trick is to put my beer glasses in the fridge and instead I don't put ice cubes in it, it won't water it down. Also I found out that I didn't need to bring or buy a new bottle opener. The end of our can opener function as that too. 

 

Deodorant

I never really used deodorant. In high school I used it because everyone was spraying. At that time I was already very conscious about environment and pricing. I used a roller deodorant that worked without alcohol and was caring for my skin. Afterwards I found out I was not really sweating the smelly odor. I also made sure that my armpits are dry after sporting. 

So for around a decade or so I didn't use deodorant and especially not in the winter. But during the summer I do feel the sweat and want to prevent it. I have seen the French using a rock as deodorant and want that too. I looked and saw the expensive variation. The ones that are marketed as deodorant cost around €6,- to €7,- but the one for men stopping the bleeding cost a fraction merely €2,-

The active ingredient of both product is aluin so I don't care how it's packaged and choose for the less package and marketing. Also if the product doesn't work as deodorant I can always use it as blood stopping product. So if you live drop by in the Netherlands or Belgium don't forget to take one of these as souvenir or as deodorant for traveling. I forgot to say it's so small it fits in the palm of my hand (7x2x2,5 cm). At the time of writing it's still priced at €2,- at Kruidvat but if the price gets higher after this is not my fault. Also I don't get paid or get sponsored by them. 

Folding correctly

Yesterday morning I was checking out this huge bag of plastic from my mattress. Last year I bought it and some howe it was still in the house. Of course it's easy to cover things that needs to be covered. But it takes so much space. Even before the pictures that have been taken it was ruffly folded and was also taking too much space. So much that I wanted to trow away immediately.

But then I thought, this plastic is quite nice and if I want to fix something or while cleaning. I could use this huge sheet of plastic. So instead I folded it open and made sure it will be folded correctly. It became a small package that could fit in my closet. It doesn't take more space than a A5 notebook. It's just amazing that it takes just less than a minute to create more space in my environment. 

Only replacing inner pot

Our rice pot is quite nice and it still works because it does. But the inner pot has in a few years time some scratches. It's very small but it's there. That's why instead of searching for a new rice cooker I searched for only a inner pot. My mom wanted to buy a new rice cooker because of it but I convinced her to look for a inner pot first. Especially when I told her the price difference of a whole new rice cooker and the pot. Instead of buying a new one for around €70,- she could also buy a €20,- inner pot. The price does matter and knowing that we need less material to survive on and that our appliances still works but sometimes it needs new items to function better. 

Then you would think that just a few small scratches in the inner pot isn't  that dangerous. I agree to a certain degree. But we use the rice cooker almost every day, why risk any long term health issue when it can be solved fast and easy. Learning to replace only the thing necessary is indeed difficult and you need a certain insight to decide. Only with practice was I able to make this calculated decision. In the past I would just throw the rice pot away but being more aware of the environment and the actual cost behind it, I've learned to appreciate replacing only parts of things. 

Good Buy

Last month I received my stuff form March. There are some things that haven't arrived yet but my most useful and sought after is this bag hanger. As it has been on my wishlist for a while I was looking forward to receive it. In total I bought 3 of them in different colors. I already gave one to my mom because before I ordered I asked if she wanted. She received the blue one and is also using it when going outdoors. Last week when I was eating out I already used it. Also at home I use it to hang my bag on the side of the closet. As I don't like having my bag on the floor. I still do this in the office but everywhere else my bag is on a hook. 

As you can see it's very simple but very useful. I used it and can claim that it's really nice. The quality is good and the silver thing that I don't know what's called is also handy to hang on your bag. I can recommend it to anyone that needs it. The one that I wanted was a little bit expensive and heavier because of the material. I am very happy that I instead chose this one. It's very cool. 

Difficulty of posting

Honest, the last few weeks I did really wrote down inspiration during my day but typing it over just didn't happen. Yesterday when I put on a picture and reading just a little bit of what I wrote all the ideas came back rushing out my head. In the end I wrote two post and planned it in and was thinking what to do with my pictures on my phone.

So what will happen to me and my lovely blog. Easy, post pictures first or upload it and then write. This is not how I want to work but perhaps it does work and I will keep writing more often.

This small snail was on my way when I was walking during my lunch break. I like to take a quick walk of 7-10 minutes just to breath and relax.
I hope this does help me and make my writing more often again. Sometimes just taking a break is good.