About me

 

Hi!

Welcome to my blog. Glad you stopped by.  This is my online lifestyle journal, where I try to check some boxes on my bucket list.


What will you find here?

-     A bit of my art, if you can call it that, I’m not sure I’m the next Van Gogh. I’m probably not the best, I just try to have fun. 😊

-     My travels: I’m not rich enough to do many travels outside of Europe yet. Also with the Covid-19 pandemic at the moment I don’t think it would be wise to travel internationally, as I don’t feel it’s safe for now. I will do some local traveling though. I’d love to discover the hidden gems close to me.

-     Challenges I try to complete: Mostly when it comes to skills (cooking, arts & crafts, organizing,…) and reading.

-     My daily life and interests

-     Family friendly? My blog is aimed to adults. But I won’t post anything extreme or not suitable for children. Probably because in my head I haven’t grown up yet. 😝


What will you not find here?

-     Beauty: I might do some beauty related to a challenge, when I organize something for my family or maybe like a wellness day. But I’m probably the last one to take beauty advice from. I don’t even wear make-up for my daily life, just for special occasions.

-     Sports: I want to live healthy and I incorporated some fitness challenges to my bucket list, but in general I tend to be a bit lazy when it comes to sports. I just do the bare minimum to stay healthy. But no reports from your latest sports games here

-     Anything where I think like: Boooooring! If it’s not within my fields of interest, you won’t find it here. My main goal is to have fun and discover new things. Life is meant to be lived.


How many times will I post? 

Once a week, one or more posts.


When will I post? 

On blue Mondays, just to make it a happier day. 😊


Me

I tried my best to draw a self-portait.



Some basic information

Name: Lynn

Age: In my late twenties.

Country: Somewhere in the northern part of Belgium (For now…).

Languages: Dutch (native language), French (Nothing too fancy, I can help myself in daily life and I can do a basic converstation with my French mother-in-law), English, German (Just some basics to help myself on vacation.)

Favorite music: Lots of kinds. Not a big fan of ‘Schlaeger’(Not sure if this appears outside of Germany and Dutch-speaking countries). But I mainly listen to older music, from before the year 2000. The 80’s are my favorite. Artists and bands like Journey, Billy Joel, Stevie Wonder, Lionel Richie….me=big fan. 😁

Favorite movies: The Lion King, Hachi, Joker, Dirty Dancing and many more. I 💖 movies. Not a fan of creepy and erotic movies though. I'm too much of a softie for that and I probably wouldn't be able to sleep afterwards.

Favorite books: I haven’t read much yet, but I will be changing this. I read mainly non-fiction like books from Timothy Ferriss and Tony Robbins.  When it comes to fiction, I’m not sure I’ve read enough to say what was amazing. I liked the Martian by Andy Weir and The Giver by Lois Lowry. Which are more in a soft sci-fi genre. But I’m hoping to read more classics in the future.

Favorite videogame: The Sims 4, RuneScape (I know, I’ve got a bit of a geeky side. 😇 )

Favorite board/card games: Uno, Rummikub and Scrabble

Favorite flowers: Poppies

Favorite color: I can tolerate most colors, but I'm a big fan of blue.

Other interests: nature, traveling, history, most things from the 80’s

 

Thanks for reading.

 

 

 

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