Meanwhile in Paradise

It’s almost spring! The thermometer is finally showing above 0°C, and if this keeps up for five days, it will even be called meteorological spring. Fingers crossed! 🌿

In practice, it’s still too chilly for power walks, so I’m keeping up my geek streak. Looking back at what I’ve done during past winters, there’s a clear pattern.

🤓 Winter 2020: was busy designing a website for a furniture manufacturing company. Bought an awesome desktop computer + monitor. Still head over heels in love with it.

🤓 Winter 2021: went from being a crypto virgin to learning about how blockchains work and understanding why DeFi is the new black. As a result, some of my investments are in Bitcoin, Ethereum and Cardano.

🤓 Winter 2022: researched web3. Didn’t buy any NFTs but couldn’t resist registering a whole bunch of crypto domain names. (Donations to this blog are welcome to meanwhileinparadise.wallet). I also spent some time learning video editing in DaVinci Resolve. Winter-OS made this winter extra cozy. I always follow figure skating and ice hockey.

🤓 Winter 2023: got hooked on AI. My favorites are ChatGPT, Midjourney and Adobe Firefly (I use it in Photoshop).

🤓 This winter: redesigned the landing page for my Swedish e-books, translated both the website and the books into English, and now I’m catching up on the latest front-end coding tricks and implementing some of them on this blog.

For those of you who don’t know me, I’m part geek, part bimbo. 😄 The balance has been a little off lately and I can’t wait to let my superficial side flourish. Soon, it will be all about looks, relationships and plotting new adventures. I have NOT forgotten about this post.

Getting closer and closer to the good life… The waistline is still a work in progress but it’s not bothering me at all. I’m determined to do this the easy, pleasant way and I know from experience, as soon as the spring sun hits my face I’ll be bouncing around like an Energizer Bunny with zero interest in junk food. My body responds really well to that and results will follow.

Yesterday I spent a couple of hours at Preston Hair and left feeling all brand new. The color is perfect and I had a super soothing scalp massage that almost put me to sleep. 😋

My favorite shampoos and a hair mask were delivered the same day and I also bought new ear buds for power walk music. I really enjoyed Sony’s previous model and these XM5 buds are even smaller and lighter. It’s very important to find suitable tips, though. The original ones are worthless, so I always switch to Comply tips. These TrueGrips are ok, Sport Pro are even better. Need to buy those.

Oh, I’m sooo impatient to take up my long power walks. I like to walk for at least an hour without having to stop. Made an attempt today but it gets too cold. And wearing a thick winter jacket and winter shoes isn’t my cup of tea either. C’mon spring, come ooon!

Meanwhile, I’ve revived my old habit of dancing in front of the mirror in the morning. It’s a great way to kick off a new day.