The last few weeks have been a lot of fun. Trips to Barcelona city in search of boardgames & shopping & eating & bonding. Hours upon hours in bed together watching tv shows. And one day, on my way to visit my mother in Barcelona, I went into a bookshop and finally -after a couple of years searching- found the perfect adult coloring books for me. Most of what I've seen in the last couple of years of my search have been mandalas and other geometric drawings that inspire nothing in me. I'm much more into flowy Art Noveau kind of images. And voilà! There they were, various books by this person called Johanna Basford, it was love at first sight. It was tough trying to decide which one book to buy; I wanted them all! One day, one day.
Life is going well these days. I've been working extremely hard on my depression, and I finally had a breakthrough a couple of weeks ago after a long and intense conversation with C. I'm lucky that he's the most positive, optimistic and resilient person I've ever known, and he drills speeches into my stubborn brain. Then I go be by myself and marinate his ideas vs my ideas, and an ahá moment happens. And that's exactly what happened that night, but amplified x50. Since that day, I haven't woken up a single morning dreading the day ahead and wanting to chop off my head. It is truly a miracle. I still have to keep my thoughts and focus in check, and I have to make a choice for my mental health every single day, and I feel I'm on a really nice path. I want to keep going. If it weren't for having him in my life, with his warmth and eternal enthusiasm and impeccable energy, I would be a ghost of myself. I feel so blessed to have such an encouraging and reassuring person in my life. He makes all the difference.
The last few weeks have been a lot of fun. Trips to Barcelona city in search of boardgames & shopping & eating & bonding. Hours upon hours in bed together watching tv shows. And one day, on my way to visit my mother in Barcelona, I went into a bookshop and finally -after a couple of years searching- found the perfect adult coloring books for me. Most of what I've seen in the last couple of years of my search have been mandalas and other geometric drawings that inspire nothing in me. I'm much more into flowy Art Noveau kind of images. And voilà! There they were, various books by this person called Johanna Basford, it was love at first sight. It was tough trying to decide which one book to buy; I wanted them all! One day, one day.
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Shandi
3/3/2016 01:38:03 am
I am still on the lookout for my coloring book, siiigh. Glad you are feeling better. I've climbed out of my hole recently as well ;)
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Alexandra
3/3/2016 03:47:21 pm
It's totally worth the wait :D Go big with the love & connection to a book or go home heehee
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