• New favourite band: The Smiths.
• I’ll be in Rome in 20 days. I can and I will get through these last days of the semester.
• A woman is getting raped right at this moment and I can’t help her.
• I speak some French and a bit of German and a little Spanish and I can read Latin and keep a conversation going in Chinese and studied ancient Greek for two years but I’m only fluent in English and Dutch. 
• Sunscreen is my best friend.

• Eating oatmeal for breakfast increases the chance of happiness and energy throughout the day.
• Spring means rediscovering the Beatles.
• You know you live in the Netherlands when the first heading of the online news is “Municipalities want to grow their own weed.”
• 4 more weeks until I’m going to live in Rome for a month.
• Expect problems and eat them for breakfast.

• People that suddenly have a degree in nutrition when you mention you’re a vegetarian
• People that blame everything on either immigrants or the EU
• People that talk a lot (about themselves) but don’t remember anything you tell them
• People that see religion as something silly and pointless
• People that go into oh-no-not-another-woman’s-rant mode when you tell them off for sexism/stigmatizing of fat/racism/gay “jokes”/being a general asshole

• I am secretly thinking of running the half-marathon in Amsterdam coming October. 
• Just watched 500 Days of Summer and it’s such a cute movie.
• It’s strange to think that other people actually talk about you all the time. I find it hard to grasp that I exist to other people when I’m not there.
• Two things I want out of life: Backpack in South-America, and work for the UN. 
• When there’s nothing left to burn, you have to set yourself on fire.

• Accepted to a month-long summer school in Rome. I have not been so excited about something in a long while.
• I run about 40km every week.
• Yesterday I cried because I saw a picture of the boy I’m in love with on Facebook and I just couldn’t deal with how perfect he is to me and how I mean nothing to him.
• I recently discovered that Ryan Gosling is an amazing actor and have now seen every film with him in it.
• Round and around and around and around we go.

• You grow up all at once sometimes.
• Remember when people choked on cinnamon to entertain the internet?
• Things I’ve learned: Sometimes happiness requires intense effort.
• Going to see Sigur Rós live in a week. So freaking excited.
• It only takes one person to change your life: you.

• There are few things that make me feel unconditionally better. Singing is one of them.
• I love Postcrossing, if you haven’t heard of it you should check it out.
• If I could do the things I want to you, you’d be changing all your plans.
• I started running almost daily about 2 months ago and I’m beginning to believe it cured my depression. 
• Freedom’s just another word for nothing left to loose.

• Why am I so bad at socialising in a group 
• Would prostituting myself be a bad thing 
• Should I not have told him straight out that I love him 
• Why do I dislike my mother so much 
• What should I do during my three month summer break 
• Why does the bird that lives on my rooftop never sleep

• Dyed my hair red. People stared at me at the supermarket today. Bright is my thing.
• It’s amazing what you can do when you set your mind to it.
• The concept of virginity was created by men who thought their penises were important enough to change what a women is.
• I played piano for money this break. 12 years of devout studying should be worth more than €75.
• Note to self: look at the sky more often.

• Making music with my brother
• Reaching a running goal
• Concerts
• Eye contact with strangers
• Matching tableware
• Relaxing showers
• Cooking with friends
• Lights from a plane window
• Mountains
• Looking at old pictures
• Summer plans
• Unexpected presents
• Rings
• Church bells
• Feeling grateful