Plans and surprises

   Happy New Year! A bit late, but it still counts. I’m not all that huge a fan of celebrations and parties, so I mostly like to spend the New Year with close friends or family. I tried to spend the New Year, a couple of years ago, at a club and I didn't really enjoy it much. Each to his own, I guess. The other thing I kind of gave up on was New Year's resolutions. I mostly gave up on making them, because I’m just not the type of person who plans and manages my whole life. Hell, I don’t even plan my whole week in advance. I’m really enthusiastic about making plans, but after a couple of days I mostly give up or change them. Not to say that I’m a lazy person who doesn't achieve anything. I like working and having some goals to achieve, it’s just, I’m better with planning in the short term, rather than in the long term.

   I've actually changed many of my outlooks on life in the recent years. I suppose it comes with age. Not that I’m old, the fact is, I believe we develop and change our beliefs and wishes year through year, not just when we’re in our thirties or forties. My dad has this thing he says to me whenever we are discussing something. If I have a valid point and he sees that he would have to admit it, he tells me: ‘’I wasn't born at the age of sixty’’. What he means by this is, I’m right, because I’m older than you, therefore, you can’t possibly be correct. Now, it’s not like he never listens to me, it’s just sometimes when he feels threatened, he uses his favorite saying. When I was younger I used to get really mad about it, mostly since it wasn't true. Just because someone is older than you, doesn't mean he is wiser. Yes, he has more knowledge about life.  Then again, there are many younger people who have been through so many things in their life. They've lived through things people never experience. I also don’t agree with my dad, because, yes he’s older, but he grew up in a different time and age, and I believe I could understand and solve some things better than he ever could. Nowadays, I don’t bother with getting annoyed when he says that to me, it’s just his way of thinking.

   So, I suppose you could say I've matured, which I hope is true. I've also started going to yoga, so that’s something I've never done before. Hopefully, I will keep at it in this New Year. For me, it’s wonderful, since I get stressed out easily and I have a bad temper, so the yoga exercises really calm me down. I hope every one of you finds something new to experience in 2014, I hope you manage to achieve all your resolutions, and if you don’t have any, then enjoy every day and wait for the surprises to come!

Love,

Aleks

Beginning to End

Holidays seem to always be a good inspiration for starting something new, so why not begin writing a blog? Ideas, thoughts, opinions, dreams... It's all part of the package. So, why not share my ideas with the thousands of you that are just waiting impatiently to read this. 

My biggest passion in life is reading. Yeah, sounds boring right? I suppose it would be for super fun people who have exciting lives, or people who are too busy to sit down, hardly read a book. Although I don't believe that to be true, entirely. It would suggest that only boring people read, which would hardly be doing anyone any service. What I mean is, at least in my experience so far, when I tell people I love books, especially romance, historical, erotic novels, they look at me like I've gone crazy. Because, by god, the only books in their opinion that are worth reading are the magnificent classics like, Dostoevsky, Shakespeare, Goethe, and so on. Not that I don't also love classics, but they don't make my life as exhilarating as the books mentioned before. They bring me along into a world that's wonderful and I follow stories that make me want to never put the book down. For a moment in time I forget about everything and become immersed in the worlds that some expert authors have come up with.

I've always envied writers, probably because I've always wanted to be one, but never really had the talent for it. I would love to talk to a writer and have them tell me how they wrote at least one of their books, how the process went, when they first thought up the characters, the story line, everything. I'm like that, I like going into the details. And I always like finding out new information and starting something new.

When you start reading a book, especially one you've waited for a while to read, you are enthusiastic, you cannot stop reading, the story line captivates you entirely. When you're near the end of the book you sometimes think how you don't want it to end. But it'a a process, and no matter how sad you are that you've finished a book, just think about the fact that now you have in your mind that story, and if it was a particularly wonderful book, you will never forget it. And, trust me, the next time you read it, it won't be the same, it will be a different experience.

So, I will regale you with my insights as often as I can and in the meantime, find a wonderful book to read, winter is perfect for that!