A Journey Out Of The Comfort Zone

Hello everybody :)

How are you all enjoying your summer holidays?

Me, I'm on a journey out of my comfort zone.

You might wonder why on earth I'd want to go out of my comfort zone during the summerbreak, isn't that the time to be as comfortable as you can until school starts again? You're right it is! But there are so many things in the world that I just know I'll enjoy but I'm somehow held back by fears or insecurities; that I just felt like I needed a little push.

One of these wishes, that I was a little scared of fulfilling, was starting a youtube channel. I love youtube very much and you may have noticed in previous blogposts that bloggers/vloggers like Zoella are true inspirations for me. The only thing about having my own channel that scared me, was having people listen to my voice. I don't like my voice the slightest bit, and I realise that that is an insecurity that I should just shove in a drawer like I do with everything I don't like seeing in my bedroom :p But then my best friend, who's been loving the whole youtube community a lot longer than me, suggested that maybe we could start a channel together! It would be less stressful, and less scary. Of course I was on board with that :)

And so our first video came into existence, a very simple "Too Much Information" video where we answer questions about ourselves. It is in no way perfect yet, and our videos may never become so! But that doesn't really matter, does it? I feel like we can pat each other on the back for even daring to put ourselves out in the world like that! Anyway; here it is :)

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But that is not all I was going to say about me leaving the comfort zone!

I recently spent a lot of money :O

I bought a MacBook Air, for the sake of my extensive creative use of laptops. My previous laptop had started a slow deathbed, and I wanted to make sure to replace it before it really died. I use my laptop every day and mainly for writing/blogging/watching series/youtube and from now on also editing :) I thought spending a lot of money on something that I'll truly enjoy was a good investment into my creative improvement as well. I cannot wait to start working with iMovie, and I'm already loving writing stories on this thing. (The keyboard is a-ma-zing)

The MacBook Air is also very light, and that's gonna come in really handy when travelling :) (<more about that in the future, by the way!)

Last but not least, tomorrow I'm going shopping in Amsterdam with Anne-Floor!! So excited to be visiting all of the shops I keep hearing about :') I'm fairly certain that I'll purchase the entirety of Forever21's stock. It's gonna be amazing!

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We will take the train from Utrecht to Amsterdam, which is a first for both of us: we've never been to Amsterdam on our own before. It's going to be really exciting and the weather is going to be great as well, so :) You will definitely see pictures on here, if not videos on our youtube channel!

It may take some time, though, because I will not be in access of internet next week. I will be camping in Switzerland with my friends, and sadly Wi-Fi is not a possibility there :(. But it's going to be great anyways, and I will take lots of photos there as well.

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We will be going to Kandersteg, it's a town in the mountains and near a beautiful lake. I've never been there before, nor have I ever been to Switzerland at all! If you've ever been there, please tell me what it's like in the comments  :) I would love to hear your story!

Anyway, that's it for now!

I hope you enjoyed reading this as much as I loved writing it, and I will speak to you all very soon!

Have a great summer!

Eva