Thoughts of a girly dreamer addicted to change.

A new business

Dreams + Work = Success

I knew I was a workaholic, but I’ve never been so sure of it.

I’ve just started a new chapter in my life. And by chapter I don’t mean “guy” this time. After many years dreaming of being a business woman, I’ve finally decided to have my own business. My own, it still sounds funny. Of course, I’m not the only one behind it, we’re a great team. Since I made that decision, my life was a bit (a lot) busier. Running from left to right and working day and night, working to be the best and even more.

I remember my dad saying:
“There’s no such thing as 100%, you gotta give your 110%, you should be more than the best. You should be amazing.”

I think he raised me to be a leader, a strong girl, even though I’m 5 feet tall. I might be short, but I’m determined to succeed and that’s the only thing that matters.

They say that when you love something and you work hard, you can become the best at it. That’s what I aim for. I’m passionate about my work and I will be the best at it. I’ll give my 110% dad. I’ll find that bonus point.

So…I guess I’m an entrepreneur now.
Yeah I used the word “entrepreneur”, so cliché. Get used to it ;)

2013, my resolutions

Melissa @ The Atelier posted this awesome 2013 list. I think it describes exactly how I see this new year.

Here are my 2013 resolutions, I pinned them all on my Pinterest page. I might be adding some over the next months.

  • Learn how to ride a bicycle.
  • Try yoga.
  • Reach my goal weight.
  • Learn how to cook.
  • Start a diary and write in it every day.
  • Wake up early.
  • Go to Germany and learn german.
  • Go to Barcelona, Spain.
  • Travel without a destination.
  • Treasure simple moments of happiness.
  • Get engaged (I wish).

Seriously, I know 2013 will be a big year. Lot’s of changes to come. AGAIN.
But hey, that’s how I am…changeaholic.

What are yours?

How I survived a month without Coke

I did it! I did it! I did it!
I don’t know how, but I did it!

A MONTH WITHOUT COKE: DONE!

Iced tea, my new bestfriend

Iced tea, my new bestfriend.

I’m not sure I could say that I feel already healthier, but I think it’s a big step for someone like me who loved (and kinda still do) soda pops. I even put on some rules in order to succeed. I was sure I couldn’t resist all month without cheating once.

  1. No Coke neither Pepsi is allowed. (Done! It was harder not drinking Pepsi, I don’t know why…)
  2. Try drinking limonade. (I drank limonade most of the time, then started Iced tea and now I’m trying juice only.)
  3. If you’re eating fast-food, try Iced tea instead of Coke. (It worked fine, but now I gotta stop drinking iced tea haha)
  4. You can cheat one time per week, might be on Sunday night at family dinner. (I NEVER cheated! I’m giving myself A+ for this.)
  5. You can drink Coke only if it’s in a Rhum&Coke (I didn’t even drink a single rhum&coke! And only a glass or two of wine.)

Seriously, I think I can give myself some preps for that. No coke, no pepsi, no sprite, no crush, nothing at all for the WHOLE month. And I’m still not drinking any of these I cheated this weekend in Montréal, oops.

Next step is to stop drinking juice with too much sugar, it’s as bad as soda pops. I wonder if a sodamaker would be good for me, is it that much healthier? Looks like the same to me.

I think it’s time for a little Pinterest-search on juice drinks!

Un weekend au chalet

Si seulement tous les weekends pouvaient être ainsi…

Un lac, un livre, le calme.

Un feu de camp sur la plage par une nuit étoilée.

Profiter de l’eau et du paysage.

Drinks, discussions et bonnes amitiés.

Et vous, comment s’est passé votre été ?

A month without Coke (or Pepsi)

 

(First, I want to say that I LOVE Coca-Cola, I also like Pepsi, so this isn’t a blogpost bashing any of those brands. Soda is good if you drink it moderately.)

I’m a H-U-G-E fan of soda pops. In my family, we always drank Pepsi during our meals and I started drinking Pepsi when I was really young. My family also love to party, so Rhum&Coke was a must in our dinners. I’ve always thought it was normal to drink soda pops, like ALL the time, for lunch, dinner, in drinks…whenever I was thirsty. Now I’m more into Coca-Cola, I can easily drink 2-3 cans of Coke a day, E-V-E-R-Y-D-A-Y. It’s a LOT. Lately, I was complaining about gaining weight, not eating and drinking healthy and some stomach aches. I know that drinking that much soda – Pepsi, Coke, Sprite, Crush, whatever – isn’t good. Even if it’s not healthy, it still tastes really good.

So I had this crazy idea. What if I don’t drink Coca-Cola (neither Pepsi) for a month? I mean, it might sounds easy, but I’ve never went like 2-3 days without Coke. I also love junk food, so eating burgers and fries with milk doesn’t seem like a perfect meal to me. I don’t even like drinking water, I need that sugar-kinda-drink. I know it’s gonna be hard, I’m not sure I’m gonna make it, but at least I have to try. I also googled about it and realized I wasn’t alone! I’m not the only one addicted to soda!

In order to succeed this challenge, I put on some rules :

  1. No Coke neither Pepsi is allowed.
  2. Try drinking limonade, you know you like it more than Coke.
  3. If you’re eating fast-food, try Iced tea instead of Coke. There’s as much sugar as Coke, but you gotta stop drinking coke first.
  4. You can cheat one time per week, might be on Sunday night at family dinner.
  5. You can drink Coke only if it’s in a Rhum&Coke (hey, you gotta party sometimes!)

The challenge is from September 3rd to October 3rd, until now I haven’t cheated! My addiction is pretty much psychological, so I just have to try really hard and I might succeed. I encourage you to try it at home with me! OH and if you have any really good juice recipe, feel free to leave it as a comment below!

1-2-3…Go! No more Coke! (kill me someone)

How California changed me

I have always dreamed of visiting California. San Francisco, Los Angeles, Hollywood…TV makes it so incredible. We dream of beaches, sun, fame, celebrities, fashion, technology, startups. We think it must be amazing living there, we think it’s so different from here. And oh god, IT IS. Well, I can say people are great and the beach is b-e-a-u-t-i-f-u-l. I wanted to visit California so bad, but at the same time I was afraid it ended up disappointing me. You know when you dream of something so bad and then you realize it wasn’t such a big deal after all. Lucky for me, it ended up being a great vacation, a perfect getaway trip. If it wasn’t for my BF, I would have stayed there. If only I could. I might consider it someday. Who knows!

You might already know that I love to travel, if not then I’m confirming you that I could travel all of my life. Not that I don’t like where I live. Even though it’s a bit too calm for me. I just think that I was born to travel. Visiting new places, people, culture, languages, food, smells, fresh and not-so-fresh air. I dream I could visit the entire world, eat a different meal in each country and talk with people from around the world… This is where you let out a big sigh.

Sometimes you think it’s unreachable, that we can never travel that much. Don’t think that way. Nothing is impossible! So, I’ve decided that if I wanted to travel somewhere, I’ll just do it. I will buy my tickets, plan my trip and just go. Why not? Isn’t life short? Okay, you must have a little minimum of money or future income to pay the bills and your debts, but traveling isn’t that expensive. You can use Couchsurfing or if you prefer having more commodities, but something cheaper or better than a hotel, try Airbnb! It was my first time using that service and it was A-W-E-S-O-M-E. I booked all my trip with airbnb and couldn’t have find better people to host me. With Airbnb you can rent a room/apartment/house for as much days as you want and that are available by the host. Sometimes you live with the owner, sometimes you have a whole apartment to yourself…depending on what you’re looking for. Our hosts, in 4 different cities, were totally great, useful, fun and so kind. My first time with Airbnb was a success. I even got to visit Airbnb’s office! Be jealous! I couldn’t have been luckier! If you ever read me : thank you Daniel, Justin, Colin, Jesse, Denese, Gus, Ming and Barbara for making my 10 days-trip to California so wonderful.

It wasn’t a trip to visit museums or historic places, even though we did visit many touristic places. We wanted a trip to California where we could just hang out in the city, have a cup of coffee (I was more into chai latte), shop and see the beach. We met locals, we eat out with nice people, we even visited Google! Be jealous again ;) I had missed SO much the pacific ocean. It’s so pretty, you have NO idea. Just for that I would go back there anytime. Of course, we went shopping. And OMG, I was in paradise. I helped the economy buying stuff at Michael Kors, Nine West, Coach, Saks, Lacoste, Forever 21, Banana Republic, Old Navy, Google and Apple <3. I’m already dreaming of going back just to shop again, and I haven’t written anything yet about the local designers. Thanks god I tried not to shop too much. Ahem.

I had many talks with people over there, and also with my family (yeah, I have family near SF! You can be jealous again, but not too much please!). We talked about life, weather, events, people, jobs and possibilities. I’m still thinking about the possibilities & jobs part. I know SF is pretty competitive, but I got encouraged about work and I have a pretty good curriculum. So I thought, why should I dream of something that far and think that maybe I’m not good enough? If I could find a way to find a job in a startup in SF (okay, I know it would be hard, but like I said…nothing is impossible), then why couldn’t I find a job anywhere in the world? I speak many languages, I’m good at what I do and I’m passionate about it. This made like a boom in my head. Like, BOOM. I realized I could do many things in life, that I was smart and that I was really stubborn about success. No success comes without work and perseverance. California changed me. I came back much more perseverant, much more energetic about the future, much more determined to succeed. Life is short, work is hard and competitive, but when you want to be the best, you work to be the best. When you want to travel, you travel. When you want to be international, you become international. When you dream about something, you make it come true.

Thank you California for opening my eyes.

 

Life is short

Image source @ Daily Positive Quotes

Des fois, je me demande où la vie me mènera. Je suis nostalgique de mes belles années, où j’avais 18 ans et je me sentais désirable. J’aurais aimé, à ce moment, avoir la confiance que j’ai maintenant. De mon balcon sur Cartier, je regarde les jeunes boire et déconner, sans grosses préoccupations et vivant un jour à la fois. J’étais comme ça. Je sortais, je profitais de la vie et je me disais que j’avais la vie devant moi pour me préoccuper. Aujourd’hui, le temps semble avoir passé si rapidement que j’ai oublié ce que c’était de m’amuser sans penser aux conséquences. J’ai grossi, je me fatigue plus vite et j’ai surtout mûri. Je sais que c’est le cycle de la vie, mais j’ai quand même une nostalgie qui m’habite. Le temps passe extrêmement vite et parfois on ne réalise pas l’importance de nos actes ou des choix que l’on fait.

Aujourd’hui, on dirait que je réalise que la vie est courte et que dans peu de temps, je serai déjà rendue dans la trentaine sans même m’en rendre compte. Non, ce ne sont pas les ados devant moi qui me font réaliser tout ça. J’ai plutôt une petite cousine très malade et une famille qui vit des moments difficiles. Et ça, j’ai beau être forte, je ne suis pas capable de cacher complètement mes inquiétudes. J’avoue avoir un peu peur du futur. Je ne sais pas pourquoi, mais j’ai toujours senti que j’aurais une maladie plus tard. Maintenant que les probabilités qu’un syndrome/maladie héréditaire touche une bonne partie de ma famille, dont peut-être moi, je sais difficilement comment réagir. Tout ce que je sais, c’est que j’ai une envie de vivre encore plus grande. J’ai une soif de réussite qui se fait plus présente dans ma vie . J’ai un intense besoin de me sentir accomplie.

J’ai envie de dire au monde : moi, je vais réussir et rien ne m’arrêtera.

What’s a changeaholic?

A person who is in constant need of change.

A Changeaholic gets bored or tired of everyday mundane activities, objects, places, and people. A changeaholic will do whatever is necessary to change their environment.”

- Urban Dictionary

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