T is for Thursday & C is for Coffee

Sometimes we need help getting through the week. Here's a little help to make every day a bit more fun! 

Thank God we have BoredPanda, thanks for the inspiration! 

Source: http://www.boredpanda.com/little-dragon-playful-interaction-manik-n-ratan/

Let's blog!

You know how you make a plan and you decide what you are going to be doing every day, you have it all scheduled out neatly, so that you get everything done?
Yeah, that was me at the beginning of this year. One of my resolutions was to organise my time better, so that I find time to do what I love while still doing all the stuff I have to. It sounds great, doesn't it? That's what I though, and it works perfectly, in theory.
Sadly, real life takes over pretty quickly and you get, let's say sidetracked by certain things, be it fun activities, a new job opportunity, or learning something new. To sum it up, life happens. You can't really plan for that. So needless to say my perfectly planned out schedule became pretty irrelevant fast. I'm still trying to find that super-organizer that will adapt to my life, preferably on it's own, ha ha. So that it can keep up with everything I have and want to do.
Wow, quite an introduction to what I wanted to say, which was, my blog has been "silently" screaming for attention, ha ha. So here I am, to the rescue of my blog that I'm pretty sure has been feeling like that kid in the back of the class that eats it's hair and has no friends. Be it, my white horse is missing, also my shining armour is at the cleaners, but hey, those are just details. Sneakers and jeans should get the job done just as well. You see it's Friday, so that means casual clothes *hah, who am I kidding, casual-comfy clothes are a constant in my life*.
Okay, enough of this blabbering, let's catch up! Let's see, work is pretty much a given, started learning new skills, checked out the Adwords conference that brought us the new updates *how awesome was that?!*, kept up with friends and life in general also, my Instagram has gotten a lot of my attention lately.
Let's chat a bit about that, what do you all think about Instagram? Everyone else find it incredibly addictive, or is that just me? I'm pretty much on it 24/7 checking for updates from my favourite 'grammers or just searching for new inspiration. It's also a pretty great platform to make new business contacts. I got to step out of my comfort zone and collaborate with a clothing company, which was pretty awesome! I'm also in the process of planning some sort of summer getaway which might turn into an early-autumn getaway, but oh well, vacation is still vacation. Am I right?
So that's pretty much what has been keeping me busy, what about you guys? Anyone have any fun adventures to share? Or fabulous updates? I'm all ears.
Till then, I'm going to start my friday tradition of a 30 second dance party and get this day started.
Geek out!

How to Reach That Proverbial Finish Line

Well hello Friday! Nothing quite like that last stretch before the finish line, that last breath of air you take to get you to there. You muster up all your courage and forget pain or how tired you are, you gather up all your strength and scurry up to break that bow at the end of the line. That's pretty much the general feeling on Fridays. Fridays are the proverbial last stretch on our way to that glorious finish line that is the weekend. Some of us reach for that last bit of strength to get through the day and others reach for inspiration or humour to pass the time. Luckily the Internet provides both, be it in the form of a great article about the new marketing trends or tweaks that help take your campaigns to the next level, or a funny panda trying to get on a swing relentlessly without succeeding. We all have our secret weapons. These things are pretty easy to find, seeing as how the Internet is pretty much that all you can eat buffet that provides everything you could need. Then again some materials are better than others, so I'm going to share some of my favourites.
How about that cute panda trying to make                          Or the little pug playing with his owner?
it on the swing?
            

There's no shortage of funny gifs that will keep you laughing while you wait for the day to pass. You can't really go wrong when browsing the 9gag gallery or thehumourtrain.
There's also those buzzfeed articles, you know the ones that don't really do much for your career but do wonders for passing the time. Like when start searching for something random and get lost in all the "noise" so you end up on one of these somehow?
http://www.buzzfeed.com/shannonrosenberg/love-you-more-than-pizza#.tsg8WZxg5, though let's face it, we all kinda wanted to read that one. In the end I leave you with an uplifting motivational message to kick start today. "You're one in a melon."
Geek out!

How Social Media Became the New Normal

Starting with the morning news - leading up to the daily Facebook posts, to ending the night with an Instagram stalking session, I think it's pretty clear what the one big common factor in every one's day to day life has become. Social Media.
Long gone are the days when you stopped at the corner kiosk for your morning newspaper that you read while sipping your coffee at the office or on the subway, train or whatever means of transportation you preferred. It was the universal morning ritual. This has now been replaced by your phone, tablet or even laptop and you scrolling through hundreds of headline news. Preferential reading pretty much sums up the morning news experience today. While the "hard copies" are still available, aka the newspaper, it's reign has sadly taken a back seat to that one site where all the world news can be found or the gossip sites that make sure everyone is up to date with their "crucial, life changing" latest starlet scandal.
The mid day break was replaced by a constant Facebook presence. Securely running in the background it makes sure to notify you of every little detail happening while you are away or to busy to keep staring at your screens, both on your phone and computer. It's become an hourly habit, *and I'm low balling here*, to check your feed and notifications, putting the original purpose of Social Media to the back burner. Connecting with people. That's where it all started, the original purpose and idea of the online world. To be able to connect with people all over the world. Great idea, great purpose and even great results. The only problem, it's lost sight of that and has gone on to become a hungry online content monster that consumes everything within seconds and creates the need for more and more content.
And right about now you're sitting there reading this and thinking, ok well you're from a different generation,you don't get this or you're too old to get this. I'm not, trust me, I'm in my twenties, and I'm just as addicted to the online world as the next person. Even though I try to turn my phone off or plan "offline" weekends if you will, I do end up checking my Instagram or my Facebook. It's become human nature. And that right here, is my problem and the reason for this post. Social Media has become human nature. How absurd does that sound? That an app or a platform could have such hold over us that we let it become the new normal. The online world has became the new world, keeping us plugged in and listening at all time.
It does of course offer it's benefits, don't get me wrong I'm just as addicted as the next blogger, Instagrammer or online marketer. The world is constantly changing, it's part of life. So we take the good with the bad, like with everything else.
Geek out!

Here's Why We Celebrate International Women's Day!

Gotta love beautiful Tulips.

Let's start of with wishing all the lovely ladies out there a happy International Women's Day! I hope you all have a beautiful day and are appreciated, not just today but every day. Although today is an occasion for celebration, this wasn't always the case. The earliest Women's Day was held on February 28, 1909, in New York. In a little over 2 years it grew to something nobody expected, on March 19, 1911 IWD was marked for the first time, by over a million people! Thanks to marches and women defending their rights and asking for equality, now, over 100 years later we get to celebrate this day every year on March 8th. Though it started as a Socialist political event, nowadays in some countries it simply remains a day when women are celebrated and people express their love for them with flowers or presents. A bit of a mix between Mother's Day and Valentine's Day. In other places the political and equal human rights theme designated by the United Nations is still a strong presence on this day and social awareness of
the struggles of women everywhere are discussed and examined. The celebration part of the day differs from country to country, tradition to tradition. Some do it by giving the women in their lives flowers or presents, some do it by wearing purple ribbons in support of the equal rights movement. At the end of the day it doesn't really matter how you chose to celebrate as long as the women in your life feel special. Of course they should always feel special, but having this one day a year that's basically all about them and their equal rights and importance makes for a pretty special feeling. *Take it from this female blogger*. So no matter where you are today and how you celebrate based on where you live or what traditions you follow, make sure to take a minute and make a woman feel special today. Now don't go thinking you need big presents or hundreds of flowers or something like that, don't get fooled by the greeting card companies into going over the top. It's all about the simple gestures, a phone call, a message, a flower, some chocolate, a compliment. Whatever it is that you know will have a pleasent impact on that person today is enough, trust me. I hope everyone feels very special today and appreciated. This geeky blogger wishes you a lovely day filled with laughter and happiness. I leave you with this beautiful message from Google.
Geek out!