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Boots, heritage and empathy

Is your life today what you pictured a year ago?

I like the fact that my name is Ingvild. I altered my names in May month and I’m very happy about this.

I love my new Sami boots from Topaz plus the Amundsen boots also from Topaz that are very good for really cold weather days. And most of all I believe I’m feeling more deep empathy with others than last year, I didn’t expect it.

I’m happy with how it turned out to be and even my size is more in tune with my identity. It truly doesn’t need to be perfect to be a good year.

These are my thoughts on this year overall themes. And the peace we have in Norway is a big part of why it’s important not forget other peoples suffering, we can contribute to a safer world together.

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Image of Tomorrow

Is your life today what you pictured a year ago?

Not really. I didn’t picture having my chosen names, I didn’t know my Western European groups show up on DNA-testing quite clearly. As I’ve mentioned before I’m part Danish, Dutch, German, Belgian and English; both ethnicity estimate and traditional genealogy shows it.

The main thing that’s different is honestly my given names changing. I have three given names now, all feeling true to my inner self. I’m also proudly Finnish and happy my ethnicity estimate shows significant Finnish roots along with Sámi.

More authentic, less troubled. Plus I’ve grown literally, I’m in most brands UK size 32G instead of 30F. I’m less anxious, more grounded inside.

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Mindless Self Indulgence

Is your life today what you pictured a year ago?

The title is the name of a group of musicians I was listening to a lot in my mid-late teenage years. They are kind of controversial in lyrics, but I enjoy it still. Some examples are the tracks ‘Uncle’, ‘Molly’, Diabolical’ and ‘Shut Me Up’. And I began listening again this year, using my adult perspective to interperate the message in the tracks through lyrics and mood in them.

The reason I mention them is the general feeling of my experiences this year I didn’t expect, my blogs and online life got much more important to my everyday life than I thought they would.

I also experience things differently in offline life, my support system broke down almost completely in April this year and my doctors sometimes being very authoritarian and playing God with my life. I’ve learned to stand up to abuse and being true to my real self, plus working toward healing and relate to others.

I actually appreciate learning from my unexpected experiences this year, also including the painful ones. Thank you for reading this and I wish you good luck and happy moments.

Nei (No)

Daily writing prompt

Is your life today what you pictured a year ago?

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Jeg hadde ikke sett for meg hvor mye jeg har lært dette året. Og det jeg lærte er ganske anderledes enn det jeg hadde trodd da, jeg har fått mye mer innsikt rundt hvordan ordene mine kan påvirke andre på enorme avstander fra der jeg bor her i lille Norge. Og hvordan deres ord og kreativitet påvirker både meg og andre folk som leser dem, ser kunsten og hører musikken de deler. Jeg er takknemlig for det og håper å fortsette å lære så mye mer om alt.

i tillegg er jeg et år eldre, tar andre medisiner og er mange erfaringer rikere. På godt og vondt har jeg kommet hit, livet stopper ikke opp.

some English: what is most noticed in my daily life are my connections with the people interacting with me online. And the independent media I’ve been introduced through other blogs has made me open to other parts of life.