Stuff I'm Thankful For: Strength for Tuesdays

Tuesdays are the hardest days of my week - eleven hours at college, and the only break is lunch time!

(this is my second home right now)

My average Tuesday starts with waking up at 6:40 and rushing to college to start with Anatomy at 8... and it ends at 8 pm, with me landing in bed, exhausted, after my nerve-wracking BIDS class (it's basically building data bases and stuff like that)

It's obviously not my favourite day of the week, and every Monday night all I can think is 'I can't believe I'll go through a Tuesday tomorrow'. But then I remember: that's not good. There are good things in Tuesdays and I know I can make them great days!

Every Tuesday, I'm thankful for:

- another day when I have the chance to study what I love the most. I am so very much in love with my degree, even the hardest parts of it!

- lunchtime, when I get to eat delicious food at the mall nearby and spend two hours hanging out with my new friends! 

- getting to know people at college better. I spend a whole day around my class, so there's a lot of time to figure out those new people!

- going home feeling physically and psychologically drained, and knowing that I'm giving all of me so that I can be a doctor someday and help people.

What makes you thankful in your hardest days?

love,

Mariana

Stuff I'm Thankful For: Autumn Love

Autumn is, by far, my favourite season. 

It's a season of change, which brings me great joy and excitement!

from Tumblr!

I'm going through some MASSIVE changes in my life right now. 

I'm trying to adapt to a completely different way of life. There's just SO. MUCH to study from 2000-page books - yes, Gray's Anatomy, I'm looking at you - so many new people to meet, so much effort to preserve my previous friendships, and to get to spend time with my lovely boyfriend in my free time!

However, sometimes I feel the need to stop, look around me, and give thanks for the beauty that Autumn brings.

Here's a list of things I'm thankful for this Autumn:

- golden trees

- sunlight (we hardly got any of that this summer!)

- libraries

- being in love

- gaining my independence

- having meals with new friends

- stepping on the fallen leaves

- random acts of kindness

- cups of tea

- coffee!!!

Well, these are just a few. Eventually, more will come!

love,

Mariana

Stuff I'm Thankful For #3

After the first week of my 3-week holiday, I can say there's just so many things I'm thankful for!

Cerveira was absolutely beautiful and as soon as I got to that little house in the middle of the mountains I just felt like God had brought me to that place for a reason! I was in awe with the greatness of nature and the beauty of that place.

Tomorrow I leave in my roadtrip to Italy, and I'm super excited about it!

So, this week I'm thankful for:

- my amazing boyfriend who I will miss so much while we're both on holidays. I am so lucky to have him in my life!

- as I have mentioned before, getting to spend a week in such a beautiful, peaceful village. I will post more stories and pictures when I'm officially back!

- my loving family

- my sister, aka my best friend in the world. I'm so thankful for getting to spend so much time with her! I will introduce her to this blog soon...

- the beach and the pool, because I feel like water is my natural element!

love,

Mariana

Stuff I'm Thankful For #2

Time for me to talk about this week's best moments!

not my drawing, found it on tumblr

This week, I'm thankful for:

- once again, the beach! I love living so close to the sea, and, to me, there's no better feeling than getting in the cold water and feeling like a part of nature...

- amazing theatre plays

- happy reunions after you've missed someone so much!

- having the chance to travel for three weeks with my family - there will be a blog post about that soon!

- my creativity and love for art, which has helped me make some birthday presents this week!

- good books - in this case, the Lord of the Rings trilogy which I will review once I'm done with it...

What are you thankful for?

love,

Mariana

Stuff I'm Thankful For #1

I've found that, no matter how good or bad things seem to be, there is always something to be thankful for.

(consider yourself hugged and a good day for you)

That is why I'm introducing my weekly "Stuff I'm Thankful For" section, in which I will share the moments and things I've been blessed with each week, hoping that these happy things will also bring some kind of joy to my lovely readers!

This week was a great one! Even though some of my friends were away, and the weather wasn't always great, I did a lot of fun and even important stuff.