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Goodbye

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One month to go until this blog will be gone. Well not completely gone, I’ve decided to move it to a subdomain of my oldest domain, one I got in October 2006. This domain name will be deleted though along with everything else that once was. I’ve started a new chapter in my life, one that I’m grateful for and I’m counting my blessings each day. I’ve bought a home near the sea and dunes, a light bright home with separate studio space where I can work on my jewellery. A home that brings me happiness ever since I’ve moved there on the eleventh of June this year.

I’ve been redecorating since… Every bit of spare time you’ll find me assembling wardrobes, shelving units, painting walls, putting wooden floors in throughout the apartment etc.etc. Every time I put my love and energy in this home it becomes more beautiful and brighter. I love the view of the sunset that I can see from my kitchen window (and studio window). I love the bright and light living room with the green, taupe and brown colours. Warm colours that create a calm, serene and peaceful oasis. My carnivorous plants are thriving!!! Just like me…

It’s the best decision I’ve made in years. I finally have no more stress in my life, well of course there is just, not the amount of stress that living in Amsterdam was giving me on a daily basis. The streets here are quiet, peaceful. No millions of tourists on one square metre that are trying to take over the once so beautiful city. The only way to enjoy that place was to walk through the quiet streets at night, the only time where Amsterdam would be Amsterdam again, how I used to know it, the city I once loved. But I have a different city to explore now!

A couple more months of decorating and I’ll have time to enjoy and explore, take on yoga classes again and continue with my jewellery business. But first things first. Finish redecorating and styling the studio (gonna be SO much fun!!!), build a raised floor with steps -Japanese style- and sliding doors in the bedroom. Move some of my furniture to the new home and after that it will all be just details to take care of: like buying some more cool plants and getting some accessories. Can’t wait to spend time cycling through the city finding new adventures on my way.

So it’s a new quest on an old domain ;) This domain name reminds me of a time in London 13 years ago, it’s still a quest just not the one related to London, a brand new one. So time to say goodbye to the old and welcome the new… Goodbye A Zestful Quest (.co.uk) 12/09/2007 – 12/09/2019.

I’ll leave the comments on for once, until deletion on the 12/09/2019

Serendipity Maximus

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Life is strange, life has been playing tricks on me for over six months now, life is tough but amazing at the same time, life is about unexpected surprises… Last month I wrote about looking for an apartment, I’d been looking for a couple of months already but it took me at least three to four hours to go to a 15 minutes viewing each time. Time that I had to make up for later. So I ended up working chaotic hours, evenings and weekends too, just to make up for time wasted on viewings. I say ‘wasted’ because it happened too often that I arrived at a certain place only to find out that to some others it was their second viewing already. Meaning they’d had time to read into the documents and prepare to put an offer in. It also happened a few times whilst visiting that the real estate agent told me to put an offer in within the next two hours (…).

I thought that by buying something everywhere bút Amsterdam I would avoid these issues. So after another pointless apointment I changed my strategy and decided to ask an agent to look for me instead. Following on a viewing -where I met this really nice agent- I made an appointment and had a chat with him to discuss my wishes. To make a long story short, within basically a couple of minutes my then real estate agent could no longer represent me as he offered me an apartment of one of his clients. Within a few days I’d seen the apartment and had put an offer in. Within the next couple of weeks I’m supposed to sign the papers. And once that is done and the bank’s approval is in, I’m officially owner of a most gorgeous, sunny, bright apartment in a mostly quiet green area, only a 10 minutes walk from the beach…

Things have been so chaotic and weird this month that I didn’t even realise how fast it all happened until I had to write my monthly evaluation for my passion planner. What is even more odd is the fact that I had written in previous planners over the last two years that my three year goal was to obtain a studio space so I can extend my jewellery business (which by the way is also going fast forward all of a sudden as I sold four rings within 10 minutes posting them on Facebook two weeks ago) ánd look for an apartment to buy. So far each and every goal I had I reached way before the ‘expiration date’ *wink*. It’s insane. I have NO clue what is going on but like one of my best friends wrote me earlier this week: ‘don’t forget to also enjoy all the change’. That was such a great lesson he taught me that moment, as I tend to rush thru it all asap.

So I should be contemplating every now and then, be still for a moment and realise how freaking grateful I am for everything that is going on in my life at the moment. There’s one thing left that needs to be done after all these years. Probably the hardest too as I know this might still take a while before everything is arranged. But that’s something I’ll keep to myself for a while until the time is right. I’ve met wonderful people over the last two years, people who support me no matter what, people who don’t expect anything in return either, loving people. There are friendships growing and at the moment there are more people welcoming me to this other city I’ll move to than friends I have in Amsterdam. There’s a few still and I’m sure they’ll come and visit me wherever I am or the other way around. I’m so about to start a brand new chapter…