The Last Book I Read Actually Made Me Look At People Differently
The last book I read was Surrounded by Idiots by Thomas Erikson and honestly... the title is kind of savage 😭 I started it mostly because I was curious. Like, okay, are we really surrounded by idiots or are we just terrible at understanding people? And that is basically what the book is about. It explains how people communicate in very different ways and uses four colors to describe different personality styles. Red, yellow, green and blue. At first I thought it sounded a little too simple, almThe Night My Parents And I Seriously Talked About Leaving Italy
here was one night when Spain stopped feeling like one of those family ideas you talk about for fun... and started feeling real. We were all at home. Nothing dramatic. No suitcases on the floor. No plane tickets open on a laptop. Just one of those normal evenings where everyone is a little tired and somehow a conversation becomes much deeper than expected. My parents were talking about the future again. About work. About the weather here. About how different life could feel somewhere warmer, cloI Let My Sister Choose My Outfit For An Entire Day
Yesterday I made a decision that sounded funny for about five minutes and then became slightly terrifying. I let my sister choose my entire outfit for the day. And when I say entire outfit, I mean everything. Clothes, shoes, accessories, even how I should wear my hair. Basically I gave away control of my appearance to someone who enjoys annoying me for sport. Smart. At first she was way too excited. Like suspiciously excited. She opened my wardrobe and started looking through everything with thi
My First Spanish Test Actually Made Me Proud
Today I had my first oral test of the school year... and somehow it was in Spanish, which made the whole thing feel way more important to me than a normal test probably should 😭 I was nervous before it started. Not panic nervous, but that annoying kind where you suddenly forget every word you’ve ever learned and start questioning if you can even speak properly in any language. Very useful. While I was waiting for my turn, I kept repeating little phrases in my head and trying to remember the thi
Back To School... Like Nothing Ever Changed
The first days of school always feel a little strange. You spend weeks living in a completely different rhythm and then suddenly you’re back in the same classroom, sitting in almost the same place, seeing the same faces... like someone just pressed play again. Seeing my classmates was probably the nicest part. Some people changed a little, some not at all. Same jokes. Same voices. Same little groups forming again in like five minutes 😭 And honestly, after the first few awkward moments, it felt
I Made Something for You 🤍
Okay… I’m actually so excited to finally share this with you. I created my own cap. 🧢 And seeing my little logo on it for the first time felt kind of crazy. I wanted to create something simple, something I would genuinely wear myself. Not just random merch with my name on it, but something that actually feels like me. And I honestly LOVE how it turned out. GET YOURS HERE: shop.saltedrae.com 0:00 /0:25 1× And because this is the launch, I wanted to d
The Dream That Is Slowly Becoming Our Real Life 🇪🇸
for a long time, Spain was just one of those conversations we had at home. You know the kind. Someone says imagine if we actually moved there, everyone starts dreaming for twenty minutes, we look at some houses online... and then normal life continues. At the beginning I don't think any of us really knew if we were serious. Costa Blanca was a place we liked, somewhere connected with holidays, sunshine and that feeling of being lighter when you're close to the sea. It was a dream, basically. A be
Somewhere Between The Water And My Thoughts 💦
There is something about being in a pool that always makes my brain go somewhere else. I can be laughing, swimming, taking photos, doing absolutely nothing... and then suddenly I’m floating there staring at the sky and thinking about my entire life. Very casual lol. Maybe it’s the silence when my ears go under the water. Everything outside becomes distant for a few seconds. Voices disappear, my phone doesn’t exist, nobody needs anything from me. It’s just me, the water and whatever is happening