FOLK

Freedom. Open-mindedness. Love. Kindness.

The intent behind this blog is to share my thoughts and idea with like minded people. I've always felt as if my interests were a little left of centre, leaving me to scour the internet to find things that interested me, and people who lived their life the way I wanted to live mine. After much research I managed to find a massive amount of people who were interested in the same things as me. Due to where I grew up and how I was raised I was very much stuck in bubble of things to do, eat, places to go, beliefs. It wasn't until I began thinking for myself that I realised I didn't have to have that life if I didn't want it. I am at the beginning of my journey for the life I want to lead. 

The things I've learnt from people on the internet that I want to incorporate into my life:

Yoga

Meditation

Healthy Eating

Reducing chemical/toxin usage 

DIY 

Dressing the way I want to dress

Some of these may sound silly, but they are very important to me. I suffered from a mental disorder known as BPD, as a result my brain either feels like it's running a hundred miles per hour, or not even ticking at all. I want to use yoga as a way to calm myself down. I have attempted yoga a couple of times now, and will blog on my experiences. I also enjoy the physical health benefits of yoga. 

I started meditating to help me sleep as I had developed a horrible sleeping pattern of staying up till the early hours of the morning, and passing out till afternoon. I was sleeping way too long and it was making me feel dreary and sluggish. Meditation is currently helping me break out of that cycle as I allow myself to wind down before going to bed. 

Eating healthy is a big one for me, and is proving to be quite a challenge. I have always been an emotional eater, and I do not have much knowledge on how to eat healthy. We grow a lot of vegetables at our house and always have vegetables available but when it comes to cooking a meal I am lost. I grew up with meat being the main component of the meal, but now I am learning that meat should be an accessory, not a main. I would also like to reduce my meat intake for ethical reasons. My current goal is to learn how to cook a healthy meal each week, so eventually I should have a good repertoire of recipes and will not have to consult google every time I cook. 

I know that technically everything is a chemical, and it is physically impossible to live a chemical free life. I am trying my best to where possible, keep chemicals away from my body internally and externally. There is no one in my life who is concerned about the chemicals we ingest and absorb everyday so I am looking to people online to help me understand the effects it can have on the body.

I have developed the attitude that if I want something, I can go and buy it. I didn't develop this from my parents as they definitely didn't grow up with that attitude. I believe it is something I developed within my peer group and through social media. When I got my first job at age 16, I was able to buy whatever I wanted, and that rooted me even more into this lazy attitude that stuck with me for years to follow. I have reached a point where I want to cook my own food, make my own clothes, crochet my own blankets, and paint a guitar that I built myself. I am currently learning how to crochet from many helpful places online, and also with some help from my mother dearest, and I intend to learn how to do more things on my own. 

Dressing the way that I want is also very important to me.  Magazines, stores and social media defined fashion for me, and I never questioned it. It was around my late teenage years where skin tight dresses and high heeled shoes became the norm. I quickly discovered that dressing that way was not for me. I started dressing comfortably and unfashionably as my local stores didn't make 'good looking' comfortable clothes. It made me feel like I couldn't look good and be comfortable at the same time. On the internet I have discovered bohemian style and how to purchase clothes I love, or how to make them. I was always familiar with bohemian style to a degree, but it was tailor to suit the general market. I am interested in garments that tell a story, not stock pieces made in a sweat shop.

I am sure that my list of things that I want to incorporate into my life will grow as I become more educated on the kind of person I want to be, and the path I want my life to take. I am not expecting a miracle, I do not think that changing my life, the way I operate and the way that I think will be easy and there may be days that resort back to what I know best, but overtime I know I will become stronger and change my life for the better.