Spill 💦 Living with snow in Canada, - Ep. 4
A snow day unfolding in, in February 2022
Toronto, Canada
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With the winter season in full swing it’s important to make subtle changes to your space to embrace the current chilly weather. Here are our 4 top tips for creating the perfect cozy nook.
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People always did and always will want more than what they have, better things, more happiness, less pain and more pleasure. But in 2022 when the wounds of severed lifestyles are fresh in our minds as we have yet not healed, this will be the finest filter through which everything will be sifted.
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The thing about habits is that you can always build new ones. That's the beauty of it. Yet they are so hard to break. The attachments that we develop toward our own habits are some of the strongest we experience.
In our lives, habits often fill a time of waiting. Time you don't really know what to do with. They feast on such incertitude. And other times, they help you grab the day by the horns.
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'In case of emergency, put your own mask first before helping others'. We're all too familiar with the over-scripted airline instruction, the ubiquitous mantra of distant travel.
Sometimes interpreted as a much deeper life lesson, you can easily understand how this advice can lend a better you, a you that can help more by just helping yourself first.
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Ten minutes in the bathroom.
Fifteen to get the coffee going.
An hour to get ready altogether, with emails, showers, breakfast of champions, high heels, and makeup, then all covered by colour-coordinated mask.
It is said that in moments of crisis some fold and some flourish. I would say that we at Dochia have definitely flourished!!
From international awards and recognition to a 300% increase in our followers across all social platforms, from accolade development projects to luxurious residences, we’ve had a prolific and accomplished design year!
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As the year ends, join me, and let’s revisit some of the best, most read, and most liked of My 2 cents on design blog posts of 2021!
I have to say I’m very proud of myself. It is not an easy feat to keep a weekly blog. It is hard work and frankly, without a passion for writing you will not succeed. Many thanks to Jessica that has taken on the hard task of helping with the uploads and without which there would’ve been way less posts for you to read!
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There is a lot to be said about the concoction of emotions that one feels when one feels grateful. Contentment, relaxation, happiness, pleasure. As much as we don't all know the mechanics of emotion and we never think of them as we experience them, what differentiates gratitude from other positive emotions is that more often than not, we can pinpoint the source of it with extreme preciseness.
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“A prisoner should know that there are thousands of imprisoned freemen living in this world...jailed in their own society, handcuffed by duties..”
― Munia Khan
Not a year like another, we say. Isn't that true though about every year?
Does it matter that this one was filled with disease, loneliness, solitude and more loneliness? Does it matter that it was a crippling one? Yes it does.
From small grooming rituals to the pleasure of enjoying water on our skin, to the five minutes of peace and quiet away from a busy household, bathrooms can give it to you all. This expected convenience of modern living offers easy body hygiene maintenance and, if done right, serenity and mood correction to last you throughout the day.
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Cleanses, weights-lifting, yoga classes, detox, purging and facials are just some of the perfect fixes for an adult crappy day. And for the lucky some, reading nooks just may do the same.
That is, if you're into reading. It does not need to be a book. It can be a tablet. Should you be into reading? Heck yes!
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Wine travel can teach you a lot about how to live well while welcoming you into a cult-like no other. It sets you up for experiences that move imagination and fuel creativity in a way that no other travel does. Exploring wineries, with their magnificent settings, highly focused tasting rituals, and carefully manicured grounds can offer a deep lesson of personal growth.
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“There is hope, even when your brain tells you there isn’t.” John Green
The truth is that to maintain mental health is simple. It is as simple as maintaining physical health. It's just that there is less knowledge of how to do it. Too spread out. Too many opinions, too many possibilities, too many home remedies and do it yourself. And still, too much stigma.
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When we all lived in the hut all things were, apparently, simpler. Rooms were multi-functional, less to clean, less to maintain. There was no need to show off since everyone had a hut and nobody was either on the streets, nor in a palace. Leaders that presumably had bigger huts were not questioned, nor envied since leadership succession was extremely structured and often hereditary.
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“The individual who says it is not possible should move out of the way of those doing it.” Tricia Cunningham
What is work? When is the last time you've asked yourself this? When you do, the fist thing that comes to mind is "job". read more …
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Get your detox before the winter with a bit of design therapy. With so little of the summer left, it is high time you do two things: try and enjoy your backyard more if you did not and, plan for its improvement for next year.
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Alertness is the root of creativity! 💫 Check out the first episode here 👉 Ep. 1, Unboxing birthday jewelry
Let the things round you marvel and impress you, everything should be lived, nothing should pass you by as if you’re not there
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"Sometime in the summer of 1986, after a lot of debating and obsessing over how I would like to spend my life, I made the decision to become an architect. I was fifteen years old." . . .✨ from the draft of An Impeccable lifestyle, my book! slated for publication this year ❤️
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“Be yourself. Everyone else is already taken” Oscar Wilde
The little act of knowing yourself is a lifetime quest that is worth conquering as early in your life as possible. This May we will look at how your surroundings help your self-reflection process. Introspection solidifies our values and builds confidence…
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