Start the year with a smile: New Year's word search

✯ Hello Shiny Stars! ✯

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"We all get the exact same 365 days. The only difference is what we do with them."

(Hillary DePiano)

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First of all, happy New Year, may 2024 be filled with love, health and happy moments. ✨

Let's start the new year with a little game. I saw this type of word search many, many years ago and liked it very much, therefore I thought I would share one with you this year. I just googled it and found the one from NCCC Cinemas to be the best.

What are the first three words you see? - Comment them below, I am looking forward to reading them. 

PS, mine were marriage, career and dance.

With all best wishes for 2024,

E

For a happy, peaceful year

✯ Hello Shiny Stars! ✯


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"You. Yes, you. The one reading this right now.
You are beautiful, talented, amazing and simply the best at being you.
Never forget that."

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2018. A year of ups and downs. Many struggles, but also many positive events.

People who came into our lives, and others, even loved ones, who chose to leave us - voluntarily or because they had no other choice. Tears, losses, heartache, heartbreaks, mean people, hate, work stress, health problems.. 

I could continue the list and unfortunately many could relate to it. But do you know what, life happens whether you want it or not. And we are here. We have not only survived. We are stronger than a year ago. Bad things happen, and it is okay to cry, but I say and always want to believe, that if you can make a small difference on your own, then together we can make a big difference and make the world a better place.

Let's focus on the good things, the happy moments. Remember that walk with your loved one. That beautiful place you discovered this year. That tasty meal you created from scratch. That smile a stranger gave you when you left him in the queue in front of you. Your inner child, that flattered, forgetting all your problems for a while. Or the movie you saw, the book you read, the places you visited, the lovely people you met this year. The funny moments with your family, friends, that big laugh. Concentrate on these. Train your mind to remember these positive events.

This year I want to challenge you, us, to be more kind, including to ourselves. If you are having a bad day, then remember, that we all struggle sometimes, and stay strong, be positive even in these difficult times, because you are capable of amazing things. 

So, keep shining, beautiful one. The world needs your light. And remind yourself that you don’t have to do what everyone else is doing.

💖✨ Keep shining, beautiful one. The world needs your light. And remind yourself that you don't have to do what everyone else is doing. ✨💖

— P & P style (@pandpstyle) December 24, 2018

I wish you all a wonderful 2019. May this year be filled with love, joy, happiness and health. :)

Let’s spread some positivity to start the new year with a good feeling.  

➡️ Please share one of your favourite, most memorable or sweetest moments from 2018 in the comment section below. ♡

If you liked this post, you might be interested in these one, too: "New year, new attitude: Try to live, not just exist" (Just click on it to land on the original post.)

Lots of love,
E 

New year, new attitude: Try to live, not just exist

✯ Hello Shiny Stars! ✯

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"To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people just exist." (Oscar Wilde)

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2016 went by so fast. We might say it every year but it’s still accurate. With the digital world life is speeding up and we receive so many information that we barely know how to handle with all of that. We know what happened on the other side of the world, we know almost „everything”, even those informations we didn’t want to know about. Everything and everybody is online. 

Our parents and grandparents were growing up in an environment where newspaper, radio and later TV were the only source of news. They didn’t know much about what other people were doing, especially not in different countries. They had a real childhood, an offline life. They spent most of their times outside, they enjoyed the fresh air. For today’s young generations it is unimaginable even just to think about a day, a week without internet. We keep contact with others, we read, we share, we are just online. Most of as always.

Years back it was said that you shouldn’t watch TV so long and so close because it is bad for your eyes. But today we stare at the screen of our laptop, phone, iPad and co. for long hours. Just imagine if you are working in an office with a computer then there are already 8 hours in front of the screen, just at work. And what do you do during your breaks? You go online of course, to check your phone. Your eyes can’t get any rest.

But what are the things you think back most likely? What are your special memories? I bet not your online moments. It is probably the time you spent with your family, friends or other loved ones. It might be a dinner with your boy-/girlfriend, a conversation turning into laugh with your family, a walk in the rain, a funny play with your dog. You might remember the way somebody looked at you or a sentence somebody told you long ago. All these are moments from the offline life we should live more often.

I’d like to ask you the simple question now. When was the last time you did something at the first time? New online things don’t count by this. Making a new layout for a blog, writing a new blogpost, registering at a new site or things like that are no answers. Concentrate on your offline life and if you can’t find anything in the last few days, weeks, maybe you should change. 2017 is full of opportunities. Seize the day. 

I would like to ask you to comment with one of your most memorable moments. Happy, funny, sad, every kind of story is welcomed.

I wish you and your loved ones a wonderful year with health, joy, happiness and success. Happy 2017!

Lots of love,  

E

 

May 2016 be the best yet

✯ Hello Shiny Stars and hello 2016! ✯ 

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Three days ago we said goodbye to 2015 which was a year full of new experiences and lovely memories. I hope you all had a great time and you could fill these 12 months with laughter and happiness.

With blogging I can be just pleased. In 2015 P&P style turned 3 years old. The blog is being part of collaborations and I have attended amazing blogger and fashion events. In addition I've had admirable Readers whom I would like to thank for the lovely comments and all the support in 2015! I hope you will be here this year too.

I would like to take the opportunity to wish you and your loved ones a wonderful year with joy, health and happiness. May 2016 be the best yet.  :)

* The Letterbox Cake is from BakerDays *

Lots of love,
E


PS: Check out 2015's most viewed posts here:
 
1. The Look of the Week with Alba Carrillo
2. The Look of the week with Candice Patton
3. Forever Denim