"Narwhals narwhals Swimming in the ocean Causing a commotion Cuz they are so awesome" Yeah, I drew a narwhal I don't sing very often, but when I do I sometimes find myself singing what I simply call 'the narwhal song'. I've been doing so for years now. Sometimes I wouldn't sing or think about it for months, sometimes it'd be stuck in my head for days at a time. The song reminds me of the...

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'Do you really want to do this?' I asked on Saturday morning. My reflection in the mirror didn't answer. She just looked at my dark blue tights and the big white star on my chest with eyes full of doubt.It was Dutch Comic Con day and I was going to be one of those cosplaying weirdos - if I could find the courage to leave the house looking like a gender-bent Captain America. From Envy's...

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As a kid I was obsessed with Egyptian hieroglyphics. I wanted to learn to read them and could more or less write my name in them. Something about using tiny images instead of letters fascinated me. Little did I know that ten years later we'd be using loads of images this way. Let's face it: emojis are modern days hieroglyphics. Nine-year-old me would have loved them. Seventeen-year-old me just made a big mess with them....

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"I have a confession to make: I am unhappy." With those words I started telling the world about my 100 Happy Days Challenge. I'd decided I needed to change my mindset. Now here I am, 100 days later. Those 100 days went by much faster than I expected them to. They weren't all happy, but looking back at my Instagram page I can't believe how much has happened over the past three months. At first...

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If you could look inside my head, I think you'd see a whirlwind of thoughts. Memories, ideas, plans, comments, lists. There's never a quiet moment in my head. Usually I don't mind, but sometimes my head is so full of (negative) thoughts that I forget who I am. I can literally lose myself in those thoughts in a matter of seconds. The opposite also happens: I can get completely swept away by five different projects...

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There are two types of people on Twitter: people who are tweeting with a purpose and people who have no freaking idea what they are doing. Unsurprisingly, I'm one of the latter. I joined Twitter in November 2014, mostly out of boredom. At first I wanted to use it as a way to promote my blog. Then I realized I didn't really understand Twitter... Hashtags weren't my thing and following or tweeting random people made...

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Hey there! It's Envy here. Remember me? I was that Dutch girl who had no idea what to do with her blog during her first two years in the blogosphere. My posts weren't that great, yet I hope you still remember me. 'Cause once upon a time, I considered you my blog buddy. Starting a blog isn't easy. I felt like I was drowning in a sea of blogs that were all so much better...

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Soon I'll turn 20. I'll have been on this planet for a full two decades. Doesn't that sound awesome? Okay yes, it also sounds a little scary to me. Most twenty-year-old bloggers have their blog sorted out. Me? Not so much. I'm one of those rare bloggers in her late teens who doesn't blog about fashion or make-up. Maybe that's why my blog isn't huge, I thought. So for a day or two, I thought...

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I love the internet. I love how it gets me in touch with awesome people from all over the world, I love how it lets me speak my mind, but most of all, I love the opportunities it gives me. Recently I found out about a flash fiction writing contest. I'd never written flash fiction before, but the theme was right up my alley: write whatever you want as long as it's at least slightly...

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I never put much thought into what I carry with me in my bag. Sometimes I literally dump a pile of books in the first bag I see, without even looking which books I've picked up. Calling me chaotic would be an understatement. It wasn't until Kanra from The Lunar Descent did her What's in my Bag? post that I started looking at all the stuff I carry around all day. So let's see: what's...

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