I've never associated myself with one particular word, dream, activity or purpose since I've always liked the variety of actions and ideas. However, sometimes more than anything, I wished I was the one who had been put in my head since childhood - I want to be "insert your dream profession here." Ironically, but now when I analyse the previous experience, I know that I can't be this "one dream profession" person, and, in fact, is there anybody like I had imagined?! I became aware of this part of myself after getting into a competitive sport, where I struggled for 8 years to achieve something and completely forgot to appreciate the process itself and, most importantly, the life outside the trainings and competitions. I didn't realize that I used my only spare moment completely exhausted to, for example, bake muffins. I always focused on the results in competitions, after whom, frankly, every time a horrible void took over me. It seemed perfectly normal for me to get up every morning anxious and stressful. Although there were so many inspirational people around me and even me myself could tell in many ways how to fix this, but I didn't realize and appreciate that. Yes, I did things I like, including the sport itself, but I couldn’t enjoy them at all. If there was 5 minutes of laughter in training, thanks to my lovely teammates, there were the remaining 2 h and 55 minutes full of stress, which completely made me forget about those 5 minutes of pure joy. I ran away from myself to achieve something without achieving anything in the end. It took me a long time after this to understand what I actually achieved and gained, which is much more valuable and important to me in life at the moment. I wish I understood this earlier... But what does this even have to do with this blog? I am here to continue to carry out whit what inspires and delights me in everyday life, and to not forget to appreciate the little magic of life or in other words to Spark Simply! And, of course, to inspire you!

Love, Agate