Hello, nice to have you here! Thank you for visiting my page!
I’m Raluca Neagu-Aldan and I have a lot of hobbies to distract me from my day job in architecture. Sketching and drawing are two of them. Writing was added while traveling alone, wanting to share my experiences but only having my notebook there to listen. At first I felt shy about putting thoughts down on paper, even though they were not meant for the public eye. Once it was written down, an idea became real.
The concept of this blog came into being during the 2020 lockdown. Yeah, I know, those times seem like a blurry dream now but I’m sorry to tell you.. they did happen.
I've been reading so much advice online on how to deal with the current situation but everything seemed so positive and motivational, while I couldn't find anything positive nor "healing" about the lock down. Nothing made sense anymore. I was stuck alone with my own (not always good) thoughts and behaviors that were even more evident then, with nothing to escape into.
If you felt that it would take a cosmic force to get you off that couch or that you were the only one who wasn’t becoming a baker, it was you and me both. Routines were for those who still understood the concept of time.
I realized that I get most of my energy and strength from negative things, so I came up with some advice on how to turn things around and use those conflicting feelings in my favor. And I found that the pieces of advice were relevant for day-to-day situations outside of the pandemic as well.
There’s always a new negative experience in life to learn from so why not get over yourself!
