New day new opportunities – and today it truly feels that way in my whole body.
After a night of sleep like no other, I wake up with a feeling I haven’t had in a long time.
👉 🇸🇪 Read this post in Swedish Ny dag, nya möjligheter – och en natt som gjorde skillnad
🌙 New day, new opportunities – a night that was felt in the whole body
New day, new opportunities – and a night with sleep beyond compare.
A wonderfully good night. What the watch says about my body right now is something I can actually feel in my body. And it feels good.
My back is acting up a bit, but it doesn’t matter that much. I don’t have any pressure or demands right now. Things can take time – and they are allowed to take the time they need.
For the first time in a long time, a really long time, I feel that both my body and I are doing well.
Honestly, I don’t even need a smartwatch to know if I’m okay.
The feeling I woke up with today – I have missed it. But now it’s here.
And I am grateful for it.
“It really is one of those new day, new opportunities – where the body is allowed to land in itself.”
🚐 The weekend in LVL^2 – freedom in the small
We were out with LVL^2 this weekend.
It was cold, windy, and not that pleasant outside the motorhome.
But inside the vehicle – so lovely.
To see something different. To do something different.
Not having the whole house – but a very small space.
And still feeling more freedom than anywhere else.
“Maybe it is exactly weekends like this that make a new day, new opportunities feel real.”
📍 Mellerud, two posts and a whoopee cushion
Yesterday I shared two posts – one when I woke up and one when we got back home.
I wrote about Mellerud – that’s where we were during the weekend.
Before heading home, we stopped at Normal to buy a whoopee cushion for Alfred.
My daughter had bought one for both Alfred and Hugo on Friday, but Hugo’s had broken.
Alfred, with his big heart, gave his to Hugo.
But when they got home… he wanted it back.
So my daughter called us – and we bought a new one on our way home.
💛 Children, memories and breakfast in bed
When we dropped it off, my daughter and Alfred were outside. He had a friend with him and they were at the playground.
Alfred told us that he had woken up at six in the morning and made breakfast in bed for the adults who were still sleeping.
They each got a sandwich.
That… my children used to do too when they were little.
I remember the feeling.
Hearing them quietly moving around in the kitchen.
And then coming in with breakfast in bed.
There is something very special about that.
🚲 A bike ride and cold hands
When we were about to leave, Emilia came cycling by. She was on her way to a friend.
She didn’t have any gloves and her hands were cold.
But my daughter had a pair that she could borrow.
They live close to each other.
Simple things like that – that still mean something.
🏡 Back home – and a slow Sunday
When we got home, we unpacked the motorhome.
And then it became a wonderfully slow Sunday.
My husband cooked the food.
And I mostly did nothing.
And that was exactly what was needed.
🗳️ New party leader – and thoughts that arise
During the night, the news came that Simona Mohamsson has now been elected leader of Liberalerna.
90 voted in favor, 80 abstained.
That says something in itself.
There is both support – and hesitation.
🌊 Stepping into a difficult political landscape
When I read the news, it brings up thoughts in me.
Not about the person herself – but about the context.
I feel that the Liberals today are part of a political cooperation that I personally find difficult to support, especially in relation to Sverigedemokraterna.
For me, it is about values.
About how we see people.
And what kind of society we want to be part of.
⚖️ Us and them – a direction I reflect on
When politics starts to become about “us and them”
– I pause.
To me, that is a direction that risks simplifying something that is actually complex.
And sometimes it can lead to responsibility being moved away from what really needs to be addressed.
I believe more in politics that:
holds together
takes responsibility
sees the individual
🕊️ When democracy feels fragile
I care deeply about our democracy.
To me, it is something beautiful – when it wants what is good for the whole society.
When it brings together, not pulls apart.
But right now, I feel a concern.
🌍 A world where something is changing
I experience that democracy in several parts of the world is starting to feel more uncertain.
Even in countries that have long been seen as stable, where free elections, free media and freedom of speech have been natural parts of society.
It raises questions for me.
What happens when what has been stable begins to waver?
What happens to trust then?
⚖️ What I want to protect
For me, it is important with:
free speech
an open society
respect for the equal value of all people
🌹 Why I have chosen my path
That is also why I have chosen to become a member of Socialdemokraterna.
For me, it is not about everything being perfect.
It is about direction.
I want to stand in something that protects:
democracy
solidarity
the equal value of all people
And a society where we try to reduce the gaps between people, not increase them.
“For me, a new day, new opportunities is also about what kind of society we want to build.”
💬 Reflection
There are days when nothing special happens – and yet everything happens.
When the body settles.
When memories return.
When life feels… soft.
👉 Have you ever had a day like that?
🧡 Between the lines – my voice
This post does not carry stress.
It carries rest.
It carries a body that is beginning to trust itself again.
And a person who no longer has to perform to feel that she is enough.
“Today, the feeling of a new day, new opportunities carries me through the whole day.”
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