English version beneath! Jeg er en natteravn og et klart b-menneske, og jeg har aldrig været god til morgener. Især ikke de tidlige af slagsen, og det har været et stort problem for mig nærmest dagligt i mit liv, da denne verden klart har favoritiseret a-mennesker, som har det meget nemmere i forhold til tidlige mødetider på arbejde eller i skole. De vågner op og hopper ud af sengen friske og klar til at gribe dagen. Her har b-mennesker det svært, for de holder af at blive oppe til sent om natten, og det er ofte her, de arbejder bedst, får flest ideer og kreative tanker. Jeg har oplevet problemer med tidlige morgener, så længe jeg kan huske, og næsten hver aften før, jeg skal tidligt op, siger jeg til mig selv “nu sætter du en alarm, så du i morgen tidlig har god tid til at stå op, gøre dig klar, og endda måske nå at spise morgenmad og drikke en kop the eller kaffe.” Jeg behøver ikke lyve, og det er måske en ud af 100 gange, det rent faktisk er sket. Den sande historie er, at alarmen er sat, men når den så ringer, snoozer jeg til absolut sidste øjeblik, og ender så selvfølgelig med at stresse rundt for at nå at komme ud af døren i dårligt humør og aller-aller-sidste øjeblik. Det er som om, at så snart det er tidlig morgen og alarmen ringer, så mister jeg al min dømmekraft og vil gøre alt for bare et par minutters ekstra søvn.. Og når alt kommer alt, hvad forskel gør så et par minutters ekstra søvn? Absolut intet. Jeg har altid misundet de mennesker, der var gode til at stå tidligt op, dem der gjorde en dyd ud af at gøre sig fine til dagen, spise morgenmad og mentalt forberede sig på en lang dag. Intet af det er der jo tid til, når man har alt for lidt tid og må stresse rundt for at nå det, hvilket tit ender ud i, at jeg har fået en dårlig dag og bliver i dårligt humør. Jeg er så dårlig til at stå op, ja, faktisk har jeg tit hørt fra mine venner og bekendte, at jeg er den, de kender, der er dårligste til at stå op. Derfor har jeg et par tips til folk, der som mig, ofte kommer for sent op og derfor har dårlig tid om morgen. Here we go:

10 tips til nemme morgenener for folk der er dårlige til at stå op: 

♥ Vælg dit outfit aftenen før. Kender du det, når du kigger på dit skab om morgenen, og selvom det er fyldt, føler du ikke at du har noget at tage på? Så får man smidt noget tilfældigt på, og så risikerer man at være ubehageligt til mode resten af dagen. Undgå dette ved at udvælge et outfit dagen før, som du lægger frem klar til dagen efter.

♥ Forbered morgenmad og frokost på forhånd. Hvis du har dårlig tid om morgenen, er frokost og morgenmad højst sandsynligt ikke noget, der bliver prioriteret. Det kan så nemt ende i, at du bruger unødvendige penge på købe halvdyr og usund frokost ude. Undgå dette ved at forberede morgenmad og frokost aftenen før.

♥ Pak din taske dagen før. Så har du dine ting klar, og det eneste du skal tænke på om morgenen er at gribe din taske og tage den med dig.

♥ Gå i bad om aftenen. Især hvis du skal vaske hår, sparer du en masse tid om morgenen ved at gå i bad om aftenen.

Sæt mål for dig selv. Øvelse gør mester, og ved at tvinge dig selv til at stå op bare fem minutter før, vil du opnå en stor forskel.

♥ Læg en nem make up eller endnu bedre, tag make-up-en med og klar den på arbejdet eller i skolen. En syvsover har ikke tid til den store make up rutine, så læg en nem make up, eller hvis der er mulighed for det, så tag din make up med og læg den på toilettet i en pause på dit arbejde eller skole, hvis der er mulighed for det.

♥ Hold din lejlighed eller værelse pænt og opryddet. Rod er unødvendigt stress og ved at holde dit sted pænt, ryddeligt og ordentligt, vil du undgå for  eksempel ikke at kunne finde dine ting, og du vil have nemmere ved at finde dine ting og få overblik og derved mere overskud.

♥ Gå tidligt i seng. Dette tip giver lidt sig selv, da du højst sandsynligt ved at gå tidligere i seng også vil få nemmere ved at stå op.

♥ Få en god soverytme. Hvis man tilvænner kroppen til at gå i seng og stå op nogenlunde samme tid hver dag, vil det føles meget nemmere at stå op om morgenen, fordi kroppen er inde i en rytme, hvor den ved, at den har fået den nødvendige søvn. Find også på den måde ud af, hvor mange timers søvn, du egentlig har brug for per nat. Dette afvelsker fra person til person. Gennemsnittet for hvor mange timers søvn folk har brug for er otte timer per nat, men nogle kan klare sig på seks, hvorimod andre skal have 10 timers på øjet hver nat.

♥ Log af Netflix og sociale medier. Denne fejl er vi helt sikkert mange, der laver. Bruger timer på lige endnu et afsnit af en TV-serie eller stalke folk lidt længere på Instagram eller Facebook. Lær at læg telefonen væk. Vi ved alle sammen at lyset fra computere, iPads og smartphones forstyrrer vores søvn og egentlig gør os mere vågne end trætte, så derfor skal man lægge dem væk tidligere for at få en god nats søvn.

English: I am a night owl. Absolutely not an early bird, though I often wish I was one. This world is definitely easier and more convenient for people who have an easy time getting up early in the morning, fresh and full of energy, ready to seize the day, rather than the ones who work better at night and get their ideas and creative thoughts in the late hours, and prefer to sleep in. My 13 years of going to school and whenever I have to get up early, I always tell myself “tomorrow you will get up early, so you have time to have a good morning which will include extra time to do stuff such as getting ready, actually having time to shower, and even have breakfast and a cup of coffee.” I don’t think that ever really happened… The real story was me snoozing till the very last minute, then having nothing more than around five minutes to get everything ready before being in a very bad mood and rushing out the door to make it to school or work. It is like I lose all of my judgement every morning, when the alarm goes off, and I am willing to trade everything for just a couple more minutes in bed. And I mean, those minutes don’t even make a difference? I envy the people that just kind of jump off their bed every morning and make time for slow mornings… Being a person like that, who is definitely not very pro at slow mornings and getting up, I have learned a few tricks that I will share with you today, on how to make it easier for yourself if you, like me, are very, very bad at getting up in the morning.

10 tips for easier mornings:

♥ Pick out an outfit the night before. Ever tried looking at your closet full of clothes, thinking: I have nothing to wear? If you are a normal girl, I am sure you have. And if you are already late, there is no time for being picky with an outfit. Instead of wearing something that will make you feel uncomfortable the whole day, plan and pick out your outfits the night before.

♥ Prepare breakfast and lunch the night before. If you have five minutes to get ready before you have to be out the door, there is no time for cooking and preparing breakfast nor lunch. This will very easily leading you to spending extra money on food during the day which is probably unhealthy, and I am sure you want to both save money and lead a healthy lifestyle. By getting in to the habit of preparing breakfast and lunch every night, this problem is eliminated. I myself prefer simple breakfast such as fresh fruit, yogurt or oatmeal, which can easily be prepared the night before. See this link for simple and healthy lunch recipes.

♥ Pack your bag the night before. By packing your bag and the things you need for your day the night before, you will save yourself a couple of minutes in the morning. Minutes that you might as well use to sleep a few minutes more.

♥ Shower the night before. Especially if it is hair washing day. This will save you a lot of time in the morning.

♥ Set goals for yourself. I heard that it is possible to learn how to get up early and becoming better at it. Try to force yourself not to snooze and to get up, and who knows, you might just learn to become good at it. Practice makes perfect.

♥ Have an easy make up routine – or even better do your make up at work or in school. I don’t know it that would be accepted at your school or job, but if I really had to rush out the door, I would simply bring my make up and go to the bathroom in a break to put it on.

♥ Keep your room or apartment cleaned up. By keeping your personal space clean and organized, you will save yourself a lot of unnecessary stress in the morning. Knowing where your stuff is and having a calm, nice, mess-free space is always nice.

♥ Go to bed early. This tip is pretty obvious. By going to bed earlier, you might be better at getting up in better time in the morning. Try it!

♥ Try to get into a good sleeping rhythm. You can teach your mind and body to go to bed early and get up early without feeling like you’ve been hit by a truck when you wake up, by getting your body used to a sleeping rhythm. Try to get in to a sleeping schedule and find out how many hours of sleep are necessary per night for you personally.

♥ Get off that Netflix and social media! This damn Netflix bingeing and Instagram or Facebook stalking can keep me up for hours every night, and we all know that the light from electronic devices are not good for our sleep, so try your best to get off it at night. It will get you a better sleep!

Sidste uge brugte jeg i København, hvor jeg nød et par dage med venner og familie, skønt selskab, god mad, og så nåede jeg endda en tur op på Louisiana kunstmuseum for at se den japanske kunstner Yayoi Kusama og hendes udstilling ved navn “Infinity”. Tilbage i juni måned så jeg en del af denne udstilling (blandt andet “Obliteration Room” og nogle malerier) på et galleri i bydelen Chelsea på Manhattan i New York City. Jeg kendte egentlig ikke meget til Yayoi Kusama inden New York, men jeg blev straks fanget og betaget af hendes arbejde og kunst, som de fleste kan se er usædvanlig og fantastisk.

Yayoi Kusama har sit helt eget univers præget af uendelighed, farver, former, strukturer og en næsten barnlig tilgang til kunst. Se billederne for bevis 😉 Jeg elskede udstillingen og var så glad for at jeg nåede op og se den.  Jeg var på Louisiana tilbage i december sidste år, hvor jeg så Olafur Eliassons “Riverbed”, og selvom jeg normalt er stor fan af Eliassons værker, var Riverbed ikke min yndlings. Efter Riverbed udstillingen, tog Richard Mosse over med udstillingen af hans lyserøde fotografier fra Congo, og den udstilling var jeg meget ked af, at jeg gik glip af.

Louisiana er et af mine yndlingsmuseer i hele verden, og både deres beliggenhed, museumshuset, deres fantastiske buffet, deres specielle udstillinger og deres fantastiske museumsshop siger spar to!

English: Yayoi Kusama at Louisiana Art Museum. Last week in Copenhagen I made it to Louisiana Art Museum which is located around 30 minutes north of Copenhagen. It was on my things do in Copenhagen list, because Yayoi Kusama exhibited her art show “In Infinity”. I went to see her at David Zwirner Gallery in Chelsea in New York City back in June, and back then I fell in love with the very special art. I told my parents and my grandfather about Yayoi Kusama’s exhibition at Lousiana and we agreed to take a trip to the museum to see it for ourselves.

We went Thursday night, and all of us loved it! She had the Obliteration Room, which I also saw in NYC, a former all white livingroom, where guests and visitors are handed round colored  stickers they are allowed to put where ever they want in the room, turning it from white to multi colored with the stickers.

Yayoi Kusama, a 80-something year old Japanese pioneer within modern art, has her own, amazing, colorful and playful universe, where she utilizes colors, forms, structures, rooms, and senses of infinity to express herself, and it is characteristic, fun, playful and amazing to look at.

I am so happy I made it to see her exhibition In Infinity, I mean, see for yourself why – isn’t her art fun, amazing, and cool? Besides from that, Louisiana is one of my absolut favorite museums in the world. The location of it is right out to the ocean, the building it is in is beautiful, the buffet of food they have is delicious, and they also have a great museum shop where I could definitely spend a lot of money buying books, furniture, posters, art and stuff for my home. If you ever make it to Copenhagen, and you have a spare half day on your schedule, I would only recommend taking a train or a car to Louisiana, it is

Det er ingen hemmelighed, at jeg i høj grad foretrækker at shoppe tøj over internettet. For mig er det tusinde gange lettere, man har altid et overblik over, hvilke varer og størrelser der findes på lageret, og man får sine køb sendt lige til hoveddøren. Udover det har mange onlinebutikker i dag gratis returnering, hvilket er et ekstra plus. Asos er helt klart en af mine yndlings-onlinebutikker. Dette er på grund af deres udvalg, deres pris og deres hurtige og nemme levering. Jeg har i dag fundet ni forskellige efterårs-varer fra Asos, som jeg ikke ville have noget imod landede foran min hoveddør. Hvad synes I om dem?

English: I do most of my shopping online. To me it is much easier, you know what selection they have and everything about online shopping is just pretty convenient. One of my all time favorite online stores is Asos, and I weekly check in on their store to see what is new and I probably order something from there once a month. Today I have picked out nine different fall items, my Asos Fall Wanties, from hair bands to boots, sweaters and skirts that I wouldn’t mind wearing this fall. Do you like them?

Denim dress, Fedora hat, Camel sandals

The best hair bands, Plisée skirt, Chelsea boots

Camel knit, Striped skirt, Body

Outfit post and Copenhagen talk: Last week in Berlin I teamed up with my friend Ivano to drink a cup of coffee and we decided to perpetuate the day and my outfit by shooting a couple of photos at one of my favorite spots in Berlin, Karl Marx Allee. It was a real autumn day with grey sky, clouds and humid weather, but we still had a good time.

These photos are not quite up to date since I am now in Copenhagen enjoying some friend and family time here, and I love it. I’ve seen so many friends, we have been hanging out around Copenhagen (mainly inside because the cold weather has already reached and hit North Europe… and I am still not pleased with it). Monday I had a great brunch at The Union, then dinner and movie night with my family. Tuesday I met up with two friends to have a tea ceremony at Perchs Tea House, a famous tea house and shop in the center of Copenhagen, which unfortunately was very disappointing with very low quality and a very small amount of food, tea and cake in regards to the price we payed. We made the best of it though and got caught up talking for hours. So much talking to do with your girlfriends when you only see them every few months 😉 Today I had coffee with a friend from high school and after that I went to meet a whole group of my friends and it happened again that we got caught up talking. Very cheesy, but I feel #blessed (lol!) to have all these amazing friends and people in my life. <3

 

Mens det lader til, at Berlin er fuldt optaget af street food markeder, og new yorkerne elsker burgere og dumplings ligeså meget som englændere holder af deres five o’clock tea, ser et ud til, at københavnerne er ramt af en gal italiener med forkærlighed for god pizza lavet af kvalitetsprodukter. Hvor end man går i Københavns smarte områder, popper der nye pizzarestauranter op, som var det svampe på en våd græseng. Den ene mere innovativ, smart og hip end den anden. Den nye pizzabølge, der har ramt København, serverer alle pizzaer, der går under navnet gourmetpizzaer, og nogle af de nedenstående restauranter serverer endda også andet lækker mad. Jeg har her samlet de bedste steder at spise pizza i København.

English: While Berlin seems to love street food markets, New York City loves burgers and dumplings, it looks like Copenhagen is hit by a pizza wave! Everywhere you turn and in every cool district of the city, there is a hip restaurant mixing together delicious dough, baking it in stone ovens and topping it off with some innovate and creative toppings which make for nothing less than delicious pizzas. See my list for where to find the best pizzas in Copenhagen! 

Bæst. Pic source. This restaurant focuses on sustainability and utilizes organic and local products and ingredients, and they even produce their own mozzarella cheese, which means that especially their mozzarella pizza is amazing. Bæst which translates to Beast also serves other delicious foods, such as their also own produces charcuterie meats. Additional information: the guy behind Bæst is also the chef behind one of the world’s best restaurants, Relæ in Copenhagen, plus Mirabelle and Manfred’s & Vin.

Guldbergsgade 29, 2200 København N, Denmark

Neighbourhood. Pic source. Neighbourhood, a pizza place located in the hipster neighborhood Vesterbro gives you pizzas and cocktails, which to me is the equivalent to a smashing combination. Ever heard about a fig & ham pizza? Or a pumpkin & chorizo pizza? Probably not – head over to Neighborhood to try out their rather funny pizza options. 

Istedgade 27, 1650 København V, Denmark

Tribeca NV. Pic source. A piece of New York City in Copenhagen, with their restaurant looking like something you would find in the concrete jungle of New York City, mixed with the traditional style you’ll only find in an authentic Italian restaurant. Besides from great pizzas, Tribeca NV also serves tasty, Italian food. 

Bygmestervej 2, 2400 København NV, Denmark

Gorm’s. Pic source. Six men worked together to create the best pizza, and this is how the story began. Gorm’s cooks creative pizzas with innovative combinations of toppings, and one of their best pizzas is the potato and rosemary one.

Nyhavn 14, 1051 København K, Denmark (one of their many restaurants)

Mother. Pic source. Italian style with a modern, hip twist in the even hipper meatpacking district of Copenhagen. The pizzas from Mother stand out and taste amazing because they are made of sourdough. Their Sunday brunch buffet is also definitely worth a try! 

Høkerboderne 9, 1712 København V, Denmark

Gran Torino. Pic source. A part of the restaurant club Madklubben, a community of different restaurants all over the city which goal is to serve people great tasting quality food for a very good price, and by good price, they mean a low price. Gran Torino is one of them, and it is a restaurant cut to the point. Divine pizzas, a great ambience and cool decoration.

Sortedam Dossering 3, 2200 København N, Denmark 

Fiat. Pic source. Due to the location of this restaurant in the very center of the city, this place is already well visited of tourists, due to their delicious Italian food, and their wonderful winter garden, in which you can enjoy your lunch or dinner. 

Kongens Nytorv 18, 1050 København K, Denmark