30+1 days Challenge w/ @lovelybluepanda

Everyday this month (May 2022), me and @lovelybluepanda will share our personal finds and opinions on a specific subject we decided beforehand. You can join us too in the comments or simply by tagging us in your post!

DAY 15 - GOALS

I searched on Google “How to set goals for yourself”, and these are the 7 steps that popped up in the suggestions’ box:

1. Think about the results you want to see. (Pensa ai risultati che vuoi vedere)
2. Create SMART goals. (Crea degli obiettivi INTELLIGENTI)
3. Write your goals down. (Scrivi i tuoi obiettivi)
4. Create an action plan. (Realizza un piano d'azione)
5. Create a timeline. (Crea una sequenza temporale)
6. Take action. (Agisci)
7. Re-evaluate and assess your progress. (Rivaluta e stima i tuoi progressi)

I feel that goals are pretty personal though. I mean, each one of us should think about their life and envision what they want to make out of it. After envisioning, come the choices: what do I have to do in order to reach that goal? Almost for sure, I’ll have to learn something: be it about myself, how to plan or really buildt a knowledge by studying (language, IT, …anything). What can I renounce to do and what I cannot? I think it’s also related to regrets, at a certain levels.
I am re-evaluating the timeline part: I have never been a fan of having a fixed timeline on the long run: I have always liked to leave my future a bit more adaptable to changes, but I found out I tend to get lost on daily basis (learning new things, chaning my mind, improvising) and that makes me lose sight of the future. So, also after talking with Panda, who’s way better than me at this, I decided to change a bit.
I’ll let you know how it goes!
Just remember to never give up if it seems that goals are never coming true. You never know when the right time is coming.

VOCABULARY:

goals = gli obiettivi
timeline = la cronologia degli eventi, la sequenza temporale, la timeline
action = azione
progress = il progresso
to learn = imparare
to envision = visualizzare
choices = le scelte
to renounce = rinunciare
to get lost = perdersi
never give up = non arrenderti/si mai

30+1 days Challenge w/ @lovelybluepanda

Everyday this month (May 2022), me and @lovelybluepanda will share our personal finds and opinions on a specific subject we decided beforehand. You can join us too in the comments or simply by tagging us in your post!

DAY 19 - ANIME

Anime. This word always makes me think cause in Italian it means “souls”. I am not a huge fan, I have probably watched more TV adaptions than read actual books, but still… I remember the first years of University, when I used to travel by train basically everyday from my hometown to the city in which I was studying. In the train station there was this small but really very well supplied kiosk, and I loved to spend there some time before jumping on a train. I remember it had LOT of animes there. I often felt like buying one,but I generally ended up buying something else? LOL.
But nowadays I really would like to start reading again, and probably anime would be good for that. I need to find a good one :)
Suggest me something, maybe?

I’d like to draw some anime’s inspired person but who knows… for now I already have problems with drawing easier stuff soooo better if I stop there!

(Song: Anima mia - I cugini di campagna)

anime(s) = un/gli anime
character = il personaggio
black and white = bianco e nero
colors = colori
storyline = la storia, la trama
drawing = il disegno
line, stroke = il tratto
pencil = la matita
ink (n.) = l'inchiostro

Some very random prepositions usages examples

++ for more accurate infos and rules check the posts you can find in the grammar masterpost here (scroll down to the “preposizioni” section) ++

diverso/differente + da
diverso da me, diverso dal solito, diverso da tutti

a casa + di + (nome) persona
a casa di zio Luigi, a casa di Giulia, a casa dello zio, a casa di suo zio

andare + a + verbo azione/luogo
andare a mangiare, andare al mare, andare a correre, andare a dormire

in + stato in luogo
in città, in montagna, in cucina, nella scatola, nel salotto

con + persona/animale (compagnia)
con la zia, con sua mamma, con il cane, con il tuo amico

su + moto per luogo/stato in luogo
sulle scale, sulla testa, sul maglione, sulle montagne russe

per + verbo fine/scopo
per scrivere, per capire, per uscire, per ammirare il panorama

tra/fra (stato in luogo)
tra gli alberi, fra le stelle, tra le farfalle, tra i fratelli, fra le sorelle

30+1 days Challenge w/ @lovelybluepanda

Everyday this month (May 2022), me and @lovelybluepanda will share our personal finds and opinions on a specific subject we decided beforehand. You can join us too in the comments or simply by tagging us in your post!

17 - AMNESIA

About the magic of our mind (I know this is a serious condition, but still I find our mind to be magical in this sense, cause it’s not always easy to understand it and how it works and from how something originates)…

Memory is located in our brain inside the sistema limbico, where it is supposed to register new events, store old ones and analyze the received infos. If any of these three phases is altered, we can have a subject affected by amnesia.
Amnesia can happen and appear after an injury of the brain, a psychological trauma (that could have also taken place during the early days of the subject), medical conditions, abuse of alcohol… Aging too can be a factor.
Having amnesia means you cannot remember a recent or a past event (recent ones are more common), and you cannot form new memories, but you can still learn new actions.

memory = la memoria
brain = il cervello
mind = la mente
events = gli eventi
amnesia = l'amnesia (pronunciation.: amnesìa)
aging = invecchiare, l'invecchiamento (n.)

30+1 days Challenge w/ @lovelybluepanda

Everyday this month (May 2022), me and @lovelybluepanda will share our personal finds and opinions on a specific subject we decided beforehand. You can join us too in the comments or simply by tagging us in your post!

DAY 16 - SPIRITUALITY

Online there are many different acceptions of this word but the most common is “the belief that something beyond our self exists and we’re connected to it, and through it”.

What is your relationship with spirituality? I feel like in Italy, this side of each person isn’t really taken into consideration, especially by the youngers. On the other side, there are also elders who are quiet devoted to their spiritual side but are a little close minded: this because spirituality is often connected to Church and, historically, it has never been really open but always tried to address people thoughts and beliefs in a specific direction (no offence, just stating the truth).

Anyway,this is the Italian wikipedia page, and later, you’ll get your short vocabulary:

Spirituality can have different acceptions and interpretations. It denotes behaviours, ideals and values related to the spirit.

From the most basic point of view, it consists of a perspective according on which there’s a reality’s level that one cannot perceive through their physical senses, that it’s located beyond the tangible matter, from which it takes life, intelligence and the meaning of existence. It can include faith in supernatural beings or powers (as in religion), but it always keep the focus on the personal experience.

spirituality = la spiritualità
behaviour = il comportamento
interpretations = le interpretazioni
perspective = la prospettiva
to perceive = percepire
beyond = oltre
existence = l'esistenza
faith = la fede
supernatural (adj.) = sovrannaturale/i (sing/plu)
being (n.) = l'essere
power = il potere