Showing posts with label Inspiration. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Inspiration. Show all posts

Sunday, 25 October 2015

Autumn has arrived!!

Hello, it has been quite a long time! I decided to start writing again, at the end of my autumn holiday, simply because my fingers and my mind were thrilling to start writing. This post will be about the new season. I usually think autumn is all about rain, rain and more boring rain (especially in the Netherlands). But in the last few weeks I have encountered some beautiful personalities autumn also holds.

Since two weeks we have a new family member: our dog Rocky. He is a labrador Retriever and he is just so sweet. During the holiday I have spent quite some time with him in the forest playing and wondering. He already feels like my best buddy! During these walks there is enough time to take a step back, enjoy the moment and wonder. Taking different routes through the forest, I have encountered many different nature views which just make my day! I don't have many pictures because "Live for the moment, not for the memories".

The autumn season also brings many new types of food. During this season, I love working with pumpkins, apples, kale, different types of lettuce, potatoes, etc. As you might have already guessed, there will be a delicious autumn recipe posted soon!




Sunday, 2 August 2015

Identity Alphabet

I figured the best way to start off my new blog was to tell something about me, the author of Silspiration. I found out a fun way to do so: the Identity Alphabet. It works like this: for every letter of the alphabeth, I think of a word that fits my identity, and give a little explanation. So here it goes!

A- stands for all-stars. These are my favourite brand of shoes, and I make sure I always have a pair to wear on casual days!

B- stands for Bethany Mota. She has given me so much inspiration. She has thrived and accomplished so much by just following her own path, that really awes me.

C- as you could have probably guessed, C stands for cooking. I just enjoy being in the kitchen, turning up the music and making your own food. I especially love the moment you get to share it with people, and know you have accomplished this all by yourself!

D- stands for development. Being in your teenage years, you learn a lot about who you are, what your future might be like and how you should make your own way. Development might sound eerie, but I believe it is an unbelievably strong word.

E- stands for earth. I find it so fasinating how we, as human beings, all live on this world which seems to be the only planet suitable for living creatures. The only planet, in the whole universe!

F- stands for friends & family. I believe life is about giving and taking. I always try to help as much as possible and hope people do the same to me. 

G- stands for generosity. I just love the sound of the word so much.

H- stands for my number one sport: hockey. What I love about hockey so much is that you play in a team, that makes it fun on, but also off the field.

I- stands for identity. I have always wondered how everything is created with so much detail and passion, I strongly believe that is beautiful.

J- stands for joy :)

K- stands for kitchen, my favourite spot at home!

L- stands for life. Life is, as far as our knowledge reaches, the biggest thing one whil ever come across. 

M- stands for mercy. 

N- stands for nature. I love being outside, especially in summer.

O- stands for optimism. Everyone needs some of it somewhere during their lifetime.

P- stands for philosophy. I love to come up with theories about our planet and the universe and I adore wondering about life.

Q- stands for queen. This is just such a powerful word.

R- stands for running. I love being outside (especially in the forest) on an early morning working out. It is just such an awesome feeling during and after a long run.

S- stands for summer. When I think of summer, I think of the colours green, blue and orange. Everything is just so much prettier in summer.

T- stands for time. Just take a moment to think about it. Time is one of the main aspects of life. We cannot live without it.

U- stands for universe. It is such an odd matter. You cannot imagine what it looks like because you have never seen anything as big as it is. 

V- stands for value. 

W- stands for we. Everyone is connected to one another.

X- stands for XVI, my favourite number, 16.

Z- stands for zones. I like the word for its many different aspects.

I hope you enjoyed reading this! Have a lovely day. x.

Saturday, 1 August 2015

Health & Joy

A new blog means a new space for ideas, theories, plans, opinions and adventures. Silspiration it shall be called. Why? It is based on the meaningful word inspiration. I love this word for its strongness and large capacity of different perspectives. First, because of the inspiration that has been sent to me. All the influences from society have always given me inspiration to try new things, to think out of the box, and to be myself. Second, the inspiration I want to send out to others. All the people that inspire me have been inspired by others. I love the idea of giving to others, what people gave to me. I changed inspiration to silspiration, because that makes it my own. Sil is my nickname and is short for Silke. So there it was: Silspiration.


Silspiration is a website full of inspiration to live a healthy and enjoyable life. Health and joy are, in my opinion, so close related that they shall be the fundament of my blog. I love cooking and eating healthy and my biggest passion is sport. I really want to inspire and teach people how fun health can be. Often, people believe eating healthy is boring and sporting is a waste of time. However, getting to know how important a healthy lifestyle is and experiencing how easy it is to keep up with your health, I can assure you that health will bring joy!

On this website you can expect pieces of writing about sport, food, cooking (so lots of recipes!). Also you will find writings about fashion, lifestyle and school.

Enjoy, take your time, and discover Silspiration!