Today's post is different from the ones I usually do and it's about something I've been working on for a few months now. Nowadays is very common to hear about the whole issue of "loving yourself", we see it in the movies movies, we listen it on songs and in a lot of other places. But I think most people don't realize how important it is to love yourself. And not in a selfish way in which we don't care about the other and we just look out for ourselves, but in a way in which we put ourselves, our wellbeing and happiness first, without hurting anyone else in the process. I think that I don't speak only for myself when I say that at some point in our lives perhaps one, two or more times we get caught up in toxic relationships that make us feel bad about ourselves, don't help us grow as a person and make us feel uncomfortable and unappreciated.
There was a time in my life where I was surrounded by people who did not make me feel sure of myself, where I always had fights or gossip behind my back and I was being criticize all the time. And after being even five minutes with these people I felt stressed, anxious and All I wanted was to get as far away from that place as I could and never come back . I was sad by just thinking about the moment I had to see them again and didn't want to go back and pretend they made ​​me feel good when it wasn't true. It was a kind of passive-aggressive relationship where everything was fine but it wasn't and nobody dared to say it to my face and instead they made me feel so bad and miserable and I didn't even know what was I doing wrong. Now I realize, that I was doing nothing wrong, I wasn't the problem there. Sometimes relationships just don't work out, but it's never just one person's fault.
Toxic relationships in my experience are those that don't add anything to your life, but they take all of your energy out of you, they make you lose valuable time of your life and they don't respect you for who you are. They are those relationships where you feel that you have in a certain way to fit in, to make that person or people happy, and you don't. You never have to change yourself for anyone but you. 
I know this is kind of all over the place but I think that what I'm trying to express in this post is that if you are in a relationship with someone who makes you feel this way, whether is your couple, your friends, your family or others I hope you know that you don't have any obligation to stay there. You have the right to get away from there and find people that make you happy, that gets excited with you when something great happens in your life and that when you end up talking with them you feel more happy, positive and surronded by good vibes. I promise it'll be okay. It's hard to step out of a toxic relationship and you don't have to insult and shout to them to go away but just slowly walk away and let them know they are not doing you any good. I once read a very true quote that said "when you hurt someone you don't get to decide you didn't." Many people are angry and offended when you say to them that they hurt you but simply because they don't want to accept the blame for hurting another person.
The hardest part is saying goodbye to those relationships but then comes a stage of pure happiness where you find yourself. To love ourselves is important because at the end of the day, no matter how many people surround you, you got you, only you. At three o'clock in the morning when you feel bad, sad and you can't sleep because you can't stop thinking, you got to love yourself. We don't know if the people that are today with us, will be there forever, because maybe they won't, and if they leave, then it's okay because if you love yourself that won't hurt you as much as if it will if you don't love yourself. We came alone to this world and alone we go. Meanwhile we share our lives with people who make us happy, but we must never let a person be more than that. It is not healthy to rely on someone else to be happy because that's when this type of toxic relationships begin. 
Never, ever waste your time with people who are not worth it, because you are giving them something that never returns, which is time.
If you make it came to the end I appreciate it so much because it's something I needed to say just to anyone who is going or passing through something similar.
I'd love to read your stories in the comments!

Hoy les traigo un post distinto a los que suelo hacer y es algo en lo que estoy trabajando hace unos meses ya y que con el tiempo voy notando una diferencia. Se que ahora todo el tema de "amarse a uno mismo" esta muy de moda y lo vemos en películas, escuchamos en canciones y demás. Pero creo que muchos no se dan cuenta de lo importante que es quererse a uno mismo. Y no de una manera egoísta en la cual no nos importa el otro y solo nos fijamos en nosotros mismos, sino en una manera en la cual nos ponemos a nosotros mismos, nuestro bienestar y nuestra felicidad primero, sin lastimar a nadie mas. Creo que no hablo por mi misma cuando digo que en algún momento de nuestras vidas tal vez una, dos o mas veces nos vemos atrapados en relaciones toxicas que nos hacen sentir mal con nosotros mismos, no nos ayudan a progresar y nos hacen sentir incómodos y no apreciados. 
Hubo un tiempo de mi vida en el que estaba rodeada de personas que no me hacían sentir segura de mi misma, donde siempre había peleas o comentarios por atrás y criticas y después de estar aunque fuesen 5 minutos con esas personas me sentía estresada, ansiosa y lo único que quería era irme lo mas lejos de ese lugar y no volver nunca mas. Me ponía triste de tan solo pensar que tenia que volver a verlas y fingir que me hacían sentir bien cuando no era así, cuando era una especie de relación agresiva-pasiva donde todo estaba bien pero en realidad no lo estaba y nadie se animaba a decirlo entonces me hacían sentir mal a mi misma sin saber siquiera que era lo que había hecho mal. 
Las relaciones toxicas en mi experiencia son esas que no te suman nada a tu vida, sino que te sacan energía, te hacen perder tiempo valioso de tu vida y no te respetan por quien sos. Son esas relaciones en las que sentis que tenes que ser de tal manera para encajar, para hacer a esas personas o persona felices. Y no tiene que ser asi.
No quiero escribir todo un texto que no tiene sentido y se va por las ramas pero creo que lo que quiero tratar de expresar con este post es que si estas en una relación con alguien que te hace sentir así, ya sea tu pareja, tus amigos, tu familia o otros te digo que no tenes ninguna obligación de quedarte ahí. Tenes el derecho de alejarte y encontrar personas que te hagan feliz, que se emocionen igual que vos cuando algo va bien en tu vida, que termines de pasar un rato con esas personas y te sientas feliz, positivo, con buenas vibras. Te prometo que es difícil alejarte y no significa que tengas que insultarlos y gritarles sino ir alejándote de a poco y hacerles saber que te estan haciendo mal. Una vez leí una frase muy verdadera que decía "cuando lastimas a alguien no podes decidir que no lo hiciste". Mucha gente se enoja y ofende cuando les decís que te lastimaron pero es simplemente porque no quieren aceptar la culpa de que hirieron a otra persona, a alguien cercano que en algún momento quisieron.
La parte mas difícil es decirle adiós a esas relaciones pero después viene una etapa de pura felicidad, y de encontrarte a vos mismo. Amarse a uno mismo es importante porque al final del día, no importa cuantas personas te rodeen, te tenes a vos, solo a vos. A las tres de la mañana cuando te sentís mal y no podes dormir porque no podes parar de pensar, te tenes a vos mismo. Vinimos solos y nos vamos solos. Mientras tanto compartimos nuestras vidas con personas que nos hacen felices, pero nunca hay que dejar que una persona sea mas que eso. No es saludable depender de otra persona para ser feliz porque ahi es cuando este tipo de relaciones toxicas empiezan. Así que sean felices con ustedes mismos, vallan a un café y pasen la tarde solos, aprendan a conocerse y sean muy felices. Y nunca pero nunca desperdicien su tiempo con personas que no lo valen, porque les están regalando algo que nunca vuelve, que es el tiempo.
Si llegaron a leer hasta acá les agradezco mucho porque es algo que necesitaba decir por si alguna persona estaba pasando o paso por algo similar. 
Me encantaría leer en los comentarios sus historias!

“Every day, think as you wake up, today I am fortunate to be alive, I have a precious human life, I am not going to waste it. I am going to use all my energies to develop myself, to expand my heart out to others; to achieve enlightenment for the benefit of all beings. I am going to have kind thoughts towards others, I am not going to get angry or think badly about others. I am going to benefit others as much as I can.”

1. Organize/plan your day: One of the best things of waking up early for me is being able to just sit down, grab my agenda and plan my day. See if I have something important that day and do a to-do list.
2. Medidate/Do Yoga: I'm trying to do yoga at list a few minutes per day because for three years now I've been having the most irritating pain in my neck, shoulders and sciatica and it feels amazing to do it in the morning! Also medidate is super important. I take maybe 5 minutes when I wake up to just breathe, relax and have a clear mind to start a new day.
3. Exercise: I exercise in the afternoon when I'm in school but in summer I feel so good when I start my day swimming or running!
4. Me Time: Sometimes when we came back to our houses or we wake up late we have to do so many things and we can't relax and just have a little me time. I love to sit in the mornings and drink tea while reading a book or just do something that I like!
5. Breakfast: The best part about mornings, right? haha. I used to hate having breakfast because it made me feel really sick after eating it. But I realize that if I have breakfast after a while I woke up I'm not sick after it. I love to eat some fruits or a yogurt in the mornings to have a lot of energy for the day
6. Sunrise: Well, you probably know by now how much I love sunsets, but a sunrise is always as beatiful as the sunset is. Seeing the sun rise and the start of a new day has something magical in it and I love to go outside and see the beatiful colours on the sky.
7. Quietude: I live with my siblings and parents so there's always a noise in the house. When I wake up before everyone does I can have that silence and peace that I love. Not that I hate when there's noise haha but in the mornings is nice to be with yourself and that silence for a little while. (Although I'll probably be listening to music in that time)
8. Writing in your journal: My journal is literally a mess. You can find poems, extracts for my book to things that happened to me the last days. But something I love to do in the mornings is write down the things I'm grateful for, like my family, friends, having a beatiful house, the possibility to study and those kind of things. Gratitude in the mornings is the best and be aware of these little things (that are not that little) is so good for yourself, and everybody else that is in your life.
9. Earn better grades: So, I read in forbes that in a Texas University study, college students that identified themselves as "morning people" earned better grades that the ones who were "night owls". I find it very interesting because now that I think of it I know that I wasn't at my 100% when I stayed up late.
10. Feel more productive: I know, I know, you probably read this in this kind of posts like a million times but for me is true! If it's 9 am and I know that I accomplished a lot of things that I have/want to do by that time I feel really good with myself!

Back when we were with my family in Mendoza we went to have breakfast (And to have dinner but I didn't take pictures that night) to this lovely restaurant called Maria Antonieta.

Cuando estábamos en Mendoza con mi familia fuimos a desayunar (también a cenar pero esa noche no saque fotos porque siempre dejaba el celular en el hotel) a este hermoso restaurante llamado Maria Antonieta.




I ordered a apple juice that was amazing! I'd never drunk one before and now I'm a fan. I ate some breads with jam and cream cheese.

Yo pedí un jugo de manzana que estaba increible! Nunca había tomado uno antes y ahora soy fan. También comí un par de tostadas con mermelada y queso crema.


Lastly, my mom ate some tea and this sandwich that she said it was really good!

Por ultimo, mi mama tomo un poco de te con este sandwich y dijo que estaba muy bueno!

First of all I wish you all a happy valentine's day. Today is a day to love not only your boyfriend/girlfriend but your family and friends. I'm really grateful for the people that I have in my life and I'm grateful to have such an amazing readers on my blog. So today I want to ask you sixquestions to know you better, here they are:

1. What is the thing that you're most passionate about in your life?
2. Five year from now, where do you want to be?
3. ¿What's your favourite place in the whole world?
4. Describe me the perfect day for you
5. What's your favourite movie/book/series?
6. What is the first thing you thought when you saw my blog? (I've to put a little selfish question here hehe)

If you're not from Argentina or a country from Latin America (or if you don't like wine) you probably don't know that Argentina is in the top 10 of wine regions in the world. I go to Mendoza every summer or every two years but because it is the place in the whole world of my mum we like to go and visit new places and new wineries. This days were different from the ones in the first post because we were just chilling and relaxing. Anyway, let's start!
Si no sos de Argentina o de algún país de Latinoamérica (O si no te gusta el vino) es probable que no sepas que Argentina esta entre los 10 países que producen mas vino en todo el mundo. Suelo ir todos los veranos a Mendoza o al menos cada dos años pero como es el lugar en el mundo de mi Mama nos gusta ir y visitar nuevas bodegas cada vez que vamos. A diferencia de la primer parte del road trip que hice en el otro post, los días que estuvimos en Mendoza fueron mas relajados. En fin, empecemos con el post!







The first night we stayed in Malargue but we decided to spend the day in Las Leñas (which is a famous ski center and super pretty in winter of Argentina) and see all the things that you can visit before arriving in Las Leñas. First we stopped in a lagoon called "Niña encantada" which has a beautiful legend that you can read here. Then we stopped in a peculiar water well which is a pair of two spectacular sinkholes. Both sinkholes were created by the collapse of underground voids created by the dissolution of gypsum deposits by groundwater. The holes are divided from each other by a thin crumbling wall, which is assumed that over the years will eventually erode away to unite the two wells into one. It also has a legend that you can read here. Lastly we arrived at Las Leñas which is super pretty although is even more beautiful in winter. 
La primera noche nos quedamos en Malargue pero decidimos ir a pasar el día a Las Leñas (que es un centro de Ski muy famoso y lindo en Argentina en invierno) y recorrer las cosas que se pueden ver antes de llegar ahí. Primero paramos en la laguna de la niña encantada que tiene una leyenda bastante interesante y romántica, pueden leerla acá. Después paramos en el Pozo de las Ánimas que es una extraña formación geológica por efecto de las filtraciones de las napas freáticas subterráneas, producen una disolución del suelo, formando derrumbes y depresiones del terreno que terminan formando esos grandes pozos. También tiene una leyenda que podes leer acá. Por ultimo, llegamos a las Leñas que aunque es muy lindo no se aprecia de la misma manera que se hace con nieve.





Algodón esta situado en San Rafael, Mendoza. Esta bodega tiene la peculiaridad de que producen una pequeña producción de vinos y el lugar se centra mas en ser un resort con increíbles canchas de tenis y golf. Ademas, uno puede comprar terrenos ahí y hacerse una casa. También podes producir un vino propio a tu gusto y diseñarle la etiqueta que te guste. La chica que nos hizo el tour nos contó que una pareja que se iba a casar diseño su propia botella y la regalo en su boda, suena muy lindo! También almorzamos ahí y les voy a decir, fue el mejor almuerzo que tuve en toda mi vida. Mi hermana me hizo una adicta al cheesecake y a todos los lugares que voy lo pido pero este fue uno de los mejores que probé. Así que si algún día estas en Mendoza no podes no pasarte por esta bodega! 



I disappointed myself with the few images I took at this winery but I made a video and there you can see better the beautiful little park that this winey has. You can see the video here. It is the third time I go to this winery and it's a winery you have to visit if you are in Mendoza. The visits are super complete and informative and the guides are super nice, plus there's plenty of food if you want to eat the food that is made in Argentina, you have to eat there. They have two menus and the both of them are quite interesting!
Me decepcione a mi misma con las pocas fotos que saque en esta bodega pero hice un vídeo y ahí se puede apreciar un poco mas el parque hermoso que tiene, el vídeo lo pueden ver acá. Es la tercera vez que voy y es una bodega que hay que visitar si estas en Mendoza. Las visitas son super completas y los que la hacen son super simpáticos, ademas la comida es abundante y muy Argentina, si eso es lo que están buscando. Tienen dos menúes y son bastantes interesantes!







If you want to escape the city, be away of everything and be surrounded by peace this is the perfect place. The vines of Mendoza offers the people who visit this place the possibility of buying a hectare of their vineyard and choose what type of wine they want to produce (it is a hobby pretty interesting because the guide told us that most of the people do it for their own consumption and not for selling). Plus, they have a resturant with a view that takes your breath away (you can see it in the first photo) and the food is delicious, so good that I forgot to take a picture of it haha. Finally, you can rent some of the thouses that are next to the resort where you can see the lake and the mountains which are so beautiful.
Si queres un lugar en cual escaparte de la ciudad, alejarte de absolutamente todo y mucha paz, este es tu lugar. The vines of Mendoza ofrece a las personas que la visitan la posibilidad de comprar una hectarea de su viñedo y elegir que tipo de vino quiere producir (un hobbie bastante interesante porque la guia nos conto que la mayoria de la gente lo hace para su propio consumo y no para vender). Ademas, tienen un restaurante precioso que tiene una vista increible (la podes ver en la primer foto) y la comida es riquisima, tan rica que me olvide de fotografiarla jaja. Tambien se pueden alquilar unas casas que dan al lago y a la montaña que son un sueño.









The last day we did high mountain and we couldn't go far because there was an accident due to a heavy storm that produced the collapse of a bridge and there was a long wait to cross so we go back to the city but I was super happy to be able to see all that landscapes again!
El ultimo día hicimos alta montaña y no pudimos llegar muy arriba porque hubo un accidente por una fuerte tormenta que produjo el derrumbe de un puente y había una espera larguísima para poder cruzar así que nos volvimos, pero estaba feliz de haber podido volver a ver estos hermosos paisajes que nunca me cansan!