There are no lost opportunities

Why did I quit school a year before my final exams? What did I turn my head on the street for? How did I find a job in the famous 16th district of Paris, in the home of the real Madame Chic, not to speak French?
Answers to these and other questions and you will find my approach to failure in ... the latest issue of the Magazine for Mam Mint, which I have the honor and pleasure to be the heroine of next to such names as Agnieszka Maciąg or Marta Lech-Maciejewska.
My path to motherhood was bumpy, and when I started sharing with you this and other stories from our life here on the blog, I did not even dream that it would become such a wonderful and warm place around which a wonderful community of supportive and open women will gather. That is why I feel honored that my path and approach to action are an inspiration for you and that I could tell about them in the pages of MINT magazine.
I often reach for it myself to learn about the extraordinary stories of women who live their own way and bravely set out their paths, and now my story is right next to those told by extraordinary women whose actions and attitude are inspiring to me!
Interested?
So how do you buy Mint? Either you fly to Empik and choose from 2 covers (the center is the same note.) Or you buy online.
You can buy Mint magazine online in electronic version or in my favorite paper version - I personally recommend the printed one, because firstly, you can safely read in the bathtub, and secondly, in our everyday e-world it's fun to sometimes smell the wonderful smell of printing ink and touch it - and attention - there is something, because Mint is not issued like a typical magazine on ordinary glossy paper, but on ... something that stimulates the senses and immerses the reader a little deeper.
With the rest of what I'm going to tell you on the e-blog - just check it out 🙂
Konkurs
On the occasion of my interview, I bought and I will distribute 5 copies of Mint Magazine here with delivery to your door (in Poland) - just that You will write in a comment what is your favorite way to relax in 15 minutes.
From all the answers written to Sunday 2 June 2019 to 23: 59 I will choose 5 people to whom the Magazine with a personal note from the Editor-in-Chief and myself will recommend.
Writing a competition comment means you accept these short rules.
Awards given:
Sylwia - comment from May 29, 2019
Kasia - comment from May 29, 2019
Małgorzata R. - comment from May 31, 2019
Urszula - comment from June 1, 2019
Wiola - comment from June 2, 2019
Feminine Side of Dietetics
Beautiful arrangement 🙂
Marek
From the comments you can read interesting ways to relax, some of them normally surprise me 😀
Aga
Some time ago I started to approach my failures completely differently. Failure is a necessary step on the path to learning and a necessary component of success. There is no success without failures…. It is said that failure is inseparable from success. Big things cannot be achieved unless a streak of failure precedes it. There are many examples of famous characters, all of them have an approach to failure. Just read the biographies of famous people who have achieved success. They just kept going.
Daria
in 15 minutes I relax working in silence in front of the computer, when I know that the baby is in my father's hands 🙂
Kama
Beautiful cover 🙂
Ania
Coffee in a giant mug. and what's interesting is best done by someone else, because then it is surprisingly tastier. Then I pick up a magazine, put on the soundproof headphones and 15 my minutes 😉
Carolina
Good coffee and a moment of conversation from the heart such as today 😉
❤️
Weronika
Favorite way to relax? I do not think I will answer this question unequivocally, because just relaxation is not something clear for me;) Sometimes after a hard, noisy day full of meetings with other people, relaxation can be just a 15-minute hot bath with the aroma of your favorite candles ... or staring to my daughter's smiling face;) On the other hand, after a whole day spent with my 4-month-old daughter, 15 minutes of relaxation can be jogging in the woods and listening to silence :)) My 15-minute relaxation always depends on what I need on a given day. Even though there are days when it is hard to find these few minutes for yourself, it is worth looking for relaxation, even in those, at first glance, insignificant moments of the day :)
Viol
15 minutes? A lot of time 🙂 We have created a family RE.LIST that resets bad emotions and relaxes in moments of weakness:
- 7 minimum hugs of a loved one
- quick review of the mini album containing photos from the most important moments of our lives
-Hearing the song "Mokotów" by Lilly Hates Roses
- eating a date with peanut butter
- quick immersion under the blanket and closing the eyes for a minute ♡
+ my personal point - writing a diary for my husband, children and myself ..
I strongly recommend ♡
Viol
Agnieszka
Wiolu, Mint will appear with you 🙂
Viol
Thank you very much, thank you!
Kinga
My relaxation in "15 minutes"
Hmmm ... definitely a bath in a bathtub filled with water and sweet scented foam. Lots of candles and good wine or coffee. My moment of peace. Until you don't want to leave the house ... I love such relaxation.
Sabina
Relax in 15 minutes? Favorite coffee mug, silence in the room broken only by birds singing outside the window (or a train passing by, which after three years no longer bothers but generates a feeling of steadiness and 'my place') and turning off the thinking for cultivating gratitude. I remember what I have, I do not focus my mind on what is missing. When I have a moment left, I take the last one to the issue of the Lady's magazine and immerse myself in a conversation with the Master performed by the excellent Mrs. Domagalik. This is how I take moments for myself 🙂
Urszula
In my 15 minutes I do "nothing". And exactly, I'm learning this, to be "here and now", doing nothing at all, not thinking, not planning, not thinking about anything, not looking for anything. Just be and appreciate what I see. Most often it is a wonderful view from my balcony. I just am and I am grateful for what I have, with each breath I thank you for what I have and I am happy with it. My magical 15 minutes that charges my batteries. 🙂
Agnieszka
Ursula, look out for Mint!
Ania
I am a book maniac also for me the best relaxation after a day is a warm shower, herbal tea and inspirational reading !!! I am in the process of biography of S. Jobs and above all becoming M. Obama. I would love to read a beautifully illustrated interview with your story !!!
Dorota
My relaxation in the "last minute" version ?? After work, sit in the chair, put on the headphones, press Play, close your eyes and stop thinking for at least 15 minutes before the next part of the day full of excitement
Aleksandra
Relax in 15 minutes? The balcony, coffee and favorite reading are the moment of peace that I am waiting for every day, no matter what time of the day :)
Agnieszka
my favorite way for a quick relexik is deep-eyed breathing, the sound of trees and music, and a long look and stare at the sky. I recommend. And for free 🙂
Małgorzata R.
Relaxing in 15 min is a conversation with her husband about us - not about children, the garden, expenses, planned holidays etc. It is a time when we can say how we feel, how we feel, how we love, what changes we see in each other and the good and bad ones. In this way we "repair" each other.
Agnieszka's heartfelt hugs! You are extremely inspiring - thank you for that!
Agnieszka
Congratulations Młgośiu! Mincik will fly to you!
Viol
Relaxation hmmm ... I'm just learning it, at the moment my favorite activity is a picnic together in the nature with my loved ones, or a moment on a hammock in peace and quiet. The batteries charge themselves, I recommend 🙂
Katarzyna
I think that nowadays the best way for my 15 min peace is to drink coffee and watch my husband and one year old son have fun. The awareness that I do not have to participate in this game And at the same time I am an important viewer for them is really nice :)
Justine
15 minutes? How I dream about 5 minutes of physical and mental rest ... 🙁 unfortunately I am already over 2 months alone with two children and their runny nose since I can remember :( I dream of a rest, a quiet bath, eating a whole meal at once, hug my husband :( and so difficult ... but one more month and rest! I will go shopping alone, I will go to the park alone, I will lie in the bath for half an hour and maybe then I will read Mint! :)) until July!
Marta
Relaxation ... It is sometimes 15 minutes for me to drink a coffee, read a few pages of a book, sit on the terrace or talk to my husband ... It is more than once a time for me to VACUUM! YES 🙂 I am very relaxed by VACUUMING, when I go around the house with a vacuum cleaner, seeing him collecting all the lint or crumbs and hearing a steady hum, I feel that I am not only cleaning the house but also my thoughts ... I am addicted to vacuuming 😀 but it is a kind of rest for me 🙂
Dorota
Relax? Which of us mothers do not dream about him 🙂 I have always taken care of my mental health. Regardless of whether the dinner is cooked or the house is sparkling, or I fall over toys, I will always find a moment just for myself. We live in a house near the lake. Water calms me down, relaxes me and definitely relaxes me. If I have the opportunity, I go to the pier with a book and a blanket, when it rains I make warm tea and wrap myself in a blanket with a book in my hand, after a hard night we take a nap with my son, and when I am bursting with energy I cook a good cake with a mask on my face 🙂 No matter how I will spend this time, but the most important thing is that it should be only mine to calm down and give myself a bit of happiness as a woman, not just a mother <3
Carolina
My perfect way to relax in 15 min is a cup of hot tea drunk on the terrace. It doesn't matter what the weather is then. I like to watch it rain or listen to the birds singing in the park behind the fence.
Anna
My relaxation in 15 minutes is definitely yoga. Only she can relax my mind and body in such a short time. Greetings Agnieszka cordially 🙂
Carolina
In the spring and summer season, the best relaxation for me is going to the terrace and caring for my flowers and plants - then the batteries charge quickly. However, in the autumn-winter season it is a warm blanket, hot chocolate, scented candle and a review of dressed blogs or a book.
Iza
Exercise on a stepper or a relaxing fragrant bath
MINT editors
Thank you for the inspiring conversation. We are convinced that readers will come back for more, because you exude warmth and peace of mind. Best Regards!
KATIE
My relaxation in 15 with a one-year-old child is ordinary and unusual coffee drunk in a sitting position without showing for the hundredth time how a cat does!
Agnieszka
Kasia, you made me laugh a lot, Mint will fly to you!
KATIE
I sent an e-mail address, only now I realized that I won! Thank you ;*
Sylwia
To be honest, it's the best for me, we have a self-rearing 5 daughter, a way to relax is just to calm down and a moment of being alone alone 🙂 When the son is sleeping sweetly, the apartment is dark and silent, I sit down with my favorite tea in my favorite teacup, close my eyes or look into the distance, smile and just breathe deeply and thank you. I appreciate and feel gratitude, I fill myself with energy. I don't need anything more. Such a moment, by the window or on the balcony, is enough for all the methods of relaxing the world for me 🙂 And then, before bedtime, I go and kiss my little son and fall asleep with a smile 🙂
Agnieszka
Smile Sylvia! The latest Mint will come to you 🙂
Sylwia
Thank you very much ! 🙂 Regards 🙂
Magda
My favorite way to relax is 5 minutes in the shower and then another 10 in my husband's arms watching our almost 2-year-old miracle asleep :)
Ania
15 minutes - a perfect 15 minutes for a quick nap for mom of almost 4-week-old baby. 15 minutes is a rapid regeneration of at least part of the body. on the bank it improves eyesight - eyes are no longer on matches 🙂 And seriously, I wish you a good night, because maybe this is my fifteen minutes of relaxation.
Milena
15 minutes? I am a young mother of a boy less than four months old and because he sleeps very little during the day (luckily at night he sleeps, he is an angel!), I enjoy at least those 15 minutes for me. What am I doing then? I put on a mask, make coffee and read the next pages of the book that I started before the birth of Adam, I still can't finish because my little boy requires a lot of attention 🙂 These several minutes for myself allows me to take care of my body and soul and not get crazy 🙂 Regards !
Agnieszka
My relaxation in 15 minutes? I really like walking, I like to calm down and be with my thoughts, listen to birds singing
. And when I have no way to leave the house and the boys are sleeping, I like to turn on quiet music, take pictures from the cabinet and remember the first days of motherhood ☺
Alicja
Relax in 15 minutes? Must be in the field. In the forest, on the meadow or at home in the garden. Leaning against a tree. I look at the power of these trees, the sound of leaves calms me down. Singing of birds. It doesn't expect much. Only this bu moment to calm down with natural relaxing music. I love it