26/08/2024
💤✴️ La dolce vita💤✴️
It literally translates as the sweet life, but it's hard to explain if you're not Italian, so I'll try my best.
For us, la dolce vita, it's not simply a philosophy, it's more a way of living and being. It's about savouring every single bite, it means taking in the beauty around you and treasuring your loved ones. But it's also about taking the time to rest, taking a nap in the afternoon after a huge meal. Truly nourishing yourself, just like I did today:
1) I woke up to a delicious granita (a typical Sicilian semi frozen dessert served with a huge brioche that resembles a bit a woman's breast🤭)
2) I walked to the beach for the longest dip in history, to the point my finger tips turned all pruney🤣
3) I showered and changed into another swimming costume 👙
4) I sat for the most delicious pasta alla Norma (another typical delicatessen of the Sicilian cuisine, consisting of fresh tomato sauce 🍅, fried aubergine 🍆, because in Sicily we fry everything 🤭, and salty ricotta cheese)
4) I am now enjoying 'u frisco' (cool air) under a lemon tree🍋
This for me is self-care, it's grounding, it's mindfulness, it's practicing gratitude, what la dolce vita is: simple pleasures yet so worthy, what life should really be all about ❤️