Agatha Seymour's

Since depending on what seems to be the most practical, I use public transport or my car, sometimes I long for an exhaustive walk. If I can manage to plan a rather loose day, especially in summer sometimes I head to sort out my things on foot in a flip-flop but in winter it also can be nice to take a lovely walk in the fresh air at the weekend. If we are extremely lucky we can even enjoy the walk in wonderful snowfall and if it happens to take more than an hour we can count it as daily exercise. If you want to know more about the writer please visit agathaseymour.com

I try to renew myself outside and inside from time to time. Sometimes people around me look at my new outfit, some of the new cocky items in my wardrobe with astonishment and also at the constant reorganization of the flat, but I think these changes do good for everybody. If I could I would move in every few years, I would live once in the downtown, once up on the hill, once on the bank of the Danube. I believe that the changes of the environment always mean a new life, new life-style, new habits and new opportunities. In my view this active variety is one of the extremely effective ways of remaining exciting for ourselves and maybe for others as well. If you want to know more about the writer please visit agathaseymour.com

For me being an adult also means that I try to be a professional in what I do. I try to be aware of the fact that whatever I do and say has a consequence, try to turn to others with respect and honest attention. If possible, I’m always well organized, meet my deadlines, plan my year ahead, set clear aims for myself. I know it from experience that others take me serious as much as I take my job serious. If you want to know more about the writer please visit agathaseymour.com

About Touch At first I fell in love with his hands. A hand talks so much about a person! He had nice, fine fingers, his whole hand was so strong, so masculine but it had some kind of a noble, aristocratic quality at the same time. I asked him to write me some lines, it doesn’t matter what I just wanted to see him writing. He enchanted me. I can still recall his hand as it was holding the pen, his look as he was staring at the piece of paper. No, it wasn’t the writer but the woman who got lost in that very moment. My consciousness hasn’t realized what’s about to happen, but the inner voice of a woman already knew that I’m longing for the touch of those hands… Our palms met, our fingers stuck together and they gently interwove. We were discovering each other. He stroked my fingers one-by-one and I carefully and invisibly bit my lips in order to hide that I was trembling from his touch. Then only with one of his fingers he stroked the line of my face, my eyebrow, the line of my nose and...

I’ve got a teaching for a lifetime from my favorite author and ideal. He always comes to my mind whenever I feel blue or I see the situation hopeless. W. S. Maugham became an orphan at the age of ten, his uncle didn’t care much about him, he spent his childhood as an orphan, lonely and stuttering. However, he didn’t break down, he decided very early that despite all the difficulties and seemingly considerable disadvantages he’ll have a great plan for the future and he will make the most of life. Well, he did make the most of it and became a world famous author. For me it means that nothing is impossible, anybody can achieve anything if you work for it hard enough. If you want to know more about the writer please visit agathaseymour.com

One thing is for granted, you can never take anything for granted. Any time I form my opinion and I get relaxed that this is how it is, really this is it, I immediately bump into somebody who has entirely different thoughts about the same situation and I must change my opinion. After a while I had no choice but to admit that I can’t stick to one opinion since things are in constant change, I always gain new experiences about the world, and I must keep my vision about the world fresh and up-to-date and I have to remain open-minded. If I get stuck in a situation or opinion my attachment becomes addiction and it would be very painful to get rid of that. If you want to know more about the writer please visit agathaseymour.com

I know it might sound strange but relaxation for me doesn’t always mean the traditional form of having a rest. Since I do intellectual work most of the time and my mind can’t have a break even when I’m trying to sort out my things in the city, so for me real relaxation is physical work. In my experience, intellectual tiredness (even bad mood) can be cured with physical work. If you are dead tired and don’t even want to move, you won’t burden yourself with mental or spiritual problems for granted… Well, you don’t have to think of any very burdensome work! But if I think it over a substantial cleaning really makes you move… If you want to know more about the writer please visit agathaseymour.com

As I’ve mentioned I’m not really a culinary expert but if I feel like, and only if I feel like, I venture into the kitchen! You shouldn’t expect big creations, nothing like that is about to come. First of all, I take one of my favorite cook, Nigella Lawson’s amazing books and I start searching eagerly. I almost get full already with the wonderful illustrations!!! I like Nigella because her recipes are simple, the ingredients can be bought at the non-stop shop at the corner and it doesn’t take more than then minutes to prepare them! Today I prepare an extremely simple dessert for myself, just for the sake of bit of a luxury, after all it’s weekend! If you want to know more about the writer please visit agathaseymour.com

I usually don’t complain and nor can I handle others’ complaints. Simply because I know that everybody must cope with his/her own problems on his/her own. I have to solve mines (I have enough to do), others have to solve theirs and I don’t like interfering into others’ life (unless they ask me to). I know it very well that each decision lays responsibility on you, so everybody must take the consequences for their own decisions. Besides, as I see it, it’s much more exciting to make ourselves interesting for ourselves and for others with creative, practical tasks and work instead of complaining. A well done job with refreshing, original solutions can inspire everybody! If you want to know more about the writer please visit agathaseymour.com