Vikings TV show

With the fourth season for the Vikings TV show starting today, I wanted to share my feelings on it. I keep seeing negative comments in regards to the authenticity of the show. Whether these comments be about the costumes, truth to the sagas or just nonsense things. It saddens me that so many vikings today just seem to find everything wrong with it. It personally does not bother me the inaccuracies within the show, what bothers me is peoples negativity towards it.

As a modern viking from a country that is not rich in any viking history, I see this show as a massive insight into the essence of the viking culture. I feel that vikings of today need to take a step back and think about how the show is reviving the interest viking culture in either a reenactment or modern way. You will always get those fans of the show that are just fans and do not look beyond the surface, but the true new coming vikings will scratch away and immerse themselves with the facts. Do not let yourself be caught up in the fact vs. fiction of it all, enjoy the Vikings TV show for what it is; a story- after all any viking loves a good story and I am enjoying this story so far.

I deliberately choose to use the photo of Ragnar and Aslaug because they are my two favourite characters and also because both of the actors are Australian.

picture found on google

Don't stress it

More and more people are under pressure or stress whether it be work, home or other reasons. It is hard to deal with these draining demands and constant worries. I wanted to share how I view these situations.

Always be optimistic no matter the situation! I will often view stressful obstacles as the gods challenging me and other times I feel it is just Loki having fun with me just to get my temper going. Whichever may be the reasoning behind the situation it is always important to be optimistic even if that optimism seems silly.

It is important to remember that vikings have always been optimistic. Even though they might have been laughed at by their fellow brothers they never gave up on their optimism and it is their optimism that had allowed them to achieve what they did.

So next time you are stressing about getting to work on time, finishing a project etc ask yourself why you are in this situation and most times you will find that it is a challenge set by the gods to prove you're worthy to feast in the halls of Valhalla.

teehehe my cat stressing it this morning

Welcome to my new blog

I want to share this blog because I believe there are many like myself out there who want to be viking but in a modern way. Myself being from Australia, a viking lifestyle has no history within my countries culture and it is hard to observe first hand what a viking lifestyle is all about. So for me my modern lifestyle is drawn upon my own personal experiences and inspiration from others.

I do not believe it is important to be connected with a viking to be a modern viking, by this I mean either living in a country that has a rich viking history or having viking blood. Although those things are an added bonus. It is a spiritual change you want to do within yourself and it does not matter where you are in the world or nationality; anyone can be a modern viking. And I hope to be able to assist or at least entertain, as you experience my interpretation of a modern viking lifestyle though my eyes.