Office inspiration

There's nothing quite like an office space, it's somewhere that can look completely Pinterest worthy, and then for me makes me feel more motivated. I find it so much easier to get done if I sit at a desk. Although where I live right now, I have no room for a desk, let alone an office area, it doesn't stop me from dreaming. As usual, I have spent a large amount of time drooling over beautiful offices on Pinterest, when I should have been working but here are some of my favourite office areas. they look a dream to work on!

How to take care of yourself during a bad body image day

So I thought I would go through our old tumblr posts to get some inspiration for new posts when I came across something that I had reblogged a while ago. While I'm not sure who initially wrote this, I figured it was best to keep where I had got this from as a link on the bottom so feel free to check this person out. I may be in recovery but there are still quite a few days where I am having a bad day for my body image. It's hard to learn to love yourself again and I appreciate it when I come across things that give me that extra boost to get me through the day. I just figured that you guys deserved to have something that you could come and look at if you needed that boost and I am going to find more things like this and make a collection of them to help all of us. 

27 things that make me happy

Sometimes when I'm finding it hard to stay positive during the day, I try to think about all of the little things in life that make me happy. If I surround myself with these things then it generally works wonders for turning my day around. We don't need huge flashy gifts and loads of money to feel loved and happy. In a world that often seems so full of negativity, I wanted to share with you all some of the small things that make me happy!

5 ways to practice self kindness

Self kindness is such a simple concept and yet very few of us actually take the time out of our day in which to actually share some positivity with ourselves. We value ourselves as 'good people' if we are kind towards other people and we take pride in making other people smile, so why is such a wild concept to do the same for ourselves. Everyone wants to be happy in life, and some days this emotion is easy to feel, sometimes it isn't. Simple little bits of kindness that we show ourselves can make or break these situations. If you're having a bad day then its easy to wallow rather than be empathetic with the situation you're in and how you are feeling. It's time to react to your own life situations the way we would if it were a loved ones issues.

How to Spring clean your blog

It's officially Spring now so that means that everything is looking fresh and new. Flowers are starting to bloom and (hopefully) the sun is shining and the weather is getting warmer. Whenever this hits, we always just want to throw open the windows and rid ourselves of the stuffiness of winter and so we begin our spring cleaning to give our homes the same kind of fresh feel. Something that is also great to do is giving your blog the same kind of treatment. Let's not forget that the longer you have been blogging for, the more posts you have piling up from back in the day which you now think are completely cringe worthy. Make your blog something that you're proud of from beginning to end!

A-Z of Recovery: Loving yourself

When we talk about looking after ourselves, it's easy to only think about the physical. Everyone things about the food that they ate and whether it was "good" or not, then they think about the typical daily exercise and scrutinize that as well. Looking after yourself is a way of showing yourself love, and it's not just physical, you have to think about your emotional well-being as well. It's about accepting the good days with the bad, not feeling guilty if there are more bad days than you want. It's about making positive changes to help yourself get through the day.

Rainy days

One of the most stereotypical  (but true) things about Britain is that 90% of the time it's raining.  Luckily for me I love the rain so it never bothered me all that much. For some people it can be a pain, especially when you make plans or you want to do something fun but the weather gets in the way. Rainy days at home don't have to be boring thought, here are some of my favourite things to do when I have a free day in the rain.

Mirror Mirror

Mirror Mirror: Messages to yourself

One of the most common things that we can do as human beings is look in the mirror and find faults. Lets be honest, we all have them... and that's okay. What's not okay is the amount of imaginary faults that we find within ourselves on a daily basis. We find issues with the choices that we have made, the people that are no longer in our lives and often place all of the blame onto ourselves.

Photo Diary: Music & memories

So while I have been awol on here (I explained why in my previous post), I have been trying really hard to fill my days with really fun and inspiring things. Last week was a huge week in terms of getting out and socialising. Everything was super fun and I got to spend a huge amount of time with my bestie which made it even better! Here are some of the pictures that Emily took so check them out! 

Where I've been...

So it's pretty obvious that since the beginning of the new year I have been really bad at keeping to a schedule when it comes to writing my blog posts. The truth of the matter is that right now, for personal reasons I have been very much unable to keep up with some of the things that I usually love doing. Sandy this is just one of the things that Depression does to you when you're going through a tough period.

A-Z of Recovery: Knowing you are enough

In today's society, whether you're struggling with any kind of Mental Health issues or not, we all constantly feel like we are not good enough. There are so many different kinds of social media accounts where, let be honest, we often only talk bout the best parts of our day (and that's okay- blog post coming soon about this!) We seldom feel comfortable enough to talk to other people about our problems so we pretend that they aren't there and get on with our day.

When music speaks

One of the things that I use everyday, that is a huge influencer of my mood is music. I have a playlists for every mood and listening tto the right one helps release any unspoken emotions. The lyrics of the songs in each playlist 100% portray my emotions on a specific life event, mood or person. Its a very creative way for me to feel like I have been through a session of therapy. 

Self Esteem Tips

I know that saying that you are going to try to re-build your self esteem is a lot easier said than done, no one has a fool-proof self esteem. There are lots of different things that effect all people differently. there is no set way to help re-build your self esteem and it isn't easy or a quick fix which is what has often gotten us into our messes anyway. Quick fixes do not last long and they often cause more harm than good in the long run.

To Valentine or not to Valentine

This is for the singletons....for the besties....for those lucky in love.

So Tuesday will be one of the most controversial days of 2017 so far. It's valentines day.  The day is just like Marmite  (fellow Brits will know what I mean); you either love it or your hate it. It's a day of celebrating the love that you have for  a person in your life (or maybe even a few people if you celebrate it with your bestie/s like I do).

One size fits all

Over the years I have watched many people that I care about go through their own personal journeys, and thanks to this blog (and twitter) I have seen many of you do the same. One of the things that I think people struggle the most with when beginning to make changes in their lives is the process of changing in itself. We can all share our memories, the way that we have done things etc and that is great, it may just be what someone needs.

Through the web: Blogger love pt 2

One of the ways I am slowly getting some of my blogging mojo back is to immerse myself in the writings of some of my favourite bloggers. Since I have currently been ill for the past 3 weeks, I can confirm that I have definitely had the time in which to carve out for this mass reading. I did a post exactly like this last year but I wanted to share some more of my favourites with you all. 

A-Z of Recovery: Just one step at a time

 Just one step at a time

January is that one month of the year when most people around the world collectively say "I'm going to loose weight", "I'm going to become a regular at my local gym", "I'm going to do" this and "I will do" that. We make such large decisions in the heat of the moment, with the best of intentions and yet the likelihood of us sticking to such drastic changes aren't very high.

Recovery is a lot like our New years Resolutions, we say that we are going to begin recovery and completely turn our lives around. the thing is, it's not that easy. We didn't start off life feeling or living the way that we are, the change to the negativity and illness took time, it took years to create the mindset that we are in so why should we think that altering it would be any different?

Room inspiration!

2017 blog goals

Last year I shared with you all some of the goals for my blog, and I'm pretty happy to say that I met most of the goals before the year was even out! For some bloggers, my goals may seem very small but I'e only been back blogging properly for a year so I am happy with how these goals are looking. Let's hope 2017 is our year!

rise and shine: Morning affirmations

Ever see those pictures of people waking up with a huge smile on their face and a sunny disposition?  Yeah it's a load of pants. I've always felt bad for not waking up in the morning and not being as "happy always larry". But that's completely okay because this is an unrealistic view of starting the day. If you're one of those people where this situation is actually a reality then that's honestly great, I'm glad you can naturally have a smile to start the day with. At the same time, if you're like me and you don't then that's completely okay too. I work hard to get myself in a good mood and motivated to start the day, it makes me feel empowered to know that I can have such a big impact on my day. One of the ways that I do that is to repeat affirmations to myself throughout the day. These start from a little while after I have woken up and continue throughout my day.