The Passion Approach (or, diving into passion)

If you're anything like me you probably have a few hobbies that you're truly passionate about. Maybe it's reading, writing, or photography, and you tell people you love nothing more than to be  doing these activities... Yet you never do. This is my constant problem. Despite telling people I love writing, despite having an imagination …

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Being there

It can be crippling to watched a loved one, be them friend or family, struggle with their lives. Whether they're just having a rough few days, or whether they're genuinely beaten down, it's crippling all the same. As an on looker, one that cares about them, it's painful to know that you can't really help. …

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Best Laid Plans

Life is predictably unpredictable. You never know what is going to happen tomorrow. You'll notice the theme of this blog has been very much about sorting out life, pushing forward with motivation, trying to achieve what I want out of my future. That sort of thing. The lesson I've learnt this week is that you …

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Practicing What I Preach

It might come as a shock but I'm a bit of a know it all, a self described good council for others without necessarily having the results to back it up... In the worst case, I can end up pushing my beliefs onto people; beliefs about happiness, positivity, and the way forward in life. As arrogant …

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Standing Strong

It's important to note I'm not giving into weakness... At least it's important to me. Despite how hard today has been so far, and despite how hard it may or may not get as it continues, I am not breaking down into weakness. That's not who I am anymore. I'm writing for that reason. Like …

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In Need of Air

So tonight's a strange one. I'd been planning a blog post about what a good and productive week I'd just had... But turns out I needed to blog a big more urgently... And about something else. I really just need to blog to get some air.  I'm not sure I even really want to rant …

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Through the Long Days

We all have those long days. Days where you have too much to do, or you're stressed, or tired, or upset, or just bored. Days that don't fly by but instead drag unto infinity. When I woke up I could tell that today was going to be one of those days. I haven't been sleeping …

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Fear of Missing Out

I briefly mentioned the "Fear of Missing Out" in my earlier post, but I wanted to touch on it some more. I feel some, definitely not all, but some of my negativity recently has stemmed from this fear. Or, more to the point, this jealousy. My friends are the sort of people that make plans …

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Learning About Life

I keep having realisations... It's almost like everyday I'm stuck by something so completely obvious that I've just been too blind to recently see. It's probably because my eyes are much more open now, and I'm actively looking for these realisations. Take this weekend for example, namely Saturday night. I was looking forward to finally …

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The Illusion of a Better Life

“Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself.” -Leo Tolstoy If this sounds reminiscent of one of my previous blogs please forgive me... I'm just still processing this. I think we all daydream of what we wish our lives to be like; living as Kings and Queens, astronauts, artists and …

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