Do you ever feel like this?

Hello there you wonderful readers!

I'm in a strange mood today. It's kind of hard to explain to be honest. I'm a bit under the weather, the usual annoying headcolds, typical to catch one when it's finally beginning to feel like Spring! Anyway have you ever felt somewhat empty... As if there's something important missing from your life but you can't quite put your finger on what it is.  It's as if there's a growing void that you have to fill and if you don't you'll keep feeling like this.

But how do I define what this is?
Let me see.. have you ever felt as if you wanted more from life?
Yes, you have your hobbies, your hopes and dreams but have you ever felt as if you want everything to come together at once and fit perfectly into place ?

I've all these things I want to do, places I want to go, people I want to meet but sitting here with a mug of hot lemon and a box of tissues it seems far from possible.
To be honest I think I'm just wishing my life away but it seems no matter how much of how hard I practice things they aren't improving at a quick enough pace.


Apologies for this rant!
But I suppose there's a lesson in it for all of us if we wish to take it or leave it.
We should flow with life. Yes its okay and actually quite good to be ambitious and want to improve but overdoing it can be bad for us.

Striving to be better than we are can decrease our confidence and make us feel as if we're not good enough. Why can't we just be happy as we are?
I often wonder about that. I suppose it's just human nature to strive to be better than we are but if we can refrain from doing so too often it'll help us because we can only be truly happy when we are happy with ourselves.


This was a longer post than I expected I hope you all don't mind. Apologies if I rambled on a bit but I think I got my message across. There'll probably be more posts about this soon!

Byeeeee!!

Bucket List

Hello and welcome to the first post of the new year!!
Apologies for lack of posts but I'm determined to try make this blog a better success.

Anyway I've decided to create a bucket list because life is short but beautiful and I want to make the most of it!
So without further ado here it is:

1. See a ballet live preferably the nutcracker or the Red Shoes.
2. Be able to play guitar.
3. Go on a roadtrip with my friend to where ever the road takes us
4. Take loads of pictures on the road trip and make a journal
5. Actually continue to make my scrapbook using different crafting methods
6. Write a diary no matter how little each day
7. Finish writing my novel, or hopefully more than one!!
8. Publish a book of my poems
9. Learn as much as I can about philosophy, theology and psychology 
10. Go to a concert
11. Go to Devon and run through a field
12. Get an icecream at the shop shaped like a tardis in Scotland, because really that;s just awesome!
13. Have the courage to share my singing voice
14. Have good healthy eating habits
15. Do a marathon
16. Do a triathlon

That's all for the moment, I'll probably add to it in the next while. So hopefully I'll be able to achieve them! Thanks for reading and if you guys have bucket lists best of luck with them!

Ups and downs

No one said it was easy.
Life is hard with it's ups and downs and it's twists and turns. Sometimes things happen that we do not like or challenges us. It changes us and our way of thinking and makes us wonder who we are and what we should do.

Things can get tough and life can be hard as we all know.  Troubles can bring us down and stop us getting where we want. It seems unfair and sets us back. But think outside the box, search for every last ounce of strength that you have to fight this. It might take a while but that doesn't matter. Just don't you quit.

Keep going, although life may be getting you down and you feel like giving up. Don't. You are stronger than you think. It is in difficult situations that we surprise ourselves by rising to the challenge of surviving life to get back to where we were before.

Let all your negativity flow through you and go away. You deserve all the positivity you can muster from your soul. Keep trying your hardest, hang on in there. Things will improve, you've just got to to believe it and believe in yourself; that you and you alone can turn things around. Hope will soon be around the corner, just wait and see.

No one said it was easy. And yes no one said it was this hard. But we've got to accept that life has it's moments; some good and some bad. With a positive mindset, acceptance and self belief you can get through these tough times. You've got to be strong to get through this and you will; because you can.

Blank Canvas

Hello,

I once heard the phrase "Your life is a blank canvas" and it has stuck in my mind ever since. As simple and plainly put as it is; it's quite true once you think about it.

What do you think about when you hear the words: "Blank canvas"?

For me, personally, I imagine crisp white nothingness. Blank spaces, unused; ready and waiting. I feel hope peace and wonder.

This is exactly what life should be all about. Freedom, hope and whatever other positive things you can think of. You deserve it; every ounce of positivity.

Anyway, to get back to the point in hand, or indeed the quote.  Your life is what you make it, take it or leave it. Your blank canvas is ready and waiting to be painted on. You don't have to know where you're going to start or what you're going to do. Just flow with it. Let your heart shape your life, let your paint brush guide you on a new beginning on your canvas.

Your canvas is what you make it. You can do what you like and leave your mark with it. But as you know, we all make mistakes, but like an artist, start again, work your way through the problem and take yourself on a journey.

Your blank canvas is completely blank, don't be afraid to draw in every corner, then start afresh once more. Own it, live it, love it.

And on that note, I will leave you my friends, till my next post on my blank canvas. So, don't be afraid to start again, and wipe your canvas clean. It's all yours. Enjoy it.