Feel Good Friday #15



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Seeing as it’s Valentine’s Day and so much emphasis is put on the notion of ‘love’ on this day of the year, I thought I would dedicate this post to the most important relationship we can possibly have as human beings - the one we have with ourselves. It’s all amazing and rosy being in love and all that, but to be brutally honest, at the end of the day the only person who you can be 110% sure is going to spend the rest of their entire life with you, who is going to look after you and who knows what’s best for you and will always have your best interests at heart, is ultimately yourself. Once you learn to love and accept yourself and all your little quirks and flaws, life seems to become a lot easier and the people who don’t accept you exactly as you are have a funny way of making their way over to the exit doors of your life. When you live your life for you and do the things that make you happy it seems you become much better equipped to spot that special person that may come along who will also love you exactly as you are. Until you value yourself, how can u know if someone else really does too eh?!

So whether you’re spending today with a special someone or not, make sure you celebrate your most important relationship by doing something nice for yourself - I’m going to have a large glass of wine and a nice hot bubble bath!

Seeing as this is our fifteenth ‘Feel Good Friday’ and I have a lot of work commitments coming up I’m going to make this my last post in this series, however if you enjoyed this feature do let me know! Hopefully it won’t be too long before I can put my inspiration cap back on and get down to writing a new series of posts as I have found this weekly bit of positivity to be quite therapeutic!

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Feel Good Friday #13



Today I’ve spoilt myself and had a lovely pamper session, I’ve done my tan, my nails, I currently have my hair in rollers and I am well and truly ready for the weekend. I always find that investing in my appearance makes me feel a whole lot better about myself, I can be having the crappiest day and the minute I hop in the bath with a few scented candles lit and take some time out for myself, I am a new woman.

Whether it’s girly pamper nights or something else, a hobby perhaps or a night on the sofa that takes your mind away from the stresses of everyday life, make sure you take time out for yourself. Everybody needs time to themselves to recharge their batteries and relax. Invest time into yourself, treat yourself regularly, it really does make the world of difference to your mood!

I’m off to dance the night away tonight, cue a whopping hangover tomorrow – I will definitely need some pampering then! I hope you enjoy your weekend.

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Feel Good Friday #12

Home is certainly where my heart is. Quite literally, as I just flew back to the UK yesterday! I’m so happy to be back and my experience of being away for the past few months has really made me see my home in a whole new light. For as long I can remember I’ve wanted to travel, to see the world and to spend time away from my home comforts to experience a different way of life. Well although I haven’t exactly been roughing it lately, being so far away from my home and my loved ones has made me appreciate them so much more. Last night after a long day travelling and finally arriving home to my family, I lay down on the couch in my pyjamas, my big fluffy dressing gown on, cup of tea in one hand, TV remote in the other, cats sitting with us on the sofa and I’m going to sound like such a granny here, but it was pure bliss.

So this post is just a little reminder to appreciate your family, friends, pets and whatever it is that you hold dear to your heart, because those are the special things that really make your life what it is.

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Feel Good Friday #11

(I reblogged this lovely quote on tumblr recently)

 

Well hi there and welcome to our first ‘Feel Good Friday’ and indeed our first blog post of the year!

I really wanted my first post of 2014 to be all about my Christmas holiday to Sri Lanka which was without doubt one of the best and most insightful trips I have ever been on.  However as it turns out, whittling through the sheer amount of photo’s that we snapped is taking quite a while and as I couldn’t possibly share them all with you (we’d be here an age) I want to pick out my favourite ones to share in an up coming post.

‘What’s this got to do with inspirational quotes?!’ you may be wondering. Well while I was away I really enjoyed visiting some of the beautiful Buddhist temples. Just to point out, I’m not a Buddhist and I’m not religious, however I found the experience extremely calming and I love the philosophy that Buddhism promotes.

I chose this quote as it is one that I truly try to live my life by. If you are thinking a thought that is happy and positive and you dwell on it, it is near enough impossible to feel down in the dumps. Likewise if you are thinking negative thoughts about people and situations, it is impossible to feel happiness in that moment, you will just feel grumpy. It’s so easy to judge and criticize others as well as ourselves and all of us, myself included, are guilty of doing so. However it’s a well known fact that if your predominant thoughts are those of positivity, it will reflect in your general level of happiness. So although I would consider myself to be a fairly positive person anyway, this year I’m making an extra special effort to choose only happy thoughts. If a negative thought pops into my head, I’m going to push it right back out again and replace it with a positive one.

I wonder who will be joining me on this one?!

 

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