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Birthday Reflections – time to reflect. I’m turning 23 | my hopes, dreams and fears
I honestly can’t believe it’s my birthday next month. I swear I just turned 22. Of course, this year hasn’t gone to plan, but that doesn’t mean I’ve not had some amazing moments throughout the bad. I am extremely grateful. I wanted to take a minute to reflect on my life. Time is whizzing by and my birthday is just around the corner. So why not create a birthday reflections post! In this birthday reflections post I thought I would touch on a few things: Reflecting over the last almost 23 years of my life and what I have learned. What I’ve done over the last year. My goals for…
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Sober October – Things to do when going sober!
Going Sober this October | How to take part in the challenge, includes things to do when going Sober I can’t believe it’s October already, where is the time going. 2020 has been a whirlwind of a year but I’m staying positive for the last three months. In my last post, I shared my going sober story and what a success it was! As this is Sober October, I thought now would be the best time to share my tricks and tips that have helped me stay sober (for 7 weeks now woo!) along with other things you can do, even in the current climate. Things to do Staying busy is key…
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Going sober for your mental health
Going Sober for five weeks now and the impact this has had on my mental health | Where I’m at now Where I live, drinking and partying is the main form of socialising and sadly I got stuck down that rabbit hole. My weekends consisted of drinking Friday and Saturday and suffering on Sunday. I got myself into a pattern and five weeks ago it all got too much. It was affecting my mood throughout the week, my friendships and of course my mental health. I decided to go sober till New Year originally but if I’m being honest I have no intention of going back to that loop. I…
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Mind Management – The Chimp Paradox
Mind management – The Chimp Paradox | How to improve your mindset and reduce anxiety. I have been extremely excited to write this post. I hope that this helps even just one person but keep reading with an open mind. If you didn’t notice, around six weeks ago I was struggling with my mental health. I don’t want to sugar coat it, it was horrible. I knew that I had to implement some changes in my life or I was going to continue being anxious. This was then playing a part in my job, my family life, and friendships. I want to base this post around mind management and how…
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Anxiety Update
My anxiety update | What’s going on in my life at the moment I am aware I have been quiet on the blog front for the last two weeks, for a mixture of reasons. One of the main ones sadly being my anxiety got the better of me, but I am slowly getting back to myself and I am taking the measures to get myself better and healthier as ever. So I thought why not post an anxiety update? When I started this blog I never wanted to sugar coat anything, and I think being honest about my anxiety really helps because it reminds me there is nothing to be…
