Grief. It’s a horrible thing. It’s lonely, it’s sad, and nothing can prepare you for how it will feel, because everyone experiences something different and for different lengths of time. I’ve experienced grief before, I’ve lost Grandparents, my Aunty and Uncle and many pets, but no loss has ever hit me quite like losing myContinue reading “The anger that comes with grief.”
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My wings.
‘Perhaps the butterfly is proof that you can go through a great deal of darkness yet still become something beautiful.’ – Beau Taplin After all the loss and grief I’ve experienced over the last year, my life feels as if it’s filled with gaping holes from what was, or was meant to be. I’m satContinue reading “My wings.”
Even too much of a good thing can be too much.
I like to think I’m pretty good at self-care, but I’ve come to realise I’m actually pretty terrible at it. Despite writing about it, learning about it and reading countless articles about it, I am still not quite able to get the hang of it. I seem to get mixed up between what I shouldContinue reading “Even too much of a good thing can be too much.”
People can be wrong.
For as long as I can remember, I’ve always been the kind of person to take on other people’s opinions of myself. I’m a bit of a sponge to those around me, which has always been my downfall. I’m not sure why I am so open to instantly take on beliefs of family, friends, acquaintancesContinue reading “People can be wrong.”
I can’t turn back now.
It feels like a long time since I last sat down to write a blog post! It was only two weeks ago, but it feels so much longer. Yes, I seem to have accidently taken a week off last week; I had every intention of writing a post, but it never happened. Instead, I’ve beenContinue reading “I can’t turn back now.”
The Small Happies.
Many years ago, on one of my regular trips to Whitby, I bought a small wall plaque that read ‘Happiness is a way of life, not a destination.’ because I feel like that sentence reflects how I feel about life and happiness, and it’s always stuck with me. I think a lot of people putContinue reading “The Small Happies.”
It will never be So Long or Goodnight.
Every day without fail I look at both my TimeHop app and my Facebook memories. I only really use social media to document my life so I can be reminded of it in the future. Growing up I used to write in a diary every single day, which is amazing to look back on, butContinue reading “It will never be So Long or Goodnight.”
Adding colour to the past.
This week I have been sucked back in to writing (And rewriting) parts of my novel. Does anyone else get a second wind, so-to-speak, with their writing? I have been so happy with the initial draft of it for a few months now, but suddenly I had a flurry of new thoughts that I wantedContinue reading “Adding colour to the past.”
The Necessity of Negativity.
Recently I read an article on Happiful.com about giving up negativity for ten weeks, and it made for an interesting and thought provoking read. The writer, Katie Hoare, describes how a fast on negative thoughts could help in changing that internal monolog we all have chattering away in our minds, and help turn it intoContinue reading “The Necessity of Negativity.”
The path back to July.
When it comes to writing my weekly blog post, I usually start the week with the idea of what I want to write, then I will sit and write it and post it on the same day. But this week it didn’t really go as planned. I had my subject, I knew what I wantedContinue reading “The path back to July.”
Gwen Richards 