And I Graduated…What Next?

When I started this blog 4 years ago I had no idea I would end up where I am now, the people I've met, the lessons I've learnt and experiences I've had have shaped me into the confident person I am today.

Resisting Change

There are times in life when I become comfortable, almost too comfortable to the point of stagnation. I've been feeling like that for a while now, that sense of being stuck, not necessarily overwhelmed by an obstacle, but just being immersed in my comfort zone. Just like everyone else, I have a love/hate relationship with…

How To Make Your Life Interesting

As human beings, in the society that we live and we the ways which the average person lives their day-to-day life, we can often succumb to being stuck in our routines. However, with that being said, routines are necessary and often help us function the way we want to, but there are times when our…

What I’ve had to Give Up to become Joyful

This post was originally called 'What I've had to Give Up to be Happy' but I decided to use the word joyful instead because being happy is defined by circumstance, by situation and, at times, by others, whereas joy occurs in the absence of any particular circumstance. And all I've had to give up did…

How to Survive the Winter Months

Depending on where you live in the world (a warm hello to my readers from all over the globe!!) the winter months and colder seasons can be, in a way, pretty brutal. They can take a toll on your physical health, hence the seasonal colds and flu, but even more importantly, they can affect your…

5 Ways To Simplify Your Life

Imagine you've woken up in the morning and you've got a long day ahead of you, it could be a workday or a school day or even a day at university. Imagine that as soon as you've left your bed (after hitting that snooze button about a billion times) the first thought that comes to…

How To *Actually* Stick To Your Goals in 2019

We all love a bit of goal-setting, especially now that we've entered a brand, new year, it's pretty hard to resist the concept of setting targets for yourself to reach for, and to hopefully accomplish at some point within the year. But then comes the gruesome part, physically carrying out those goals on a daily/weekly/monthly…

How to Read More in 2019

In 2018 I started reading and ended up finishing an astonishing amount of books, if you read my 2018 goals post from last year you'll know that this was never a specific goal I had in mind. As much as I want to say it somehow just happened out of the blue, there were some…

How to Create a Fresh Start

Now that we're in full swing of the new year, the feelings of newness, of freshness or even if you're like me, excitement, have dulled, for some this may have been a contributing factor to falling off the wagon when it comes to accomplishing goals or even wondering why those goals existed in the first…

6 Life Lessons I Learnt in 2018

Every year we as humans go through battles, whether these are inner battles or outer battles, they're important nonetheless. These battles come with wisdom attached, the majority of the time and it's usually what we need to hear the most. The things we should be doing, the ways we should be caring for ourselves, listening…