Lazy Sunday...

1. What are 3 items you can’t live without on a daily basis (water, food, shelter, and clothes don’t count?
- Phone
- Laptop
- Music

2. What is your all time favourite book? Why?
I have different favourites for different times. One of my favourite ones though is 'I Heart NYC'. 

It's a book written by Lindsey Kelk about a woman who makes a spontaneous decision to move to New York. It's a fun read and definitely made me long to go back to NYC (which I did). 

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3. What is something you’d like to accomplish before the end of 2013? 
I would like to have amassed a good amount of savings after moving into my own place this year. I would also like to be better health wise after a tough year and to feel happy. 

4. If you could go back and relive any year of your life which year would it be?
Ooo, this is a tough one! In some ways I would like to relive last year because it was the final year with my brother. But I would also like to go back to when I was 22, starting my first job and beginning my life after University.

5. What do you wish people knew about you without you having to tell them?
That I am not as tough as I appear to be and that sometimes all I want is a hug. 

 

Happy Sunday to you all!

What could you not live without?

Is it wrong to spend a day doing nothing?

Today has been one of those days where I planned to do lots of things...but didn't. I had lunch as my breakfast, began to tidy at 3 and by 3.20pm I was laid on the floor watching TV. Yes, I was indeed THAT lazy.

As I lay, I started to feel guilt and panic over the fact that I was doing absolutely nothing. I was wasting my day, but I just didn't want to get up. Then I remembered:

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I was relaxed and happy. Why should I always have to rush around and be busy? Why can't I just stop and not do anything without feeling so guilty. I often feel that society today makes you believe you should always be moving and doing something and that if you're not, something is wrong. 

Slowing down is something I have always found difficult. I am known for always being busy and moving about. But today I decided to listen to my body and not my mind. I rested and enjoyed my afternoon. I had a marathon viewing session of The Office: An American Workplace. Later in the evening I felt like doing some cleaning so I had a late, but enjoyable cleaning session. So it all worked out well in the end and I was happy.

Do you ever feel guilty when you aren't busy? How do you cope with that?

Stay inspired...

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Food glorious food - Sunday Social!

1. If you could only eat one thing for the rest of your life, what would it be?
Pizza and garlic bread... it is my favourite. I try to limit my intake but it's just so hard!

Now THAT'S how you eat a pizza...

2. What’s your guilty pleasure/comfort food? 
Chocolate and chocolate!

3. What’s the weirdest/craziest thing you’ve ever eaten? 
I'm not really a crazy eater. I tend to stick with safe food. However, most people I tell have never had sugar on toast. I would have it as a treat when I was younger and I still love the stuff.

4. What foods do you avoid at all costs? 
Anything spicy. I even struggle with raw onion or simple herbs!

5. What meal reminds you of your childhood? 
Sunday lunch. Every Sunday my Mam would make Sunday dinner and I loved it!

6. Share one of your favorite recipes and the story behind it. 
I am obsessed with frying steak with creamy mash, broccoli, green beans and red peppers (fried in the pan after steak has been done).  

What's your go to comfort food?

Time for changes...

Over the past few months my life has changed in a many ways I did not expect. They haven't been big, earth shattering like I experienced last year, but small, little changes that sort of crept up on me. My attitude to things has been shaped by last year's mis-fortunes and I am finally beginning to feel the shift. I view my own life as something which I need to constantly work on at the moment.

My attitude to work has been a big change lately. As a teacher, I invest my time, energy, tears and patience in my class. I work hard to provide an education which they will, hopefully, one day thank me for. That I realise is something I will never be able to change about myself however, the extra stresses I carry upon my shoulders I can do something about. I am a typical 'Yes' person and I will help anyone I can, much to my own detriment sometimes. I am now becoming more adept at realising when I need to say 'no'. By taking on everyone else's issues my shoulders have become over loaded and it's too difficult. I have begun to change my boundaries and decide if I have to do something. It's not the most easy attitude to adopt but I am working on it. 

I try not to go too Michael Scott on them...

My views on lifestyle have changed greatly too. Since being diagnosed with anaemia earlier in the year - I have become more careful about what I eat. I have realised that I am what I eat. Through changing my diet, I have felt fresher and more healthy. It took some time as I was a typical junk food girl. I ate for ease not for nutrients. The importance of a healthy diet has never been clearer to me than lately and I now feel like I crave healthy foods if I stray for a day or so.

I still love my cookies though...

My changes are small but these small changes are leading to bigger changes. I sometimes think 'What would it be like if I did x/y/z?' and maybe now I will start to pursue those ideas. I am open to change. I am not sure this is how it works but who knows? For now I am content with the small things. 

Time to evolve and grow...

Have you found yourself changing or growing this year?