Marmalade Skies

I read so much lately about learning to love yourself and creating a good life for yourself, that I had never stopped to think about whether it’s truly right to think about yourself before others. After a conversation with my boyfriend, it really got me thinking about whether you should work to make yourself happy first, or should you try to make others happy instead?

I often have the same dream. It isn’t the same in all ways – it can involve different people, different events and different settings, but in essence it’s always the same.

This month I’ve set myself a challenge – to take a photograph each day documenting what I do, what matters to me, what I learn, or what takes my interest. The really great thing about this challenge is that I also did it last February, and it’ll be great to see how things have changed.

My resolution to write on paper and read from paper is really just a silly way of saying I need to spend more time away from the computer, doing things that encourage my creativity.

Yesterday when I woke up and opened the curtains I noticed one thing: the sun was shining in a blue sky.
What a difference the sun can make to our mood. Instantly I felt things were looking up. I realised the grey wasn’t going to last forever, I remembered what it’s like to appreciate a beautiful [...]