Bouncing Back from the Bad Days

We all have them. Bad days, weeks, months. I was in a car accident on Saturday (all okay thank god!), my friends have been struggling with a hell-ish exam season and all of us have everyday problems that get us down. No matter what happened to you, the most imperative part of a bad day is how you treat the next one. Resilience is something I've been trying to work on and as a part of the whole self-improvement thing I'm doing, and it's what I wanted to write about today.

Stop Everything and Listen to these Podcasts

Heya! Long time, no see. I've been off the airwaves for a while but I have been behind the scenes, as I have just picked up a new camera for blog/travel/portrait photography. The pictures in this post were taken by the Lumix G7, and so far I'm loving it. Keep hanging around to see some gorgeous quality images around this space! Onto the topic of this article, I'm talking about podcasts. I've been really getting into them recently, and I'm uber surprised at how amazing the free podcasts are just on your iPhone. I have 8 to recommend, depending on your tastes, but all of them are incredible for long train/car rides, background noise while working, or just having a good dedicated listen. 

A Rookie's Guide to Surviving Exam Season

Uni is over for 2017! Well, almost. We have a few weeks + exam block to go and then we're free. I've learnt a hell of a lot about what it means to do university exams and get a result you're happy with, especially last sem. There's no one pushing you or telling you when or what to study, so you do end up walking in blind as a 1st year. I figure there's a tonne of people like me wanting to figure out how to make exam season work, and if you need a few pointers, keep reading.

Investing in Yourself

September has not been what I expected. A combination of university work piling up, the inevitable life-reshuffle of changing from one job to the next and some other 'perfectly lovely' stressful situations that I won't go into has left me out of whack. I've been stressed more, sleeping to catch up from being stressed and stressing because I've been sleeping and not working. It's a vicious cycle, and I'm sure that a lot of you have found yourselves stuck going in unhealthy circles once or thirty times in your life. That being said, there are ways to help. I'm going to dive straight in with some tips for investing in yourself, body, mentality, social spheres, the lot.

Does Everything Happen For A Reason? : Life Lessons

Essay Topic: I've been in a weird state recently. I've been fluctuating between an intense 'I have no control of my future' feeling and some 'Everything is going to sort itself out on its own' moments. What I've been realising is that these two extremes have a commonality; everything that is happening in my life right now isn't a random case of events, and I wanted to talk about it a little more in depth because it's been fascinating me recently.

*quick little disclaimer: I in no way am a philosophy professional, just sharing an idea that's been bouncing around my mind for a while now*