Psychology

The more I get into my psychology coarse, the more I know I made the right decision for what I want to do for a career. I just love learning everything we have been, its so interesting. To the point, I want to pick up that text book and read the whole chapter on Positive Psychology. Things like that usually aren't normal for me haha! I have just been taking steps forward recently and damn does it feel good! Caleb is coming on the 18th, so excited! He'll be here for the Easter holidays. I can't wait to see him again, it'll just make everything even better.

I still need to get a job though, thats the only thing that's not so good at the moment. But I will definitely start applying at places soon! I need the money.

On a random note, had citrus tea from T2 with Claire today and it is sooooo good! Shall have to get me some of that next time I'm there :)

Embrace

1 Corinthians 10:13

No test or temptation that comes your way is beyond what others have had to face. All you need to remember is that God will never let you down. He'll never let you be pushed past your limit. He'll always be there to help you through it.

peppermint tea

Don't you hate it when there is something bothering you and you just wish you could forget about it and for it all to just vanish from your mind. But no matter how hard you try to not think about it, it always finds a way to creep back in.

Many chances

I really feel as though there have been times when things don't work out and I get bummed about it. But when I really think about it, not everything is going to work out the way you imagined it (especially the first time). And we need to give ourselves room to make mistakes because they are in some ways important, because we learn from them and know how to better deal with situations the next time we are faced with them. Just don't give up and keep going with it, even if you fail the first time you can try again. It doesn't matter how long it takes for you to achieve it, since you'll be learning as you go. And it'll make achieving it even more fulfilling :)

How you made them feel.

"I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel."
—Maya Angelou

Appreciation Diary

So I feel like I'm on the right track now, was a bit of confusion a while back. Just with uni, but I have it all sorted out now and gosh does it feel good! I've also figured out I worry, way to much. I just am sick of it to be honest, because as we all would know... it really doesn't feel good. And the things I worry about are things I shouldn't even worry about. Because quite frankly I have no control over them, so whats the point? We were talking about that at my uni lecture the other day, how people worry over things they have no control over and how it affects their happiness. Because having a positive outlook on things, contributes hugely to your happiness studies have shown. And apparently positive people live 10 years longer, because our emotions are linked to our body's, just like stress and how they say the more stressed you are the higher the risks of certain health complications arising. It kind of all sounds pretty scary haha! But really there are lots of things that contribute to your health. And it's easy to be positive :) you just need to change your outlook on things. Of coarse everyone will endure sadness in their lives, no one can be constantly happy it's not possible. But also just things like creating an appreciation diary can help a lot with your outlook on things and help increase happiness. Just with helping to make us realise all the things in our lives which we appreciate and make us happy. Helping other people instead of doing things for selfish reasons has also shown as quite the happiness riser. I have been finding all these things extremely interesting!

"You yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe, deserve your love and affection"
-Buddah

So today I was thinking about body image and self confidence. I know everyone at some stage in their life has been self conscious. One thing I think is so horrible, is that girls and guys these days are becoming self conscious younger and younger and that's scary. I remember when I was little, my biggest worry was whether it was going to rain today and I wouldn't get to play outside. And when you think about all the media and the portrayal of what is "beautiful" there is really no wonder why. I have decided I just want to not read fashion magazines anymore, just because they portray an unrealistic idea of what beauty is and practically try to con you into buying something you don't really need, by trying to find your insecurities and try to convince you this product is your answer. When most of the time you buy it and turn out extremely disappointed. And it's like if your not like size 6, you just don't cut it apparently? Well what bull-poop if you ask me. I know girls who are of all different sizes and their all gorgeous. Yeah, girls in magazines probably all have perfect legs, no cellulite, and amazing clear skin. Although, a lot of the time they are photo-shopped. But in reality all you need to do is look around you to see the variety of people there are. We're all unique, we each have different features, body shapes, hair colours, etc.

I think acceptance is the key, and not comparing ourselves to everyone else. We should love and look after our bodies, because well its the only one we have.

Be kind to yourself and remember your beautiful :)