Life Lately.

Hasn't been great, let me be honest. I never want my blog to be an unrealistic portrayal of what my life is actually like, if you get me? So I thought I would do a kind of life update and I write a *quick* blog post to try and explain why, and more importantly what I am doing to combat it.


I have been struggling a lot lately;


Sleeping loads, or not enough, lacking motivation and concentration and just generally losing at life it seems. Without getting too deeply in to the where's and why for, I just wanted to remind you all that life is not always as it seems on the internet. I know that's not particularly helpful to some but that realisation sometimes stops me from going down quite a destructive path.

I booked the Lion King -

I have seen this before (over 10 years ago on the Westend) and with it going on tour I thought it would be the perfect time to see it again. Granted, it is a few months off but I am really looking forward to it. It was one of my favourite Disney films growing up, and although I wasn't really sold on the live motion picture the theatre production is beyond epic.

I am trying to really focus on my goals -

I give myself a very small to do list daily and if I can cross off even just a couple of things then it's a good day. By keeping things small like doing the laundry, or even just washing my hair I feel like I've accomplished something. I have recently been putting a lot of my energy into the house, rented or not I have loved faffing with things and improving whatever I can. I have been posting a few updates on my Instagram as well as on this blog if you want to keep really up to date.

I purchased a pricey yoga mat -

Lordy! Call it a mid breakdown crisis purchase if there was ever such a thing. I kind of figured that if I spent a lot of money on it it would compel me to use it more, if at all! So far so good, I love it. I understand it was a bit of boujie purchase but needs must in times of need I guess. I could see that part of what has been dragging me down recently is my awful diet and lack of proper exercise and I have always found yoga particularly helpful in times of extreme stress and low mood.

Going on holiday -

There are two places I really want to go this year and I think it is important for my mental health to make that happen no matter how apprehensive I feel about travelling currently.

Reading a whole lot - 

Oh wow! Like, I don't know where I would be without my blessed Kindle and books at the minute. Admittedly, I can still go a whole chapter and not really have read it as my mind has wondered off into the abyss of negative thoughts, but ya know? I'm getting there. My counsellor said that recognising what you are doing and refocussing your mind are the first steps to getting things back on track, and I agree! You can follow my reading progress here.

Watching television -

Has been a bit of a saviour at the moment, which I think is clear in my two most recent blog posts; What I have been reading/watching/doing lately and What to watch on Netflix this weekend. I have also been enjoying The Split and Hidden, both available on BBC iPlayer. I found Losing It: Our Mental Health Emergency and the Rio and Kate documentary also very interesting.

Anyway, that's enough rambling for now. How are you?

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