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"Sometimes you need to take two steps back to gain a better perspective."

Sat, 02 Mar 2013 10:34:12 +0000

“Sometimes you need to take two steps back to gain a better perspective.”

- Things I have learned this week

"Decide in your heart of hearts what really excites and challenges you, and start moving your life in..."

Sun, 24 Feb 2013 13:15:31 +0000

“Decide in your heart of hearts what really excites and challenges you, and start moving your life in that direction. Every decision you make, from what you eat to what you do with your time tonight, turns you into who you are tomorrow, and the day after that. Look at who you want to be, and start sculpting yourself into that person. You may not get exactly where you thought you’d be, but you will be doing things that suit you in a profession you believe in. Don’t let life randomly kick you into the adult you don’t want to become.”

- Astronaut Chris Hadfield’s answer to the question “Any advice to a young person who wants to get into this field?”, from his spectacular reddit IAmA

This is about as good as advice can get. Really inspiring.
(via sirmitchell)

Grrrr

Tue, 19 Feb 2013 20:44:09 +0000

Today was an angry day.

I’m still trying to decide if it was justified or not.

I’m just tired of the way things work and I really hope it’s not like this everywhere in the world. I don’t have time to do extra work because of other people’s incompetence.

This job has shown me that I have more of my Dad’s stubbornness than I originally thought. It’s not a side of myself I like.

Alco’clock.

You know you're too into your work when:

Mon, 18 Feb 2013 18:54:37 +0000

Me: Ooo I think I found something I could use to make the barricade set for the show
My brain: No
Me: Why?
My brain: Hannah, that's your bathroom cabinet. You need it. For keeping your bathroom stuff in...
Me: Oh yeah...

Resolute resolutions

Thu, 17 Jan 2013 21:12:20 +0000

I am aware I’m a few weeks behind on this but I think I have just identified a sort of resolution for this year.

Whilst being ill this week I succumbed to the inevitable watching of seriously trashy tv. I mean the tv you wouldn’t ever watch if you were healthy and could get up and do other things. Also not the tv that is massivly trashy but ironically hilarious (*ahem* Jeremy Kyle). No, I watchedYoung, Single and Mormonon BBC iPlayer. An hour of my life I won’t get back, but lets face it, I wasn’t going to do anything more interesting with it anyway.

Asside from learning what Mormons and their beliefs actually are, this programme basically followed a handful of young people going to this massive singles weekend for Mormons. The thing that got me the most about this show was their absolute, unwaivering faith.

I know, that sounds stupid. They are Mormons after all. On the whole I tend to err towards uncomfortable when I hear people coming out with “God has a plan for me”. Sometimes though, I find myself feeling a little envious. Part of me would really love to believe in something so much that it can overwrite anything else. I really just cannot fathom having that much faith in anything. But maybe that’s where I’m going wrong; I’m not saying I’m going to turn to relegion but I generally have very little faith in things, in people, in myself. Those that have faith seem so happy in their lives (if sometimes a little vacant).

So, my resolution is to have more faith. Have faith in people. Have faith in your dreams and that they are possible. Have faith that just because it’s not perfect, doesn’t mean it’s wrong or bad. Have faith that sometimes things might actually happen for a reason…

After all, I am married to a guy I met on a train ^_^

Being ill is boring

Tue, 15 Jan 2013 21:32:56 +0000

I mean really boring.

Day three of being stuck in bed and I am just at the point of being able to watch tv. Before now I’ve been just sitting in the dark all day as any light gave me a massive migraine.

I’ve been actually going mad.

If I get worse again tomorrow I’ll scream…

Photo

Sun, 13 Jan 2013 17:15:33 +0000

"Be the best apple you can be"

Tue, 01 Jan 2013 01:36:02 +0000

“Be the best apple you can be”

- You are an apple. No matter how hard you try to be a banana or an orange you will always be an apple. So why not work on being the sweetest, rosiest apple you can be, instead of fighting hard to be a banana?

Bananas are over rated

"Art is anything you can get away with."

Fri, 14 Dec 2012 20:01:52 +0000

“Art is anything you can get away with.”

- Andy Warhol (via girlwithoutwings)

We've Got A Diem to Carpe: The List - Updated to my liking

Fri, 14 Dec 2012 08:44:13 +0000

We've Got A Diem to Carpe: The List - Updated to my liking:

adiemtocarpe:

“

25 Things To Do Before You Turn 25

1. Make peace with your parents. Whether you finally recognize that they actually have your best interests in mind or you forgive them for being flawed human beings, you can’t happily enter adulthood with that familial brand of resentment.

~~2. Kiss…~~

Food for thought…

ilovecharts: via Molly Templeton PAH!

Fri, 07 Dec 2012 20:42:24 +0000

ilovecharts:

via Molly Templeton

PAH!

"Remember where you came from, where you’re going, and why you created this mess you got yourself..."

Thu, 06 Dec 2012 14:10:51 +0000

“Remember where you came from, where you’re going, and why you created this mess you got yourself into in the first place.”

- Richard Bach (via creatingaquietmind)

"People will kill you over time, and how they’ll kill you is with tiny, harmless phrases, like ‘be..."

Thu, 06 Dec 2012 08:06:01 +0000

“People will kill you over time, and how they’ll kill you is with tiny, harmless phrases, like ‘be realistic.’”

- Dylan Moran (via Swanfeather Songs)

entertainmentweekly: Bazinga! While taping the episode that...

Sat, 17 Nov 2012 22:44:25 +0000

entertainmentweekly:

Bazinga! While taping the episode that airs tonight, The Big Bang Theory’s cast and crew treated its live studio audience to a spontaneous “Call Me Maybe” dance party. Nice moves, Kaley Cuoco.

This makes me happy

"If you’re not happy then do something about it."

Sat, 03 Nov 2012 10:37:18 +0000

“If you’re not happy then do something about it.”

- I am not happy. I am doing things about it. You have been warned.

photojojo: We just had to show you these photos from the...

Fri, 21 Sep 2012 15:00:40 +0100

photojojo:

We just had to show you these photos from the Thai Yi Peng celebration! The lanterns are made of a type of rice paper, and then a tiny candle is balanced in the middle.

Paper Lantern Constellation Marks the Yi Peng Celebration in Thailand

via Demilked, Taradol Chitmanchaitham

Wow…just…wow!

I feel this resonates quite well at the moment

Tue, 11 Sep 2012 17:12:53 +0100

I feel this resonates quite well at the moment

kari-shma: Lisa Congdon I feel better knowing these words came...

Fri, 07 Sep 2012 17:49:32 +0100

kari-shma:

Lisa Congdon

I feel better knowing these words came out of someone else

Exciting, exciting, lemon, exciting

Thu, 06 Sep 2012 18:31:07 +0100

I just typed a whole thing and then reminded myself that whilst the point of a blog is that anyone can read it…anyone can read it. Including people who I don’t plan on telling my exciting, exciting, lemon, exciting news just yet (no I’m not pregnant you plonkers).

Does anyone else get that? You really want to put something in writing, tell everyone, especially when this is supposed to be kind of like a diary, before you then realise that that thing you’ve just written about your mum or work or anyone/thing else could be read by them and they could take it the wrong way? Sometimes things are secrets because you are just ranting or don’t want to tell people just yet because you don’t want to get them too excited.

What do you do??

Photo

Tue, 28 Aug 2012 19:11:07 +0100