The Many Colours of Happiness

Hey guys, as you have probably noticed I've taken a bit of a blog vacation.  I'm just terrible at multi-tasking, and final weeks of uni/exams + blogging..well it just doesn't work, I get waaay too distracted. Especially because there are so many amazing blogs I follow that I just couldn't resist checking out if I logged on!  So until December the 3rd I'll be studying like crazy while trying not to get too distracted by life/my cats/funny clips on youtube. So I'll leave you with some lovely quotes about happiness that will hopefully make you smile and feel all fuzzy inside like they made me: "We tend to forget that happiness doesn't come as a result of getting something we don't have, but rather of recognizing and appreciating what we do have" Frederick Keonig "Don't rely on someone else for your happiness and self worth. Only you can be responsible for that. If you can't love and respect yourself - no one else will be able to make ...

One thing I have really been missing since I moved out is a backyard. Lying in green grass, surrounded by flowers, bees buzzing overhead. Watching the clouds pass and maybe having a nap in the sunshine. Not that I did that often. Which is a shame. But that's usually the way. You don't know what you've got til it's gone etc. etc. insert similar, equally overused quotation here. But it really has been a positive too. Because I have become so much more eager to be outdoors. I have started to take any opportunity to go for walks, sit in the sunshine, read a book in the park. And it's great. I feel so much healthier. And have more energy. And enthusiasm for life. All because of a little fresh air. It made me realise how much we're missing out on by spending so much of our lives indoors. We work in offices, lock ourselves away, rarely venture out if the weather drops below 18 degrees (Celsius!). Sit in front on tv and ignore life. So this summer, due to the lack of ba...

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I am the kind of girl who overthinks things. Not everything..but things that are especially important to me. Maybe that's necessary sometimes, but sometimes it is better to follow your heart and go with the flow. I did not want to teach. Every rational part of me told me it was a bad idea. Not only was I terrified, but at the age of 10 I decided i did not have anything to say to children and I have stuck by that. When I started this degree, I had NO idea I would be placed in mainstream schools (I was only interested in special needs). I was on the verge of dropping out of uni altogether only a few short weeks ago. But I decided, against all better judgement, that I didn't have anything to lose. And so I went. And I loved it. I loved getting to know the kids. They were amazing little people, and much more complex than i had ever given anyone under 13 credit for. I loved those moments when you knew you had made a connection with a difficult student. And while things weren't g...