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How To Deal With The Crazy World We Now Live In

Friday, 3 February 2017

H A P P Y  F R I D A Y   E V E R Y O N E !

How are you all? I've found it really hard this week to sit down and actually blog. I've started two or three different posts but they all seemed a bit 'meh!' Partly because I've had a head cold but mainly because it does feel a bit like, while things are currently all good in my life, the world has in fact gone mental.

Every spare moment I've had on the internet has found me lost in a very dark, and simultaneously, very orange rabbit hole. I'm terrified and angry by what has been going on in the world, but also, inspired and hopeful that people aren't taking it lying down.

The world is seemingly full of conflict, and my emotions are too.

With that in mind it seemed a little frivolous of me to post a 'Happy Friday' post that didn't address this. I'm all for still celebrating the small things (they keep us sane) but I don't want to let celebrating the small things become a safety blanket or a cover up for the not so good. Whether that's not so good personally or not so good politically - because at the moment I'm not sure there's a difference between the two.

Instead here is a list of the ways I'm handling the crazy and staying happy.

Refusing To Let The January Blues Win - Happy Friday no. 23

Friday, 13 January 2017


Happy Friday everyone! How are you? Ready for the weekend? Me too - however - this weekend is a working one for me...  I'm going on a residential with 15 teenagers all in the name of theatre! I expect come Sunday I'll have rap music ringing in my ears and very little sanity left - but hopefully also at least some lots of inspiration for a new show!

I'm trying not to dwell on it too much - after all if you go in expecting to have a bad time you probably will. So with that in mind, and the January blues threatening to rear their ugly head, I thought it was the perfect time to remind myself of all the good things that have happened lately!


Lets Catch Up | Happy Friday no. 22

Friday, 16 December 2016





Hey everyone! How are you? December is whizzing by right? So far this month has been a good'un although I must confess I am waaaaaaaaaaay behind on my Christmas shopping and have this lurking feeling that I have forgotten to do something... but I am trusting that it will all get done and that the festive period will continue to be Merry and Bright! So in the spirit of being Happy and Grateful here's what has been making me as jolly as Saint Nick so far this month...

Happy Friday no.21 - 10 Good Things...

Friday, 25 November 2016


H A  P P Y  F R I D A Y!

How has your week been? This week has gone so quickly for me! Made even quicker by the fact that I have today off... sorry if that was rubbing it in a bit! I'm still suffering a little with a lost blogging voice sbut determined to keep pushing through.So today I'm keeping it nice and simple with a list of 10 Good Things. Because who doesn't love a list of happiness?

Taking Stock | October...

Friday, 4 November 2016

Happy Friday everyone! How has your week been? Mine has been tiring but good and I'm finally back blogging after nearly a 3 week hiatus. A lot can happen in 3 weeks, and as much as I moaned that October wasn't exactly great for me, so much happened, and much of that was actually really good!  So I thought in the spirit of catching up and acknowledging all the things that weren't naff about last month I'd do a little taking stock post!

Happy Moments you can create for yourself when everything else is just a bit naff (Happy Friday no.20)

Friday, 14 October 2016



I know, catchy title right?

So today was meant to be a Happy Friday post, but in the last fortnight a lot of rubbish stuff has happened, and the moments of happiness have been the ones I've created for myself. Tiny moments in the day that have kept me sane. So instead of trying to gloss over the fact that some weeks are in fact just a bit naff instead I thought I would put together a list of happy moments you can create for yourself when everything else seems hell bent on bringing you down.


A peek inside my Happiness Planner (Happy Friday no.19)...

Friday, 30 September 2016



Happy Friday everyone! How has your week been? Mine has been tiring, but in a really really good way. So while right now I'm sipping coffee like there's no tomorrow I'm very very content. And what better time to write a happy list than when you're truly in that 'appreciating life' spot? Most bloggers who post happy lists, post them every week. You might have noticed, I only manage to get my Happy Friday posts out fortnightly. There's two reasons for this. The first is, posting a happy list every week just doesn't leave me enough room in my editorial calendar to post all the different types of content I want to. The second... the second is a little more self conscious...

Happy Friday no.18...

Friday, 16 September 2016



Happy Friday everyone! How has your week been? It's been a REALLY quiet one for me, lots of time at home chilling out. So quiet in fact I even managed to make it out for a run. THREE TIMES. No doubt this quiet patch was needed but I am beginning to get a bit bored of my own company (thank god for social meadia making me feel ever so slightly less alone) and I'm looking forward to a weekend of seeing friends performing, and a promised Sunday brunch with Young Man.

But there are still plenty of things that have made me happy lately so lets get on with it shall we?


Happy Friday no.17...

Friday, 2 September 2016


Hello everyone! Happy Friday! How has your four day week been? Anyone else got that end of summer holiday feeling? Like part of me is sad that summer is over, but the other part of me is REALLY looking forward to getting stuck in with that new term enthusiasm... plus even though I'm not actually going back to school, I've still treated myself to new stationery AND the young man bought me a Happiness Planner for my birthday...

SPEAKING OF WHICH...

It was my birthday this week, which I may have mentioned a few hundred times, and so today's Happy Friday is full of gratitude and birthday bonanza cheeriness! 

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