Chin Up, Keep Improving That Life

So I'm not really sure what's going in with me. Since my "Year of Michael" post 2 days ago I have been in the oddest moods. I'm not really sure of how to descried them other than with melancholy. I'm not happy or in a good mood but I'm not exactly down either. I'm really not sure what is going on with me.


I have no reason to start getting bad again. I can't right now. I know and realise I have to fight it off.


The only reason I can maybe think to why I have been in these odd moods is because of what's doing down with the flavour of the month guy I'm seeing, Darren. I'm not sure where we are in whatever we are doing. We kinda tried to DTR (Define The Relationship) but it left me more confused than before. I'm gonna take a tip from the list of 7 Ways to Improve Your Life that YouTube blogger Alfie posted. Two of the tips he recommends are:

• Don't worry about nothing
• Cut the excessive social media

I have been trying to embrace these steps but It's not easy. I guess what I'm saying is that the road to happiness is a long one and we need to keep working at it to ensure that it stays, long term.
We need to remember that we create our own happiness and it is important. Yes, happiness can be gained by helping those around you and ensuring others happiness but it is still important to keep your own happiness in mind.


I think what I'm trying to say is that I need to do me for a little while. Wrap myself up in my own work and forget about the problems around me.

Year of Michael (a working title)

Once again it's out with the old and in with the new. 2015 is here to replace 2014 and all the good and bad that went with it. A new year comes with he hopes and allure of a fresh start, new possibilities and a new beginning.
It's cliché to say "a new year, a new me" but I have a feeling that it's gonna be a good one. I'm not sure why but I have a good feeling about this.
2015 will be the year of Michael, as previously stated its a working title, but I have high hopes for an amazing year ahead. No unnecessary drama. It's gonna be a good one.




The year started similarly to how it ended. Quite well, I think. Met some new people and friends, caught up with some old ones. It's been good. Continuing the theme of last year and my eternal optimism, no-complaining November and general positive living.


It was Audrey Hepburn that said:

"Nothing is impossible. The word itself says 'I'm possible'"

The quote makes me think, believe, hope that after all this will be the year of Michael (working title). With enough positive thought and hope one can achieve anything and that will be the theme for this year. I believe in me and I hope the world will too.

As hard as I try to believe things like this I still can't help but wonder if I'm being stupid!? Attitudes have the power to influence but do they really have that much power at the end of the day?

I ended the previous university year on a really bad note. Lets just say I may have left a large portion of my dignity in Friars. Not my finest moment. Not at all.

It is my hope that this year, 2015, the year of Michael, I will be able to make some changes. Good life changes, good life choices. I realise they all boil down to my actions and it is something I need to change. These is no blaming anybody or anything else. This is all on me. It is my task, duty, responsibility, my hope that I can change it.

The saying goes that a tiger cannot change his stripes but I hope that this is not true.

So this will be the year of Michael. 2015. Lets make it a good one. I know most people start the year with all the most positive intentions and resolutions but they usually fail within the first week or two. I realise that if I deem a change needs to be made in my life it should be mate when I want it to be made, not at the start if a new calendar year. Once again, this is all on me. I need to make the difference.