“Surround yourself with people who make you happy. People who make you laugh, who help you when you’re in need. People who genuinely care. They are the ones worth keeping in your life. Everyone else is just passing through.” ~ Karl Marx People have the biggest impact on your life. With this in mind, you should […]
I have a real skill for overthinking! As an alternative career I could have been a novelist, that’s how inventive I can get! I have a tendency to make up complete stories in my head based on snippets of information and this can drive me (and everyone round me) mad! It usually takes over all my thoughts and means […]
‘Trust takes years to build, seconds to break and years to repair’ The definition of trust is ‘the firm belief in the reliability, truth or ability of someone or something’ In the past I have had found it very easy to trust and have started off all my relationships trusting and giving the benefit of […]
I decided to embark on the dry January challenge because I was unhappy with my lifestyle for the last few months before Christmas. I was out every night, drinking to excess, wasting lots of days with a hangover and staying out really late meaning a severe lack of sleep. I considered committing to cut down, but knowing […]
I have been studying the link between happiness and social connections and lately, in my own life, I see a strong correlation between the two and how important friendships are to how happy I am feeling. It can be a lonely old world on your own and I am starting to realise the great importance friends […]
There is much research being done these days about happiness, but what exactly is it? What really makes you happy and is there a way to increase your happiness? I am currently studying the Edx online course The Science of Happiness and many of the ideas in this blog post have gone from what I […]