Today I am collabing with Najida from The Average Gurl in a two part collab! On her blog, which you can read here, she is doing things you tell yourself that aren't true and I am doing things you should be telling yourself. So many people hate themselves and hate who they are and it really shouldn't be this way. Our aim with these posts is to cheer you up and realise that you are an amazing person. 

I think a really cute idea would be to write these things or similar on post it notes and stick them somewhere you look at everyday, like a mirror, as a daily reminder in case you forget as these things are so important to remember.

1. No one defines you

Laura xx

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Loads of people, me included, feel down after christmas. I think it is because everyone looks forward to christmas and then they feel deflated afterwards. There is actually a disorder associated with this called Seasonal Affective Disorder or SAD. On the NHS website, it says that it affects 2 million in the UK alone. I don't think I have this but I definitely feel deflated in the months after christmas. For anyone else who feels like this me and my internet friend White Interiors decided to do a post on how to beat the winter blues. 

The main thing to do is to do things that makes you happy, whether that be listening to music, watching Youtube, go out with your friends, whatever you want! The best thing to cheer you up when you are sad is your favourite thing. When I am feeling down, I find a Spotify playlist with some feel good, empowering songs and listen to it non-stop! I love the Spice Girls or Beyonce to put me in a good mood. I also like talking to my friends or hanging out with them. 

I also suggest taking time out to look after yourself. You could pamper yourself and have a bath or you could have a nap. Anything to just remove yourself from any stressful situation that could make you feel even worse. 

If there is something really specific getting you down, I suggest writing down all of your thoughts, feelings and questions onto a piece of paper. This helps you to see what is happening instead of it being jumbled in your head. When it is on the paper, you can also rip it up to try to forget about everything. 

I think it is really important to remember that every single human has down days, even the happiest ones. You shouldn't beat yourself up about it because it is natural. To be able to love yourself, you have to patient with you and let your body and mind have what it needs. If you aren't feeling capable of doing something, like going out when you feel awful, it is perfectly okay to cancel and just have a pamper day. 

I hope that this post has given you some ideas! Make sure you go check out the post over at White Interiors as well! What do you do to cheer up?

Laura xx

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Friday was my last day of school before the christmas holidays and it was very eagerly awaited! School was getting very hectic so I am glad now that I have 2 weeks off with not much to do. One of the main things I want to do is to pamper and look after myself both physically and mentally so I thought I would share with you some ideas on how to do that.

Today is a different post to what I usually write because today I am interviewing Nicole from Thrifty Vintage Fashion. She is part of the TTATB chat but I read her blog before we were in the chat together. I asked her some questions and these are her replies!

Hi Nicole, can you give a brief description of your blog and what you write about?

Thrifty Vintage Fashion, is a blog that is full of honesty, support, advice and occasionally a bit a banter. My main aims of my current content are to support, encourage, inform, educate and hopefully make people laugh. I cover a wide range of topics on my blog; from mental health to feminism and photography/blogging advice to funny, nostalgic lists. What started as a place to express my love for fashion has now become a platform where I share and discuss a diverse range of topics.

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I haven't been tagged to do this, but I saw it on my Bloglovin' feed and thought I found do it anyway! As far as I know, there isn't any structure to this apart from you list the things under the headings that make you happy. 

Books

Just One Day - Gayle Forman

Life with a Sprinkle of Glitter - Louise Pentland (review here)

The Fault In Our Stars - John Green

All the Bright Places - Jennifer Niven

Where she went - Gayle Forman

Movies/Television

Paper Towns

How Did We End Up Here

Great British Bake Off

Pitch Perfect 2

Scents

Freshly cut grass

Sharpies(?!)

Baking bread

Rose

Vanilla

Miscellaneous stuff

Listening to music 

Getting good feedback on a blog post

Winning a netball match

Talking to my friends

Lemon drizzle cake

If you know someone who selfharms, take the time to talk to them and encourage them to stop because it does help. 

Helpful websites if you want to have a bit more of a look: 

Selfharm.co.uk

Harmless.org.uk

www.mind.org.uk

Keep going, each step may get harder but don't stop. The view at the top is beautiful.  

Lots of Love 

Laura xx

This photo actually makes me incredibly happy. I took this photo at the end of August when me and my friend went to a village show and this is the waltzers. That day was so good and I think we both really enjoyed it. 

Lots of Love 

Laura xx