Getting Grateful.

Sometimes I think I would benefit from getting out of my own head and checking in with the real world. Being present certainly has a lot of upsides. It would help with those niggling feelings that I am ‘missing out’ or that ‘other people are doing cooler/better/more things than me’. Blah blah , whinge whinge. Those…

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The Social Network.

Despite the title of this post, I’m not talking about Facebook, or the film, although I think both are brilliantly entertaining. I’m talking about the importance of being around people, even when we don’t feel like we need to. Even when we feel like we would rather not, and that we hate the world and…

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Net Worth? Not Really.

Want to make yourself upset? Try Googling celebrities’ net worth. Whenever the thought comes to me, I will look up some irrelevant public figure’s net worth, and then proceed to feel a little bit bad that my net worth is but a fraction of theirs. I know it doesn’t make sense, but that doesn’t always…

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Cleaning your room is free therapy.

I am one of those people who is an avid hoarder. Always have been, and may just always struggle with it. Stuff, stuff and more stuff is the name of my game. And after a while I start to feel like I am drowning in it. This isn’t good. Being a psychology student at heart,…

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Back from Bali

Early yesterday morning I returned back to Melbourne after a brief sojourn in Bali for one week. It was bliss. My boyfriend and I are lucky enough to be in the time in our lives where we are able to drop everything and go anywhere on a whim. We had talked about the holiday for quite…

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I Made This! #2: Baked salmon with a dukkah crust.

Mmm… doesn’t it make you hungry just looking at it? Yes my lovelies, I Made This! is back for a second scrumptious round. This one has been a long time coming, as it is a recipe I have grown incredibly fond of over a rather short period. This is because it is easy, quick and…

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The Importance of Choosing Happiness

Hello dear readers! How are you all going? Please excuse my extended absence, there have been a rather large number of issues going on in my world (which I’m sure you can all relate to). Times haven’t always been easy, but I have certainly learnt some lessons in these past few weeks. It is important…

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