Do What Makes You Happy | The Positivity Diaries

I really hope you're all doing good and have had brilliant weeks. Even if they haven't been brilliant I hope that you managed to see all the tiny little good things that I promise were still there ! Here's my positivity diary for this week :)

Monday : Me and my best friend went to the cinema and I had such a brilliant time ! I haven't been this happy in ages and the film was brilliant ! If you get the chance to go see " Daddy's Home " then go, it's an hilarious comedy .

Tuesday : I got an my results back for my psychology mock exams and got an A !

Wednesday : I decided to make the changes necessary to make my life something that makes me happy by getting rid of everything that makes me miserable. So today instead of doing to debating after college I went to the new creative writing enrichment and had a great time and even made a few new friends , which was one of my goals for the new year so wooo.

Thursday : We started discussing the next book we're studying in English Literature , I always love hearing how even interpreted the book. At the minute we're studying Atonement and It's such an interesting book, I'd recommend it to anyone !

Friday : I spent a couple of hours with my best friend re-watching episodes of Orange Is The New Black :)

Saturday : I've cleared out loads of my stuff to send to the charity shop and have finally got a moving date !

Sunday : Finished off making the smartie filled cupcakes me and my best friend started making yesterday , the taste SOOOOO good .

This week I've really focused on getting rid of the things in my life that just don't make me happy because I've realised that I ( and everyone else ) deserves to live life feeling happy, strong and determined but most of all, full of enthusiasm . I'd love to hear all about the good things that have happened to you this week in the comments ! I really enjoyed reading through our little communal positivity diary in the comments of last weeks post :)

Stay Strong <3 Stay Smiley :) 

Lots of love, Marianne xxx

Mid-Morning Motivation

Hey there !

Do you ever have days where you're just feeling a lil bit rubbishy like you lost a bit of your sparkle ? I definitely have these days a lot and i used to take the opportunity to be sad all day and just have a wasted day for no real reason. But I do not like wasting days. I like to be productive , full of good energy and have that bit of sparkle that makes the day seem brighter. So me and my friend started doing something we call Mid-Morning Motivation.

Whenever one of us has woken up and is feeling pretty rubbish for no particular reason or is just having a difficult morning, we go through Pinterest to look for uplifting quotes and motivation that we then send to whoever is having a difficult day at about 11am as a little surprise to lift there spirits :)

It takes less than five minutes and even just knowing that someone cares enough to send you something just to send you something just to make you smile, might be enough to pick them ( and their day ) back up !

Here's a few examples that you could use that I've made myself : 

I do this for my friends regularly so from now on I'll be posting the Mid-Morning Motivation onto my twitter for anybody else who needs that extra boost in the morning !

What do you think ? And what quotes motivate you ?

Stay Strong <3 Stay Smiley :) 

Lots of love, Marianne xxx

How to ... Achieve your goals

So ... were four days in . How are we all doing ? As long as nobodies in prison for murdering the annoying woman who sat right next to you eating that chocolate bar while you tried desperately to love the fruit pot in front of you that you swore four days ago you'd eat for lunch everyday ... I think we're doing okay ;)

Picking the right new years resolutions for you is an important task, you have to evaluate what you want to improve in yourself or your life and then find a way to do it .. but that's all relatively easy compared to actually sticking to the goals as I'm sure most of you have realized ... every single year.. at least three times over ! But I'm feeling very enthusiastic for the new year and the fresh start that comes with it and am determined to make a lot of positive changes ! So I've put together a list of tips to help sticking to those new years resolutions just that lil bit easier :)

Tip #1

Grab a friend 

You're far more likely to stick to something if you're not doing it alone, whether you share how it's going with regular online updates for your followers ( I've seen a lot of great bloggers do monthly goal review posts ) or you force a mate to sign up to the gym with you . Don't do it alone ! If you feel like you're going to let someone else down as well then you're way less likely to back out .

Tip #2

Equipt yourself 

Its the January sales, you can afford to give yourself a post Christmas treat. So instead of heading to Thorntons for half price chocolate Santas, go and get yourself a healthy cook book or the yoga mat you need or even some nice skincare products in the sale ! Get whatever you need to get started with you goals, it will make you a lot more excited to start if you feel ready :) 

Tip #3

Make an action plan 

It's easy enough to say what you want but how are you ever expecting to achieve it if you don't actually make a plan of how you're going to get there and start doing it ! Sit down and write down each goal for the year and underneath write what you're going to do to achieve it ( I did this in my new years resolution post ). Breaking things down into little steps makes them much less intimidating because they seem more attainable ! Perhaps even set a treat to give yourself when you complete a mini step towards your goal . 

Tip #4 

Dust yourself off and go again  

Not everything turns out perfect the first few goes but having one sneaky piece of chocolate doesn't mean the whole world is over and you can't do anything about it until January 1st next year , everyday is a fresh start, this one is just more highlighted and a great opportunity. So use it but don't be afraid to pick yourself up and start again if it slips up :) 

I hope these are at least a little helpful in keeping on track ! I'd love to hear your tips and tricks for achieving your new years goals in the comments and let me know yours are going . 

Stay Strong <3 Stay Smiley :) 

Lots of love, Marianne xxx

Feeling More Sparkly | The Positivity Diaries

This is the first post in a new series I'm starting called " The Positivity Diaries ". Every Sunday I'll be posting my weeks entries into my positivity diary ( One good thing that happened each day , no matter how bad the day ) and I'd really love for some of you to start your own positivity diaries and then in the comments each week share your with me and together we'll make a sort of communal positivity diary ! So I'll start shall I ?

Monday : I got to wear my new sparkly bracelet and ring that my best friend bought for me .

Tuesday : I made an Eminem cake for my best friends birthday and filled it with M&M's so when she cuts into it tomorrow they'll all fall out ... even if I was the only one who thought that pun was funny ;)

Wednesday : It was my best friends birthday and she really like the cake I made her .

I'm interrupting the post here to give a shout out to Georgie , I hope you had a great day baby because you really deserve it. You're the best and I really don't know what I'd do without you . I love you lots <3 

Thursday : I had a great time celebrating new years eve .

Friday : I spent half hour this afternoon playing with my friends cat, Murtle, who is so so so cute !

Saturday : I nearly finished the book for my English lit course, 20 pages to go !!!

Sunday : I finally started going back to the gym :)

So Let me know in the comments what good things have happened to you this week, I don't mind how big or small, everything counts as long as its positive !

Stay Strong <3 Stay Smiley :) 

Lots of love, Marianne xxx