Daisy Change

There is so much pain holding the walls up, in a rut. There’s the pain of what could have been or should be.  There's the pain of confusion, not knowing how to get up, or for that matter which way is up.  There’s the pain of feeling like a burden to friends and family, the pain of guilt, the pain of apathy and so on.  In short being in a rut = pain.   Being in a rut is one thing, but feeling stuck in that rut is a whole other level of pain, confusion and generally unpleasant emotions. If you’re reading this and I just described you, then you likely don’t feel awake enough do too much reading today, so I will keep this short and get straight to the point. You may be in a rut but you don’t have to stay there. You may feel stuck, but that doesn’t mean you are.  The fact is rubbish times happen to everyone, we all go through stages where we wish things would move a little bit faster like life is not being fair and the world seems to be against us, this is a normal...

People that chase happiness will never be happy for very long because it's more about the chase than the object in question. Happiness is an emotion, it comes and goes because life is up and down.  Chasing happiness usually leads to unhealthy people with dead dreams and more debt then they know what to do with! I am not suggesting that the desire to be happy or even the pursuit of happiness is wrong . What I am against is, the idea that life is all about happiness, that we should be aiming for it in every area of our lives and if we don't somehow that makes us a failure and if we can't hold on to happiness, well then that is even worse! Happiness is an emotion, it is fleeting, I like to think of it like a butterfly, here one moment, gone the next.   Chasing happiness will never bring fulfilment, it will lead to frustration.  You would be much better of chasing fulfilment. It is possible to be  fulfilled but not happy.  Chasing fulfilment requires work...

Hey hey beautiful, welcome back! Today we are going to put together all of the concepts we have talked about so far and then we get to start off sharing our first bit of encouraging advice to help you get started with this simple temple living the joy way thing we were talking about. Let's get started! Okay, so quick reminder the 4 pillars we built our site on are joy, integrity, vibrancy, and encouragement. We love acronyms and these 4 together create the acronym J.I.V.E We mentioned in our introductory post that this is a nod to old fashioned family values, and all things vintage because we are all about that. Again if you're not that's cool, you can stick around if you want to, as long as we can all be respectful here, or else maybe this blog just isn't for you, in which case thanks for trying us out, and we wish you the very best for the future. Anyway, those of you still here,  let's get back to where we were. So yes, old fashioned family values. Here's the...

Hey awesome reader, thanks for coming back. Today we would like to introduce the pillars we built our foundations on. If you have read are introductions post then you will know we love acronyms around here, and our blogs' pillars are based on this. So to do this, we are now going to look at each word and what it means in the context we use it. Then we will look at a few other little things that tie up what we build our blog on. The Pillar of Joy Our first word is Joy, we did say that this could be an acronym of its own we will get to that in a moment. Joy to us is about chasing fulfillment not happiness. We need it to be our strength when things are not going so well, it is not just a feeling it is a lifestyle. We haven't made it a secret that Christian faith-based elements will be incorporated into this blog from time to time and the concept of joy for us is the faith-based pillar we build on.  Building on the concept of simple temple living we talked about the last post, joy...

This post is so rough it's written on my tablet.  I'm going to keep it short.  Blogging is not what it used to be.  It used to be a very casual but mildly still professional space but alas post pandemic the world has changed.  You need to run a blog as a business these days not like one. Even a hobby blog has to follow certain business etiquette to even get a chance at being read.  Fortunately for my readers, I've no problem with upping my game so that my blog is opporating at the professional standards it should be.  But that's not everyone. Not everyone has the time to learn all the skills to make their blog a success. I really wish people would stop saying that anyone can do this because truthfully we don't live in a equal opportunity world.  I have skills gaps to take my blog to the next level so I'm taking a break from blogging to solve this.  I'm also really not happy with the direction of this blog. Need to rethink and portentionaly rebrand...

Hello life, its been a while since I've written to you but you haven't exactly been kind to me these past few years, so what do you expect? I'm writing now because I have loads to tell you, (and because a letter to you is long overdue) Currently I'm organizing my world both online and off, and I have to say its so refreshing to have everything slowly coming together.  Leaving London a few months ago was tough, but I'm settling in nicely back home in Wales, and honestly life although I hate what went down a few months ago, I think it was the right move to come home.  Not really sure where you're going to take me next, but I have some guidance for you, please consider my plans.  I'm actually planning my future again, which is amazing, but I know how you like your curve balls.  Please note, I don't enjoy them, but I do my best to work with what you throw at me.  Anyway, this was just a quick one, I know I told you I have loads to say, ...

  Hello and welcome to a new series!      I canceled Shocktober again this year because to be honest, this is better.  The goal here is very simple. I've been suffering very badly with fatigue and exhaustion. (If you know anything about the season I just came through, you will know why) The goal with this series is simply to organize my life in the month of October.  Then tell you how it's been going in a diary style series. At the moment, I'm not taking blogging to seriously, I just need to keep my skills sharp. A diary style series is a great way to do exactly that.  I get to provide value to the readers I have while taking a more casual approach to my blog.   We need to cover the start point so that we can see how I progress through this series. As I said, I've been suffering with fatigue.  This is largely down to the medication I'm currently on, Again the season I just came from was intense!  I just went back to univer...