Mood Boosters

Hey guys! It's been a great day today, everything was pretty normal but I just felt happy and lively, a few things influenced my great mood, some little things that make me feel alive. I want to write about some of my favourite mood boosters that always pick me up if I'm sad or contribute to an all-around good day.

Making new friends

 I love getting to know people and making friends with people, it makes me feel so elevated and happy. This applies to any place that you make friends but over the last few weeks I have been getting to know a handful of bloggers through the Q&A series that I am currently working on (read more about it here) and talking to them has made me so happy.

Watching the sunrise

Getting up early enough to see the sunrise is definitely a mood booster (unless you didn't get enough sleep haha). Although getting up super early is something we feel is impossible, having a couple of hours to yourself before you need to go to work/school will honestly make you feel so organised! You can get work done, take as long as you want to eat breakfast and scroll through your social media sites so you don't feel like you need to catch up on anything during work/school.

Talking to friends

I already talked about how great making friends makes me feel but it's also great to talk to the friends that you already have. If you have good friends, they will elevate your mood and make you feel special, who doesn't want that? Joking around with your friends can put you in a silly mood which is always interesting! Sometimes the stress from work/school can take a toll on your happy side and being with your friends can help you to put things into perspective.

Listen to or play music

Countless studies have shown that music boosts your mood, whether you are playing it or listening to it. I had a great guitar practice today and it made me completely forget about all the work I have to do for school, I was so drowned (in the best way) by the music. Music can distract you from getting work done so maybe listen to some songs while you are getting ready for the day, the good vibes will last the whole day haha.

Hang out with animals

Animals have been used as therapy for many decades so we know how helpful they are to heal our souls. I think it's really cool how animals pick up on your mood and cuddle up to you or play with you. When you're sad, cuddles from an animal is healing and just plain adorable, they will boost your mood even if you already feel on top of the world.

I hope you have enjoyed my post on mood boosters, hopefully these will help you cheer up or help you have a great day from the start. Have a beautiful, happy, day and I will see you all very soon. Byeeeeeee!

xxx

Catherine

Blogging Update + My Cat

Hey guys! I just want to tell you a bit about why I have been so absent recently, I am actually working on some blog stuff that I can't post yet, I'll talk all about that later, but first I want to show you a few pictures I took of my cat. Her name is Mindy and I call her Mindy Moo a lot of the time. Yesterday Mindy decided to copy me and went to sleep under the cover with her head on the pillow, I was laughing so hard at this and of course I took some pictures.

"Did you just wake me up?"

"Just five more minutes Mum"
 

"Okay I'm getting up" *Takes off duvet*

2 hours later...

"I'm up, are you happy?"

I took another picture of Mindy that I seriously love, she looked up at exactly the right time:

Aww, she's so cute!!!

Now that I'm completely assured that you are sick of my cat, I can talk about why I have been so absent these last few days. The first reason is that I'm quite sick at the moment, but don't worry, I have stocked up on lemon and honey drinks and aloe vera tissues. The second (and main) reason is that I have been really busy working really hard on my Q&A series (which you can read about here and email me about here, there is still room for you to feature in the series) for you. I have been writing out questions, contacting people, sending emails and countless other things and the truth is that I'm feeling uninspired and drained for current posts because I'm focusing so much on these posts for the future, don't get me wrong, I love doing that, I'm just feeling bad for not having anything to post at the moment.

Sorry for rambling on, I feel like I owe you an explanation. Thanks for reading and looking at picture of my baby girl (my cat). I'm really looking forward to sharing the Q&As with you! As I mentioned earlier, I need more people for the series so if you are a blogger and you want me to ask you some questions for my blog, email me here or read more about the series here.

xxx

Catherine

Q&A Series

Hey guys, I'm currently working on a Q&A series in which I will be asking 7 bloggers, 7 questions over 7 days (if that makes any sense at all). All of the bloggers will be mystery guests so you won't know who they are until the posts. I can tell you that there are 4 more places available, if you would like to be apart of this project them email me by clicking here, I will respond as soon as possible and you could be apart of this project! I might contact you personally about this as I would like to fill the gaps ASAP. I would just like to add that I could do a part two of this if I get enough requests.

Thanks so much for reading this post, I hope to see a few of you over at my email!

xxx

Catherine

What's In My Camera | Part One

Hey guys! I have decided to let you see what is hidden in the depths of my camera. Although I don't have an Instagram, my SD card is like my personal Instagram, I put everything on my camera and today I am going to let you see what's in it! I hope you like these photos!

I was out for a walk in the park and I saw this beautiful flower, I had taken my camera on this walk so I knew that I had to take a picture and it came out pretty good.

Something about this bridge is magical and I wanted to catch that on camera.

Ice cream, because why not?

This is my first painting! I'm going to try out painting, I had a lot of fun doing this. I know it simple but it means something to me.

Haha, lovely mirror selfie there, I'm not too sure why I'm holding the camera so strangely!

I hope you enjoyed seeing these photos, I'll be back with more very soon, byeeeeeeeee!

xxx

Catherine

How I Created My Happy Jar

Hey guys! I have already mentioned that I absolutely love Elise from I Can't Think Help's idea of a Happy Jar, I know that there are days when I seem to only see the flaws in myself, so I think this idea is perfect to pull out on those hard days. A Happy Jar can be a lot of things, for example Elise's Happy Jar is for writing things she loves about her body and I also thought that you could create one for a friend about their personality. My Happy Jar is going to be filled with compliments that people have given me, specifically on my blog and YouTube channel, I find that things other people have said about me help me out a lot when I'm having a hard time so this idea works for me. If you are going to create your own Happy Jar, think about what helps you the most when you're down. I'm going to be showing you how I made my Happy Jar but I would love to hear any ideas that you have to add some extra sparkle!

I used an aioli jar, some Scotch Washi Tape and of course some glitter!

Then I basically just did strips of each colour of the washi tape around the jar.

Then it was time for the glitter! I put in a bit of each colour in the jar. Next I put my hand over the top of the jar and mixed the glitter around so that it would go up the sides.

This was the best photo that I could get, sorry about that!

My jar is (kinda) done! Now I need to write down compliments people have given me and stick them in the jar, I think I'm going to spend some time doing that tomorrow. I will probably be making some more Happy Jars so I will update you when I do. I hope this post has inspired you to do something like this, I can already tell that this jar is going to be very handy! Thanks for reading and I will see you all very soon!

xxx

Catherine