Do something for yourself!

As my day comes to a close, I wish everyone else in this would a good day/night. While I go away to dream of a better tomorrow I hope that you do something good for yourself! Whether that be to get your nails done, buy yourself something new or just have a yummy snack. As long as it makes you feel good and you enjoy yourself. I for one am going to treat myself tomorrow, I haven't decided what I'll do but I'll find something. As this week finishes and a new week begins, it's not a time to dwell on the past and dread that early Monday morning, its about being open to new opportunities and to have new adventures.



See you in dreamland.

Wisdom of the day . : t w o : .

"Life is really simple, but we insist on making it complicated."

       - Confucius 

Just a cute picture to make your day.

Wisdom of the day...

"Very little is needed to make a happy life; it is all within yourself, in your way of thinking."

         - Marcus Aurelius

The Things You Wish They Taught You At School...

How much do they actually teach us school? 

Sure they teach us things, like, how to count, how to use grammar properly in sentences and the difference between 'there, they're and their'. But does any of this actually help us outside of school. I don't know about you, but I've never had someone come up to me and randomly ask me what 3y-x equals and to be honest I would be quite shocked if they did. Surely we all use simple maths and grammar on a day to day basis but they other things we're taught? Not really. 

There are heaps of things that we aren't taught in school and we're then kind of left to fend for ourselves in the real world. There are so many things that I wish I had learnt while being at school, now being a young adult I've learnt a lot of things along the way through adulthood but a little heads up would of been nice. 

1. How to save money

Surely this is something that teachers should teach their students, it's one of the most valuable things in the world. Growing up and being a child, as soon as you get given money your first instinct is to spend it straight away; whether that be on a new exciting toy or a yummy chocolate, but if that's all we've ever known how will that be different when we become adults? We don't turn 18 and realise the value of saving money until we learn from mistakes. I was taught the value of money from my parents growing up, so I know the values of saving and budgeting money but what about other everyone else? It's just something that we should be taught in schools and seen from other peoples perspective than from our family. 

2. How to pay bills/taxes

Pretty sure this is one of the most consistently hard aspects of being a adult, how do we pay bills and how do we pay our taxes? We sure won't find out from school because apparently that's not important enough to teach. Pretty much just a continuation from 'saving money' just something valuable we need to know and something people have little knowledge on coming into adulthood. It's just something we learn along the way and by guidance from parents and/or guardians. 

3. How to not stress about everything

High school is a pretty stressful time, and it just gets worse going into college and university and then worse with jobs. So why don't they teach students ways to cope with their work load and how to self-sufficiently manage their time so their lives are as stress-free as they can be. By not helping people to manage their stress it just adds more stress. Managing stress is definitely something we learn to manage as an individual as we know what works best to de-stress our own lives but it does help to know that you're not the only one who feels stressed and overwhelmed. It's nice to know that people support you and are there to help you out so you don't stress about every little thing.

To be continued. 

The question everyone asks when you're young and naive.

'What do you want to be when you're older?'

And, sure when we're young, we all have some crazy idea about what we want to be when we're older - a ballerina, a fireman, a police officer - those unrealistic realities; but when it actually comes to the age and time when we need to make those huge life decisions are we really sure we know which path we want to take?

I for sure thought I had my whole life sorted out, I knew where I wanted to live, who I wanted to spend my time with and what I wanted to do; but when my 18th birthday came around, everything went downhill from there. I realised that even though I thought I knew who I was and where my place in this world stood, to be honest...I had no idea. I worried for months and months, stressing over how my scores in high school would actually value my future and take me to where I needed to go. Was aiming for a 95% on my algebra tests really going to benefit my future if I'll never use algebra again or is all the things we learn in school misleading to the reality of life? The things you never learn in school are the actual resources you need to survive as a grown adult. They never taught us how to pay bills, or save money, how to be a responsible parent or how to cook the perfect roast dinner but i guess, with everything in life comes a learning experience and you have the opportunity to learn from mistakes and value all the finer things in life.

I still don't know my true purpose in life, and I'm still trying to figure out who I am... and that's okay; because I have my whole life to find out why I'm truly here on this earth at this point in time. 

Let's just start simple...

Hi there,

Whether you're having a good day or a bad day, here is a short quote for you, just a little inspiration to keep you going.

..."Life is not a problem to be solved, but a reality to be experienced."

                   - Soren Kierkegaard