I’ve had a bit of a break from the Saturday Shout Out series that I run here but it will be back next Saturday! I have a lot of lovely blogs to share over the coming weekends that can’t wait to introduce to you all!
If you want to be featured as part of my Saturday Shout Out series and reach new audiences let me know in the comments! Or, if you prefer, drop me an email to my.colourful.life@outlook.com
There are just 9 more days until I reveal my new business and the project I have been working on for the past few months! 🙂
I am really, so excited to share with you what I have been up to and get something off the ground that is truly my own! Not long now!!!!
I am so glad we are nearing the end of the week! Every year, the end of August Bank Holiday really confuses the heck out of me and even though I have only worked 4 days in my 9-5 job I feel like I have worked 2 weeks straight.
Tuesday morning I woke convinced it was Monday, and quite happily went off to work. Then I realised that it was actually Tuesday, which was fine by me. Then, just before lunch, I felt like it was a Friday as there were not many people in and that feeling didn’t leave me all day.
Wednesday I went to work and it felt like a Thursday which was really weird. At some point, my internal calendar overcompensated for its mistake and I then thought it was Tuesday.
I don’t know why this always happens with this Bank Holiday and not any others through the year but it is really tiring having to try and remember what day it is.
Roll on the weekend is all I can think! I need to catch up on this week that feels like I have lived it twice!
Do Bank Holidays throw your internal calendar into disarray and discombobulate you too? Id love to hear in the comments!
When I say workspace, I don’t necessarily mean an office space, but any place that you may work or craft from, whether it is, indeed an office, home office, craft room or coffee table. There are certain things that should be to hand wherever you are working from. Here are my Top 10 Workspace Must-Haves
What are your Top 10 Workspace Must-Haves? Let me know in the comments!
If you have been reading my blog for the past month you may have picked up that I have been working on a new project and business idea. I am now, almost, ready to launch it! I have a website set up, plans in place, pricing sorted and have had the processes tried and tested. The 8th September will be the official launch day!!!!
So, today marks the first day of my 10 day count down…or is that day 10?!
Are you guys as excited as me?!
With the start of a new school year looming most parent’s thoughts are on preparing their child for school, new school uniforms will have been purchased along with a bag and stationery, questions will have been answered about the classes they will attend and the things they are set to learn. A lot of thought will probably have been given to continued learning at home whether it be in the form of homework or activities. A child’s education is so important for their growth and development for the future. But there is one lesson that is not taught in a set syllabus and it is an essential skill to learn and one that could change the world.
The lesson is about kindness. If you can teach your child to be kind in thought, in action and in word, from our own actions then the world could become a better place. So often I see comments left on twitter, blogs and other internet sources, I hear words spoken that are hurtful and not thought about and I see actions that exclude others in one way or another and I have realised that these things, if thought about, would not have happened if we were kind to each other.
I was really not a big fan of school, most of the time I struggled to fit in which left me open to bullying. If we were all taught to be kind, compassionate and notice others, instead of focusing on ourselves, our own wants and needs then I think my schooling could have been very different.
If we can teach our children to reach out to the lonely, the kids who are awkward, the ones that are left alone in the playground, the ones that others shun, and they can include them in what they do, it is a start.
Imagine this small act, going forward, into the future, how different our world could be? How could you see the world changing just by teaching kindness?
So this year, and going forward, we should be teaching kindness and acting in a kind way to everyone we meet along our way, maybe we can change the world?
As someone who loves colour, I think that Autumn holds the greatest intrigue and inspiration for me.
This season I am really looking forward to
These are some of the things I am looking forward to, what are you looking forward to this coming season? Let me know in the comments!
Saturday Shout Out gives you all a chance to meet some new bloggers, find new blogs to read or get your blog noticed a bit more. It is my way of thanking the blogging community for being so supportive of me and my little blog and introducing new blogs that you may not have seen or read before.
What this means…
Every Saturday I will choose one blog, share a bit about it along with your blog link. I will also share your blog to my Instagram account and my Twitter account.
If you are interested in taking part then drop me an email to my.colourful.life@outlook.com with Saturday Shout Out as the subject line and I will send you a form to fill out!
I started reading Into The Darkness by Sibel Hodge this week, I’m only a few chapters in but I am itching to read more of this book! The start has been a bit slow-moving but is adding a lot of detail to the characters, building the start of the story and laying the foundations for what is to come. So far, so good!
I recently discovered Mystery Diners on the tv, it is a show about a group of undercover diners, hired by restaurant owners who go into the restaurant posing as employees and diners to catch staff that are up to no good. I can’t believe what employees think they can get away with when their boss’ back is turned!
We have now been given permission to wear headphones and listen to things in work so I have been listening to podcasts by Logo Geek – Ian Paget. Ian interviews different graphic designers on each of his shows and I have loved listening to them! I really like listening to podcasts rather than music in the office as I can still hear things going on around me (like the phone ringing) while still being able to concentrate on my work. If you have any suggestions for any podcasts then let me know in the comments and I’ll check them out!
I’ve been eating a lot of fruit in different forms this week, from bananas with my breakfast to smoothies and dried fruits. I’ve also been enjoying tomatoes, at this time of the year they taste so good, not too sweet or sharp and really juicy and flavourful!
Is it bad that wine featured a lot this week? I don’t really drink much week to week but this week I have had 2 bottles of wine and really enjoyed them. I also had some Brewdog Punk IPA cans which I enjoyed too. (I didn’t drink both bottles of wine in the same night, they lasted me for 3 days, and I have half a bottle left, nor did I drink all my cans in one go, I had 2 one evening and the other 2 I had on other nights!)
The highlight of the week was a trip to Cardiff on Wednesday with my friend. There was an exhibition taking place in the National Museum of works by David Nash. I have been inspired by David Nash since secondary school and wrote many an essay about him and the work he creates for my GCSE’s and into my time at University a few years ago. If you have a chance, I really recommend going to see his art!
I’ve been feeling pretty tired this week and seem to have had a nap every day after I have got home from work. I think it must be something to do with the weather (or maybe it is mid-year burnout as this Guardian report suggests…hmmm…) Aside from that, I seem to have misplaced my enthusiasm for housework this week though I have damaged my shoulder and am limited in what I am able to do housework wise right now. Overall I have been feeling fairly content and happy with what I have done and achieved this week, I’ve realised that there are some things you can not change no matter how hard you try but you can create other things that could work better long term and it is better to channel any anger or frustration into something that could turn out well than to brood and fight something that will just zap you of all of your energy in the long run.
How has your week been? What have you been up to? I’d love to hear in the comments!
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