Archives for April 2016

  

The boy in these photos is my younger brother Mark, and next month will be 2 years since he committed suicide. Yep. Think that sentence is blunt? It sure is, but theres not really a nice way of putting it.

Before I get caught up in writing my thoughts and feelings about suicide. I just want to make it clear to anyone that reads this that I am in no way an expert, I’m not a medical proffesional or a counsellor. This is just my experience and my opinion, you may agree with what I have to say or you may not, but either way this is my personal take on a very sensitive topic so please keep that in mind if you decide to continue reading.

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So its Sunday afternoon, its a beautiful day outside, but here I am in my pjs sat inside, in front of my laptop. I’ve seen a hundred snapchats and insta’s of people at the beach and for a minute I almost felt guilty for not being one of them. Kind of like FOMO (fear of missing out) I guess, but then not really. Am I scared? no. Do I feel some sort of pressure to do what everyone else is doing? yes.

I recently received a private message on Instagram from someone wondering why I was always so happy & positive, stating that I’m so “lucky”. They were right I am lucky, I will always be grateful for the life I have but their comments got me thinking about happiness. And yes, if you only follow me on Instagram it would appear that I never have bad days and that I’m always smiling (or pouting, but a happy pout). If you read my blog, or follow me on snapchat you are probably aware that I do have some not so good days which I rant about sometimes. So here it is, my first blog about happiness I hope you like it 🙂

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