RESOLUTIONS

Hi pals, me again.
Just wanted to say thank you for the phenomenal response to my last post, it's since become one of my most read ever which is so lovely.
Today I'm just writing a little catch up on the resolutions I made at new year. We're now 1/3 of the way through 2017 which blows my tiny mind so it seemed like the perfect time to check in and see how well I may or may not be doing with them. Let's gooooooo

2015

Yep. I'm being that person. Returning to blogging just to write about new years. Do I give a shiny shit? Nope. It's basically so I can write a bit more than Facebook/Twitter/Instagram allows. Nobody wants to read a 500 word Facebook status.

21 LIFE LESSONS

An alternate title for this post could be "the cringiest list ever written on the internet". I don't really care, chica likes a little cheese. For a long time I've been wanting to get back into blogging, since I read so many of other people's, so here we go. Last week I turned 21 and for some reason it still holds significance as a 'big birthday' because it supposedly means the beginning of adulthood. I mean I moved to Norwich on my own in 2012 and to Alicante on my own in 2014, but no, it was turning 21 in 2015 which made me a fully fledged adult. What a load of bollocks. 

THIS GIRL CAN

Following on the theme of self care and inspiration and running and all that stuff, I thought I'd share one of the main things that inspires me and potentially one of the best advertising campaigns I've seen in a very long time.

YEAR ABROAD SELF CARE

It's not really a secret that I seem to be struggling with my year abroad but I think that's probably because of other issues, on top of the massive amount of stress that comes with being uprooted. However, we are fortunate enough to be living in a time where mental health is becoming less and less of a taboo as days go by. At least not in the circles I'm in, both on and offline. A thing I see quite often online is the idea of self care - either things you prepare for your down days or things you do regularly to help yourself. So obviously me being me I thought I'd jump on the bandwagon and write about what helps me out. Maybe if you're on a year abroad and also having a shitty time this could help.

C25K GRADUATION - WEEKS 6-9

I really did mean to post weeks 6&7 together but kind of forgot so here you are, a month's worth of run diaries. Today I completed the c25k programme and I genuinely don't think I've ever been more proud of myself. To think this started because I joked about doing the Great North Run and now I'm starting training to hopefully take part next year. Incredible.

LITTLE DIPS

I've been back in Spain, what, four(?) weeks now and can honestly say they've been some of my happiest weeks. It's not that anything that amazing has happened, it's just a long time in a very very long time I've felt consistently happy for a long period of time.

C25K - WEEKS FOUR & FIVE

Here we go again! Decided to write the two weeks together so my year abroad blog wouldn't become my running blog and also because I got tired and forgot hahaha. Starting to feel more like I'm actually running and less like a tortoise doing one minute at a time, yaaaaay!

C25K - WEEK THREE

So, as promised, a round up of week 3 of the Couch to 5k programme. Overwhelmed with support from my last post so thank you thank you.

C25K DIARY

So hello again pals! I feel like this is something I should write about on my blog since I've actually stuck to it. Obviously at the start of the year a lot of people take up new diets/fitness regimes/crazy coke challenges and I am one of those people. I was joking with one of my friends about doing the Great North Run but that is so out of the question it's ridiculous. However, the conversation lead to me downloading the NHS 'Couch to 5k' app, so thanks for taking the mick out of me, Cameron :-)