25 facts about me...

1. My middle name is Mary, as both of my grandmas were called Mary, and I have a lot of family in Ireland called Mary (you can only imagine when someone shouts 'Mary!')

2. I nearly didn't make it into this world, my mum had bad pre-eclampsia, and I had to be born on my mums 8 month check up, by caesarean. A few hours later I was born, 4lbs at 3.02pm. Me and my mum had a few health problems for the first few years of my life but it's all settled down now. 

3. Favourite shampoo and conditioner by MILES is Aussie Haircare. So. Damn. Good. 

4. I love the DIY/Crafts section of Pinterest. I used to love crafts and arts, but University kinda killed that side of me, so it's good to start feeling creative again.

5. I love cooking healthy food. There's nothing more satisfying knowing exactly what is going into your body, that it's good for you, and that you made it. 

6. I am a bit of a spelling geek, especially when I was younger, so much so that every Tuesday afternoon a teacher used to do spelling tests with me and this other boy to see how far we could get. 

7. I love being outdoors, by lakes, in fields, anywhere that is away from the suburbs and cities. 

8. When I find a song I like, I play it to death.

9. Speaking of music, I love country music. Luke Bryan, you can shake it for me any day, any time, any place, I don't mind.

10. Speaking of country, it's my ambition to somehow have a farm and live in the middle of nowhere.

11. I am an irish dancer. I started when I was 3, and was quite competitive until I was 13, when school started taking over. I started dancing again when I started University, but again, my studies are taking over.

12. I would rather stick pins in my eyes than go for a 'night out in town'. I hate the idea of spending a ton of money on taxis, where the driver likes to drive like he is on a rollercoaster, and then get groped by drunk men all night. 

13. I don't drink alcohol, and I am quite proud of it :)

14. If there was a degree in procrastination, I would have a first class degree in it. 

15. I hate any programs or films that are gory/horrifying/scary. I much prefer to fill my mind with funny happy things. 

16. Cleanliness is next to godliness. I love keeping things clean and tidy and pretty. 

17. I'm obsessed with Instagram and could spend ages looking at pictures people have taken of their little corner of the world. 

18. I am incredibly impatient, and if someone takes too long doing something or someone walks too slow infront of me, my head implodes.

19. My first job was working at a juice shop creating smoothies. We all quit one day together when our manager installed a webcam in the shop so he could spy on us from his laptop and ring us up and shout if we did something wrong. 

20. I am obsessed with Great British Bake Off, SpringWatch, Countryfile, First Time Farmers, and Antiques Roadshow. I am old before my time, I know. 

21. Twitter is where I like to moan and complain so I don't do it in real life. 

22. Before both of my grandmas went to heaven, they used to buy me lovely porcelain dolls with curly ringlet hair, and pretty dresses. I had them on a shelf in my room, therefore no one would ever come sleep over at my house as they were too scared of them during the night.

23. When I won a major competition in gymnastics between all the sports centres in my city, my coach asked me to join the competition class, but I soon stopped going because all of the other girls were way more advanced than me and I got disheartened. I wish I had used them as inspiration and kept going, as I loved it.

24. One of my greatest achievements is jumping over the toadstool, moving from Brownies to Guides. Best day ever. 

25. I am obsessed with Nails Inc and Essie nail polishes. I wish it were possible to paint your bedroom walls as frequently as you paint your nails.

My biggest inspiration to start my journey of finding happiness, has to be Shay Carl. I discovered Shay and his family, at possibly one of the lowest moments of my life. I had come home for the Summer from my first year of University unhappy, and unwell. One day I was searching on Youtube for videos of cute things (as you do) , and came across my first Shaytards vlog. Mommytard had taken her children to watch her dad and his friend play at a bandstand in their hometown of Pocatello in Idaho. It was a sunny, hot day, and they were just a normal happy family, doing normal happy family things. From then on, I was hooked.

I watched Shay put his thoughts into action. They moved to LA to pursue their dreams, Shay lost 110 pounds, and ran several marathons, Mommytard juggled being a mother of four, with furthering her own youtube channel, and being a part of the Moms View. The children have flourished into the most well mannered, kind, patient, outgoing friendly people I have seen. Seeing how Shay made his dreams into reality, and seeing how he did this little by little on a daily basis, has made me realise just how possible it is for anyone to do so.

One of the greatest quotes that I have found from Shay, is this: "Nothing is personal, you’re not having a bad day, you’re just allowing outside unrelated stimulus dictate how you feel! How you feel doesn’t necessarily matter, the reason it doesn’t matter is because it is not the truth. Your feelings is nothing but internal interpretations of outside stimulus and a lot of time we misinterpret the outside stimulus to mean things it doesn’t even mean!" What Shay is trying to say is that, you can wake up in the worst possible mood ever, but that doesn't need to be how you feel for the rest of the day. You can determine how you feel, change your outlook, and your mindset into whatever you want. 

So this blog is going to document every area of my life where I try to turn it around into a positive aspect of my life. Healthy food, healthy thoughts, conquering fears, my passions, and any obstacles I may face and how I will overcome them. 

To end this post, I will leave you with a quote from Joseph Smith Jr ... "Happiness is the object and design of our existence; and will be the end thereof, if we pursue the path that leads to it; and this path is virtue, uprightness, faithfulness, holiness, and keeping all the commandments of God.”