The last four months have taught me a lot - I started a new job and a new role and a new year with lots of new challenges and growth and now we are halfway through this year and I cannot believe how fast time has flown again?!

What the last few months of life have taught me...

I have learnt that you cannot be fearful, its exhausting and time consuming and inefficient really

Failure is possible - get over it, do better, try harder, learn from it and move forward

Not everyone is going to love you, like you or adore you, but just be you - be kind, humble and friendly - because that is who you should be

Work hard because you want to, not because you have to

Be different - even if you are too soft or too hard, be what it is that you are and BE

Breathing deeply and unlocking tension in you mind and body is vital, try it

Drinking lots of water , like a lot a lot

Making time for your own health, you own body, mind and soul is the only way to increase productivity

Coming home to your love,  partner, pet, family, friend,  pot plant, just come and rejoice in that moment, rejoice in the feeling of greet someone special and do that every morning and night.

Remain humble and kind

Don't judge too easily

Be the person to believe in yourself - you can, you will and it will all be ok

Get thrown in the deep and swim up the stream, battle that current and push through the river bed grazing your skin, swim as hard as you can, because pretty soon you may be doing some badass synchronised swimming

Out of the darkness there will always be light

Love your loved ones, appreciate them even more when you are in a selfish space.

Call home, call friends, make plans and stick to them

Celebrate small victories,

Say thank you instead of putting yourself down

Stretch before you go to bed at night

Drink that glass of wine

Plan an overseas trip to Bali (even if its just to dream a little)

Be grateful for opportunities in life that take you out of your comfort  zone and open up your eye,

remember … it's nothing personal - its life and its a beautiful chance to grow!

Last few days of varsity holiday and coming to an end and this past week I have really been making an effort to work on myself as a person and also find some calm in my heart and in my mind.  I went back to yoga and it felt incredible to go and stretch out my body. Since moving I have struggled to find a class I really like and one that works with my timetable, so I am hoping my new timetable permits some leeway for these particular classes. If not, I will have to roll out my mat at home and make my own calmness. While I love gym and exercising, I do adore yoga, it stretches you in every possible way that helps to awaking you and push you a little bit further and to breath a little bit deeper.

The last few varsity holidays I didn't get to really have a holiday, so I have really enjoyed this one. I did a massive cupboard clean out and sorted throughout all my draws, clothes, make up and magazines. We really don't need a lot in this life, and we don't need to hold onto every material item. I am a hugely sentimental person and I like to keep everything that has a memory attached to it, but this time I thought of a lot of people who have nothing and could benefit from the things that I no longer use or have been sitting in my cupboards for years and simply gathered dusk from move to move. The whole process was weirdly very therapeutic! My neighbour had his door open and was playing Enya (the entire album) which made for a rather calming environment  instead of my usual frantic clean up mode. I was pretty ruthless and pretty honest and pretty stoked to have finished it off and dropped it at Nazareth House knowing that it will be washed, folded and specially hung in the charity shop or given to patients that could benefit from the things I donated. It really is a wonderful place and I have found two fantastic jerseys in the charity shop so pop in sometime if you live in Cape Town, (they do have one in JHB).

I went for a wonderful walk on Camps Bay beach with my friend Kristi the other day. It was so needed. She is like a soul sister to me and someone I can always relate to. The sun was out the air was cold and the scenery was just  beautiful. We walked the length of the beach and then sat soaking up some good old vitamin D on the rocks at Glenn beach. Really need to get out more and not just get too stuck in my routine, hello Cape Town is just too beautiful.



I started a gratitude journal which is making a huge difference in my life. No matter what kind of day I have had I make the effort to sit down before I go to sleep and write about my day and the things I have to be grateful for. If something bad happens in the day it simply cannot over shadow all the good in my life. Sure I have moments, honest moments and I write about them to, its good to get them out and on paper, but its nice to also affirm the good that I have in my life and appreciate it even more.

I am learning to be more mindful of myself, my body, my time, my friendships, relationships and my beliefs and ethics. I am working on my patience, my calmness and my focus. I am pouring energy into the right places and trying to not let silly things derail me or get me down.