Although I am not necessarily a fan of New Years Resolutions, I do like to set myself personal goals. I set myself one overarching goal for the year of 2014: to create happiness. This did not involve going out and doing things I thought would make me happy, but rather bringing my focus and attention […]
Having chronic illness is undoubtedly hard and I often wonder what life would be like if I wasn’t ill. However, I firmly believe that everything in life happens for a reason. Sometimes you don’t know what that reason is until a long way down the road. What you need to remember is that out of […]
It’s so hard to believe this is the second-last post of the year! 2014 has flown by at an alarming rate. This month has been a toughie again for me. I’ve been signed off from work, yet again, due to fibro. However, I am choosing to see the positives in it. It’s time to finally […]
It’s hard to believe we are into November already and October has been and gone! October is always my favourite month of the year. I love the colours of the trees and the cold, sunny days. I hope you all enjoyed Halloween on Friday past. I didn’t do anything for it but we had lots […]
I’ve always loved Autumn. It’s my favourite time of year as there’s just something a little magical about it. At the weekend I headed out with my camera for the first time in over a month to capture the beauty that the change in season brings. It was a glorious sunny morning but much colder […]
If you let it, life with chronic illness can become all about “I can’t”. You start to focus on all the things that you previously enjoyed or used to be able to do that your illness no longer allows you to, leading to feelings of bitterness and resentment. But there is another option too. Start […]
The weather is definitely changing now and Autumn is here. I love the all the colours of Autumn but it also reminds me that we are coming into winter and, due to the cold weather, winter is often a time where us folk with fibromyalgia experience more pain and stiffness. On the plus side, I’m […]
I finally feel like I am getting back to my usual self, which is welcoming news after a hellish six weeks or so of a fibro flare. A change of scenery and some sunshine has definitely helped but most important has been lots of rest and pacing at the beginning of the month. I slowly […]
If you have been following this blog you will know that I am a huge advocate for positivity. One thing I want to point out to you though is that positivity does not automatically equate to happiness. I think this is the big problem a lot of people have with the ‘positivity crowd’. Someone might […]
This months has, hands down, been the worst for me with my fibromyalgia. I have been off work for three weeks this month and stupidly struggled through one week at work. My body has been really protesting and has been telling me in no uncertain terms it has had enough. If you push yourself too […]
I can’t believe that six months of the year have been and gone! I say this in pretty much all of these posts but I definitely feel like 2014 is flying by. I hope that everyone is feeling that little bit better now we are into summer and getting some warmer weather and much needed […]
This year is continuing to fly by and that’s us into June already! We’re into summer but I don’t even feel like we’ve had a proper Spring yet. I always find the transition of the seasons difficult in terms of fibromyalgia. The weather here can vary greatly and one day it can be sunny and […]
I can’t believe that April has been and gone already. This year is passing by crazily fast! This month my fibro has been hell bent on testing my strength and ability to stay positive but I have been powering on through (with plenty of rest of course) and have managed to achieve quite a lot […]
I’ve continued to create my ‘2014 Book of Happiness’ this month- writing down all the things in March that made me happy. I think gratitude is something that takes practise but learning to appreciate all the positive things in your life is definitely worth it. When you are living with a chronic illness you battle […]
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