Still.

Lately the feeling of being still has overwhelmed me.

What I mean by this is that I feel like I'm not going anywhere instead I'm stuck. I'm still.

I've always had a rule and I stand by this: that you should never compare yourself to anyone else, but it's really hard when you see friends, people your age, people younger who are going places, moving forward, working towards something and you are still.

 Having said that, we all have moments of overwhelming worry for the future and REALLY you should never compare yourself to anyone!! Not only does it not get you anywhere but there's a reason we're all different and we're all on different paths. I think it's useful to take a step back, to have time to yourself and to think what shall I do now?

I feel like I've wasted my time thus far and that I should have been doing something else but I can't change what I've done, I can only do something now and what I've realised is no matter what anyone tells you or how you feel if you do compare yourself to someone else (which you REALLY shouldn't :P) there is no rush to getting somewhere. Do small things, little by little, do things for you, follow your own advice as no one knows you better than you!

 Don't be pressured and make yourself happy the way you know how...x

Walking hey?

Walking.
Why walk?

I am a walker. I love a walk and although sometimes I can go days without going for a walk, or even weeks, when I am on a brisk walk it does lift my spirits. It gives me some clarity from a busy mind and it makes me feel like I am breathing in as they say the 'fresh air'. Even on my low, grizzly days it never fails to make me the teeniest bit better.

I recently read this article from the Guardian, http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/2013/may/23/walking-works-why-sedentary and, although it is very much a case of each to their own, I would personally say that walking goes a long way to making me feel healthier and happier.

On my walks I embrace the music streaming through my earphones and I take in the nature all around me. "The Joys of Living in the Country"