Perfectly Flawed

I’ve touched on this subject on numerous occasions on this blog alone, let alone to my friends and family, but it’s something that really meant the world to me, and it will forever be one of my most significant lessons: my first love.  You all know too well that the ending wasn’t quite the fairytale ending we all picture from these love stories we see portrayed in movies (Disclaimer; they’re all bullshit, happy endings are rare). For me, and for many people who were hurt by the person they loved, they tend to make that person out to be the bad one, they don’t take responsibility and by no means take accountability for their actions. Instead, they displace their actions onto the other person, and justify these as an ‘excuse’ for the way that person treated them. Sometimes it’s important to realise that you’re also the toxic one in the relationship. It’s vital to take responsibility for your actions that weren’t right, or take accountability for the wrong you did, as well as the...

This is a strange time for us all. We’re restricted to our homes, we’re having to FaceTime our loved ones, and barely any of us have a fixed sleeping pattern, let alone a ‘routine’. It feels as though the world has come to a halt. It’s been harder than it seems to utilise all of the time we now have on our hands. For many, they've had the opportunity to spend more time with their kids, to focus more on the simple things in life, and to appreciate what we usually take for granted. For some, it’s been constant worry, constant panic and fear of what is yet to come. For me, it’s been the perfect opportunity to reflect and to make changes, but most importantly, to look back and remind myself of how far I have come, and what better way to do that, than dedicate a letter to myself, a letter of advice; Reassurance in fact.  Dear Me,  You left him over six months ago. He never chased you then, and he certainly isn’t going to chase you now. You sit and wonder what you did so w...