Embrace Happiness

Last night I was lucky enough to be at the comeback tour of my favourite childhood band 'Steps'. It made me realise what a joy it is to be able to go back to the mindset of the 13 year old you and embrace your childishness. Dancing and singing at the top of your voice for two hours was exactly what I needed to de-stress. This got me thinking, that you don't  have to do anything expensive or overly special in order to get back to your true happiness, simply referring back to a happier time in your past (for me seeing my favourite childhood band) helped me to appreciate happiness again. Like many other students, I am in the final few weeks of my education and therefore feeling the pressure and stress to meet deadlines and do well in my degree - dancing to cheesy music helped ground me again and realise that pressures and stresses I had as a child and bad situations all went away with time, even when you felt like your world was crumbling around you, I can look back now and smile at situations. This will happen again, all this sadness and stress which I feel now, when I look back in 5 years time will seem like nothing. It's a lovely experience to feel, just to gain a lost perspective and outlook about life again, all steming from a concert. These few weeks of hard work are nothing compared to what life has thrown at me in the past, I need to zen and get focused *feels appropriate to start humming/chanting here* Moral of this blog is, if you're feeling upset or under pressure, do something that has made you happy in the past such as listening to your old favourite band or watching a film which makes you smile and remember - situations and people which made you feel down in your past are no longer relevant - just like situations in the present day will be irrelevant 5 years from now. Smile and be true to yourself  =)!