I didn’t have a tough life growing up. I had a loving family, nice home, good schooling and great friends, but that didn’t stop me from experiencing a lot of anxiety. I was always a shy kid, pretty quiet, but had a good amount of friends. My school wasn’t exactly large, so everyone knew everyone, and a lot of my friends then went to the same college as me too.
Read moreScreen Break
I am currently writing this 3 days prior to when I intend on posting it. Why? Well for one, I’m actually trying to be organised and write some bloody posts, but secondly, and more importantly, it means I can schedule it to be posted on Sunday morning (possibly when you’re reading it) and not worry about having to take time out of my morning to physically go online and press publish myself. “Are you that lazy or normally that organised?!” I hear you cry. Nope! Tomorrow (Friday), after work, I go away with my boyfriend for a 2 night stay in Dorset, and I don’t want to have to feel like I need to go on my phone and post stuff whilst I’m spending our first bit of time away together in MONTHS. It’s funny isn’t it, because we live together, so we’ve spent all of lockdown together, but it’s definitely different when you’re away on ‘holiday’.
Read moreGratitude is Key
Hey! Welcome back. I wanted to talk about gratitude in this post because I think it truly is so important for our mental wellbeing, to understand, acknowledge and appreciate what we are grateful for in our lives. No matter how small.
Read moreLockdown Life and What I’ve Learnt
I may be a little late talking about life in lockdown because, as we know, it’s been eased a lot already. In fact we’re *almost* back to some sort of normal come Saturday. However, I think it’s important to reflect on that time where we were truly ‘locked down’ with only one exercise per day allowed.
Read moreHey! It’s nice to meet you. What’s this all about then?
Hey! I’m Alia. Just a girl in the wrong end of her 20s, trying to get through this life with as much happiness and positivity as I can. I’m a photographer by trade, with a hobby for writing, but why am I writing this blog? Well, we all have our stories and a large part of mine consists of anxiously wondering through life. I’ve been a shy and anxious person for as long as I can remember, and despite having a pretty good life really, despite a few ups and downs, it hasn’t seemed to have left me yet. In fact, it got worse.
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living in the rain 