Love? Life? Joy!
I can’t help it. I’m a considerate person okay! My absolute pet peeve is when someone dumps their stuff on an empty seat next to them on a full train or bus. I can’t begin to tell you how much this winds me up. (Image via) I once saw I man put his laptop bag on the seat next to him whilst... Read the rest of this post...
Categories: Mirror Mirror: Self Improvement Rant
It all began with Pinterest. Man, I love to pin! Earlier this year I kept coming across all these incredibly self-indulgent pics of girls on mountains facing these epic landscapes with titles like ‘Wanderlust’ and ‘Into the Wild’ and all that kind of yuppie crap… And that’s when it hit me… I wanna do that! I want to do the yuppie... Read the rest of this post...
Categories: Adventureland Mirror Mirror: Self Improvement Yazmin Joy
Every person’s life goes at a different pace, with lots of twists and turns; some expected, some completely out of the blue. It is very difficult not to compare your life with others; using their milestones as benchmarks for your own. Some of my friends are having children, some are getting married. People I knew at school/college are getting mortgages,... Read the rest of this post...
Categories: Careers Mirror Mirror: Self Improvement Poppy Gillian Wise up!
In biology we learn that evolution caused the human race to change and develop through continuous cycles of natural selection over successive generations. This then meant that in order to survive we had to compete against each other. Those who had the better genes, traits and behaviours evolved and soon new species began to form. I’m no philosopher or scientist,... Read the rest of this post...
Categories: a little piece of joy Careers From the Heart Mirror Mirror: Self Improvement
If there’s anyone that society loathes more than a failure, it’s a quitter. From the time we are kids, we’re constantly bombarded with feel good sayings about “not quitting”. Sure these sayings have wisdom. Perseverance is an important trait and is key to success. Many of the world’s great artists, scientists, athletes, businesspeople, and the like have stories of how they... Read the rest of this post...
Categories: Erin Johnson Mirror Mirror: Self Improvement Wise up!
So, I’ve got a bit of a situation here, and I’ve no idea how it’ll turn out. I want my personal relationships to bring me happiness. I want to have a successful, fulfilling career. But it seems that wanting both simultaneously is just too much to ask. You can’t have it all. This whole situation would be so much easier... Read the rest of this post...
Categories: From the Heart Love & Relationships Mirror Mirror: Self Improvement
My sister came across a recent article (and translated it into a language a non science-y person can understand). It talked about the potential for transfusions of young blood into older people to improve brain function. Potentially, these transfusions could be used to treat neurodegenerative diseases (such as Alzheimer’s). From a pharmaceutical and cosmetic perspective, it suggested it could (with... Read the rest of this post...
Categories: Becky Solomon From the Heart Mirror Mirror: Self Improvement Wise up!
Allow me to set the scene for you: last weekend, two of my friends and I were at a music festival. It was the last night, around ten minutes before the closing act The Killers were due to come on stage. And one of the two boys we’d befriended earlier on in the weekend, who we had hung out with for... Read the rest of this post...
Categories: Mirror Mirror: Self Improvement Wise up!
Old habits die hard. Or do they? Over one of the many Easter-time bank holidays, a friend of mine visited me in London for a few days. Coming from the country, she’d bought a glossy women’s magazine to occupy her during the journey. I’m not one to buy magazines – so rarely read them. Flicking through her shiny copy of... Read the rest of this post...
Categories: Adventureland Fire me up baby! Mirror Mirror: Self Improvement
I’m not sure whether everyone has enough solid self belief to chase their dreams. I know I certainly don’t. As a child, you get tonnes of praise for doing things the right way, often you would in school when you did something that impressed the teachers and then less frequently in college or university. To me, it seemed liked you had... Read the rest of this post...
Categories: a little piece of joy Mirror Mirror: Self Improvement