Love? Life? Joy!
What makes YOU happy in a relationship? I asked myself that question nearly a decade ago. After a string of hopeless relationships that seemed to fizzle out all too quickly, I was single and lonely. So I made a decision. I sat down and thought long and hard about what I would want from a relationship and the kind of... Read the rest of this post...
Categories: Love & Relationships Mirror Mirror: Self Improvement
This may come a surprise to some people but I hate birthdays. HATE THEM. I have pretty much the same regard for birthdays as I do for Christmas – it’s really a load of bollocks. Always such high expectations followed by disappointment – a far cry from the M&S, glitter bomb that everyone says it is. You probably love birthdays.... Read the rest of this post...
Categories: Mirror Mirror: Self Improvement Rant Yazmin Joy
“Later that day I got to thinking about relationships. There are those that open you up to something new and exotic, those that are old and familiar, and those that bring up lots of questions. Those that bring you far from where you started, and those that bring you back. But the most exciting, challenging and significant relationship of all is... Read the rest of this post...
Categories: Mirror Mirror: Self Improvement Wise up!
Do you have a 10 year plan? A bucket list for life, you’d like a good career, a wonderful man, maybe a couple of children. You haven’t figured out the details yet? Maybe you’re still trying to find your mister right…. Maybe your off the beaten track somewhere thinking, I would make a plan if I had the foggiest idea... Read the rest of this post...
Categories: Empowerment: Man! I feel Like a Woman! Fire me up baby! Mirror Mirror: Self Improvement
So I have been a working, tax-paying member of society for about a year now. Yes, it’s good to no longer be spending frustratingly long periods of time filling in job applications, stressing over what to wear to interviews and freaking out about the prospect of being unemployed forever. But I don’t deny that I miss being a student. Everyone... Read the rest of this post...
Categories: Mirror Mirror: Self Improvement Poppy Gillian
I think one of the hardest things in life is to watch someone achieve great things while you are still struggling to get a break. It was the middle of the week and I was slouched on my parent’s sofa having a good ol’ pity party in my PJs. I had been rejected from a job I had REALLY wanted,... Read the rest of this post...
Categories: Mirror Mirror: Self Improvement Yazmin Joy
Do you ever feel like you are in over your head? That everything has suddenly decided to happen at the same time and you are completely overwhelmed? Sod’s Law never ceases to amaze me with its impeccable timing. Why does everything have to happen at once? Now I have to admit something to you. I am a stressy person. I have... Read the rest of this post...
Categories: a little piece of joy Mirror Mirror: Self Improvement Wise up! Yazmin Joy
I spotted her heading my way towards the bar with all the determination of a Salmon fish swimming upstream. I tried to look for an escape but it was too late. I was cornered and she was moving in like a hungry mantis to the place I (ironically) had come to drown my sorrows and forget. But no sooner had... Read the rest of this post...
Categories: Adventureland Mirror Mirror: Self Improvement Rant Yazmin Joy
Can you believe it’s almost September already? The summer season is almost over! And many of us are already feeling bitter sweet about it! But this week I got to thinking about seasons we encounter in our lives? Many of you are embarking on a new season. Just finished uni? Starting a new job? Some of us are still in... Read the rest of this post...
Categories: Adventureland Mirror Mirror: Self Improvement Yazmin Joy
Their beady little bodies scurried around frantically. I stood, startled at the unexpected company of 300 ants emerging from a tiny crack in the fireplace. And more were coming. ‘We’re under attack! Zip up your clothes. Seal that marmalade. Conceal those Ferrero Rocher – that’ll be the first thing they’ll go for – I just know it! What do I... Read the rest of this post...
Categories: Mirror Mirror: Self Improvement Yazmin Joy