Some Changes

With the new year I've made some pretty big changes to the blog, firstly the name! It also looks different but not only that, I'm going to change the way I use it. Not drastically as I've always written about things important to me, or that I like and posted photos that made me smile. That won't change. I'm just going to aim it more at, well, aim it more at me. It's hard to explain but I like the fact its a mish-mash of things, and in the last few weeks before Christmas I found myself avoiding certain topics that people might not find interesting or get as many views. But no more! This is for me, and for my friends and family who bafflingly care what I waffle on about of course, so it might not always be pretty but there'll be a little more uni, job searching, charity and not so airy-fairy thoughts.  On the other hand there's also going to be more weddings, Pinterest finds and interior design (sorry Mum & Dad you might not enjoy those so much!). Like I said, me me me.

About the new name: 'Half Way There' is a line from one of my favourite songs Livin' On A Prayer by Bon Jovi that reminds me of my best friends from home, but there is actually more sentiment behind it. That song lifts my spirits even when everything feels far too overwhelming like I can't possibly do it all, which given that I'm taking on the last few months of my final year at Edinburgh now is particularly relevant. I hear it and I feel on top of the world, like I'm not as far away from my dreams as it seems, my friends and loved ones are there to hold onto anyway and somehow we'll make it (I swear).

That's all really!

Turn To One You Love

This post could of been filled with pure hatred directed at someone who will never read this. But instead I'm going to take a leaf out of a better person's book and just project that energy to someone I love.
If I believe in anything it's that everything happens for a reason, we might not be able to see it now, we might never know it, but there will be a reason. Maybe some good will come of something that you thought could never end well, or maybe you're avoiding some far worse fate that you'll never have to live through. It's all swings and round-a-bouts. Good people, who are truly good, deserve good things, and they will come, have faith. Alternatively there are those good people who do bad things, God knows I've done my share, they will get their just deserts, even if its as simple as realising you had the opportunity to be a better person, you failed and now you've got to make your peace with that. There will always be someone who will never realise their faults, will never grow and they aren't worth mentioning here. Their punishment will come in many other forms. 
Cliche as it is, you will have thicker skin, you will be a stronger, better person for your heartache. You may not feel it now, but nobody ever does when they have to be strong.  It's only when you look back at yourself later that you realise the kind of person you are, you are strong, you are wonderful and if you feel you have to prove that to anyone then more fool them, they're the ones without.  
In the mean time, take comfort in that you are not, nor will you ever be, alone. Let someone else look after you this time.  xxx

Soup for the Soul

But tell me now where was my fault, in loving you with my whole heart?

Before the Bubble Burst