Okay guys so in my last post tripled the views on my page!!!:-)) so THANK YOU to all of you for reading, Ive just have confirmation that my blog is been read in America and Australia as well as Europe which just amazes me, Im so glad you's are enjoying it!

Following on from my last blog I went through some extremely simple exercises to try and help get through problems or issues in our lives that we all experience in life that niggle and annoy us.

Now I myself will do these repeatedly until I feel better about a certain situation and my spirits are lifted again, but one thing I forgot to mention which maybe the reason if the exercises didn't really work for you is sometimes there is no solution that you can see at this current moment to the problem,  realistically sometimes in life there are things that are out of your control. In situations like this the only real thing you can do is accept your current situation, I know this is going to sound ludicrous if your in millions of pounds worth of debt or so unhappy it a particular job or whatever the circumstance you feel like theres no way I'm excepting this!I WANT OUT!!! 

Unfortunately the only thing that does really is draw more of what your don't what to you.Have you ever heard the saying? Whatever you resist will persist. Now that is not to say that if you said no way am I accepting this I'm going to fight for what i want to achieve that it may not eventually work but you will have an more severe up hill battle then if you accepted and kept your eyes open for a solution.

Life is not hard and do not let yourself believe otherwise, look at gravity, look at how the grass grows and the seasons turn, this all happens with ease and just as it is meant to, remember your part of this world it just as much as nature is this may be hard to comprehend but your are as such you are meant to live with ease. The easiest way to find a solution to the problem in your life is to first of all accept that you have it and try to see the plus sides to it if there is any, but at the same time always keep your eyes open for an opportunity which may just pop up out of nowhere because life has a funny way of giving you something good when you least expect it.

The main problem with not accepting a situation or occurrence or anything about your life as it is, is if your are sitting there trying to find a way out of it and constantly fighting against it this also means that you are fighting constantly against your actual life and against the universe against the natural flow of things on this earth.If you could just accept that things are the way they are at this current moment because that is the way they were meant to be whilst having and untouchable faith that it would be solved just at the right time for you that is exactly what will happen.

Let me give an example I had worked in retail on and off for the last ten years when I decided to move to London, on moving to London I took a retail job as it was easy to transfer with my current company now I was very grateful for the job I received and can honestly say it was one of the most memorable experiences I've ever had. I worked hard although it never felt like it as I thoroughly enjoyed every minute of it. But all the while in the back of my mind I had this burning desire to try a new career  using some of the skills I had learned in college and possibility so new ones. I really wanted to challenge myself with something new. Before I moved over I had gave up wishing that I could have a different job and started to really appreciate the things I loved about retail and how I had a natural flare for styling etc,. I the took a retail job in London with ease and was truly grateful for it then out of nowhere through my job I was introduced to a lady who worked in the area i was keen to get into. On chatting to her I offered to do work experience for free even just for me to get some experience in it  as it was related to my degree,  I just hadn't had the opportunity to get real high quality experience in it before this.

Surprisingly this plan proceeded namely due to the Kindness of this lady for which i am truly grateful and I now have my dream job. Looking back I worked like 6 days a week for the last 6 months too get a start in this career but because i loved it so it seemed like little effort was needed now I absolutely love my job, love what I do and love my work mates. The point I am making is no matter where you are now no matter where you want to be  IT IS POSSIBLE to get there but what you need to do is accept where you are NOW! 

Accept the situation as it is! Because it is as it should be but do not seize in dreaming and picturing how amazing things will be when things change to the way you want them to be, picture yourself driving that Porshe but appreciate your Fiat!;-) 

Hope you take something from this!

Lots love Annie

Keep your head UP When your feeling down!!;-)xxx

Thank you to very one who has viewed my page I can't actually believe I have over a thousand readers so I seen this post on my friends page (Thanks Angi ;-)x ) earlier this evening and to be honest had been trying to do this myself all evening!!!

This time of year can bring with it joy and excitement but it can also bring sadness and ebs of lows not to mention colds etc mainly due to the weather, maybe thats the irish in me though we always blame the weather lol! Anyway the past few days I have been feeling really ill due to a sick tummy and this obviously has a knock on effect on my mood now I am relatively always positive and happy well the majority of the time no one is ever happy 110% of the time remember that!! it helps!NO ONE IS EVER ALWAYS HAPPY but there are mental exercises you can do to get you close to it!!;-)

So today after a few days of feeling like this this I decided to try and think my way out of it completely, I had been trying to do this the last few days so maybe it was the general effect of my continued positive thinking it but i feel like its worked so I'm going to share this simple practice with you.

I completed a book a few years ago that described one of the best ways to find happiness is to be silent and still, now on reading it originally I thought NOOOO how is that going to make me happy surely I should go out meet my friends, go for a few drinks or do something fun thats the only way I'l really cheer myself up and find happiness, now I'm not for one second saying that you shouldn't do that of course you should I do it as much as I can. What I am saying though is that there is a time for going out and having fun and what I've come to understand is there is a time for being silent.

I can imagine at this stage your thinking about stopping reading and that this isn't for me, this inner peace malarkey etc well whats that saying don't knock tip you've tried it!!! So in this book it had suggested taking at least half an hour to be silent a day to let your thoughts wonder, that this alone without even progressing into higher state of meditation would help your general well being.W el I'm unsure if its the fact the I've moved to one of the busiest most populated cities in the world that has made me more drawn to this or the fact that i have progressed some what in my judgement of anything before trying it but I'm doing it and its working.This evening I ran myself a steaming hot bath and lit some candles before getting into it, I find this is the easiest time for me to simply sit and be silent so of course if you try this after getting in your mind starts going crazy because your trying not to think! all the fears and anxieties start to rise from the depths of your mind NOW this is the time to act, one by one you need to pick every fear, hurt and problem as you see it in your life and find a solution to it, you may be thinking thats ridiculous  I can't find a solution to it if there was a solution I wouldn't be worried. So okay if 100,000 in debt you might not be able to find a solution to it straight away but you will be able to pull yourself back from the general anxiety and fear of the situation.

 This method can be used for any hurt from you past, fear for your future or general ongoing problem in your life, I'm talking about the relationship that didn't work out, the job you didn't get, how much you miss someone and are completely struck by grief, whatever it is, you need to sit down and think of a solution to that problem, see as many sliver linings on the issue that you can and keep listing until you've out completely stop focusing on the issues themselves and start focusing on the sliver linings. Do this as much as you can you can use a notebook if it helps so write down your issue/problem or mentally in your head and cross it out then start thinking of the good things to come out of it.

So for example if your anxious or grieving because you miss someone due to them passing away or otherwise just not been in your life anymore try and they of all the good thats come out of the situation, all the friends you've made, all the love you've been shown, how strong it has made you, how much it has changed you for the better..... etc

Or  just say for example and I'm trying to think severely here that you are 300,000 in debt okay i can imagine your head i completely recked your stomach is sick with anxiety due to your solar plexus which i spoke about it my last blog.1 i would think of all the good things to come out out it like the fact that you will have compassion for anyone going through a similar situation. 2 It may show you who your real friends are i.e. if you express your worries to them  (which you need to, to release them from your body) 3 You should think about all the good things you have in your life the love of your family etc. Now if all that fails think of the worst scenario that could ever happen from the situation more than likely in this scenario you'd call of r bankruptcy and would be fine but in every situation think of the worst outcome you won't die you'l still have money to eat etc.

-Hope you take something from this

Lots of love Annie xxx