My week, with Instagram

Each year I try to take away one huge lesson that I have learnt be it through experience or personal growth. I of course don't limit my whole year to just one lesson, I believe that almost everything we go through, good or bad, is there to teach us a lesson - the trick is to be aware of this and allow the lesson to be learnt. They say to never let failure get to you, to treat it as just something you learnt so you can do better next time, and I love that. That we can go through life not with failures or let downs, but instead lessons. This year I am already very aware of my huge take away lesson - that of course could change, especially with my impending trip - but at present,  it is that if I don't ask, I won't ever know. I think we're so scared of answers to questions or fear rejection - on any level - that we don't always ask enough of others, and especially ourselves. They say life begins at the end of your comfort zone, and trust me that asking for things that you ordinarily wouldn't pushes you right on out of that comfort zone. You think you deserve a payrise? ask for one. You are getting a little tired of a friend or family member putting you down too often. Ask them to stop. You really like a guy and would love to see if he'd have a coffee with you? Ask!! You aren't happy with things in your life at the moment? Ask yourself why you're not happy & why you aren't doing anything about it. The worst that can happen is they say no. Please don't ever look at that like rejection though - you never know the circumstances or situations going on with others and things in life, just look at it like a lesson, whatever you can take away from it, even if that lesson is learning to be more assertive and courageous. At the very least, you should be so proud you put yourself out there a little and like with anything in life,you will get better the more you do it too. I'm so excited for all my future 'lessons', I'm ready for what the universe has in store for me and that is the most beautiful lesson of all. I dare you this week to ask for something you have been wanting for awhile but just been too scared to ask for. There is nothing holding you back - only yourself xx


1. Drinking a big glass of red wine after a long work day
2. At breakfast with a gf who is about to move to the U.S to work in Washington D.C
3. Enjoying a delicious coffee with a breakfast date with my gf - we have been on a quest for almost a year now trying to find the best breakfast in Perth.
4. Morning walk with Mr M around the beautiful river in Perth
5. Some quiet contemplation by the river.
6. Drinking some delicious Rose' wine in the sun with a gf who was over from QLD
7. My Printstagram pictures arrived - ready for a nice DIY when I get home from Europe
8. Enjoying the warm Winters sun by the water - 25 degrees in Winter, Perth is so amazing.


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