Pictures from some time ago..

Hey there, I thought I would post some of the pictures a took a few years ago, I was really proud of them but did not really show them to anyone.

I will probably post more in a little while. 

Amanda :)

Two birds with one stone

With my happiness goals for today I did a two in one. The day started off pretty chill, I went for a walk with my parents. I think it was really good for me to just walk along the seaside and talking to my parents, I am really lucky to have a good relationship with my mom and dad.
The main act of happiness today was taking my sister to the movies, we had not done something with just the two of us in  a while. We was Joy and I was really impressed with it. It was not what I expected, you should all go and watch it.

I am really pleased that today was a good day and that I was able to spend time with my entire family. I am really grateful for all the good things in my life and I hope all of you have something to be happy about each day. If not just look for the little things that can make you happy!

So far so good!

So today, January 2nd is to me considered the first day of the year. Today was the day I started my New Years resolution.

I made my mother happy today. I decided that today I would do everything she asked me to do. I know that this is something I should do all the time, but with me being a teenager and a very stubborn person it doesn't happen as much as it should. I did not pick a fight with her, and whenever she even suggested that I should do something I did it. for example after breakfast, clearing the table (even though my dad said he would do it but had to quit early), and not moaning about having to do it. When it comes to my mother I really believe it is doing all the small things, that she would usually have to nag about, that makes her happy. Tonight she even told me that it made her happy. I like it when she is happy and I hope that I will keep making her happy even if she is not the only one.

I made myself happy today by finally doing something that I have been putting off since christmas break started, which was reading my chemistry book. I really struggle with the subject in school and decided that I would try my very best to catch up on what has happened so far. Even if I only read half the chapter I feel like I have a better understanding of what it is all about, I will keep reading tomorrow as well. It always feels good to do something that you know you will benefit from later in life. I am really happy that I managed to understand what I was reading and that I took the time to do it.

Most of the time, just doing small things like this and appreciating them can make a huge impact on how you feel about yourself.

Feel free to share what you have done to make someone or yourself happy. It is important to spread the positivity.

Lets refresh

I have just remembered that I made this blog a while back, and I have been reading the previous posts and cringing at how strange and awkward they are. I was thinking about deleting everything, and I still might, but I thought that I would leave it up to see that I have grown and I'm still growing and it would be cool to look back on and see what I was interested in at different points in my life.

Today is New Years Day, I have been thinking about resolutions, and how I every year make a list of about 10 things that I need to improve on in the new year, and every year I fail after about two months. This year I have chosen to only set one, which is that everyday I will make myself, and someone else Happy. There are too many negative things happening in this world, but by making other people happy, we can spread the love and show that our world is not just a miserable place.

It is really important for our mental health to be kind to other people and to one self. This was something that I struggled with in 2015. I was thinking too much about how I could please other people that I did not take care of myself. I do not want to fall back into that mindset ever again, it is so so important to find time in your life to do things that will benefit you, and not just other people.

Whatever I do to achieve this goal I hope will be creative. I hope that some of the things I do will be extravagant, and that I will create many incredible memories.