GOOD MORNING GYM, GOOD MORNING WORLD // HIGH HOPES, KODALINE

Over the last two weeks I have been getting up super early to get my day started with a great gym session. There is something about the gym or any exercise for that matter that I find incredibly relaxing - it relaxes my like nothing else can. I can spend 30 minutes on the rowing machine clocking up around 7000 meters without even realising as I just stare in to space. However, getting up before 7am in the winter means that it is still  dark when I leave the house and start my cycle down to the gym so sometimes its tough to get out of bed when you know that it's cold and, most probably, wet outside. Although last monday I was sat on the bike with the cold air bitting my fingers as I cycled towards the university when Kodaline's High Hopes came on and everything just turned awesome. This might sound extremely weird but I felt like I was in some sort of film, Rocky or something. I was like "yeah, this gym session is going to be great"! Sometimes little things such as a great song can change your whole attitude, not just your attitude for that specific day but on occasions your whole outlook on life. It might sound a bit dramatic but it is true that you can choose happiness and believe me I know that this is not easy but you can always try and that is what I'm working on this week, this month and this year - to choose happiness over everything else. Life is here to be lived so let's get cracking.

 Watching the sun rise on the way to the gym one morning 

 Good Morning Campus

Time to get my workout on

HAVE A WONDERFUL MONDAY, HAVE A WONDERFUL WEEK //

I'm writing this post on a morning, like every other morning really, where I know I've got a mountain of reading to complete by Thursday. It's incredibly easy to fall in to a trap of tiredness and stress and well, everything that isn't fun basically, so I have decided to make a list of all the positives in life to make me/us feel a bit more, well, positive, about our day.

1. I am very happy that at this time in my life I am inside a house with a roof over my head and not out in the 70mph winds that are currently blowing outside my window here in the South of England.
2. My room is smelling amazing after I bought a Glade blackcurrant scented candle yesterday from Tesco - it smells like Christmaaaaas!
3. The 49rs smashed the Jaguars yesterday. Gooooo 49rs!
4. I played my first ever lacrosse match on Sunday for the uni's Mixed 2nds team and even though we lost it was an great experience with some pretty cool people.
5. Myself and Hollie watched 10 Things I Hate About You last night whilst eating the sweet potato brownies I had made in the afternoon - what more could you want? I mean, Heath Ledger and Brownies!
6. This week is looking pretty cool - Arctic Monkeys and home // Yeeeeeeeah buddy :)

But before no.6 I have to do a lot of reading so see ya' later alligatorrr. // Have a wonderful Monday everyone :)