5 ways to overcome a tough day

Photo Credit: Jaydee Kelly (me)

What do you consider a hard day? How do you unwind?

These are the questions I ask myself when I have had an unsettling day. Whether that's at work, shopping or spending the day at home. A hard day can also just be suffering from mental health which happened to me quite a lot in the last couple of months. 

1. Step away from social media

Whether you're watching Snapchat stories, reading on Twitter/Facebook or scrolling endlessly on Instagram, put your phone down and step away from any aspect of social media. I recently found myself on social media after a hard day and all I did was tear myself apart, comparing my "crap" life to other people's and to be honest, it's just not worth it. Nobodies life is perfect and social media is a false representation of what people live like. So step back, put your phone or laptop away and find other ways to focus your mind. 

2. Listen to your favourite music 

A song that has really helped make a hard day more bearable is Move you by Kelly Clarkson as the lyrics are just... comforting. As sad as the song is when you're singing you just forget everything. This song has helped me recently through the transition of leaving a job which destroyed me as a person, took away the excitement from my life and just drained me mentally. My boyfriend introduced me to this song & now I am obsessed. Highly recommend it to anyone who is finding it difficult to unwind after a tough day.

3. Read a book 

The best books to read are the ones you can get lost in, those that leave you in awe. I am a HUGE Nicholas Sparks fan and his writing just makes me feel so happy especially dealing with a difficult day. One of my all-time favourites is "A walk to remember" - read it and you'll see why :) 

4. Take a very long shower/bath

Washing the stress you feel away is the best feeling in the world. Spend those extra 10 minutes washing your hair, or singing so badly your housemates/neighbours bang on the walls to shout "shut up" to you, give yourself a nice soak in the bath and throw as many bath bombs in as you can. Just have that time to bring yourself back to normality and relax. 

5. Write it all down 

If you have a journal, great... write in it. Or if you have a blog, then write it down. Personally, I put all my stresses into scriptwriting. I turn my "hard day" into a story and expand on it for the characters I have created. I explore my creative side and use it to my advantage to make myself feel better & to dramatise some plots for my scripts. It's definitely a good way to focus your mind creatively and to spend time doing something you love. 

Thanks for reading!

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xo

Lush Review & Cosy nights in!

I've wanted to do a Lush review for quite some time now, but never really had the chance until now. I've started to use my face-mask a lot more recently, seeing a difference in my skin. As we're now into colder months and the seasons are changing, my skin tends to get dry so so quickly. That means I have to moisturise a lot more than I normally do after every shower, and keep my face from going dry. Lush has kept my skin glowing, whether it's after a shower I put it on, or just for a morning cleanse, it's amazing on my skin. Cupcake, is on of my all time FAVOURITE Lush products, it smells so incredible and just leaves the skin looking fresh and gives that instant glow. It also unclogs pores and helps breakouts decrease. I'd highly recommend it to anyone who has dry skin, or who just wants to check it out. 

Believe it or not, I'm a HUGE sucker for cosy nights in. My ideal night in is a few DVD's, cheeky hot chocolate, face mask and a good old snuggly read in bed. My favourite books to read are by an author "Nicholas Sparks", I've enjoyed all his books and currently onto reading 'The longest Ride', and it's amazing! (I've also seen the film, so good!) His books give me so much emotion when I read them and I don't think many authors have done that for me in the past. Whilst reading I'd put 'You me at six' on in the background just to make the atmosphere more relaxing, I find their music something to unwind too after a hard day at uni/work. Further through the night I'd stick a DVD on, either my crush.. Russell Howard or a chick flick, because well, who doesn't like a chick flick? they're so funny.

what are your cosy night in favourites?

Lush | Cupcake mask
You me at six - Cavalier Youth
Russell Howard DVD
13 Going on 30

Xo

Uni room | Final year

So it's my final year of University & I just wanted to share a few snaps of my bedroom. Next year, I'm moving to brighton before/after graduation, hopefully before, so this post will be definitely something I'll look back on :) I've just had my cat move in with me at university too, she's literally my everything! So glad we can have pets. 

My book/dvd collection is definitely growing!

All photo's are by myself, Jade Kelly. Do not take without permission, thanks :)

The first photo, is basically who i used to work for and now what i volunteer for. Unicef, is a good cause for anyone to be apart of, it's all about raising awareness for children and families in third world countries. I'm currently running a society which revolves around it, which is amazing. If you want to donate, go to unicef.org.uk :) 

If it wasn't obvious, I have a mini book collection with all the ones that make me happy. What are your favourite books??

These photo's in general, make me so so happy. 

Xo

Favourite read(s)

I decided to go home for 3 weeks over the summer period to enjoy some quality time with my family, as I spend the majority of my time away from the nest. Since being back I have got back into reading, although I never really got out of it. 

However, I've been trying to read a book by one of my all time favourite author's 'Nicholas Sparks', He writes multiple love stories and wow, they leave me speechless each time. It's called "A bend in the road" and I just want to share what I think about it. 

Most romance stories, tend to end the same way right? however, Nicholas Sparks has a way  of changing the stereotype that's been given to the particular genre, in fact, his writing will leave you in floods of tears or hanging for more. A quick spoiler of the book; "A bend in the road" focuses on a broken family, of sheriff Miles Ryan and his son, Jonah Ryan who lost wife/mother Missy in a hit and run accident. 

As Miles works within the law enforcement he becomes obsessed with tracking down who took his wife away, until he meets his son's teacher, new love interest, Sarah. 

Now, I wasn't too keen on where the story was going as I thought it was going to be cliché, but it wasn't. Far from it. I haven't got that far into it, and don't particularly want to ruin it for anyone else. After I've completely finished it, I will do a full review on the book, but for now I just wanted to share the enjoyment of my newest read.

Do read it if you have time, you won't regret it.

Xo

(All photo's in this post are from google, unless stated as my own)