"The five people you're around the most, dictate the type of person you become."

Happiness Tip #3

Surround yourself with people who are positive influences. Hanging out with people who don't make very good life decisions can cause you to also make some not so intelligent decisions. You want positive people in your life. Don't surround yourself with people who make bad decisions or people who aren't trustworthy or anything like that. Think about the type of person you want to be and surround yourself with people just like that. You should surround yourself with people who are going somewhere in life. People with future goals. People who can help you grow as an individual and will be there to love and support you through everything. You want positivity not negativity.

“We buy things we don't want, with money we don't have, to impress people we don't like.”

Happiness Tip #2

The above  statement is true for most people. You stop trying to be good enough for everyone. The only person you need to be good enough for is yourself. It's impossible to try to meet everyone's standards. Also, why try to be good enough and impress people you don't like? I'm guilty of doing this on a daily basis. If I don't like you, then chances are, I'll work even harder to impress you.  I don't understand it.  Why do people work so hard to try to impress people that don't matter to them?  Why do I give a fuck what you think about me?  Why do I waste so much money to buy clothing and accessories by designer brands when I can buy the same thing at a department store for a lower price?  Why do people strive to be like others, rather than being themselves?  People would be so much happier if they only worked to meet their own standards.  No one's opinion of you matters except yours.

Happiness Tips?

So I've always had a problem with being a perfectionist. Everything in my life always has to be perfect and it's keeping me from being truly happy. The smallest things can ruin my entire day. It's ridiculous. I've done a lot of thinking and have come up with some ways to stay happy. I'll post them every day until I run out of ideas.

Happiness Tip #1

Stop comparing yourself to others. 

This one is a difficult one for me. I find myself on Facebook a lot, looking through other people's profiles and wondering what I'm doing wrong with my life and why they're so much happier than me. It makes me feel like I haven't done enough with my life. I see tons of people I went to high school with, getting married and having children and moving into apartments and all that and it makes me jealous sometimes that I'm not doing the same. I feel like I'm behind in life. 

I've come to the conclusion that Facebook makes everyone's lives look better than they really are. I'm only 20 years old. I'm going to school full time. I don't have the time for a child right now, nor do I have the money to get married. I'm in a perfectly good relationship with someone I'm completely in love with. He's not going anywhere, so why am I in such a hurry to get married? I have no fucking idea! Married or not, we're still together. Now that I think about it, I really don't see the difference at all. He's still mine. Why does it matter if we're married right now or not?

Going along with checking out other people's Facebook profiles, I also see a lot of people with really nice bodies. Even on Tumblr. Tumblr is a horrible place to go sometimes. Everyone on there has a flat stomach and beautiful long hair and golden skin and all that. So then it gets me comparing their bodies to my own and making me feel bad about myself when in reality, there's nothing wrong with my body at all!

So in conclusion, no one should compare themselves to someone else. There's nothing wrong with who you are or where you are in life. Everyone is different.

You should sit down sometime and make a list of everything that's good in your life.

• I'm in a great relationship with my boyfriend 
• I'm in school full time and I get good grades 
• I'm healthy 
• I'm pretty 
• I started a photography business at the age of 19 
• I have a great family 
• etc.

Making a list of everything good in your life, rather than comparing your life to other people's lives can help you to be a happier person.

Summertime

I was on Tumblr today and came across this photo and it made me miss summer terribly.  After the weather we've been having, I'd say I'm ready for summertime.  I'm ready for the sunshine, the warm weather, the beach, the parites and the late summer nights.  I'm hoping to make this summer one of the best summers of my life.  Summer 2012 can't come soon enough!

Vacation Day 1

I've been waiting for this vacation for a few months now and I've worked my ass off so I could take a week off from life and school to go and I'm sitting on the bus feeling sick to my stomach, missing my boyfriend like crazy.  Not the best start to my vacation.  Hopefully it'll get better tomorrow.

Took the bus from Portland to Boston.  Now I'm on a bus to Springfield where I'm meeting up with my dad and sisters.  Then I'm off to my grandparent's house in up-state New York for the night.  Should be there around 10pm.  Leaving for Myrtle Beach sometime tomorrow morning.  Hopefully we're driving all the way tomorrow, but I'm not sure what the plan is yet.  I think it depends on the weather.

At this point I'm just ready to get to my grandparent's house.  I'm dying to skype with the boyfriend....and play League of Legends =P He's got me addicted. haha

I hope everyone is having a good night!

Casual Outfit

I created this outfit on Polyvore and thought it was beyond cute!  I wish all my outfits looked like this haha

Casual Outfit by keating-mariee featuring a knit cardigan

Top
$21 - shoptaintedkiss.com

Knit cardigan
nelly.com

Indigo jeans
$130 - witchery.com.au

Repetto flat
280 CAD - gravitypope.com

Balenciaga vintage style handbag
$1,257 - cultstatus.com.au

Weekend!

Classes are officially over for the week and it's officially the weekend.  This week went by so fast.  I feel like it should be Wednesday or something haha Going to do my best not to do much this weekend.  Maybe play some League and spend time with the boyfriend.  Off to the bus station this afternoon to buy a bus ticket to Springfield for next Friday.  One more week and then I'm off to Myrtle Beach!  So very excited for it.