Motivational Monday: Keep Moving Forward

We all get the that awful point where we want to throw in the towel. We feel like we're not achieving the things we want to be achieving. We're not going the places we want to be going. This could be with our careers, our personal lives. I think sometimes we don't realise all of the little things we do and how valid it is just to keep going. Sure, we may not be getting the rewards we seek right now but as long as you keep going that's admirable.

Sometimes you've got to remind yourself that just moving forward can be enough.
It is enough.

Motivational Mondays: Love Is Lovely

Lately I've realised just how lucky I am for my partner. She really cares for me. The other day when I got in from work, she'd taken the time to run me a bath with a glass of chilled cava and a slice of pizza waiting for me. She'll rub my back if I'm sore from work and always has my corner.

Sometimes I think it's easy to forget the ones we love when we have so many other commitments but it's really important to carve out time for the people you love: to care for them, to make them feel special.  It's important to show people you love them when they go to great lengths to show their love to you.

Motivational Monday: Love Who You Love

So I know the theme of our last Motivational Monday was all about loving yourself but today it is about the importance of loving others. Today we need to remember the importance of our love for others.

Other people add colour and variety into our lives. They bring excitement, adventure and comfort. We establish bonds with them. It's important to find at least one person in this world whom you love. This can be in a romantic way or a platonic way. Maybe it's a family member of a pet. Find someone who makes you happy and remember to make them happy too. Do something nice for them to remind them that they are loved. Go out and spread some love and positivity. Who knows: maybe the love and positivity will come back to you somehow.

Motivational Monday: Love Yourself

When searching for happiness and motivation there is often one person at the centre of such attention: you. I think it's important not to simply accept the person that we are, but to love that person also. If you're not the kind of person that you can love, why not? What can you change to make yourself more worthy of that love? How can you show yourself love? Is it in little acts of care or ways in which you treat yourself? Is it in the respect you show your body or the routine you follow?

Make sure to make time for yourself to do the things you want to do so you can get what you want. Make time to go on quiet walks or have long bubble baths or write your novel. Make sure to wear what makes you feel comfy or do things that make you feel good. Re-evaluate how you view yourself and remember that you're worthy of love from others and from yourself.

Motivational Monday: 9 Famous People Who Will Inspire You To Never Give Up

Need something to make you feel uplifted today?

Then click here for a list of 9 Famous People who will inspire you to never give up with information from their own inspirational stories of things they overcame to be where they are now. If you relate to them then perhaps one day you'll find the success that you seek.

You too can work towards your own bright and positive future no matter what you're been through.

Motivational Monday: Find The Thing That Fulfils You.

As I write this my cat, Wednesday, has been curled up and sleeping on my lap for about ten minutes. That may not seem like a big deal but to me, and to her, it is. Wednesday was a rescue cat and had a very bad start in life. I've made it my personal mission over the past three years to make her feel safe and cared for. When we got her she wouldn't accept cuddles. She would rip your hands to ribbons if you tried to pick her up. The fact that she's able to sleep soundly in my lap demonstrates a high level of trust that has taken years to build up. Every time she comes over for a cuddle like this, I find myself filled with pride. Little things like this honestly make me feel that life is truly worth living. It is important to find the things in life that make us feel fulfilled, like life is worthwhile. What makes you feel proud of yourself? What makes you feel like you're doing some good?

Motivational Monday: You're The Only You.

It is estimated that there are well over 7 billion people on Earth today, more people simultaneously existing in this space than ever before. This is amazing and it's also a little daunting. How do we fit into this big, crowded world? What do we contribute? 

Well, my friend, you have to remember the simple fact that there's only one you.

There will be something that only you can contribute to the world and only you can do it in your own specific way and once you work out what that is, give it. Be proud of who you are. You're the only you and you're the best you.

Motivational Monday: The Power Of Sunday

Sunday, we are told, is a day of rest.
But why?
Sunday is the perfect time for a little bit of action and planning.
For me Sunday is a day to relax but it's also a day to plan and to reflect on the week just gone and to plan the week ahead. I used Sunday to chill out after five days of work and penned out some articles I want to write and what I want to get done in the next 7 days.

How did you spend your Sunday?
How will you spend the next?