Facing Your Fears

I didn't really intend to write this blog post today, but it's something that I've been thinking a lot about so I thought I'd ramble about it on here. Today I overcame one of my biggest fears which was going to the dentist. I know a lot of people are scared of dentists but I couldn't even put one foot in the door without having some form of breakdown. However, today I managed to go into the dentist, have a filling and come out without any harm and I was SO proud of myself. 

The Dentist is one of my biggest fears but not my only fear. As I am a very nervous person and tend to think bad in most situations, I am scared of a lot and as I have gotten older I've started to realise how much this limits me and the experiences I could be having. My fears include, but are not limited too: flying, travelling, roller-coasters, dentists, hospitals, needles, spiders, confrontation, loneliness and death. The last one was a little morbid but we're getting extremely deep with this blog post. 

As I said, today I conquered one of my biggest fears and managed to go for some treatment at the Dentist. My Dentist was so lovely and I really don't know what I got myself so worked up over. I think it was a case of the unknown; I didn't know what to expect so therefore had created a vision of what it would be like when in reality, it was nothing like that at all. The reason I had the courage to go to the dentist was because I realised that in order to overcome my fear of dentists, and the dreaded numbing injection, I would have to go and experience it for myself. I can honestly say that I would have no problem going to the dentist again; I think it's really important to go to a dentist that you get along with and that your trust. 

In order to aim to overcome some of my biggest fears, and combat my anxiety, I have decided to attempt to do the things that scare me the most. In order to beat my travel anxiety, I travel into Uni everyday on the train and as we all know I've booked a Disney holiday. I already know it's going to be a challenge for me to do these things (and I apologise to Chloe because she has to cope with me) but I'm so determined to not be scared anymore. 

I've come to the conclusion that I'm bored of living my life in fear of things. I don't want to let anything limit me from following my dreams. I need to have the courage to overcome the things that limit me; in the words of Pan 'Be Brave and Never Grow Up'. 

I'll be honest, I just wanted to let y'all know that I made it through the dentist and I'm super proud of myself. So if you have a phobia of dentists then I believe that you can do it, if I can do it (and I'm a complete wimp) then so can you! The only way you're going to overcome your fears is by grabbing them and telling them that they're not going to get the better of you. 

Lots of Love,
Meg

xox

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Kindness & Courage

If you follow me on social media, you'll have notice that I have been victim to a certain amount of hate mail from pathetic trolls who clearly have nothing better to do with their lives. I would like to take this moment to thank everyone for their kind tweets and messages; I am very lucky that I don't let things like that affect me. The opinions of people who don't know me don't matter to me, because they certainly have nothing to judge me from. How can you really form an opinion of someone you follow on social media? 

If anything, these comments have made me realise how quick we are to complain and judge. And, I'm not just talking about some people; I mean all of us. As much as we try not to do it, we all judge people; those we do know and those we don't; whether it be celebrities we see on the TV or our closest friends and family. We are so quick to criticise, but not as quick to pay people compliments. It's like when you go to a resteraunt and have the most amazing food you've ever tasted, you never go to the chef and pay him compliments, you just leave and don't say a word. However, if your food tasted disgusting or was under-cooked then you would be first to complain. We're all the same. 

In order to spread a little more positivity in the online blogging community, I wanted to do a blog post on the importance of being kind. There's so many ways we can be kind to other people and make such a difference to someone's day. My aim now is to make at least one person smile everyday, because just one nice comment can completely change your outlook on the day; it can blow the clouds away on some of your darkest days. 

If someone posts a photo on Twitter or Instagram or Facebook and you think they look super lovely, then tell them; leave them a little comment and let them know. There's nothing like a comment on one of your photos to give you a massive confidence boost. I've started doing that a lot more, and I don't just do it because I'm trying to be kind, I do it because I genuinely mean it; it's nice to think that you made someone smile. Also, if you read someone's blog post or watch someone's new YouTube video and you really like it then give them a comment and let them know. There's nothing nicer than knowing that your hard work has been acknowledged and that someone likes the stuff that you make. It makes you want to try harder and lets you know that the thing you spend so much time preparing and making is actually worthwhile. 

I think the world would be a much happier place if everyone was kind to each other. It seems that girls can be so kind to each other when they're stood, intoxicated, in the toilets of a nightclub, paying every single stranger they meet compliments. But why can't we take this level of love and kindness and throw it into reality. I wish everyone treated each other with the kindness that us girls do when we've had too much to drink on a night out. As they say, drunk words are sober thoughts.

The online blogging community is all about supporting each other, fuelling each others confidence and spreading so much love and kindness. It'd be so nice if everyone could just be nicer to each other; make the world and the online community a nicer place for everyone.

Lots of Love,
Meg

xox

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