Stick with what you know? I think not!

Everywhere you go you always get people telling you to "stick to what you know" however, this is something that I totally disagree with.
There is two sides of my opinion on this certain phrase; I agree that if you know how to do something and you are comfortable with it then yeah definitely keep on doing it. But there is a big world out there and if you only "stick to what you know" how are you supposed to experience new things? try new things? the answer is simple you can't.
 How do you know there is not something out there, something you never even knew existed which you could be really amazing at? the answer is simple you don't.

It's great doing something you know, but there could be something so much better out there for you, all you need to do is go after it, even if it doesn't work out for you at least you have tried, that's all you bloody can do!
get of your bubble/comfort zone and go looking for something new, make it an adventure with the result being finding something new, something that you love so much more than your original something which you knew. 

Is it good to have your future planned out?

I haven't posted much lately so I'd like to apologise. I'm sorry.
It's been a busy time.

I've been thinking about the future lately, about what I want to do, where I want to go and all of the adventures I want to go on. But is it okay to have your whole life planned out?
I know some people who know exactly what they want to do and exactly what time they want to do things. Personally, I don't think that's right,
yes I plan for the future, however, I only plan the things that I have to plan like which university I want to go to, which courses I want to take and which places I want to go to. But never have I thought about who I want to marry and how many kids I want to have or even what job I would like to be involved in.
I've learned that nothing goes according to plan in this life, you can plan something for so long but something happens that just completely destroys everything you have ever planned for and suddenly you are left having to plan something completely new.

So here's just a quick tip; don't plan out your full future because you never know what lies ahead of you and what your future may hold. You don't always live the life you expected yourself to.

What are you waiting for?

What are you waiting for?
the perfect grades, the perfect job maybe even the perfect boyfriend?
Well you need to stop waiting...

Nothing in this life that we live comes to us free willingly we have to get up of those arses of ours and work to get what we want. How do you expect to get something if you haven't even worked for it?
 This world is not fair nor is it kind but that's just something every single human being living on this planet has to deal with!

Are you waiting for your dreams to come true?
"if you can dream it, you can do it" so many people have dreams. Dreams about their future, dreams about what they would like to achieve from life, and these dreams are very easy to accomplished, we just have to do what ever it takes to make those dreams a reality. And this is when YOU have to make it happen. Only you can chase after your dreams and make them no longer a dream but your reality. There is no time for waiting when it's your dreams you are chasing after. So go, get them right now, do one thing that will make your dream one step closer to your reality. Go on do it right now.


P.s stop waiting, go out and do it.

The red thread of fate

"The red thread of fate is an East Asian belief originating from Chinese legend and is also used in Japanese legend. According to this myth, the gods tie an invisible red string around the ankles of those that are destined to meet each other in a certain situation or help each other in a certain way. Often, in Japanese culture, it is thought to be tied around the little finger. The two people connected by the red thread are destined lovers, regardless of time, place, or circumstance. This magical cord may stretch or tangle, but never break."


I've seen this myth so many times in the past couple of years. I'll see pictures and pieces of texts about it and I'll instantly be smiling.
I love the whole idea of this myth it's so lovely. I don't know how the whole idea of a string attaching two people came about but it's absolutely beautiful. However, I'm left to wonder if it's true? Can there really be an invisible string connecting two people? Sounds pretty unlikely doesn't it? And then you're left to wonder if there is a string, who are you attached to?

A simple smile

I know this may sound silly because you get smiled at everyday by a lot of different people but being smiled at today by that person just made me so happy, to be honest it really made my day.

A smile is a lovely thing, it doesn't cost you anything to smile or even smile back at someone. For all you know you, yourself could be making someone so happy just because you gave them a little smile or just looked at them in a nice way.

So smile away my friends, make someone's day.

The only people that love you are the people who have to.

Lately, I've been studying the novel Great Expectations ( exciting I know) On the surroundings and the characters in this novel. During the annotating process of the novel on the first chapter one thing that came up was "the only people that love you are the people who have to" there was just something about this quotation that I really loved and agreed with.

You're family love you unconditionally because they have to, you are a part of them they can't help but love you with everything they have.
 It's like for example when you ask your mam if you look okay and she tells you you are the most beautiful thing she has ever seen when in reality you look like you've been dragged through a hedge backwards a couple of times. Or when your nana asks if you have a boyfriend yet and you always reply with a no, she looks shocked and tuts and tells you boys must like you, they are just to scared to say it to you! and all you can do is just stare at her in disbelief because you know no one does like you. But of course she will do that, and say all them things because she is your family and in her eyes you will always look beautiful and you can never do no wrong.

It's the same situation with your friends. Some people, like myself, consider my friends my family. The people that would risk it all just to make sure I'm okay, and I'm like that towards them. I can't help but love them unconditionally. My head doesn't tell me I have to love them. My heart forces me to.

The only people who love you are the people Who have to. 

   

Shannon's playlist

I've seen a few posts that consist of the albums/songs that people love or would recommend, so I thought I'd do my own.
My music taste can vary quite dramatically, from Elvis, Johnny Cash, to Kasabian and Ed Sheeran. Personally, I love music that I can relate to, songs that sound so familiar to what's going on in your life right now. I'm not saying that every song I listen to is like that, it's just I prefer them to have a meaning.
I'll try to keep this post quite small, but I'm not promising anything, I do love my music.

so here we go, the songs that I love to listen to (in no particular order)

                1. Dude looks like a lady- Aerosmith from the album best of Aerosmith devil's got a new disguise. 

2.  Dancing shoes - the artic monkeys from the album whatever people say 

                        3.  Patterns- band of skulls from the album baby darling doll face honey 

                     

                            4. Everything and only love- Ben Howard from the album every kingdom 

 

5. Run right back and lonely boy- the black keys from the album El camino 

6. Born to run, dancing in the dark and born in the U.S.A- Bruce Springsteen 

7.  Green eyes- Coldplay  from the album a rush of blood to the head 

8.  Youth- daughter 

9.  Kiss me and U.N.I- Ed Sheeran from the album + 

10. Jail house rock, blue suede shoes, King creole and G.I  blues - Elvis Presley 

11.  when the sun goes down and when it comes to love- Fleetwood mac from the album behind the mask 

12. You've got the love- Florence and the machine 

Never let me go, breaking down, and shake it out from the album ceremonials

13. Take me out Franz ferdinand 

 

14.  Going underground, beat surrender, and a town called Malice - The Jam 

15. 

velociraptor, switch-blade smiles and re-wired- kasabian from the album velociraptor 

16. runaways, flesh and bone, here with me- the killers from the album battle born 

I'm not even half way there yet I have so many more other songs that I love, but that is to be continued... 

until then keep reading and sometime soon you will get the rest.