Sacrifice or moderation? I'll take a nice big helping of moderation please

So, it appears that Lent is upon us once again. Not once have I given up anything for Lent, because I didn't feel the need to - I'm not a religious person for a start. However, this year I've decided to participate... by putting myself onto a healthy eating diet! I feel that giving something up entirely isn't always the best, or the healthiest thing to do (unless we're talking about kebabs, which I never eat anyway).

I'm doing this for me, and me only. I've decided that being selfish isn't something that I do often enough, so I'm saying hello to the new, healthier and hopefully more toned me by the end of this 40 day period. If it takes longer than 40 days it's really no big deal. The achievement at the end is enough of a motivation for me! I just want to shake off this winter fat storage and bring that bikini body back for the summer.

I've also set another goal - to stop worrying and caring so much about things that don't matter. I seem to have this tendency to let people who don't play a part in my life any more get to me in ways that make me feel uncomfortable, sad and angry. I'm going to use these 40 days wisely, to build up my defences not only physically but emotionally too. I'm going to stop letting myself being drawn in by people who have hurt me in the past and focus on the people that are there for me day and night, no matter what happens. As the saying goes:

"If you're not here for me during my struggle, don't expect to be present during my success."

Steering away from that emotional side, I've actually been on my diet for the past week, and so far I've lost 3lb. Nothing huge, but baby steps are the way forward - if I'd lost a stone in a week, I'd be getting seriously worried! ;)

Stay tuned for updates!

<3 x

iFreak

I have a confession to make - I think I'm slowly becoming an Apple slave.

I bought my first iPhone this week and I've fallen head-over-heels in love with it. Those who know me personally will know that I've always been a bit of a techie, but THIS just takes it to whole new level (after the jailbreak, of course! ;) ). I had no idea just how customisable the iPhone really is and having owned a BlackBerry for the past two years, I'd become comfortable in the knowledge that the BlackBerry was far easier to customise and more flexible. How wrong was I?! Okay, so admittedly some of the jailbreak stuff is most likely far too advanced for the average person to even think about poking and prodding, so in that sense, the BlackBerry is sliiiightly more user-friendly. However, I seriously had no idea that the iPhone was capable of so much! What baffles me the most is that these functions can only be accessed through jailbreaking... If the iPhone is so advanced, why are Apple not taking advantage of its true power?

Seriously though, if I had a social life before I got this phone, it would most certainly be sobbing as my iPhone, bearing a troll face, flushed it down the toilet and watched every agonising second of its drowning. (Skim over that part where I just told you I have no social life. DOOOOO IT. *turns into Forever Alone*.) Now my evenings are spent squinting at a minuscule retina display whilst trying to perfect my Super Mario theme right down to the very last 1-up mushroom.

Apple: destroying all of Lauren's human interactions since 2012.

;) x