Minor Fail

Just for the sake of honesty, which is kind of the name of the game here, I am backdating this post and my next one mainly for accountability. 1 post a week isn’t that much and the fact I failed to do that is ridiculous.

Yes, I have been sick, but that should only account for one week, the other was down to pure laziness, I knew what I had to do but for whatever reason, I just didn’t.  So now that I’m feeling…. Not a whole lot better I’m going try and sort this stuff out and refocus on what’s important.

2016 is meant to be the year of focusing on my career and it’s sad to think by March, I’m already struggling.

Anyways, I’m keeping this post nice a short, and just admitting I’m a failure, but it’s not about how many times you fail or fall behind schedule is it? It’s about how you pick yourself up and carry on… on so the overly positive people say…. I’m still working on the resolution too.

As always you lovely people, stay and play safe.

Love,

The Honest Bitch 

xoxo

50 Questions You've Never Been Asked Tag

I don’t tend to do “tag posts” very often, however, I’m sitting here wanting to write, but my mind is completely blank. And I’m pretty sure times like this is why tag post were invented, so let’s jump into the tag.

1. What's your favorite candle scent? Soft blanket is my favorite sent, there’s just something very relaxing and comforting about it.

2. What female celebrity do you wish was your sister? Hilary Duff.

3. What male celebrity do you wish was your brother? Colton Orr, that’s right the Canadian picks a hockey player, but who wouldn’t want an enforcer as a brother.

4. How old do you think you'll be when you get married? I use to say in “in my 20’s”, but I turn 29 this year, so I’m going with never, and I’m going to start collecting cats soon.

5. Do you know a hoarder? No, unless you count me with wax tarts… but you can never have too many of those right?

6. Can you do a split? No

7. How old were you when you learned how to ride a bike? I think I was 6 when I finally got the hang of a 2 wheeler.

8. How many oceans have you swum in? 2

9. How many countries have you been to? 6

10. Is anyone in your family in the army? None in active services.

11. What would you name your daughter if you had one? I always liked Tori.

12. What would you name your son if you had one? Tyler has always been a favourite.

13. What's the worst grade you got on a test? I managed to get an ungraded once….. hangovers and exams don’t mix.

14. What was your favourite TV show when you were a child? Depends how old we’re talking here, I loved the Muppet babies, Mr. Dressup, Garfield and Friends.

15. What did you dress up as on Halloween when you were eight? I think I was a witch that year. 

16. Have you read any of the Harry Potter, Hunger Games or Twilight series? No, not a one.

17. Would you rather have an American accent or a British accent? American, it’s easier for most people to understand

18. Did your mother go to college? Yes, she studied journalism

19. Are your grandparents still married? They’re both dead, so until death do us part…. I guess that means no.

20. Have you ever taken karate lessons? No, I played ice hockey… same thing really.

21. Do you know who Kermit the frog is? Are there people out there who don’t?

22. What's the first amusement park you've been to? In Niaraga Falls, Ontario Marine land is the place to go….. I was funny to maybe 2 people reading this, but it was completely worth it J

23. What language, besides your native language, would you like to be fluent in? Given my job Polish would be really fricking useful.

24. Do you spell the color as grey or gray? I inter change them like you wouldn’t believe. The joys of growing up in a broader city.

25. Is your father bald? No

26. Do you know triplets? Nope

27. Do you prefer Titanic or The Notebook? Titanic.

28. Have you ever had Indian food? Yes, last night for dinner in actual fact.

29. What's the name of your favorite restaurant? As weird as this sounds I don’t really have a favorite.

30. Have you ever been to Olive Garden? Yes, and I’ll pass.

31. Do you belong to any warehouse stores (Costco, BJ's, etc.)? No

32. What would your parents have named you if you were the opposite gender? I believe Nicolas, however, I was meant to be Nicole up to the moment my mom saw me.

33. If you have a nickname, what is it? I don’t really have one, I was the energizer bunny growing up. Mainly because my mouth kept going and going.

34. Who's your favorite person in the world? My mom.

35. Would you rather live in a rural area or in the suburbs? Rural, but with amazing internet speeds.

36. Can you whistle? ish

37. Do you sleep with a nightlight? No, but my laptop and or tv tends to always be on

38. Do you eat breakfast every morning? I work nights so my meals are a little messed up, but I try and eat something light before bed.

39. Do you take any pills or medication daily? Yeah, that magic one that keeps babies away.

40. What medical conditions do you have? Asthma (very well managed asthma) and Rosacea if you want to call that a medical condition.

41. How many times have you been to the hospital? A lot.

42. Have you ever seen Finding Nemo? Of course.

43. Where do you buy your jeans? I think the ones I have on are from Yours, but I shop all over the place.

44. What's the last compliment you got? “You’re the only one that actually seems to know what they’re doing.” When it comes to lorry drivers…. That’s a compliment.

45. Do you usually remember your dreams in the morning? Only when I wish I wouldn’t.

46. What flavor tea do you enjoy? Strawberry tea is one of my favorites… if you don’t count ice tea.

47. How many pairs of shoes do you currently own? Shoes about 6, flip-flops on the other hand… I can’t count that high.

48. What religion will you raise your children to practice? I won’t, religion is an individual choice, when they're old enough, they can make that decision their self until then I’ll just try and raise good people.

49. How old were you when you found out that Santa wasn't real? 7 or 8, I was in the 1^st or 2^nd grade, right around the time I got chicken pox.

50. Why do you have a blog? Because if I didn’t my mind would explode.

Anyways, I hope you guys found this insightful and maybe know me a little better now. If you decide to do this tag leave me a link below and I’ll be sure to check it out. As always my dears, stay and play safe.

Love,

The Honest Bitch

xoxo 

2 Months Down, 10 To Go

I can’t believe February is almost over, it feels like just yesterday it was New Years. And now we’re two months in, this year is just flying by.

February has been the month of ghosts of boyfriends past, which is almost fitting given the fact it was Valentine’s Day this month. I’m not sure why so many exes popped up, but it severed a strong reminder that I am where I want to be. Nothing they’ve said has been tempting, it’s been kind of nice to realize all the bullshit over there years has led me in the right place.

Work has been testing; I have had my moments, but overall I’m getting there. I’ve taken a step back and in doing so, I’ve managed to take a step forward. If that makes any sense. I’m still a little “grrrrr”, but I’m doing a much better job of dropping it once I leave and actually being able to enjoy my time off.

On the blog front, I’m really enjoying the new schedule. I’m about 2 weeks ahead with my writing, which takes off a lot pressure and allows me to enjoy the process more. It also means if I get sick or I just don’t want to write, I don’t have to. It’s also meant I’ve been able to do some bonus posts, which I don’t normally do, but have brought in a lot of new readers, a lot of which are sticking around and reading some of my old posts which is awesome.

March is going to be very work focused, I have a few OT shifts lined up which means I won’t have a whole lot of time for extracurricular’s. I don’t really mind, it keeps me out of trouble and thanks to the way they’re lined up I’ll even get some sleep in. The plan for March was to get all my social media back in line, but I think that goal may have to wait until April.

Anyways, you lovely people, I am going to go and write an assy email to a company who doesn’t seem to understand when I pay for next day delivery I expect it the next day. But before I go I will leave you with this question, What is your goal for March? Let me know in the comment box below and as always stay and play safe.

Love,

The Honest Bitch 

xoxo

Not There

In case anyone is wondering, I may it a grand total of 22 days before I completely lost my shit at work. I’m fairly impressed with that; everyone deals with the work bullshit differently. Some people get vindictive, some shut down, some smile and go home and drink; I cry, shake it off and make a mental note to get revenge later.

Not the most positive way of dealing with things, but it works. It goes strongly against the whole “don’t feed the bad wolf” upbringing I had, but I never liked that story anyways. I also really hate the smell of smudging which is the other thing that I keep getting told to do right now. Plus, I can’t smudge the office, so that’s not the most practical advice.

I keep getting told just be Canadian, it’ll get you through. Meaning be nice and polite and fall back on my upbringing. Solid advice and I know it, but sometimes getting into the head space where you can listen to solid advice is half the battle and today, right now I’m not there.

Anyways, I’m going to go and get ready for work. But before I do, I leave you with this question, how do deal with work bullshit? Let me know in the comment box below. And as always, stay and play safe. 

Love,

The Honest Bitch 

xoxo

A 2016 Outlook On Mr.X

It’s two days before Valentine’s Day so it seems only fitting I do an Mr. X post; the first Mr. X post of 2016 I might add. He sent me a message, be it 3 plus weeks ago by the time you’re reading this, but I wanted to talk it out.

He started off his message by stating my blog seems to be a little tame these days. Which is completely true. I’m not dating these days, I’m focused on work and when I’m not at work I’m decompressing, so I don’t commit murder when I’m back at work.

He then went on to say he was an idiot with me and that he was sorry. I told him there was nothing to be sorry about, which there isn’t. We made peace many moons ago, that’s why we still talk and why we’re still friends.

He then said this “It wasn’t an apology. I was an outspoken regret.” and went on to say he wished he had a second chance and that we had met later in life. This got me thinking.  

I regret nothing in regards to Mr. X, don’t get me wrong, it was horrible at the time and in all honesty, for many years later. But it shaped me. I can honestly say if it wasn’t for him I wouldn’t be the person I am today.

He is the reason I am so strong, he’s the reason I will not settle, he is the reason I am so steadfast in my belief and knowledge of what I want. I’m eternally grateful for him being such a cunt to me all those years ago. I would be a very different person if it wasn’t for him.

Don’t get me wrong, I do occasionally wonder what would have happened if things had gone differently between us, but I’m fairly certain it wouldn’t have worked out. We’re very different, yet our personality traits are very similar. He’s a conservative, reserved, Mormon. And I’m a liberal, non-reserved Agnostic. We would have either balanced each other perfectly or killed each other. And given our temperaments, particular back then, my money is on one of us being in jail right now.

The idea of “what if we met later in life” is interesting, but without his influence I wouldn’t where I am today and because of that, I doubt I’d have the skills needed to deal with a personality like his. Hell, if it wasn’t for him, I’d probably would have settled, and be married by now so meeting him wouldn’t even be a possibility.

He ended our conversation with a simple question “are you happy?”. Maybe not such a simple question.

I’m not unhappy, I have what I need. I have people around me I care for and that care for me. I’m very blessed and I know that. Am I as happy as I could be? No. I bottle a lot of stuff up, I don’t really have anyone to lean on and despite having people around me, I have pretty high walls so nobody knows everything.

But would a change a thing? No. I like the person I am. And in all honesty, I like the person Mr. X has become as well. I’m not sure how much of it he can see him self, but he’s come a long, long way. He’s practically a human these days. I’m incredibly proud of him.

Anyways, that’s enough of that, I’m off to grab a nice warm bath and finish off the book I’m reading. But before I go I’ll leave you with this question; are you happy? Let me know in the comments box below. And as always, stay, and play, safe.

Love,

The Honest Bitch 

xoxo

Cohorted Black Edition: February 2016

Let me start by saying I am sorry this is the 3^rd unboxing you’re seeing in a row, it’s just how they’ve arrived this month and where they’ve fell in relation to my normal blogging schedule. On the bright-side there will be a shiny new post all about Mr. X up tomorrow, so those of you that don’t enjoy these unboxing have that to look forward to.

Back to the unboxing, I received my February Cohorted Black Edition box about 10 minutes ago, so I thought I’d hope on and show you what's inside. This is the most expensive box I receive and I’m currently on the fence about keeping it. I like to give a box 6 months before I cancel it, this is month 4 and it’s not looking good.

With that said, let’s see what’s inside….

Dove – True Tone Underarm Dark Mark Eraser: Two things right off the bat; one this isn’t the Pixi Crayon Combo the booklet says I should have and two; what kind of bullshit product is this? This product went from the box, to my hand, straight to the bin. Utterly useless.

Elemis- Pro Collagen Hydra-Gel Eye Masks: Good Brand, nice product, I’m looking forward to giving them a try and seeing how they compare to my favorite Skyn Iceland eye mask.

bareMinerals – Night Treatment in Medium: Not sure on this one, my skin isn’t a big fan of bareMinerals products so I may not risk it and just pass it along.

Cargo – Long Wear Lips Gloss in Tokyo: I don’t tend to like Cargo Cosmetics, that's me a personal thing, that said; the lip gloss seems ok, not too sticky when I swatched it. The problem being, it’s in a bright red shade and I’m not Taylor Swift so I’ll be passing this item along as well.

Marc Jacobs- LOLA: It’s a perfume sample, the positive being it’s a spray sample. It’s smells ok, I’m more of a sweet smell kind of girl, but I’m not heartbroken with this one.

Chanel – Long-Wear Luminous Eyeshadow in Apparition: This is a greyish blue shade which isn’t my favorite, I’m more of a brown, neutrals girl myself. I may try this as a base, but it all honestly, it felt very oily on my hand. I kind of think this may cease like bitch, but I will give it a go.

Out of the 6 items in this box, I’m looking forward to using 1 of them. Like I said, this box is on the bubble, it really isn’t my favorite nor do I feel like it’s worth the money. That said, I’m going to go and put these things away and I shall see you guys tomorrow with a non-unboxing post. As always, my dears, stay and play safe.

Love,

The Honest Bitch  

xoxo

GlossyBox Unboxing - February 2016

I thought I’d throw another bonus post at you lovely people, since work woke me up just after midnight and I can’t get back to sleep. This time it is my February Glossybox.

The theme of this month’s box is Beauty Soulmates and I have to say the box itself is adorable. Just in case you’re wondering Glossybox is £10 plus p&p a month and for that you receive 4 – 6 items, normally full sized. GlossyBox tends to have higher end items, but there’s a mix. It’s normally one of my favorite boxes to receive.

So let’s jump in shall we, in the box this month there is….. 

Nicka K New York - 24H Waterproof Eyeliner in Dark Bown: I won’t say this is dark brown, it’s definitely buildable to dark-ish brown, but with one swipe it’s fairly light. It seems to be fairly creamy, and easy to smudge out, and once it had set on my hand it was a bugger to wipe off. I personally don’t wear brown liner, but I might give it a go as an eye shadow base.

MUA- Power Pout Glaze Low Voltage Glass in Allure: It’s pretty don’t get me wrong, but for such a sheer product it is very sticky. I don’t mind a sticky gloss, it normally means the colour will stay longer, but this sticky and uncomfortable, and has a brush applicator on top of that… given how many products I have in my collection, I’m going to give this one a miss. 

The Vintage Cosmetic Company – Floral Slated Tweezers: I’ve received these in a subscription box before, I just can’t remember which one. They’re cute, they work will and I lose tweezers like you wouldn’t believe so I’m happy.

Naobay – Protective Hair Mask Volume Conditioner: It says this is a luxury size, but you may as well call this full sized, it’s 200ml and the full sized item is 250ml…. What’s 50ml between friends. It smells… like nothing really there is a faint plant smell, it has Aloe as an ingredient so I’ll assume that’s the smell. I love my Macadamia Deep Repair Mask, but since I have this I will definitely give it ago.

Wilkinson Sword – Intuition Razor: I like my Venus razor so I doubt I’ll be trying this. Nice item, just not something that wowed me.

Overall, not a bad box, not my favorite, but I definitely feel like I got my money's worth and I’m looking forward to trying on the hair mask. Anyways, I am going to go back to bed. Hope you lovely people are still enjoying these unboxing and until next time, stay and play safe.

Love,

The Honest Bitch  

xoxo

Birchbox Unboxing - February 2016

I should be fast asleep right now, but the mailman rudely woke me up and for whatever reason I can’t get back to sleep so I thought I’s make the most of it and do a quick Birchbox unboxing.

In this month’s box there are 5 items and one bonus item and at first glance I’m pretty pleased with what I see. Inside this month you get....

Spectrum Collections: Tapured Powder Brush - The brush is a cute color and super soft, feel like pretty good quality. I’ll definitely use it. All and all not a bad start.

LOC- One and Done Shadow Stick in Perfect Cents: I know this product was done in collaboration with Tati on Youtube, so I was a little sad not to see her cute branding on this in the UK. That said, this shadow stick is amazing. So soft and creaming, very blendable and super pigmented, I can’t wait to use it.

Ole Henriksen: Truth Serum Collagen Booster: Good brand, good sample size. My skin has been freaking out lately, so I won’t give a try straight away, but once it calms down, I look forward to throwing it in the mix. 

Ayres – Body Butter in Patagonia: Not thrilled about this one.  It kind of smells like old lady or Jasmine and rosemary as the jar may say. I’ll be passing this one along, it just isn’t for me.

The Balm – Frat Boy: I’ve nearly bought this blush about a 100 times, but for whatever reason I’ve always changed my mind at the last minute and removed it from my cart so I’m very happy to see it this box.

L. Erickson – Grab & Go Ponytail Holder: is the bonus item, it’s a red hair tie… I have no feelings on this one. I’ll use it. So I guess that’s a win?

All and all anther great box from Birchbox. I hope you enjoyed this bonus post and I’m going to go and down a couple cans of Monster before work. But, before I go I have this question for you; what subscription boxes do you get and which do you enjoy most? Let me know in the comments below and as always stay and play safe.

Love,

The Honest Bitch 

xoxo

Valentine’s Day Survival Guide

I’ve been doing some reading on the notion of “surviving Valentine’s Day” when single. Let me start by saying I’m not certain there is anything to survive; it’s just a day like any other, but it does make for some hilarious reading.

A lot of these so called survival guides suggest avoiding the color red and cheesy films, and heart shaped anything. Some suggest sending yourself flowers and chocolates. Some others go as far as to suggest you shouldn’t even go out of the house or go out with girlfriends because “it’s sad and pathetic”.

I personally think the idea that your relationship status should impede your happiness is sad and pathetic, but each to their own. That said, there are some things I like to do on Valentine’s Day when I’m not romantically attached, to make the day more enjoyable and fun. 

The first and most important is to turn off my phone. There is nothing like a supposed romantic holiday to drag up ghosts from relationships past. The best thing to do to preserve your happiness is turn off your phone and avoid that drama altogether.

The next thing I like to do is have a pamper afternoon; take a long bath, do some masks. Just look after me. I mean…. There’s nobody I love more than me so why not show myself how much I care.

The last thing I like to do is have friends over, have a drink, play some games just have a giggle. Not because I don’t want to be alone, but because it’s fun and why not have fun when everyone else is out fighting because their partner forgot to get them a card.

I’ll be honest, I tend to have much better Valentine’s Day single then I ever have in relationships. Maybe that’s because romance makes me horribly uncomfortable or maybe it’s because Valentine’s is just like any other day and when you treat it special… you’re bound to be disappointed. Whatever the reason, don’t let a calendar determine your happiness.  

Anyways, I have to go and get some much needed sleep. But, before I do I have this question for you, how will you be spending your Valentine’s Day? And will you be spending it single? Let me know your plans in the comment box below. And as always, stay and play, safe.

Love,

The Honest Bitch

xoxo 

One Month Down, 11 More To Go

One month down, 11 more to go. With one month of 2016 basically behind I thought I’d take the opportunity to do a quick recap.

My New Year’s resolution is… slow going. I’m not sure I’m any more positive, however, I am getting better at knowing when to walk away. I haven’t melted down at work yet this year. I just walk away, go relax upstairs for 10 minutes and then get at it. Which I guess is a small victory.

I’m about half way through reading Emotional Vampires at Work; which is surprisingly more useful than I thought it would be. I’m not so sure I’ll be able to implement a lot of it, but it’s been very useful in helping me understand my own automatic responses. Hopefully with a little time I’ll be able to shut of that autopilot mode and stay out of trouble…. I’m not holding my breath though.

In other work related news, I think I’ve finally convinced my old supervisor to apply for a job at my place. There is an ops manager job going, which is apparently rare because they like to promote from within so it’s not normal to walk into a management role, but the job is up and he’d be prefect. So I’m keeping everything crossed. It would be really nice to have the team back together.

So, that’s been my January, I’m still an angry, non-positive, single bitch, who if it wasn’t for the fear of jail would go on murderous rampage at least once a week. However, the year is young, who knows, maybe by December I’ll be all rainbows and magical unicorns.

Anyways, you sexy people, I am going to go and have a relaxing pamper night, but before I do I have this question for you; how are you getting on with your New Year’s resolutions? Let me know in the comment box below and as always, stay and play safe.

Love,

The Honest Bitch 

xoxo

Leave Me Alone

Do you ever just want to stand up and scream “leave me the fuck alone!”? I don’t know why, but lately that’s me all the time. My disdain for being interfered with is at an all-time high. I have no tolerance for it at all.

Asking stupid questions, nagging, people not doing what they should; causing me to have to do things I should have to, all are flipping my bitch switch at a rapid rate.

I’m starting to think I’m part bear and should be hibernating right now. Which would explain my overwhelming desire to be left alone and why swiping people’s heads off sounds so appealing right now.

That said, it’s not that I’m in a bad mood or anything. I just don't want to go above and beyond. I want to do my job and go home. And please note I said MY job. I don’t want to extend myself, I want to coast. Which may sound bad but, Christmas took a lot of me and being sick over New Year, I need to recharge and am not being allowed to.

It doesn’t help that work is looking at a lot of changes right now; and changes and tiredness and difficult personalities are a horrible mix…. And possibly a deadly one for the next person that asks me a stupid question.

Anyways, I am going to go and get some much needed sleep. But before I do, I shall leave you with this question; what do you do to recharge? Let me know in the comment box below and as always, stay and play safe.

Love,

The Honest Bitch 

xoxo

Cohorted Black Edition: January 2016

 This is going to be a bonus post. I received my Cohorted beauty box yesterday and I thought I’d unbox it for you. This box is pricey. It’s says it’s £35 a month… It’s not, it’s basically £70. You pay £35 your first month and receive nothing. The next month you get charged again and then you get your first box. Which would be fine if it’s worth it, but this is my 3^rd box and I’m still unsure.

You do receive higher end items, some of which are awesome, others I’m petty sure are discontinued and nobody else wanted. With that said lets get into the unboxing. 

This month there are 4 items in the box, which I think is the fewest I’ve received so far. I do know they were having issues this month due to flooding so I’m trying to be nice, but I’m not wowed and I sure as hell don’t see £35 worth of product, let alone £70.  

Too Faced: Souls Mates Blushing Bronzer - Carrie & Big:  This would be an awesome item if it weren’t for the fact we received one of these just last month. Luckily last month I got Ross and Rachel and I have enjoyed using it so I’m not heartbroken to receive another one, but, it would have been nice to get something else.    

Cargo: Lip Gloss Quad – Oceania: I HATE lip gloss palettes of any sort. It remains me of being a small kid playing with makeup. I won’t be using this item. It’s a complete throw any.

Lancome: Le Correcteur Pro – 300c bisque: The colour is way off for me to use this product as its intended. I might get some use out of it if I use it as an eye shadow base. But this item is another miss for me.

Too Faced: Lip Injection Color Bomb -  Never Nude Enough: The colour is nice. The product itself was created by the devil. It burns, it smells like plastic and it settles in every line in your lips. It’s the hat trick of shit.  I’ll also say this, I put it on 30 minutes ago and took it off 28 minutes ago, my lips still hurt and I can still smell it.

So clearly this box this month was a complete waste of £35. Hopefully next months will be better, but we’ll have to wait and see. Let me know if you like these unboxing in the comments down below and as always stay and play safe.

Love,

The Honest Bitch

xoxo

Birchbox Unboxing - January 2016

I was struggling with what to post today, then a knock on the door brought me my Birchbox, so I figured why not do a quick unboxing for you lovely people. 

 The first thing I noticed is the box is adorable. One the lid it says “Best Year Ever” with a lot of pictures of cute and inspirational things on it. Great looking box to start the year.

Inside the box there are 6 items, most of which are simple size. My immediate reaction is, I’m not impressed. I normally love my BirchBox it’s one of the boxes I really look forward to getting but this month…. The highlight is the box itself.

Inside the box you get:

Benefit – They’re Real Tinted Primer; I will give this a try, but as a whole I think lash primers are a complete waste of money.

Jelly Pong Pong – Lighten Up Brightener + Waterliner; I have never met a Jelly Pong Pong product I’ve liked so; I think I’m just going to pass this along. At the end of the day, it’s nude eyeliner…. Nothing to write home about.

Crabtree & Evelyn – Le Source Ultra-Moisturizing Hand Therapy; It’s winter, it’s a hand cream, I’ll use it. It seems to sink in quickly and didn’t leave my hands sticky like some hand creams do. Not in love with the smell, but it’s not overly offensive.

Parlor – Moisturizing & Repairing Shampoo and Conditioner; I HATE shampoo samples, also as much as I hate foil package samples and this managed tick both boxes and because of that it will be going straight in the bin.

Absolution- L’Eau Soir et Matin; It appears to be a cleansing water. I’m not wowed, but it is something I will use.

Birchbox – Compact Mirror; It’s cute. I like the “#NoFilter” on the front, the mirror itself is decent. It’s probably the best item in the box.

Like I said at the start this isn’t the best box I’ve received from them, but next month is Valentine’s day and I can’t wait to see the box they do for that. What subscription boxes do you guys get? Let me know in the comments below... I'm always looking to feed my addiction :-)  and as always stay and play safe.

Love,

The Honest Bitch 

xoxo

Let's Be Positive

Like I said in my last post, I’ve been tasked with the goal of being more positive this year and in an attempt to make a little headway with this goal I’ve been doing some research.

Let me start by saying there is a lot of utter bullshit out there on the matter. I don’t know whose writing this shit, but they clearly never spent one minute in the real world. “Eliminate all negativity from your life” …. Ok, so I’ll quit my job and never leave the house again. Let’s be honest, most the advice on the matter is highly unrealistic and impractical and because it’s unrealistic and impractical it’s never going to work.

That said, I did manage to find few none crackpot ideas that I’m willing to try.

The most interesting being the idea of “Two Steps Forward”.  The idea is when you find yourself judging others, or focusing the negative, or complaining; you counter it with 2 positive thoughts or gratitudes.

So for example; when I find myself thinking my day shift are a bunch of brain dead wankers. I can counter that with, I’m grateful I have a job and I’m surrounded by lovely, hardworking, helpful individuals on nights.

There was also the controlled breathing technique I’ve been meaning to try for about 28 years. It’s said those who can control their breathing can control their life, I kind of think this is hokum, but I’m willing to give it a try.

The third and final thing technique I’m going to try is setting attainable goals. I’m not sure this one is going to work for me. I’m not very goal orientated, I’m more of a fear of failure orientated person, but I will try setting a small goal every day and seeing what effect it has on me.

I’m probably not going to try and implement all these at once, but over the next few months I will give each and every one of these a fair shot and add and subtract as necessary. I’ve heard small changes are more likely to stick anyways, so we’ll see.

And if none of this works I shall take a few more acting classes and play a character during working hours. It’s always good to have a plan B right?

Anyways, you lovely people I’m going to go and get some sleep, but before I do I have this question for you; what do you do to be less negative?  Let me know your thoughts in the comments below. And, as always, stay and play safe.

Love,

The Honest Bitch 

xoxo

New Year, New Plan

Happy New Year you gorgeous people. How the hell have you been?

I’ll be honest, I took a longer break than I originally planned. I planned to take December off and revamp things here for 2016. However, I kind of got sick and busy in November and my hiatus grew a little…. Ok, a lot. Hopefully with the changes I have planned for this year, that won’t happen again.

 

The first and biggest change being I'm going from 8 posts a month, to one post a week. The thought behind that being it’ll free me up to do more collaborative work and have more fun with my writing again. I’m aiming to have a new post up every Friday, however, as long as there’s one up a week I’ll be happy.

The other change being I’m not planning on dating in 2016. I want to spend the year getting my ducks in a row, working on myself and focusing mainly on my career, both writing and transport. I want all that to be solid before I introduce any possible source of drama into my life.

On the working on myself side of things, I’ve been tasked with the mission of being more positive. Which is hard for me. I’m not negative like my boss seems to think. I’m just sarcastic, and dry humored. Which is fantastic for my writing, improv, and the stand-up I’m starting to tinker in, but apparently puts character doubts in my boss’s head that will hold me back from promotion. So, I need to work on it or at least work on hiding the real me while I’m working. 

Anyways, you sexy beasts, I’m going to go, but before I do I have this question for you; what is your New Year’s resolution? Let me know in the comments below. And as always, stay and play safe.

Love,

The Honest Bitch 

xoxo