Goodbye 2014 | Recap & Favourites

LIFE

Well, well. What a year it's been for me. When I started this year I was suffocating from being bullied in college, my anxiety playing up and general 'What am I doing with my life?' breakdowns. The latter two are still part of my life today. But do you know what, I'm feeling pretty damn good. And I think that this blog is a big part of that.

Before I started What Lauren Did Today, I was a beauty blogger and I hated my blog. I didn't have a clue what I was doing, so I just uploaded content that I thought everyone wanted to see. I am not a beauty lover at all, but the only blogs I knew about at that point in time were beauty blogs, so I joined in. It wasn't until the end of May 2014 that I finally called it quits with beauty blogging, and decided to just blog for myself. And now, a few months later, there are nearly 200 of you reading. HOW INSANE IS THAT THOUGH SERIOUSLY?

 

My confidence has taken a battering this year, and I'm still not able to leave the house some days because of my anxiety. I've been through CBT and am now having Art Therapy, and I know that I'm doing everything possible to try and make myself better and stronger. I don't feel quite so weak anymore. I also lost my best friend in the world, then re-connected with her months later following my sister's admission into hospital. We're not as close as we used to be, but I missed her so much. I also lost my cat, Poppy, who was sadly ran over during the summer. I miss her so much still, but I have my little Luna to keep me company. I went on holiday with my boyfriend and had panic attacks all night, but I got to see the most beautiful beach sunsets and it was just amazing to spend time with him. (Also, I went in go-karts and on a water slide for the first time in forever... omg awkward Frozen reference.)

 

FAVOURITES

LLYMLRS. 5 Second Of Summer. Daisybutter. The Hobbit.  My new snazzy photo wall. Water Painted Dreams. Becoming a vegetarian. Luna. Discovering my love for writing again. Little Book Owl. Christmas Day. Christmas Eve. Boxing Day. Cooking. Avatar: The Last Airbender. Baking my mum banana bread. Figment. Pinterest. Wearing black and grey all the time. Lush. Appreciating the world and all it's simplicities. Danisnotonfire. Becoming more self aware. Collection Gel Eyeliner. Collection Lip Butters. Rose quartz. Vivatramp. Shakeaway's Dave milkshake. Lush The Comforter Bubble Bar. McDonald's breakfast hash browns. Fangirl by Rainbow Rowell. Yankee Candle's Snowflake Cookie. A Game Of Thrones.  BBC Sherlock.

 

BLOG RECAP

And finally, I thought I'd give a little re-cap over my favourite/most popular blog posts of the past few months.

1. Holiday Photo Diary // 2.  Fictional Inspired Jewellery // 3. Book Review: Looking For Alaska 

4. 4 Tips For Overcoming Anxiety // 5. 12 Reasons I'm Not Cool // 6. Top 5 Non Romantic Relationships 

 7. Updates | Luna // 8. Lush Seanik Shampoo Bar Review // 9. Nandos, Park Street | The Beanie Burger

What a year! This has been possibly the best/worst year I've ever had, and it's almost bittersweet to let it go and to move into 2015. I have a lot of challenges coming my way throughout the coming year, but I'm kind of looking forward to them. I hope you all have had the most wonderful year, and I wish you all of the love, success and happiness in 2015.

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