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04 January 2012

My New Year's Resol....bla bla bla!

Dia daoibh!

So, it's 2012. That's different. The main topic of conversation this week is "New Year's Resolutions". I don't have any. Everyone is tweeting and blogging about how they plan to change their life for the better; not me. I just don't feel the urge to this year for some reason. 2011 wasn't a great year for me really. There were many losses of friends and people my own age within the last 4-5 months of the year which hugely shocked everyone and often had me reflecting on my own life. I was out for New Years Even this year and when the clock struck 12 I was overwhelmed with emotion and burst into tears while James gave me the midnight kiss. Instead of the future I was a bit stuck thinking about the past. I've explained before that I am a thinker and this will never change. That's what spurred me to write this slightly angered post entitled "Is your life THAT bad?"

Instead of making a "resolution" I'm just going to take life day by day. Perhaps make do-able daily resolutions; like today I want to smile more, today I want to clear out my room, today I'm going to organise my diary; rather that making one huge, often generic "plan". I figure it will be much more possible to do more things day by day, plus I've less of a chance of "failing" (lots of inverted commas in this post eh!!?). I suppose I'm contradicting myself by saying I don't have a New Years Resolution because basically I do and it's to not have one/take life day by day!

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I hope you all had a peaceful enjoyable Christmas and New Years and are looking forward to a fresh start for this year :)

Slán

14 November 2011

Is your life THAT bad?

FitznBitz 2:53 PM Fitz Bitz , Rant 14 Comments

I'm aware that we all have bad days, I certainly do as I wrote about before HERE, but something has been on my mind and I want to rant.

Some people (not everyone and no one in particular) seem to feel the need to give out every single god dam day. Be it on Twitter, Facebook or in "real life". As I said, we all have our off days and I wouldn't take too much notice about someone giving out or being in a bad mood for the day, but it's a whole different story when I notice people complaining and bitching constantly about the most ridiculous and materialistic things.

Have people forgotten how to appreciate the simple things; like life itself? We all have a life, it's not something we think about, it's something that just is.... and that's it. Obviously something has happened in my own personal life that has spurred me to write this post but in general I am quite an observant person. I don't usually feel the need to complain about people complaining. I usually just notice it, think about it and move on knowing that I do appreciate things.

One thing that has struck me as of late, is how casual people can be when it comes to saying quite horrible and serious things. "FML" (Fuck My Life) being the main one that absolutely infuriates me. I regularly see people tweeting this and it really gets to me. (search it on twitter and wait a while. You'll see more and more people tweeting it within seconds) Is your life really that bad that you actually curse it!? I'm aware that it's "just a saying" and I might be sounding a bit dramatic here, but you're still saying it whether you actually mean it or not! I tweeted this a while ago:

Another thing that is quoted regularly is that "life's too short". This is a good thing in itself, but again I think it's overly used and when used, not actually taken seriously by many. I'm a very sincere person. If I say something, I really do mean it. Maybe I'm being a bit too sensitive about the whole thing; I don't know.

Social media has exploded in the last few years and it's seeming to me that some people are slowly losing touch with the real world and sincerity. If everything was taken away from you, I'm sure you wouldn't be long realising that it's not all that bad. If bad things didn't happen we wouldn't know what good things feel like.

14 August 2011

You Tube vs Blogger - Decision Made

FitznBitz 9:10 PM blogging , Fitz Bitz 19 Comments

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A lot has been happening with me recently and I have been reflecting a lot on my life and the way I want it to be. I’m not going to focus on my personal life in this post, but of course my bloggings and videos have come in to it; so I will share those with you.

My first instinct (regarding my blogging/vloggings) was to share with my followers and friends on Twitter.

Sometimes things happen in life that make you stop and think. Blogging/Vlogging is not my first priority in life, as I am sure it is not for most. I don’t want to go too deep into emotions and thoughts right now, but I felt like venting somewhere, so where better else to do so, than here on my blog. I think that is the main point of a blog – to express feelings, thoughts, opinions, share tips and a whole lot more.

As I said in my tweet, upon reflection I have been half arsing with both this blog and my You Tube channel and I’m not happy about that. I would much prefer to be completely passionate and focused on one thing rather than settling on being content with both. It may sound as though I am being a perfectionist and picky, but why not? It’s my life. I like to push myself and feel a sense of accomplishment – but by not completely focusing on one thing, it is making me feel incomplete. It’s not giving me the satisfaction that I want. So I have indeed decided to focus on one and leave one behind.

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I have been thinking about this for a while now and it was hard to decide on which to focus fully on, as I do enjoy both. Ultimately I feel I want to continue here; with my blog. To be completly honest, I feel that You Tube can be more of a place to learn and teach - for example, make up tutorials from professionals such as Pixiwoo, Gossmakeupartist and Lisaeldridge, in comparison to blogs, where it can be more about opinions and random personal rants. I want to continue to be more focused on reviews of various products. I understand that that can be switched around also, but that is just what I think. You can do the same on both platforms obviously but I just don't feel I have enough experience to teach. I enjoy You Tube to learn. Although You Tube may be the more entertaining and visually stimulating of the two for most, I feel I can express myself more through writing. Maybe I was a journalist in a previous life! It’s just my gut instinct, and I tend to follow those. I might miss doing videos, but on the other hand, anything I show in a video I can take a photo of and speak about it here on my blog. The more I type right now, the more I feel I am making the right decision.

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To those who do not blog or vlog, this may sound completely ridiculous and over the top to even be talking about this “big decision”, but to those who do, I’m sure you can understand my predicament.

I was recently “found out” with regards my You Tube Channel. In complete panic, I privatised all my videos. When I was done scrambling, that alone made me think; if I am that panicked about someone seeing my videos then it must not be the right thing for me. After a few hours I copped on and deprivatised my vids because I know I had nothing to be embarrassed about. At the end of the day, I’m just a girl sitting down in front of a camera talking about things I enjoy. I wasn’t mocked by the person who discovered me – quite the opposite, which made me happy, but as I said, I got the feeling that it’s just not completely me.

I just want to point out though, that this is absolutely not the reason I am going to choose my blog over my channel. I had a good think to myself and I also had a chat with some of my twitter gals about it and that really slapped some sense into me. I was even considering sharing my You Tube channel on my Facebook. I felt I would much prefer everyone to know about it, rather than wondering about who does and who doesn’t. I’m glad I didn’t now though, as it would have been pointless. Everything happens for a reason eh? I’m a strong believer in that by the way!

So there you go. Decision made. I’ll probably make one last video to my subbies on my channel. It would be completely rude not to, and I defiantly owe those who are subscribed to me a thank you and goodbye. Hopefully it won’t be goodbye though – more of a “see you somewhere else!!” I hope that if someone liked my videos enough that they might check out my blog from time to time instead.

Thank you for reading, and speak soon!

Slán!

Laura xo

08 June 2011

Bad Morning Rant

FitznBitz 9:34 AM Fitz Bitz , Rant 6 Comments

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So I woke up this morning in a bad mood. I didn't have a good night sleep - which is extremely rare for me. I'm one of those people who can sleep anywhere or sleep through alot of noise and that kind of thing. I awoke feeling fed up and annoyed. Not a nice feeling. I looked at my phone and I was late...... perfect.

I got up and went about my usual morning (in a rush) but I just couldn't shake this feeling of....UGH! Cathal even asked me "why aren't you talking to me this morning Mom?" My heart melted a bit at that and I realised I needed to snap out of it. I got him dressed while having a little chat and fixed his brekkie and went upstairs to sort my hair and make up.

Guess what, bad hair day. I don't often have these particularly either but this morning my hair was just frizzy and full of kinks. I hadn't time to straighten it so I wet it a bit and put some mousse through it to scrunch it up. Looked in the mirror..... ugh.... would have to do. I then went on to slap on a bit of make up. I was still half asleep and kept dropping things; including my foundation which splattered all over the place including my pants which I then had to change. Then my pants didn't suit my top so I had to change my whole outfit. I felt like screaming but James was still in bed so I had to keep hush.

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Next thing "beep beep". My sister was outside to collect me as I hadn't time to walk in to work and school with Cathal. Plus, it was LASHING rain which also added to my frustrations with it belting off the window while I attempted to get ready. I grabbed my bag and jacket and ran out the door with Cathal who was still finishing his breakfast - god love him, but at least he had a smile in his face!

I came in to work and tripped over the mat on the way in. Lovely. I just kind of ignored the fella who was in before me. "He didn't even look up when I walked in so sod him" I thought so I didn't bother saying "morning" as I usually do. I sat down, set up my computer and went down to get the office phone - which was dead. Lovely. I charged it for a while and checked the voicemail. Obviously yesterday no-one in the office had bothered to look at/answer the phone. Grr.... So there were plenty of messages on it, including people more a less shouting and being rude.

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Now that more people are in the office I just don't feel like I'm in the mood for the usual "how was your weekend" small talk. I feel like being alone. I tweeted that I wan't in a good mood. Don't know why, I just felt the urge to. I don't usually like to complain for no good reason. I'm usually fairly good at appreciating things. So as I sit here writing this with my cup of coffee - which I have to say is soothing me slightly seeing as though I hadn't time for my own breakfast - I've actually annoyed myself at how ridiculous I am being. I'm not particularly feeling sorry for myself but I'm starting to realise that I shouldn't be feeling like this for no reason. Things could be a lot lot worse and I just need to suck it up and get on with my day. I really can't wait to get home though!! :( I'm sure many of you have had these days. Have you come to any conclusions as to why all these bad annoying little things seem to all happen in the same few hours? Why!!!?