rebecca

I am such a sucker for these kind of things, I already have a 'Wreck This Journal' and 'The Pointless Book' both of which have the same kind of concept as this. It contains all sorts of things from simply 'list the things that make you happy' to recipes to a page that just says 'HOT CHOCOLATE WITH MARSHMALLOWS' (which of course makes me very happy). 

I've known Shanice for six years now, we actually met on my birthday in Year Seven. I like to think she knows me pretty well and this present definitely shows that. Like many other people I struggle to look on the positive side a lot of the time and often find myself stuck in a well of self pity and chocolate. Usually I get myself through it by laughing at videos of me and my friend Natalie or listening to One Direction but of course, we all have really bad days. 

I've already done one or two things in this book and I know that on a down day I'll be able to look at the huge list that I made of things that make me happy which include Harry Styles, Liverpool and Tea with Honey. I'll also be able to look at the list of things that I like about myself and I'll know that feeling down is never permanent, there is always moments of happiness, however fleeting those moments may be.

I think this book is going to be a real help over the next few months, years or however long it is before I inevitably end up losing it. I think that everyone needs something like this, something they can get out when they feel down and just have a flick through. It's full of quotes and things that make other people happy, I just think it's a wonderful invention.

I'm lucky to have very understanding parents (mainly my dad) and also friends who know that every day is not going to be sunny and I understand that they too have days where they feel like the weight of the world is on their shoulders and I wish I could buy all of them this book. 

"Subtly , in the little ways, joy has been leaking out of our lives. The small pleasures of the ordinary day seem almost contemptible, and glance off us lightly...Perhaps it's a good time to reconsider pleasure at its roots. Changing out of wet shoes and socks, for instance. Bathrobes. Yawning and stretching. Real tomatoes." - Barara Holland