So you may have noticed that posts have been pretty lacking around these parts recently!  That is because my blog no longer lives on this platform I have moved to Squarespace in order to incorporate my blog in with my website. Please find me at maddiefreemantle.com and then click on blog in the header bar.

There hasn't been any posts on the new blog for a while due to taking a blogging break because of exams but they are coming I promise.

See you there,

Maddie

Today marks the last page of a 365 page book, is your book worth reading?

So it's the final day of 2014 and the end of another year. I have mixed emotions on this year and I can't really decide if it's been a good or bad one. There is nothing major on either end of the spectrum so this year has been OK but it's time to make 2015 AMAZING!

Today is a day for reflection and a year ago tomorrow I posted a blog post with my goals for 2014 and now is the time to see if I achieved them or not. Below are my goals for 2014:

This was something that I achieved within the first month or so of 2014 as I had wanted to and I am so happy I did. Having a camera that can do everything I want it to do has been amazing. I have been able to use it for so many things this year and I have truly enjoyed every second of it.

My blog has been utterly rejected this year and it doesn't make me happy at all. I was doing really well and then I just gave up. 

Hey everyone,

Don't spend your life comparing your behind the scenes footage with everyone else's highlight reel - no one posts pictures of themselves losing their job, sitting on the sofa in their pants or missing the bus. It's still happening to everyone, every day, you're just not seeing it.

Above is a slightly edited quote which I found on a Student Beans article (find the whole thing here) and I really think it is an amazing way to describe the situation so many people find themselves in.  People spend a lot of time thinking that their life is worse than somebody else's or that somebody else has a perfect life but what are we actually basing our assumptions on? The reality is that most of the time we gauge someones life on what we have seen or read on the Facebook, Twitter, Instagram or any other social media site. If we remember what is written above then maybe we will all stop putting ourselves down because Bob that you met once at a birthday party has had a lovely day trip in London and you have stayed at home and watched friends re-runs for the whole day.

Even if you take social media out of the equation this happens in real life, when you meet somebody for the first time chances are that they aren't going to tell you about their grandma with a few days left or their uncle Derek who's serving a life sentence (a little exaggeration don't take this too seriously) but about the new car that they just bought or their amazing holiday in the Caribbean.  Until you really know somebody can you really compare yourself to them?

Maddie x

Hello everybody,



So today's post is going to be a little different instead of me writing my post out I decided to film it an make a video instead. This is something I have wanted to do for a very very long time but I have never managed to or I haven't been happy with the quality. This won't be a regular thing at the moment but I will film videos every so often to replace posts.

Hope you enjoy and don't forget to subscribe and all of that lovely stuff. If you have any questions then either comment on this post or on the video and I'll try and answer for you. You can find the video here :)

Maddie x

Hey guys,

I hope you have all had a wonderful week it's that time of the week again and this week and for the last month or two I have been loving....



I Feel Alive by We The Kings.

I have been setting this song as my alarm as it really wakes me up, listening at the gym and just whenever I fancy a pick me up. Unfortunately the lyric video is on a VEVO channel so you'll have to click through to listen.

I hope you like this song and you enjoy listening to it,

Maddie x