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Wednesday 29 July 2009

Reasons to be cheerful

I’m a little disheartened at the moment. For many reasons, most of which are fairly minor in the grand scheme of our existence, but never the less, current. I’ve moved back from the Midlands, (which is a big enough reason to be uplifted), but am now away from girlfriend and with family after 4 years of independent living. Again, these aren’t HUGE problems, but they’re enough to lift you up, turn you upside down and shake the foundations of the life you’re trying to build, out of your pockets and all over a field in West Sussex.

I reckon the main reason for this irrelevant moan is because I’m spending most days writing for a graphics design company who specialise in medical produce which I then have to learn about in order to write about in order to send back to the people who previously wrote about it who then check it over and see if I know what I’m going on about, which I don’t. But somehow, that’s what I’m doing and when you’d rather be back writing about a college in Mansfield, you have the right to be a little disheartened.

Alas, the future is something you can always look forward to. So I think a list of positives is in order, just for me (and Steve), to read and think about why things aren’t ever really that bad. A list to remind us that whatever predicament we may find ourselves in, it falls insignificant to the problems of others. Just look at Hugh Grant for example.

 

Things to look forward to:

 

  1. Reading Festival
  2. Birthdays
  3. Music
  4. Sharing homes with loved ones
  5. Parties
  6. Michael Jacksons death being left alone
  7. The new football season
  8. Brand New’s new album
  9. Ventures
  10. Writing meaningful blogs   

 

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