twtw #6: why not be confident?

[22/03/2014]

Life things are finally starting to get sorted, and yes, it did take me till pretty much the end of March to figure that one out! I am glad for the extra time I've had, and I'm looking forward to revving things up another notch from next week.  In the mean time, here were some of my favourite things from this past week..

This was THE tv show I grew up on. I used to tape Friends and watch it over and over and never got sick of it somehow.  Chandler practically shaped my entire sense of humour, I wanted to be as funny as him growing up (and well, now too really). This time round I've found a major soft spot for Phoebe - I finally get why people raved about her being such a talented actress, that is one heck of a hard character to pull off, to make seem real and relatable. This is also the first time I'm properly watching everything in order and seeing the progression properly. Mind you I do know the episodes well enough to just have it in the background while I do other things and still know, exactly what is going on (and no, I don't think that's sad.. no really). It's funny when you watch things as an adult, you finally get what these guys are going through. That's kinda the best part about watching it all over again.  Best TV show ever. Period.

I could write several odes to Lisa Eldridge, and this video got me all excited again for skincare. Skincare was my first beauty love, it kicked off my beauty obsession and blog/youtube love. Once I got into makeup, it took a backseat but now I'm starting to feel it again. Lisa is so knowledgeable and while she doesn't stick to green products like I do in that department, I trust her opinion, especially when she creates the sort of work she does and well when the woman looks that gorgeous, you sit and listen when she tells you to massage yer face!

I know, I'm jumping on the major blog hype about John Green's The Fault in Our Stars. Admittedly, I don't think this is the best writing ever (though I appreciate the big words thrown in so I can scroll to my kindle's inbuilt dictionary and hope that I'll remember them for future usage - usually not, sigh) but there is something special about the characters. It's aYA novel so of course it's not meant to be a head scratcher but I appreciate the thoughtful quotes thrown in, positive or negative. I also like that John Green himself is a positive guy who is thoughtful and hardworking, and while you shouldn't judge an author's merit on their own personal character, things like that make their work more appealing to me. One of the biggest plus-sides as well, it's that it's the second book in the row that I haven't wanted to put down and it's getting me excited about reading again. And after years of feeling guilty for not being a big reader since when I was a kid, and then feeling like a I should be a big reader, I'm glad to actually genuinely love it again.  And that's a big yay in my books ('scuse the pun!) :)

The title of the blog post was a thought that I had pop into my head this week. Whilst just practicing my jams, I realised I felt a bit apprehensive for some reason. And instead of letting it get to me, this thought just popped into my head. Well, why not be confident? We have all these reasons to feel insecure, but no good and real reasons to not be confident.  This thought really stuck with me this week and started changing my approach to things I usually think twice about. Truly, why not just be confident? There is no need to ask for permission from anyone. 

lots of love,

mai-anne