• Today one of my many special nieces, Livvy, celebrates her 10th birthday. . 5 years ago, in 2014, we were lucky enough to spend it with her on @mgraftonnonis and my first trip to the States together to visit my sister, @vixhendry and her brood! . It was a trip that changed our future. . We visited Anna Maria Island and fell in love. . In love with the Island because hey we were already in love with each other! 😘 . In 2017 we became engaged on Anna Maria Island and in 2018 it was where we were married. . It is now a part of our future plans as we’d like to be there more permanently. . Who would have known that what was a holiday to visit family would become a path to our future? . What ‘ordinary’ happenings in your life have created a life you’d always wanted to live but weren’t quite sure how it was going to happen? . . . . . #birthdaygirl #futureplans #planningourfuture #beachwedding #creatingalifeilove #createyourlife #createyourfuture #whoknowswhatsnext #livingaligned #makingthingshappen #annamariaisland #followyourpath #thrivinglife #fulfilledlife #inittogether #takingaction #keepingitreal #youcanmakeithappen #happymemories #nevertoolate #nevertooold #makingadreamareality #lifejourney #itwillhappen #havefaith #trustandbelieve #marriedinflorida #planningforthefuture
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    Today one of my many special nieces, Livvy, celebrates her 10th birthday. . 5 years ago, in 2014, we were lucky enough to spend it with her on @mgraftonnonis and my first trip to the States together to visit my sister, @vixhendry and her brood! . It was a trip that changed our future. . We visited Anna Maria Island and fell in love. . In love with the Island because hey we were already in love with each other! 😘 . In 2017 we became engaged on Anna Maria Island and in 2018 it was where we were married. . It is now a part of our future plans as we’d like to be there more permanently. . Who would have known that what was a holiday to visit family would become a path to our future? . What ‘ordinary’ happenings in your life have created a life you’d always wanted to live but weren’t quite sure how it was going to happen? . . . . . #birthdaygirl #futureplans #planningourfuture #beachwedding #creatingalifeilove #createyourlife #createyourfuture #whoknowswhatsnext #livingaligned #makingthingshappen #annamariaisland #followyourpath #thrivinglife #fulfilledlife #inittogether #takingaction #keepingitreal #youcanmakeithappen #happymemories #nevertoolate #nevertooold #makingadreamareality #lifejourney #itwillhappen #havefaith #trustandbelieve #marriedinflorida #planningforthefuture
  • Loving this picture which popped up in my memories . It was taken the night before we were married on the beach on the amazing Anna Maria Island. . Somewhere that we would like to be more permanently. . Somewhere that’s a part of our future plans. . What or where is a part of your future plans? . . . . . #beachwedding #marriedinflorida #happymemories #futureplans #planningforthefuture #makingadreamareality #creatingalifeilove #livingaligned #settinggoals #fulfillinglife #thrivinglife #inittogether #nevertoolate #nevertooold #creatingafuturetogether #takingaction #makingithappen #makingthingshappen #youcanmakeithappen #annamariaisland #sunset #keepingitreal #followyourpath #lifejourney #itwillhappen
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    Loving this picture which popped up in my memories . It was taken the night before we were married on the beach on the amazing Anna Maria Island. . Somewhere that we would like to be more permanently. . Somewhere that’s a part of our future plans. . What or where is a part of your future plans? . . . . . #beachwedding #marriedinflorida #happymemories #futureplans #planningforthefuture #makingadreamareality #creatingalifeilove #livingaligned #settinggoals #fulfillinglife #thrivinglife #inittogether #nevertoolate #nevertooold #creatingafuturetogether #takingaction #makingithappen #makingthingshappen #youcanmakeithappen #annamariaisland #sunset #keepingitreal #followyourpath #lifejourney #itwillhappen
  • To live an exceptional life you must put in exceptional effort. But first you have to figure out what an exceptional life looks like and feels like for you. Then, if that's the life you'd like to create you will need to figure out what it is that you need to do to achieve it. You will need to be committed. You will need to invest time, energy, effort, money. You will need to do things that are repetitive. Things that can be quite dull, boring and not initially rewarding. You won't necessarily see success straight away. In fact you may well feel like you're going backwards and away from, rather than towards, an exceptional life. You'll want to quit, give up. You'll wonder what the point is. It's at times like these that you have to hold tight to the life that you want to create, and the reasons why you want to live it. You will also need to keep putting in that extraordinary, exceptional effort until indeed you have created, and are living, an exceptional life. . . . . . #exceptionallife #exceptionaleffort #extraordinarylife #extraordinaryeffort #investingtime #figureitout #everythingisfigureoutable #keepgoing #dontquit #keeponkeepingon #puttinginthework #puttinginthetime #investingeffort #createyourlife #createalifeyoulove #createyourfuture #dontgiveup #workitout #whatdoyouwant #successtakestime #successtakeseffort #successfullife #committed #becommitted #commitment
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    To live an exceptional life you must put in exceptional effort. But first you have to figure out what an exceptional life looks like and feels like for you. Then, if that's the life you'd like to create you will need to figure out what it is that you need to do to achieve it. You will need to be committed. You will need to invest time, energy, effort, money. You will need to do things that are repetitive. Things that can be quite dull, boring and not initially rewarding. You won't necessarily see success straight away. In fact you may well feel like you're going backwards and away from, rather than towards, an exceptional life. You'll want to quit, give up. You'll wonder what the point is. It's at times like these that you have to hold tight to the life that you want to create, and the reasons why you want to live it. You will also need to keep putting in that extraordinary, exceptional effort until indeed you have created, and are living, an exceptional life. . . . . . #exceptionallife #exceptionaleffort #extraordinarylife #extraordinaryeffort #investingtime #figureitout #everythingisfigureoutable #keepgoing #dontquit #keeponkeepingon #puttinginthework #puttinginthetime #investingeffort #createyourlife #createalifeyoulove #createyourfuture #dontgiveup #workitout #whatdoyouwant #successtakestime #successtakeseffort #successfullife #committed #becommitted #commitment
  • Sunday is all about the self-care, something we should incorporate into our lives every day not just the one day. But hey using a Sunday as a reminder is a good thing😉 . Sometimes self-care is about the doing but it’s also about the not doing as well. . Every week I set myself a target of 100k steps as part of my self-care but Friday just gone I was emotionally & mentally drained & did not have the bandwidth to walk my daily steps. . My self-care was to not do. It was to allow myself to look after me by not doing. . But I still had my weekly target to meet. . But only if it didn’t do me more harm than good. . If not I had to let it go & be okay with doing so. . By taking this approach what happened though was a herculean effort to hit my weekly target! . But I nearly didn’t. I was allowing myself to let it go but early evening I felt a mini re-energising, went for a short second walk of the day & completed my steps! . Whilst this was important it was also important to know that either way was ok. . The aim was self-care, looking after me. . In whatever way my mind, body & soul needed it. . Something to remember when you’re putting pressure on yourself to do something in the name of self-care when in fact it’s doing the complete opposite. . Always look after you, in whatever way that looks like for you, give yourself permission to do so 🥰 . . . . . #selfcaresunday #selfcareeveryday #lookafteryourself #lookafteryou #nopressure #takecareofyourself #takecareofyou #letitgo #giveyourselfpermission #itsokaynottobeokay #lookafteryourbody #lookafteryourmind #lookafteryoursoul #timeoutforyou #listentoyourbody #listentoyoursoul #walking #gettingstepsin #bekindtoyou #begoodtoyourself #selfgrowth #mentalhealthisimportant #emotionalhealthmatters #spiritualhealth #physicalhealth
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    Sunday is all about the self-care, something we should incorporate into our lives every day not just the one day. But hey using a Sunday as a reminder is a good thing😉 . Sometimes self-care is about the doing but it’s also about the not doing as well. . Every week I set myself a target of 100k steps as part of my self-care but Friday just gone I was emotionally & mentally drained & did not have the bandwidth to walk my daily steps. . My self-care was to not do. It was to allow myself to look after me by not doing. . But I still had my weekly target to meet. . But only if it didn’t do me more harm than good. . If not I had to let it go & be okay with doing so. . By taking this approach what happened though was a herculean effort to hit my weekly target! . But I nearly didn’t. I was allowing myself to let it go but early evening I felt a mini re-energising, went for a short second walk of the day & completed my steps! . Whilst this was important it was also important to know that either way was ok. . The aim was self-care, looking after me. . In whatever way my mind, body & soul needed it. . Something to remember when you’re putting pressure on yourself to do something in the name of self-care when in fact it’s doing the complete opposite. . Always look after you, in whatever way that looks like for you, give yourself permission to do so 🥰 . . . . . #selfcaresunday #selfcareeveryday #lookafteryourself #lookafteryou #nopressure #takecareofyourself #takecareofyou #letitgo #giveyourselfpermission #itsokaynottobeokay #lookafteryourbody #lookafteryourmind #lookafteryoursoul #timeoutforyou #listentoyourbody #listentoyoursoul #walking #gettingstepsin #bekindtoyou #begoodtoyourself #selfgrowth #mentalhealthisimportant #emotionalhealthmatters #spiritualhealth #physicalhealth