Lately I have been feeling massively stressed and not to mention it’s one step closer to Christmas everyday. I have been very grateful with the number of invites to events that’s been rolling in but recently I have been trying to juggle my personal time with fitness, rest, friends and me time. I soon found out that having a blog and a full time job sort of means there’s no such thing as “me time” which I have learnt to accept this so called “trade off”. Couple of us seem to feel the strain this Winter as my evenings and weekends seem to book up rather quickly which meant I had to always check my calender. I’ve noticed that there has been way too much priority on “blog stuff” which has made me feel rather exhausted, but what can I do? I felt like switching off in December but some say to keep going as Christmas is the busiest period and that it will calm down. Would it? I am really not feeling myself lately and I feel rather depressed by the pressure from it all. Perhaps I don’t have the stamina like many amazing bloggers out there and unfortunately I just have to do what’s best for me and learn to say “no thank you” (politely obviously). My day time job has already taken its toll and sometimes I work through the evenings so I rather come home and just chiiilllll. I’ve been eating out so much I swear my hips are getting wider and feeling the wobbles. What’s worse is that my Thailand trip is 2 weeks away and I can’t seem to get my hands off the pies!
I’ve been cutting my time from blogging by 70% for the last 2 weeks; barely Instagramming (as I usually post every day) or tweeting! But how did that make me feel? Honestly…I felt more relaxed and happier. Looking at my blank calender made me feel relaxed so that I can make spontaneous plans like shopping after work or hit the gym/classes. I felt really bad that I haven’t seem my friends and sister (who had a baby) for a long long while because I am always so busy. I have decided to take control of my life again so I will be spending my December enjoying my real world with my family, friends, getting fit and importantly….tidy my room!! It’s embarrassingly untidy like WW3 has started. Thank you everyone for the support you have given me, I have made some awesome friends this year which has been invaluable. I will still be posting now and again but not as often and consistent so thanks again everybody; I hope to reconnect with you all next year. In case you have missed any more of my blogger thoughts, you can read more here 
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