Motivation

Okay, so I didn't promise that I'd blog about this all the time, but I also never said I wouldn't at all either! 

Here I sit, on the couch. After downloading the "couch-to-5k" app, I have been gung ho to start running for a couple of days now. So tonight, although I have a wicked cold, I laced up my running shoes and hopped on the treadmill. I should also have mentioned that I have never ran a day in my life. Armed with my fitspiration playlist and my bottle of water, I did just what the app told me to do... A brisk walk. Hmmm! This is not so hard! But....

After about 5 minutes, a little voice chimed in through my headphones... "Let's jog!" Whoa there Nelly, one step at a time here. But I did as I was told and quickened my pace. It took about one minute for me to start feeling light headed, and as soon as the cheerful lady said "walk" again, it was off the treadmill for me.

So we're back to where we started. Back on the couch, I'm kind of feeling like I failed. Surely it can't be that hard to walk for 1.5 minutes, run for one, and so on... Can it? Only time will tell.

How do you motivate yourself to do something you've really been dreading? Any tips appreciated...

Until next time!

Liv (gasping for air) Loves

MY LEGS ARE JUST AWFUL

HERE I AM.

ROCK YOU LIKE A HURRICANE.

Just kidding.. I am not that way. But I am back! As I predicted, I am not very good at keeping up with things such as blogs and YouTubing. Part of what has made it so hard is the idea of not knowing what I am doing in life, or where I want it to go. But now that everything is settled, I'm back in business. I thought I would do a post about...... drumroll pleeeeeeeease........

BODY CONFIDENCE.

I know this is a slightly overdone topic. But why not jump in headfirst, I always say.

My whole life, I have struggled with body confidence, and self esteem. I have never been small, or even close to it for that matter. I was bullied in high school, and was given some really mean nicknames. This gave my confidence an even more shattering blow. 

To address this whole matter, I think there's one thing we should always remember. So what if you're bigger. Or smaller for that matter! Who cares if your nose is too big, your ears stick out, or you're seven feet tall? If people want to make opinions of you based on that, let them. The people who mean the most to you won't judge you based on your looks, but what's inside. And those are the people you most want in your life anyway, right? 

So go ahead. Buy that dress you've been wanting, but weren't sure if you could pull it off. Go to that party you were thinking of skipping. Rock what you've got, and I think you just might surprise yourself.

Until next time!

Liv xoxox

Liv Loves.

Well hello there! 

Welcome to my blog!

This blog was first created to chronicle my year-long trip to London, England. However, other activities have taken priority, and those plans have been put on hold. I have deleted my previous posts and decided to start fresh!

"It's not that I'm never going. I'm just not going right now." That's what I keep telling myself to get me through the next few days of disappointment. I'm not going to London this year. But come a year and a half from now? I'm so there. 

So let's move on from the sadness that is my life, and embrace cheerier thoughts! 

Sometimes we don't always get to do what we want, when we want. But does that mean we should be bitter and resent the place we're at now? Hell no! The grass is always greener where you water it. You may not be in your ideal situation, but that doesn't mean it can't be amazing. I promise. 

So am I going to sit around moping? Of course not. I'm going to work hard at my job, and on my schoolwork. The motivation of following my dreams when I'm done will make it that much easier. And I'm going to make the best of being at home for the next while. Maybe I'll get a hamster! Who knows? It's all very exciting.

I have changed the name of my blog to "Liv Loves". Over the course of this blog, which I intend to keep writing for as long as I can, as much as I can, I am going to write about the things I love. Or things I don't love. Or things I'm neutral about. Either way, it'll probably be a mixture of a lifestyle, beauty, and photography blog. And as I'll still be working with kids, maybe some fun activities and DIY projects as well! So basically the same as I always intended it to be, just from a different location!

As always, you can find me on Youtube and Twitter and follow me on BlogLovin' by clicking the links in the sidebar on the right of this page.

Until next time!

Liv :)