The Blogcademy

All photos are by Jel Photography

If you are superstitious in any way shape or form, you know that when you go to an event and you know it just feels right... well this is was how I felt when I went to the Blogcademy! Not only did I meet my idol for the unusual and beautiful, but I meet some amazing people along the way. The Blogcademy is a course that you can take to help make you a better blogger, the content covers not only how to make your blog pretty but also how to make sure your message is getting to the right crowd. I mean at the end of the day if you want certain people to read your blog you have to make sure you are delivering the right content for them to read!! There were many moments throughout the course that I was like... oh I know that, but I just did not know how to articulate it. 

The ladies who took this seminar Gala Darling, Rock N Roll Bride & Nubby Twigglets (aka The Headmistresses) were very informative, funny and their own sparkly individual selves. I walked away from this course wanting to create, design and most of all get my voice out to you!

Take a look at the course I link above and it might just be your cup of tea...I would also like to list the amazing ladies who I was fortunate enough to meet, they have stunning blogs that I want to share with you. So start clicking and enjoy!!

• Danielle 'Devel' Bunkall - her retro inspired clothing label will definitely tempt the shopaholic 
• Sara Satterthwaite aka BusinessBestfriend - not only does Sara talk about business solution she also get some insightful tips
• Bec Brown aka CloudsofColour - has breath taking photos and painting some amazing art!
• Abby Drake - her blogpost are always an interesting read 
• Jasmine Platt - A personal & spiritual development coach, an amazing woman who I really enjoyed chatting too

Enjoy 

Much Love

Z

 

A waywards guide to DTR

I thought since this recently happened to me and is the most popular topic around my circle of friends (both girls and guys); DTR "Defining The Relationship" seems to be the most frustrating topic that both genders are experiencing in the early stages of a relationship.

For both guys and girls this can be quite an awkward stage when you have been with someone for awhile. Not to get to tricky, but my definition of being with someone is you either, hang out a lot with them, speak to them regularly, are affectionate with each other (kissing, hugging and sleeping with one another) and that you have been doing this for a period of time. Oh and of course that this person is the only person you have been doing those interaction with.

Now I thought I would break this down one step further, why do we need to define a relationship? Well from my experience it can save you from a lot of embarrassing scenarios, i.e. when friends ask you if they are your partner/bf/gf and all you can give them is "oh we are sleeping together" or "we are seeing each other but we are not dating". Believe me when I say this but it does wear thin after awhile and having the kind of uncertainty will in the end will drive anyone a bit banana's.

A DTR appears when either one party is unsure about how each other feels about the relationship and are unsure where to head from it. It is important to have some kind of direction with someone, because at the end of the day you can avoid unnecessary events by being clear and that just means you can get on with your life. Think of it as forward planning, without any lose ends.

So you have reached that point that you realised that you need to define the relationship, so now what?

Here are some suggestions about breaching the topic that you can use,

• Slip it into conversation about other friends relationships, maybe use "oh they are just a great couple,are we a great couple?"
• Be straight forward and ask "are we an item?" 
• Go the other direction and make a comment about how its nice being friends and see if they turn around and go "I thought it was more than that?" (pre-warning, you have to be sure with yourself in case they might actually feel it is a more of a casual thing)
• Ask them out "will you be my girl/boyfriend" you could use starters like, I really enjoy hanging out with you or you make me happy to get the ball rolling.

These are only small ideas on the whole scale of things, but if you have been in a similar situation I would love to hear your feedback. Was it good? bad or indifferent?

Much love and happiness

Z 

Procrastionation Day 16th October

Well well, it seems to have been sometime since I had enough material to warrant a procrastination blog post! I have come to admire people who are very consistent at blogging, it is no easy task to say the least. I find that I will only blog about something that inspires me or that I really just want to share with the world cause it made me smile and I definitely all about sharing the laughter.

So since my wardrobe tamming is taking longer than a week I thought I would give a little peak at what I have been reading over the past month, so enjoy this mini adventure!

• This post about how you feel about you ex had a little bit of truth to it for me, what about you?
• I realised that I unconsciously do this, but we should always surround ourselves with powerful like minded people; because it will make us better!
• It was really kind of mind blowing to read this article on how the current and past generation are dealing with competition of popularity.
• As I don't want kids, reading about what parents shouldn't say to non parents made me become more frustrated with people who say these things constantly to me.

Some food for thought really, a bit of light blog reading; but remember enjoy your day and that even though you are procrastinating you are education yourself too!

Peace

Z

Spring Overhaul

Photo from Pinterest

It has come to my attention that it is time for a revamp, now that I am not a student anymore (woohoo) I think it is time to make my surroundings represent where I am in my life. Currently it is in a stage of chaos and when I mean chaos I mean I have two types of personalities mixed into one. I have my student life trying to hold strong against my approaching work life, now you may wonder what the hell does that mean?! Here is a summary of it:

• My wardrobe is a confused mess, it does not distinguish who I am right now! There are different pieces of clothing that I do not wear anymore or that needs to be repaired or even thrown out!
• When I look at my room I see remnants of a student life over the past 4 years and a mixtures of my new life trying to come through; so merely I have items that I used in my student years that are now gathering dust and newer items trying to fit in to my tiny little room.

As well know that most of us like to spring clean when this season appears, meaning out with the old and in with the new! To be honest I never took the "spring clean" thing seriously but as I matured I realised it is a great way to improve your surrounding for the on coming months and make room for new and exciting things.

So this week I am dedicating my spare time to spring cleaning my wardrobe, my inspiration did come from reading Gala Darling's article on wardrobe taming and that has really got the ball rolling for my spring overhaul.

I will keep you posted on my progress this week via twitter and give you a review at the end of it!

Peace

Z

Auckland: Big little City

We all know that we have some bias towards the city we grew up, some also do not have the best experiences and find new places to call home and be bias about. For me I will always love Auckland, it is where I have grown and become the person I am today, since I am feeling so happy I want to share with you a little snippet of what I love about Auckland.

Big little City

My Home

Z

TGIF: Inspirational Weekend Boost

Hey Peeps,

Since it is Friday I thought I would share with you my top 10 inspirational quotes that I have come across in Pinterest. Hope this kicks off your weekend and give you a smile on your dial, promise to get my graduation post up soon! Pre warning this post is going to be a photo overload!!

Have a awesome weekend!

Z