What Sophie Said

Last year, I made a simple and broad New Year’s resolution, inspired by a blogger I follow who had used it the year before. The resolution was to ‘do more of what makes me happy, and less of what doesn’t’. What I loved about this was that it gave me the power to decide what to do, and how to conduct myself. It made me think before accepting things I was unsure about. It made me value the times I loved, and arrange more of them. And it’s not a resolution you can ‘fail’. If you say you’ll go to the gym a certain number of times a week, for example, and then one week you don’t, you’ve ‘failed’. With my resolution, it was ok to have a bad day, or week, or even period of weeks. You could still get back on track. Because life isn’t always plain sailing, and a year is a long time. But I think this resolution was the perfect continuation of what I had started the year before: starting to make decisions with my happiness and wellbeing in mind. It’s n...

Where did you come from? I feel like we only just welcomed in October. Seconds later, it was gone. This year has absolutely flown by. Everyone’s saying it, and I’m going to say it again. I can’t even think what happened in October. I know over the past few months I’ve been to the theatre a lot, as anyone who knows me or follows me on Twitter will know. I’ve been working. I’ve been continuing to get into the swing of London life. I’ve been seeing friends. I headed home for a weekend to see my dad for his birthday (I’ve just got home, he was a Halloween baby!)  Just getting on with day-to-day life really. The days are strange at the moment. When I look back, time is flying by, but the days themselves whilst I’m in them seem to stretch on forever. I think the clock change definitely played a part in that, as last week I was completely out of sync. Let’s just chat about the clock change for a moment: I’m not a fan! The weather affects ...

Those that know me know that 2014 was a year of huge changes for me. A lot can change in a year, and last year, for me, that was more true than ever. And so, as is the trend at this time of year, I've been reflecting back on what 2014 has taught me, as I get ready to try and make 2015 even better. Here are my 14 biggest lessons learned in 2014: 1. You can do a lot more than you thought you were capable of if you set your mind to it 2. You can be brave 3. Friends will continue to surprise you, both in good ways and in bad 4. You can move from a point where anxiety was stopping you doing everything, to a point where it's a part of your personality you're learning, slowly, to control 5. You really do feel better where you're putting good food into your body. So get on with it 6. Ditto exercise. Get a wriggle on 7. Continue talking to anyone and everyone. Everybody in this world has something to teach you 8. Sometimes taking the scariest steps can pay y...