What Sophie Said

Hello, February. You've waited patiently; January seemed to last forever. There's a quote on Instagram at the moment which says '2016 starts on 1st Feb. January was a free trial month'. This made me laugh, and part of me agrees, but then I realised the miserable month of January was quite a positive one. I've overhauled my eating habits and am getting more healthy. I've started exercising daily before work. I had the most wonderful weekend away. I went to two brilliant theatre productions. It could have been a lot worse, let's put it that way. February, I love the fact you start on a Monday. There's something so neat about a new week and a new month coinciding, it's always a favourite day of mine. I feel like this is the month to try and learn to like pancakes. The month to continue eating better, and working on my fitness. We're moving towards Spring, and the lighter hours are making a huge difference to my mood. I've g...

Well, Monday, here we are again. The start of a working week, the first early morning after the weekend... Mondays have a bad reputation. But recently I've warmed to them. Because yes, we have to get up early and go to work, but it also feels like a weekly opportunity to have a bit of a 'fresh start'. We're all guilty of putting good intentions on the back burner, or saying we'll start tomorrow, next week, next month, next year... I'm trying to view Mondays as a brand new little opportunity every week. Every week I want to think of one new thing to implement, whether it's to do more exercise, ring one friend for a catchup, or spend longer reading a book. By introducing little habits in isolation, but often, I'm hoping I will be able to stick to a wider range than failing with those ridiculously long lists of things we 'SHOULD' do on January 1st. So there we have it: every Monday is now an opportunity. Every Monday is another little ...