What are you waiting for?

Exam season always brings out the worst in people. We all shy away and refuse to socialise so we can spend time studying (even though we all know we spend the majority of our time eating, sulking around the house, tweeting too much or staring at the wall - anything to avoid revision.) Don't get me wrong it's important to do your best and all that jazz - it's great, but do you think we place too much importance on exams? grades? jobs? money?

People always take the attitude oh it's not fun but it has to be done - short term pain for long term gain, just once I get this thing over with then I'll be fine...

This places nearly all our emphasis on the future, that things will be better once we're older or once we get our exams done, or get that job, get that car, get married etc etc etc.

I hate to break it to you - but it doesn't work like that. It's a vicious cycle and I think is a major flaw in today's society, this irrational sense of longing borderlines on greed and will only lead to bad and sad places.

"running in circles, chasing our tails" - Coldplay, The Scientist (Finally got a bit of Coldplay in there! :D)

It's what we are doing. Nothing will ever be enough, we will just want more. All you gotta do is look at celebs - some of the most 'successful' people in the world and the half of them are quite frankly miserable.

We are putting today's happiness on hold. We are under the impression that to follow our dreams and to just generally be happy we need to tick certain boxes or be at a certain point in our lives.

What are you waiting for?

I don't need to remind you how short life is. To think just how quickly even the last couple of years have gone is just terrifying.

I want to encourage you to start living today. Got a great idea? Work on it. Why not start that book or hobby you have been thinking about, why not set up that business you have been contemplating, why don't you make that phone call, send that text, ask that person, book that trip/holiday... Why not do it today? Because frankly tomorrow might be too late.

I'm not even talking about massive things. It's just a matter of putting the text book down for an hour and meeting up with a friend or doing something a little out of the blue. Simply just a little thing that makes you enjoy and appreciate life cause if you're not doing that then what's the point in it all?

Life isn't just hard, life is a mess. It's the most hellish rollercoaster imaginable - you gotta make the best of the highs cause you are sure going to need them to get through the lows.

Please wake up. Stop holding out for whatever you are holding out on. Life is what you make it after all. Get going. Enjoy it while it lasts - what are you waiting for?

So I realise this has been more of rant then anything else - but hey, hopefully it's food for thought.

As always feel free to get in touch if you have anything to say. Twitter @mattt_thompson.

Hope all is well with you all :)


I'll leave you with a Star Wars quote. cause that's just how I roll:

"be mindful of the future but not at the expense of the moment" - Star Wars The Phantom Menace.


Live a lot not a little! Thanks for reading :)

- Matthew

Little Boxes.

It's been a while, sorry for that... A lot has happened, a lot has stayed the same but nonetheless hi :)

So there has been a song floatin' round recently on ads and the internet called 'Little Boxes.' Apart from being ridiculously catchy it is also horrifically true about society today and raises a point that has drove me mad for ages.


Here's a cover of the song by an AMAZING band called Walk off the Earth: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LM8JhvfoqdA (I also suggest checking out some of their other stuff cause they really are awesome)


So basically the song is about the robotic nature of people today. How they just do things because everyone else does them, because other people want them to, because they feel it is expected of them to do a certain thing, that we are all on a conveyor belt and are all just being made the same.

Here's verse 2:

And the people in the houses
All went to the university
Where they were put in boxes
And they came out all the same
And there's doctors and lawyers
And business executives
And they're all made out of ticky tacky
And they all look just the same. 

How many people do you know that are working in jobs they hate? Or even worse how about people at university do you know working towards a job they don't particularly want to do? It SHOCKS me how many people are leading themselves down a road of misery. People are under the impression that if they just get so far in life or get that job that society deems to be amazing, or get that car or that house that they will be happy. Wake up. If your're not happy with what your're doing now, get out, cause chances are things won't change. We are all so blinded by the 'American Dream', by what parents want us to do, by what friends are doing, by what society says is good. We are all being put in boxes. 

It's not just jobs or uni etc that this applies to. It can be said for EVERYTHING. I mean even relationships, just because people say you are both good together, just because things aren't going bad doesn't mean they are right - just because there are no clouds doesn't mean you should ignore the fact that there are no rainbows. You will get all boxed up, get married because it's been a couple of years and that's just the next step and may ended up settling for something okay that should be exceptional. I think divorce rates are so high these days because of the conveyor belt. People get their degree and their jobs and are just like "hmm what else is missing?" then go out and find someone who is also looking for that missing piece of that jigsaw that has no picture (Grey, colourless life) - and get hitched.


And they all have pretty children 
And the children go to school, 
And the children go to summer camp
And then to the university
Where they are put in boxes 
And they come out all the same. 


Yup, and then it all starts over again. You might think I'm being skeptical or a bit extreme (hey maybe I am :P) but all you need to do is look around. You see these people everywhere. Grey people just living out their routine with no joy, no colour. Look at your teachers, look at your parents, look at your colleagues, look at your friends... a lot of them are bordering on miserable. 

You know what I am? I'm a dog chasing cars. I wouldn't know what to do with one if I caught it! - The Joker

I never thought I would be taking wise words from the joker but hey :L I think that's a great way to describe people. They chase careers, money, meaningless relationships, fake happiness and if they actually DID get the things they so long desire, not only what they not know what to do, but they would be unhappy.

Try not to be put in a box - the only time you should be put into a box is when your dead ( awkward morbid humour) Do what makes you happy not what you think you should do, but what you want to do. I mean honestly what is the point of chasing careers and money if your going to be miserable? 

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So i've just realised I've taken a very quaint, nice little song and turned it into something serious :L My bad. But hey I still think it's true.


Hope all is well with everyone regardless of whether I know you or not, I hope your happy and if your not I hope you do something about that :)

Live a lot not a little! Thanks for reading :)


Don't wait for happiness to find you and certainly don't go looking for it in the wrong places - Matthew Thompson

Dragons, dreams and dandelions.

Have to admit I had a good wee chuckle about the title of this blog, don't know why maybe its my love of alliteration or my love for all things random.

Anyway. So this topic was always going to come up at some point and i'm sure it will come up many times more - dreams.

You can't get away with having a blog title and URL about them without discussing them. So here we go.

There are a few reasons to my obsession with dreams. But firstly I think it is important to distinguish what dreams are. For me there are two types. There are dreams you have while your asleep (lets call them 'sleep dreams' for the sake of this blog) about dragons and wizards and sheep and life and love and people and places and peanut butter and heavens knows what else - the list is truly endless. And then there are dreams to do with real life ambitions and goals, the thing/things you wish and hope for (lets call them 'life dreams')

Sleep dreams have always absolutely fascinated me; but what has fascinated me even more is how casually accepted they are. I mean if you stop to think about it sleep dreams are really really really weird. We have all woken up after a dream at some point in our lives and wondered 'what the heck was that all about?' The most bizarre yet the most wonderful things can happen in dreams, when dreaming we live in a world of our own, purely made by our own mind, yes sometimes based on real life people and places but it is pure creative creation. Did you know that the 'random' people in your dreams are actually faces of people you have already seen like in the street or on the train, we just don't really remember them - but our subconscious does.

In our dreams we live in a world without any limits, you can literally do anything you can possibly 'dream' of (flying dreams are great :L), and we all it experience them regularly but yet we almost seem not to take any notice of them. The main reason I suppose for my obsession/interest in dreams is because I have a somewhat rare sleeping disorder called 'Chronic Fatigue Syndrome,' don't freak out, it's not serious but more importantly this blog isn't about to turn into a science textbook (although sadly I know some of you would actually enjoy that) so chill. I'll keep it short and sweet. When we are sleeping we go through different cycles of different types of sleep lets just say for now we have two - heavy sleeping and light sleeping. Basically with my sleeping 'disorder' I spend most of the night in light sleep resulting in - yes a bad quality of sleep but also more frequent and much more vivid dreams...Although it is classed as a 'condition' or a 'disorder' and yes I have gone through alot of crap in the past with it but I honestly consider it to be a gift and a blessing.If I had a choice, I would keep it. Besides, your body gets used to it and now I have the ability to have unreal dreams and also go without very little sleep. Ok so I may never be able to become a professional bodybuilder like Peter Weir or Ricky Thompson and I may pick up some extra bugs and flu's but I think it's totally worth it. Also the release of the glorious movie Inception has also got even more interested in sleep dreams! (one of my favourite movies, if for some weird reason you haven't seen it we can no longer be friends until you have) 

If you have fallen asleep or drifted off during that last wee bit i'm sorry but lessons over and it's now time wake up - unless your dreaming of course ;) I wrote a poem recently that is somewhat about dreams. Basically I was staying with a close friend and when it had come to going to sleep they began to snore insanely loud, at first I was like yeah, no bother at all but half an hour later I began contemplating wakening him. I was literally about to when for some stupid reason I thought it would be cruel to interrupt him from his sleep and more importantly his dreams... Here it is!

A Snoring Friend


And I awake to a monstrous sound
A snore that continues to come and go.
The sniffles and snuffles of a hound,
I wish to wake him but then think: no
For I would not be taking him from his rest,
But rather stealing him from his dreams.
Even if he is something of a pest
Doesn't he deserve the best?
To run beside the lovely streams-
To climb the hills, laugh, be free.
To see what no one else will ever see,
To soar up higher than ever before
To experience something so much more.
For in our dreams we truly live…
And this moment is the least I can give,
For a troubled soul starting to mend
Of a close and dear, snoring friend.

More on this later.

So the other type of dreams I mentioned - 'life dreams' are something I have only really been interested in more recently - the idea of them anyway, of course I have always had them, we all have at one point . Life dreams are our (ar ar?!) ambitions, hopes, desires and in my opinion our purpose in life. They give us reason for pushing on, pick us up when we're down, promise us better times - they're our light at the end of the tunnel and they are something that should be chased. Our dreams determine who we are, so choose wisely. As long as your dreams will not result in the destruction of yourself or others then I honestly say just go for it. I said above that "In our dreams we live in a world without any limits" and this is very true of  'life dreams' set your target, your aim, your goal and live limitless, let nothing stop you or get in your path, over come every obstacle and literally 'live the dream.' 

"For in our dreams we truly live…" - Matthew Thompson.

Not just the dreams we have when we are asleep, but the ones we hope for when our eyes are open as well.

(That's where the URL came from if anyone was wondering, from the poem)

This blog and the posts in it won't have much structure, no regular routine or be bound by any particular topics. The blog a dandelion that I am blowing with the hope that one little 'seed of idea' will plant itself inside your mind and simply stop to make you think. This is all I want.

As always if you want to suggest a topic, discuss things I have said or even just want a wee chat please get in touch.  Facebook me if you have me on there or for you beautiful bloggers you can drop me a comment.

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Email: mrmatthewjamesthompson@gmail.com

"If we are not living our dreams then are we really living at all?" - Matthew Thompson.

A really cool/funny thing you should start doing is keeping a piece of paper beside yo bed and writing down each dream as soon as you wake up in case it is forgetten. You will not be disappointed trust me, some of the stuff we dream in horrendously random and hilarious, you will get a few giggles that's for sure.  

Hope you are well and have a great day as always!

Live a lot not a little! Thanks for reading :)

Matt.

There is a Light that never goes out.

Before we start I want to make it clear that there will be spoilers about the gorgeous novel by F.Scott.Fitzgerald - "The Great Gatsby" (absolute must read) so if you are currently reading/intend to read then I suggest you leave and kindly shut the door on the way out :) I have been having this discussion alot recently - English class and with a few friends so it has been on my mind a good bit :)

So yes, well done to those that realized the title of this blog was a reference to the sensational song by 'The Smiths'! I felt it was quite appropriate due to what this blog is about. The song is about love and hope, the songwriter's single most important thing in the world is their partner, they give the beautiful lyrics:

"To die by your side, Is such a heavenly way to die" - The Smiths

Which really hits home that all they want, is to be with their partner, the light that never goes out is the feelings of love and the promise of hope that the feelings will never change. This is very true of our good friend Gatsby I mentioned above.

To cut a long story(or rather a whole novel) short Gatsby falls madly in love with a girl called Daisy when he was young but could never marry her because he is poor and from a much lower social class than she is. She becomes the most important thing in his life. Then the poor ole sport goes off to fight in World War one, fast forward the clocks a few years and Daisy has married the equivalent of say a modern day posh professional footballer and Gatsby is left with nothing. Nothing but the hope of some day winning Daisy back. So what does he do? He reinvents himself, the way he walks, the way he talks, becomes a multi-millionaire by illegally bootlegging alcohol, buys the most amazing elaborate house he could find which is across the lake from Daisy's house - all to merge himself into the upper class in the hope that he an Daisy could be together. 

Now here's where things start coming together. At night a green light lit up at the end of Daisy's house that could be seen from Gatsby's garden. For years this green light was the only thing that reminded Gatsby that someday him and Daisy could maybe be together, it was a beacon of hope, a promise that he can have what he desires more than anything, his entire purpose in life was reduced to one simple green light...and it changed his life.

So now I ask you to consider... what is your green light? Your purpose, the thing you long for more most, why you bother getting up when your alarm is blaring early in the morning, what makes all the hardships of life worth it, the reason you keep on going, your very reason for living, here is a great quote from 'The Matrix reloaded' about purpose:

"There's no escaping reason, no denying purpose, for as we both know, without purpose, we would not exist...It is purpose that created us, purpose that connects us, purpose that pulls us, that guides us, that drives us, that binds us, it is purpose that defines us." - Agent Smith - The Matrix.
Not sure what your green light is? Don't worry, your not alone, I think it's no understatement in saying that one of the biggest things people struggle with in life is finding their purpose, some never do, and if you have; well then I tip my hat to you and congratulate you on completing one of lives greatest challenges! :)

However, there is another lesson to be learnt from our dear Gatsby. Yes Gatsby, got the girl. He and Daisy were together, but only for a very short time. You see Gatsby was clinging onto the past, he longed for things to be the way they were and unfortunately time is cruel. 

"Change is inevitable - except from vending machines" - Robert C. Gallagher. 

People change, places change, everything changes and sadly he realized that Daisy had changed, the dream he had been chasing failed to satisfy, expectation did not meet reality and Daisy left him and Gatsby was left with nothing. The brilliant lyrical wisdom of Mumford and Sons spring to mind:

"Where you invest your love, You invest your life." - Awake my Soul - Mumford and Sons.

Be careful what you invest your life in, be sure to choose the right green light, because if you get it wrong like Gatsby did it will destroy you.

I think it is dangerous to have a green light based on money and possessions, all you need to do is look at the amount of unhappy rich people in the world but hey I’m 16 and  don't have (and probably never will have) very much of either - so what do I know ;)

A scene (this one http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tBDoRCfbMjo&feature=related) from the end of the amazing movie "It's a wonderful life" really hits this idea that money does not = happiness home for me, the main character (George Bailey) lets just say - is very poor but has helped the whole town beyond imagination and through a twist of events he has ended up quite bad debt. But he is surrounded by friends and family (who all chip in and help him) laughing and singing, he absolutely broke in terms of wealth but his brother comes out with the very memorable toast: 

"To my big brother George , the richest man in the town." - Harry Bailey - It's a Wonderful Life.

I think it’s safe to say that George Bailey (if he was real) was one of the richest men alive.

"True wealth is not measured by the amount of treasure in your chest, but by the treasure in your heart" - Matthew Thompson.

Anyways enough about wealth that is a whole different blog and I try not ramble. and besides I can't tell you what your purpose is, you have to find it for yourself, only you will truly know when you find it.

As always don't be afraid to get in touch or suggest a blog topic, I’m not that scary, if you have me on Facebook you can grab me there, or if you a beautiful blogger drop a me comment :D!

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Email: MrMatthewJamesThompson@gmail.com 

So yeah guys, get thinking, start building treasure, find your green light, let it shine brightly and may it be a light that never goes out! :)

"It is better to die with hope than to live with regret" - Matthew Thompson

Have a great day and enjoy yourself!

Life a lot not a little! Thanks for reading :)

Matt.

Bucket List's.

Yesterday I briefly mentioned my Bucket List - this reminded me that I hadn't looked at my list in well over a year! So I rummaged about and eventually found the shabby bit of paper. It was a small list, I had wrote when I was sick one day to try and cheer me up, it had some cool typical stuff on it like 'Skydive' and 'climb Everest' or even 'be a millionaire,' it made me laugh - I have to admit, but I was reminded of the great feeling of hope and inspiration I had when I wrote it. So with that I grabbed my bedside book and set out to write a new and improved bucket list with 100 things on it that I must do before I die. For those of you who have no idea what I'm on about here you go:


A bucket list is a list of things you want to do in your life before you 'kick the bucket' (die) 


"Gosh isn't he bright a cheerful talking about death on a lovely sunny Thursday" (surprisingly it is sunny today in Ireland) Yes! Yes I am bright and cheerful talking about death because why should we be afraid of it? Death is one of the few things we know for certain will happen, so why hide, why run away from the inevitable? Nowadays there is a massive taboo about death, it's the elephant in the room, the conversation that causes heads to drop, well guys if your one of these people I suggest it's time you raise your head, open your eyes and shout at the elephant.

One reason people are afraid of death is because they don't know when its going to happen, but they know it will happen, like the rain! We all know it will come we just don't know when (unless the weather guys actually get it right), you don't see (most) people running around frantically sobbing about the possibility of rain... Death is not a disaster, it is a goal, it is the tape at the end of the race, the line we all cross, it is the final chapter of your life, the last thing before the credits, sure no one wants to die but no one has a choice! Use death as the deadline (no pun intended) for everything you want to have done in life. How can you turn death into a positive thing? How can you ensure when you look back on your life you can say 'I was happy,' how can you prevent living just a normal life? Turning what could be ordinary into extraordinary? Simples. Write a Bucket List. 


Not sure what you put on your 'To do list for life?' that's ok you don't have to write a thousand in one sitting, add one or two things every now and again and soon you will have quite the list! It's important to make sure that the things on your list aren't impossible and on the other hand not too simple! It's a delicate balance but you'll be able to get it alright, but the most important thing is only put things down that you WANT to do, not because they look cool, or because it would be a cool story (bro) to tell someone, stick to things that you really wanna do :)

So before I bore you to tears here is my Bucket List!



My Bucket List

1. Write a novel
2. Make an album
3. Stick to a New Years Resolution - DONE
4. Go a week without speaking
5. Compliment a foreigner in their own language
6. Write a song - DONE
7. Live life being blind for the day (blindfolded or something)
8. Drink a coffee in Italy
9. Go somewhere in the world McDonald's isn't
10. Save a life
11. Cry with happiness
12. Sleep in the desert
13. Float in the Dead Sea
14. Get to somewhere on a Camel
15. Vlog
16. Stay awake 3 days in a row
17. See Coldplay live
18. Run a marathon
19. Fall in love
20. Pay it forward
21. Trek in the Amazon
22. Win a competition
23. Buy a lottery ticket
24. Buy a beer in Germany
25. Skydive
26. Life on the streets for a week
27. Get married
28. Travel to every continent
29. Go to a Gatsby styled party
30. Go to a gaybar :L
31. Go to a Jazz Club/Blues bar
32. Take an unbelievable photo
33. Learn to drive
34. Break a bone
35. Ask a stranger out for coffee
36. Buy a stranger an ice-cream
37. Pay for a strangers bill at restaurant
38. Surf
39. Share a pizza in the street with strangers.
40. Buy a guilty pleasure (something really stupid, expensive that I really want)
41. Scare someone so much they scream
42. Get so scared I scream
43. Scuba dive
44. See the Grand Canyon
45. Make a wish in the Trevi Fountain
46. See a wish come true
47. Witness something truly majestic
48. Smile at a funeral
49. Pop open a champagne
50. Find someone with two completely different eye colours
51. Busk
52. Skinny dip
53. Play a huge game of real life Where's Wally - DONE
54. Read an entire book aloud
55. See a kangaroo in the wild
56. See dolphins in the wild - DONE
57. Dance a jig in an Irish pub
58. Live a week without checking the time
59. Gamble in Las Vegas
60. Fire a gun
61. Take a yellow 'cab' in New York
62. Use a red telephone box in London
63. See a penguin in the wild
64. Hear Big Ben chime
65. Visit the Empire Estate Building (with a golf ball)
66. Get a Chinese in China
67. Eat maple syrup in Canada
68. Make an awesome chalk mural
69. Sing Galway Girl to someone with black hair and blue eyes from Galway :
70. Cook something EpicMealTime style
71. Read War and Peace
72. Read the Koran
73. Read the Bible - DONE
74. Earn 'ONE bit' of money from dancing in the street.
75. Go zorbing
76. Eat Swiss cheese in Switzerland
77. Travel somewhere by husky
78. Walk 500 miles in two weeks
79. Shout croissant at the top of the Eiffel Tower 
80. Lean on the leaning tower of Pisa
81. Ride a bike in Holland
82. Go to mass
83. Go to a Mosque
84. Walk along the Great Wall of China
85. Eat a kiwi in New Zealand
86. Have a tea party in the street - DONE - Took part in the Worlds largest street Tea party!
87. Visit someone in prison
88. Be a best man
89. Work on an oil rig
90. Fill an entire journal
91. Climb to one of top 5 tallest mountains in the world
92. Complete a Rubiks cube
93. Use a whole pencil without losing it
94. Be on T.V
95. Be an extra in a movie
96. Go on a cruise
97. See the Colosseum
98. Be in a photo with people from 10 different countries
99. Dance with an African Tribe
100. Ice skate on a frozen lake
101. Live a happy life
102. Bring happiness to the lives of others
103. Keep adding things to my Bucket List
104. Complete my Bucket list- or die trying.

There it is. Just over 100 things I want to do before I die, some easy, some difficult, some stupid, some fun, some pointless and some serious! There are definitely more things I want to do so I will continue adding to it :)

Don't be afraid to add awesome things that you have already done to the list and don't forget to tick them off, try to take a photo for each one as well. Anytime you feel down or need motivation, read your list. Also don't wait around get started NOW! Writing it is the first step :)

If your stuck or need motivation I suggest you watch "The Bucket List" a movie with the beautiful Morgan Freeman, it's a great wee movie, sure it has some flaws but don't we all.

If you wanna make your list online here's a nice wee website for it:  http://bucketlist.org/ 

I hope this has giving you something to think about, I would apologies again for the rambling but that implies I won't do it again... If you do make a bucket list or have any other thoughts I would love to hear from you! 

Those of you I have on Facebook don't be afraid to chat me or whatevs, or you gorgeous bloggers could drop a comment :D

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"Sail through life driven by hope and steered by dreams" - Matthew Thompson

Have a great day whatever you end up doing, get dreaming.

Live a lot not a little! thanks for reading :)

Matt.

The Whirlpool of Routine.

11 days into the New Year already, how terrifying is that? I sincerely hope that you are all having an amazing time so far but sadly most of the hope people were filled with about the turn of a new chapter in their life is now slowly beginning to fade away. Work and School has kicked back in, there is less chocolate in the house and we are all being sucked into the whirlpool of routine.

Routine causes days to go by with little or no meaning, it is a prison, it traps us from what we want to do and becomes all too regular. So here's a challenge, a New Years Resolution, break free from your routine everyday. Just one little thing is all it takes, switch things up a bit, take the long way to work/school, read a book instead of watching TV, meet up with a friend instead of going on Facebook, learn a new song on an instrument, cook something weird - I don't know, i'm sure you know what I mean, do this and you will begin to appreciate life all that much more. Try to see one beautiful thing in each dayT and I promise you it will bless you beyond you can imagine. This goes the same for exams, at the minute it is exam season for me and it really annoys me the way people just shut down and go into 'revision mode' I know they don't revise for 12 hours a day so why exclude yourself from life around exams?! If anything you should be taking more time to relax and enjoy yourself to stop yourself from losing sanity due to revision. But hey, what can ya do!

In regards to New Years Resolutions, keep at them! They keep that New Year promise of change real to you and are also very rewarding to see them through. Last year my resolution was to 'Only drink water, milk and herbal tea.' it was pretty tough me being the huge coffee fan I am but hey! I did it, and keeping a New Years Resolutions for the whole year is now something I can tick off my Bucket List, not to mention I appreciate coffee so much more now...

So my resolutions this year: 

• Take a photo of myself everyday.
• Write a Novel - 'The Prince of Italy' 
• Write a Poetry Anthology -   'Resolution of Rhyme' or
  'Life through the eyes of a Dreamer'

All of these were given to me by friends, I have found them not so bad so far, the photo thing is pretty fun but when you forget to take the photo until 03:30 am then it results in some zombie looking photos, also after 11 days I am already running out of ways to smirk... The novel I had wanted to do this year so I happily said yes when someone suggested it, I have a decently idea and a rough idea of characters and plot but yet I have zero motivation for writing and I blame that on poetry. The Anthology was just a little something I thought I would take up on the side but it has consumed me, I am really getting into it, I have an all new appreciation for poems now and I highly suggest it is something you at least try, it is captivating and very freeing. But to be fair it is developing the bases of quite alot of ideas I will build on for the novel which is the silver lining for the book at this moment in time I suppose. But my 'Resolution of Rhyme' is something I am really enjoying.

Well for my first post I am quite happy about this, it feels good to have no idea what you going to say and then just go for it. I can see myself blogging regularly its pretty fun.I rambled a good bit so if you read nothing above in summary I'll leave you with this:

'It is the simple amazing little moments in life that allow you to see the bigger picture' - Matthew Thompson.

So guys, have a good day, do something different and enjoy yourself :D

Live a alot not a little! Thanks for reading guys :)

Matt.