Hey guys,
It’s Em from LyfWithEm here. Elm kindly invited me to guest post here, so here I am!
Did you all have a lovely Christmas? I hope you did. I really enjoyed getting to spend time with my family and being in fits of laughter at the table! I’m going to miss that when school starts again. Even if you don’t celebrate Christmas, I hope you managed to relax, have fun and enjoy the holiday.
Now that Christmas is over, I feel a bit down. All the build up, the excitement, the decorations, the music, the food…it’s all over. All I have to look forward to now is another year of hard work, stress, pressure, school, life and goodness knows whatever else life decides to throw my way.
If I look at it that way, surely I’m being pessimistic. Why should I spend my life thinking negatively? Let’s turn it around. Let us be positive and optimistic, because that is what brings happiness and fun.
You have a whole new year ahead of you.
I don’t care what you say, you (very nearly, okay) got out of 2015 alive. You made it. Sure, it may have had it’s down moments. Or it may have been filled with joy. Whichever applies to you, you get another shot at making your life count. You’ve been granted more time to change for the better, and to look at life with a new outlook – that you can be happy and have fun.
As bloggers, we all have our own reasons for starting our blogs. Over the few months I’ve been blogging, I’ve spoken to many amazing people who have gone through more than I can possibly imagine and others who are simply teenagers trying to struggle their way through school life. Either way, every one of us has problems in some form or another.
A new year gives us the opportunity to work together as a blogging community to help one another to overcome their problems. Some of you may know that I have anxiety and panic attacks, and already this blog has helped me start my recovery. I want to give the same love and support to every single one of my followers as they have given to me.
So,
Let’s embrace this new year.
Let’s support each other.
Let’s all be kind, giving and supportive.
We can do anything.
I’m going to leave you now, but you can check me out if you wish. If not, then I get it. I’m not as interesting as Elm is.
Just remember that we all love YOU.
Love, Em x
I LOVE THIS POST! I hope you had a lovely christmas and this has really inspired me to make 2016 really count! -Tash x
Thank you π xox
Em, this is such an awesome post! π
Thanks!xx
Wow!
Gr8 post Em!
Thank you Georgie π dx
Welcome!
Aw this was such an amazing post. I understand what you mean by feeling down after the 25th, we obsess over one day for an entire month and then it’s over in a second. I am starting to feel very stressed about going back to school. But there is a new year ahead, and I am excited for 2016. Thanks for this post, it reminded me of what is important. I always love your posts Em!
Aw thank you, I love your posts too. It’s strange really isn’t? It IS over in a second even though we’ve spent a whole year wishing it would come quicker. Please don’t stress, it’s a horrible feeling, though I’m stressing as well π¦ x
Aw, I’ll try not to stress, things will probably better than I think they will be.
I’m sure they will xx
This is amazing x
Thank you β€
Written beautifully Em!
Thank you π
Great post and great resolutions! Lets all stick to them and to this amazing community! β€οΈ
Yeah I agree. I don’t really do resolutions, but you know…thought these things were good.
They are! :)?
Thanks π xx
I really appreciated the paragraph where you mentioned that we’d all been granted more time to change for the better. (Even if it is miniscule) there’s no point in not being happy with what you’ve got so I can really agree with that.
And I got a laugh out of the “I don’t care what you say, you (very bearly, okay?) made it out of 2015 alive.”
Because that would actually be a big accomplishment for my good ‘ol heart. Maybe it does more than I think π And 2 weeks isn’t much to ask right? XD
The rest of this post was amazing too, Em!!
Aha, well 2015 isn’t quite over yet! Anything could happen and I just wanted to account for that π Glad you enjoyed it!
Yeah, that’s what I’m afraid of XD
Aw nothing bad will happen x
Don’t make me hold you up to that. I have 2 more possible diagnosis’ before the end of the year XD
Oh
Good luck xx
Thanks, I’ll need it! π
i loved the guest posting idea! also, great post Em!!! hopefully we stick to our resolutions next yearπ
Yeah it’s cool. You can guest post on mine if you want! You don’t have to though xox
are you serious??? i’d LOVE to! i’m also so excited right now it’s unreal. do you have a kik or something i can contact you with?
I have an email and a twitter! And a kik! They’re all lyfwithem and lyfwithem@outlook.com ! I can add you as a contributor, so all you have to do is write it, then I approve it and it’s posted!
oh wow, i didn’t even know we could do thatπ YAAAY okay i’ll contact you tomorrow morning when i’m more awake! would you like to guest post on mine? (you don’t have to, of course) xx
Yes, I’d love to! π
thank you so much lovelyπ
[…] you want to check out my guest post on Elm‘sΒ page hereΒ then please do. It’s all about how we’ve been lucky enough to have been granted a […]
Wow this is really inspiring!!
Aw thanks π xox
Amazing post Em! New year, better choices, am I right?
DEFINITELY π
i love this post! so inspiring and incredibly sweet. π
Naww thank you β€
Ohh, thank you so so much! π
The best adjective for this post is that it is JUST PLAIN LOVELY!!! It made me smile. Sure, Christmas is over, but we are GLASS HALF FULL PEOPLE!!! XD
-Amy
Aw thank you, it’s always my intention to make you all smile!!
XD And you always manage to succeed in that.
Aw thank you π xx
;-P
What a lovely post, Em. I’m so glad you’re going into 2016 with such a positive outlook – that’s always the best way to start a year. x
Thank you π
I hope you had a brilliant Christmas, Em. I totally agree with what you’re saying: why waste a fresh shot [of coffee? I wish…] when, to be very blunt with you, you don’t know how many more fresh shots you’ve got. You’ve be granted an opportunity to turn things around, or to keep things going well, so use it, and enjoy your time! XXX
I AM going to use it and I pray it goes well β€
Moi aussi π
This is wonderful! I’m so excited about it being the new year. We’re well into January by the time I’m writing this comment but it still feels all NEW.
You know what? Ages and ages ago, the first time I saw your (Em’s) blog, LyfWithEm, I thought you were Elm and that she’d created a new blog and I misread it as “LyfWithElm” because I was so used to seeing her name and I just automatically read it as “Elm” >.< I had this huge eureka moment when I realised you were a different person! If I hadn't figured it out, I would have been so confused by this guest post… LOL
Happy rest of January! To both Em and Elm π
Aha well I’m glad you realise now!! Hehe π xox