Laura Marling may not have had a string of Number One hits, but it’s her understated success with critics and music lovers which suggests her hauntingly beautiful music will be around for decades to come. I have only listened to Devil’s Spoke, the first release from I Speak Because I Can, a handful of times but it is permanently bouncing around in my mind – I love its energy and the video is stunning!
Rainbowarriors – CocoRosie
If you look hard you can find a
Rainbow trail it’s deep inside ya
Fear not you’re a rainbowarrior
Golden light on everything gleaming
[...]
Rainbow love awaits us
With hearts of love and tears
Quirky background sounds and feelgood lyrics to Rainbowarriors make this one of my faves!
I ♥ Pop
Lately, the first time I hear a pop song I lament its shittiness and wonder how on earth they manage to sell any copies at all. I had this thought with both Shakira’s She Wolf and Cheryl Cole’s Three Words after my first listen.
But something overtakes my sanity and all of a sudden I find myself pressing the repeat button, loving them in their three minutes’ worth of cheese-tastic pop!
OK, this is written slightly tongue-in-cheek seeing as at the moment I am an unemployed jobseeker who these days gets regularly rejected from interviews. BUT, there are plenty of people on the internet who have some great advice, for me and you, on how to succeed. A lot of it is to do with being in the right frame of mind and refusing to accept anything less.
Remind yourself of what you’ve already been successful in
Write a list of five to ten things you have already been successful in, from the smallest exam, to the perfect interview, to cultivating an amazing talent or knowledge within a subject, beginning each line with ‘I am/have been successful in…’
By reminding yourself that you are already a success, the successful mindset becomes something far more solid and real-world to you, and perhaps you see that it was yours for the taking all along.
Act like you would if you HAD already achieved your dream
One of the best ways to achieve something, strange as it may sound, is to pretend it has already happened. Let’s say your distant goal is to be a publishing magnate. How different would your life be if you managed to achieve that? [...] Start acting that way today. It will prove that you are serious about your goal, & you will start to attract the right people & opportunities to make your dreams a reality.
A dream box is basically a box, or jar, or canister, that can hold your dreams. It’s so simple to do. You write down your dreams, and goals, and aspirations that you want on pieces of paper and put it in the jar. Your goals and dreams can range from something small like reading a book, or traveling to Japan. But whatever, your aspirations may be write them down.
Successful people have their mind set on abundance and opportunity and not scarcity and lack. Trust me this makes a world of a difference. Believe that life, energy, positivity, love, opportunities, success, happiness are abundant…because they are!
What are you waiting for?
+ Ali Hale a freelance blogger has a great article on her personal website about
In many cases, we feel that we can’t go for our real goal until all other conditions are perfect. Perhaps we tell ourselves we’ll write that first novel once we’ve quit the day job … once the kids have left home … once we’ve finished decorating the house …
The truth is, things probably aren’t ever going to meet up to our “perfect” standards: so we might as well make a start, even if it has to be a small one
Ever since the cold snap settled over England a few weeks ago, I’ve been trying to find my dream fur coat, preferably fur although I am willing to wear vintage fur (for the record I wear leather so I’m not about to get on my hypocritical high horse about wearing fur).
Fur Coat Wishlist….
+ It needs to be shaggy and 1970’s boho like Kate Hudson’s character in Almost Famous:
+ I want it the same texture as Kate Moss’ Groupie Fur Coat from her Topshop Collection (and now selling for twice the price on eBay): Topshop
+ I’d love a coat similar in colour to Alison Mosshart’s coat below: tFS
One day, I keep telling myself, I will have the money and willpower to create my very own Cribs-worthy abode! Sites such as The Selby and Design*Sponge feature some really inspiring photos of people’s homes, and along the way I’ve devised my own wishlist of things I want!
