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An article taken from my blog, http://salessmilesandstyles.blogspot.ie: Today I want to talk about depression. And why not? I often share my travels and food and nail art and photographs and bargains-why not my health? Truth be told, had it not been for a close friend of mine, I would not have had the courage, even the notion that I should talk about mental illness. Her article made me think otherwise:(link below) Mind Matters: The fear of being judged... It got me thinking about my own experience; I can relate to the message of this post. As a result I opened up about myself and perhaps I, in turn, should pass the favour on to someone el

It's 2013, I am finished college. I now work in the University where I received my degree, pay bills, cook dinners and live in a cute little house in Dublin city. Life is full of friends, food, concerts, parties, nail varnish, records, shopping, Mad Men, trips to London, catch-up chats and coffee. Little did I know that I'd have all this when I started this page all those years ago in the angst-y teenage years! Life is beautiful :airborne: Art work to follow soon xx

Wow this is strange. Having just read my last journal entry and discovering that it is almost a year on since I've updated it I can't quite believe how much has changed. Things have been very stressful, angry and sad lately. Without going through the particulars, I just want to say that I have lost a certain person in my life that I will always have a special place in my heart for. Things just don't work out sometimes I guess. I can genuinely say it's been the worst and the best summer I've had in a while in many ways. Worst in that my life has been completely turned upside down, best in that I have discovered strength, maturity and motivati