The Secret to Happiness - Get Your Blog Promoted to Over 650 Users on Blogger!

I am so sorry for abandoning you lately! My only explanation is that things have been going so well that I have nothing to vent about. I don't even recognise myself anymore, and it is incredible. It is the first time in 15 years that I have been able to focus purely on improving myself and my relationship with others. The first time without having any anxiety or depression around me. I am motivated and social. I want to make other people happy. I want to try my hardest at everything I'm doing.

I am down 30 pounds. My BMI has decreased from 32.4 to 26.9. I'm a down to a size medium. I'm wearing jeans again. I have treated myself with a couple hundred dollars worth of new, gorgeous clothes.

This is great, but there is still so far to go. I don't mean in terms of physical appearence, but university and career success, as well as social and emotional maturity.

The point is that happiness is possible. I honestly thought it wasn't. I mean, I tried to end my life seven months ago. But here I am.

It's all about the epihpany. The moment in time when you realise that enough is enough, and it is time to start doing your best.

Steps Involved in Becoming Happy

Step One: Write a list.
State what is involved in your ideal self, what you would like to achieve, what it would take to make you happy.

Step Two: Write a second list.
State who you currently are, what you need to change to reach list one, the things in your life that are making you unhappy.

Step Three: Work On It
Slowly, work your way up to your ideal self. Change the things that are making you unhappy, and start doing this that would delight you.

Your Mission

Blog about it. Dedicate a post to sharing your first list. Then, write another sharing your second list. After this, choose to post about your progress: daily, weekly, fortnightly, monthly. It's up to you.

Leave a link on your post to this post, so your readers can know the secret themselves, so that they have the opportunity to get involved too.

I want to hear about it. I will dedicate an individual post to anyone who posts a comment with a link to THEIR journey to happiness. Both of your lists will be shared in a post, and your blog will be promoted.

So, leave a comment with a link to YOUR blog posts that feature your two lists, as well as an e-mail that I can contact you on if I need to, and your blog WILL be featured in its OWN post on this blog. It will be exposed to over 650 followers.

I honestly look forward to hearing about your own journey to happiness.

How to Publish/Print Your Blog For Free - PDF Format

This is a post from my other blog Sparkle Baby Shine. While this blog is all about my personal life, the other explores my biggest passion in life: beauty. Check it out for posts on hair, nails, fashion, shoes, jewellery, DIY, and blog improvement.

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Blog Booker is an amazing, FREE service that I recently disovered while looking to publish my personal blog. I really wanted a pdf to keep on my computer, as well as the possibility to own a hardcopy of what has become my own diary. Every single other website charged a fee to have this done, and very few even offered pdf forms.

What is it?
BlogBooker produces a high-quality PDF Blog Book from all your blog's entries and comments. Archives can be generated from any blog running on WordPress, LiveJournal (and derivatives) or Blogger. The whole process takes about 3-4 minutes, depending on the size of your blog.

How does it work?
You submit an export file provided by your blog system to BlogBooker. Your file is verified and all linked images are fetched. Entries, Comments and Images are assembled into a high-quality PDF. PDF is provided without any restriction and thus can be submitted for printing to third-parties.

I really wanted to share this with you guys, because I know that there are quite a few people out there who would love to have a copy of their blog, but don't know how to do it. If this has helped, let me know!

Blog re-focus! How to be happy!

Hey guys. :) I know I've been away for a little while, but here is a post to keep you happy! I guess I don't have anything interesting or drama-ish to tell you. My life was so crazy only six months ago. Now, things are just..right. I'm around halfway through my process of self-improvement, and I'm 100% happy with my values, my current life stage, my friends, my future plans, my job. It kind of feels like the last 20 years of my life - which I totally thought would end at some point around age 18-19 - have completely been worth it.

I started this blog a number of years ago, blogging about unhealthy things and the mass amounts of drama and trouble I was going through/causing. It's inevitable that after all this time, my blog's focus would change.

This blog is now focused on self-improvement.

I want to write about becoming a happy person. I want to let you know what works for me. What keeps me entertained and content. And even the minor drama that comes with being alive.

I know that there are a couple people who know me personally who have somehow found my blog. And they read it. And they probably don't know that I know they read it. I'm grateful that those people fall into the 'trust' box, and won't have a problem with anything. However, those of you who have had their blog 'discovered', will know how shattering it is to not have a space to write your thoughts freely. It's awful, but you can't change it, so you should just take it and move on.

In a couple days, after people have read this post, I'll do another post on a couple of things I think you guys might like from my other blog, including how to publish your blog as a pdf document for free. They'll be a couple things that I appreciate, and that I think you might appreciate yourself. The copy that I have of this blog gives me peace of mind, and it's nice to know that I have all of it in a file and saved, if something ever happened to this electronic version. Stay tuned!

Meanwhile, I'm away with friends. We are holidaying near the river (in Victoria, Australia), and it's quite lovely. It's 10.37pm, and everyone is very drunk! Obviously I'm not. I don't like to drink, and I think it's involved in self-improvement - not needing substances to enjoy yourself.

Important note: it's good to have friends. It doesn't matter how much you like someone, or how annoying someone is, or how much they like you, or how your friends really dislike someone. You should always be nice. Even if someone is acting like a complete bitch. If there is one thing that I've learned over the last year, it's that it is ALWAYS better to be nice. You cannot have enough friends. You cannot be too friendly.

I should end this post. I've written a lot of uninteresting paragraphs.

So, to end, I would adore to hear from you. Let's have a conversation? You can't have too many friends, including those online. I'd love to get people more connected. Perhaps in my next post, I might get you guys to leave a comment with your blog details and something about you as a person, so my other readers can check out your blog.

Now on to changing my blog around a bit to ensure the focus is truly on self-improvement.

Be the best you can be. Love always.