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New Year, Same but Better Me! #HappyNewYear2017

1st January 2017 By Jonelle 8 Comments

New Year, Same but Better Me! Happy New Year #2017 | Tyranny of Pink

Welcome to 2017! This year is full of all the things you’ve been waiting for. It’s filled with dreams and goals and working harder and making money and being successful. This year is filled with all the same bullshit that last year was filled with. Yup, I said it. Someone had to! Life doesn’t get…

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Filed Under: Being You, Blog, Living with Intention, Make It Happen Tagged With: be unapologetically you, be who you are, be yourself, crush your goals, fuck new years resolutions, Happy New Year, life purpose, make it happen, new year 2017, new years resolutions, set goals, setting goals

How to improve your mental well-being with a simple to-do list

22nd August 2016 By Jonelle 1 Comment

How to improve your mental well-being with a simple to-do list | Tyranny of Pink

I don’t know about you but my anxiety starts to flare up when I don’t have a decent plan of action for the week ahead in place. Everything just feels completely overwhelming and I don’t even want to get out of bed because I can’t bear the thought of starting the day. [bctt tweet=”Planning my…

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5 things to do everyday to give yourself more “Me Time”

1st August 2016 By Jonelle 2 Comments

5 things to do everyday to give yourself more "Me Time" | Tyranny of Pink

I read a quote that said, “you can’t pour from an empty cup” and it just resonated with me so strongly at this point in my life. Sometimes, as women we are expected to handle so much of everything. We’ve got to be model wives, brazen career women, role model mothers and still find time…

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Filed Under: Productivity, Being You, Blog, Make It Happen Tagged With: choosing me, follow your heart, I need more time, inspirational sayings, life choices, more me time, productivity hacks, put yourself first

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It was a cold November day and she had dressed her It was a cold November day and she had dressed herself up in layers of cardigans and covered the whole lot with her old tweed coat, the one she might have used for feeding the chickens in.

#barbarapym #janeandprudence #qotd #quotesaboutchickens #chooks #chooksofinstagram #aliceandclementine #chickens #backyardchooks #backyardchickens
The perfect Sunday. All day on the couch. Prosec The perfect Sunday. 
All day on the couch. 
Prosecco. 
Burgers. 

Dreading Monday.
I need a holiday.... 

#summerday #wellingtonnz #prosecco #oceanview
And in the naked light, I saw Ten thousand people, And in the naked light, I saw
Ten thousand people, maybe more
People talking without speaking
People hearing without listening
People writing songs that voices never share
And no one dared
Disturb the sound of silence

#hellodarknessmyoldfriend #soundofsilence #disturbed #home #redandgreen #homestyling #sanseveria
Date night. Date night.
Bit my pretty red heart in two. I was ten when th Bit my pretty red heart in two.

I was ten when they buried you.   

At twenty I tried to die

And get back, back, back to you.

I thought even the bones would do.

#sylviaplath #darkpoetry #poems
It's the kind of tired that sleep can't fix. #bat It's the kind of tired that sleep can't fix. 
#bathtime #metime #whiskygram
Tiny house living. When your kitchen counter doubl Tiny house living. When your kitchen counter doubles as your office space. 

#wfh #wfhlife #workfromhome #homestyling #tinyspaces #smallhouse
All my dreams lead me to you... #sundayadventures All my dreams lead me to you... 
#sundayadventures #sundayvibes #walksinthewoods

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