i thought that i should mention on this blog that even writing it is having a positive effect on me. our current toilet literature includes the recent guardian weekend supplement on happiness and how to attain it, revealing what most people know, that being positive perpetuates further positivity. i've noticed a trend whereby most pieces on how to be happy include this idea - in order to achieve happiness, you have to be happy. it's an old truism often repeated, but they never tell you how exactly you're supposed to be happy in the first place. surely pretending to be happy won't yeild any sort of worthwhile, permanent happiness?
now, to get off this sidetrack. i think i've started to be a bit more posi and writing a little more (even though i don't post a lot of it on here, i'm still writing). anyway, if i weren't thinking positively and trying to get things done, then i wouldn't have applied to do a course that i didn't think that i had a hope in hell of getting in to. i spent hours laboriously editing my application, 'does this make me come across as a hippy? does this sound pretentious? am i wasting my time?'. time will tell in terms of the last question, but i actually got in (!). now, in the right (positive) frame of mind, i would apply for anything that i was eligible to apply for. what really made a difference to me was that the application showed that other people had faith in me. two tutors, that know me, were willing to vouch for my me, despite my lacklustre performance in this year's modules. the admissions department actually wanted to give me a chance. i'm really looking forward to all aspects of my course. furthermore, i had an interview for a position recently that i would love the opportunity to prove myself in. i'm trying to create opportunities, which is something that i wouldn't have done if i wasn't in a positive frame of mind.
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