Whats next?

Why is growing up so hard? I doubt anybody knows the answer but I bet it would be eye opening and would change the world as we know it. Soon it will be a year since finishing university (where did that time go) and what have I achieved… I can safely say it doesn’t feel like much. I expected to be in a full time job that I love and earning enough money to save a nice chunk every month for the future.

But in reality in those 12 months I feel like I have not achieved much in my life, I have changed career plans 3 times and still don’t have a full time job and saved practically nothing.

Here comes another rhetorical question why is it so hard to decide what you want in life? It’s easy to say I want a house with a garden, a husband who loves me and 3 children I adore but when it comes to a career people often answer with “doing something I love” or “something that will bring in a lot of money”. That’s great if you can achieve that but in this world right now being a university graduate with a degree means nothing!

I have recently started to read ‘I Heart New York’ by Lindsey Kelk and I love it, it is so inspiring. It is about a girl who goes through a horrible break-up and just jets off to New York to get over the heartbreak, it is every girls dream (not the heart break section).

The book hasn’t inspired me to pack up and leave my Fiancé behind but it has inspired me too want to make a change in my life and not to over think everything, which is something I currently do.

Angela the main character in the book is a writer and wants to share with people her passions. She wakes up in the morning explores the city then sets up camp in a coffee shop and writes and she loves it. Prefect! This is the change I wish to make in my own life do something I love to do and not think to deeply into how it will affect my future. I am still young I should not be so stressed out about 20 years in the future. I want to get up in the morning explore London then write all about why I love this amazing city and design some amazing graphic t-shirts inspired by my surroundings for you guys! I want to do something I love in the city that I love and share that passion with all my readers.

I have already finished ‘I heart New York’ and downloading the second book in the series ‘I heart Hollywood’ onto my iPad as I type this. I have found a lot of inspiration from this book that is why I am telling every female (and male if they like a good girly story) I know to read this book if they are stuck, confused, frustrated, heart broken or just need a good read. Pick it up give it a go and please let me know if it inspires you in anyway.

So from today I am going to become the new Danni. The Danni that loves what she does, wants to get out of bed in the morning and starts putting her happiness first. The first step I am going to take on this new journey is ElephantBum the T-shirt brand. I previously wrote about this here but I have been a bit slow starting, no more. I am going to stop slacking and start moving, I promise by the end of May that ElephantBum will be up and running… promise. Watch this space!