the sun don't shine without you

Hi! Yesterday was a bit of a fail. Didn't do the school work I had intended to do. Ditched it in order to read a fan fiction I started on earlier. Also ate crisps, and didn't actively go to bed before 10:30 pm. Was very disappointed with myself, to be honest. The lack of will power can sometimes be hard. Also, I had a bad night in terms of sleep. Woke up frequently, and my sleep was sporadic. However, it didn't bother me too much, other than the fact that I yawned a bit more, and would love to have slept a bit more this morning. I had a really good day at "praksis" again. Lots of meetings though, which can get a bit too much sometimes. But I definitely feel like there's progress in my knowledge about psychiatry and how everything works. A slight progress, at least. My nurse supervisor is really good at praising me, I ought to admit. She had the afternoon shift today, so I told her about what I'd done today, and she praised me for the things I'd done. And I don't know, but I don't feel like I do that much. It's limited how much you can do, honestly. But hey, it's always nice with recognition. I also got a message on my phone from Sugar, which was very sweet and heart warming. Small steps to make people happy, remember that. The message was about the blogpost I wrote about making people happy with small steps the other day. I think I forgot to mention something-- you may say something really nice to some people and they'll shrug it off. But to others it might actually make their day. So don't be disappointed if you don't get the wanted reaction out of people. And don't ever feel obliged to do this (counts for everything I write on here, really). Although I enjoy saying nice things to people, I don't do it 24/7. Only when I feel like it, and when I truly mean it. Or else, it will be a bit fake. In line with the subject of happiness, I watched a TED talk yesterday, called "The happy secret to better work" by Shawn Achor. It addresses ways to happiness, and what it implies. It's really good, you should watch it if you have twelve minutes to spare. I strangely enough came across it on Austin Butler's Twitter. Don't ask me what I was doing on his Twitter-- I'm not quite sure myself. I really enjoy TED talks, they're really good, and if I had time, I would watched a few other talks right now. Except I don't have time for it. Due to my laziness yesterday, I have extra work that needs to be finished today. That's what you get for being lazy. Albeit it is a bit annoying, I had a really great day today, and I kept grinning on my way home from "praksis". I even missed the bus, which I won't go into, but for a moment I was quite furious. However, it quickly faded as I rationalised, and changed my perspective of things. Cognitive behavioural therapy is great, folks. Also, Harry Styles, Zach Braff and Donald Faison? Best threesome there is. Wish they would make a skit together. Would probably be hilarious. Ha. Ok, I am honestly going to try do the most important things on my "to do" list today, and also watch Youtube videos in between. Compromise with yourself, people. That's the way to go, I believe.