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That Positive Little Corner of Instagram

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Wednesday, 12 August 2015

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Social media isn’t known for its happy attitude and loving nature. That’s a fact I think we’re all aware of. Twitter is almost famous for its aggressive nature, with new celebrity fights and spats developing nearly every day and people are constantly putting up negative images and statuses. It’s so incredibly easy for people to get caught up in all that negativity and then get down on themselves for know reason.

But I have found some hope.

I have found this little corner of Instagram that is completely dedicated to happiness and self-love. And you know what? I can’t think of anything that warms my heart more than others spending their days posting multiple pictures a day, just to make their followers smile and feel better about themselves.

When social media has such a reputation for negativity it can be hard for accounts like these to get noticed and for their voices to get heard. But somehow (probably when looking for writing inspiration) I, and many others, have stumbled upon these accounts. As you guys already know, I am a huge advocate for promoting positivity and believe that it is the key to, well, anything really.

I suppose that the whole point of this post was to just make more people aware of these accounts and to let you know that if you ever feel sad, unconfident or just a bit helpless, you can search for these happy accounts and I guarantee you that they will lift your mood. If you follow me already then I’m sure you’ve seen me liking their pictures or following them. And if you just don’t know where to start finding these accounts then check Fridays post, where I’ll be showing you guys a list of my top 5 positivity Instagram accounts!



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Does GoodReads affect our reading habits?

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Monday, 10 August 2015

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GoodReads. Most of us book addicts are on there. We update what our current reads are and we rate books we have read. We keep track of our yearly reading goal and enter giveaways and like quotes. I love it – but sometimes I feel that it doesn’t do some books a favour.


There are so many rates and reviews on so many books that our opinions and judgements can become clouded when we want to read a specific book. Or is that just me? I find that if I pick up a book in a bookshop, that I personally find interesting and want to read, then I get back home with said book and look at its ratings and reviews, which may change my opinion on the book before I have even read it. If it has mainly bad reviews then I can get put off a book before I have even read it; if it has mainly good reviews then I will want to read it more.

Seeing as my opinion on books can go against the majority a lot of the time (as some of you may know I find many books to be overrated), this doesn’t always bode well for me. Sometimes a lot of people hate a book that I turn out to love and vice versa. It’s not fair for me to read all these negative reviews about a story that I consider to be amazing. People have different opinions on things – we like thing that other people hate, we hate things that other people love. Being opinionated makes us human (other than, you know, the whole biological, species, DNA stuff). But from now on I have decided that if I buy a book I’m really interested in, I won’t read its reviews until after I have read it myself and formed my own unaffected judgement on it.


Are you a GoodReads user? If so, how do you think it affects your reading habits?



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