You may be wondering, why am I here?
What does this blog have to offer me?
The simple answer is… It can mean anything you want it to.
Personally, I created this blog as a way to track my progress and journey to my inner ‘happiness’. For you guys, I hope it can become a way to motivate, inspire and to make you feel like you are not alone. You ARE worth it and there is always something out there for you.
You CAN and WILL find happiness, it just takes time.
Why I wanted to start this blog
Honestly, there are many, many reasons I wanted to start this blog.
It feels strange to say, but I feel my life has been one big rollercoaster, with many ups and downs, and has eventually led me here. To this moment in time, me writing my first blog post.
To explain why I’m here, I need to explain my story and my battle with depression.
Depression and me
So nowadays it feels like it’s talked about a lot more than when I realised, I first had depression and needed help.
Years later, I’ve been to numerous counselling sessions, group therapy sessions, one to one meetings, been on many different anti-depressant and other medications, I was in and out of work, at my lowest points in hospital and even in a ward.
Long story short, a LOT has happened to get me to this point.
Honestly early 2019 I can wholeheartedly say, I didn’t want to be here. I felt useless, unworthy, unloved and just so low I couldn’t see any reason to be here.
However, something did change. It had nothing to do with other people or my environment. It was me, my MINDSET.
It wasn’t as easy as ‘life is great now’ or ‘I believe things will get better’. It was in fact; I want to get better; I am going to try hard to create a life I want. I won’t put all my eggs in one basket and rely on other people to make me happy. I will make me happy.
So, there are various things I have done the last year or so to become a ‘happier’ person. TRUST me when I say, I am not ‘fixed’, I still have bad days, weeks, however, I am so much better at handling my lows and am working hard to become truly happy.
So, in a longwinded way, that’s what Kelly’s road to happiness means. It means me following a journey to become a better version of myself and create a life I want to live in.
What I want to achieve
There is ALOT I want to now achieve in order to create a life I feel like I could be happy in.
I want to share most of these goals with you guys to hold myself accountable, to maybe inspire and look back on for myself.
However, this blog isn’t just for me. I want anyone out there struggling or feeling like they have no real direction to be able to follow my journey and learn with me, to find their place in this world and realise above all. There is hope, however low you get, whatever happens, it might take days, weeks or even years. But DON’T give up on your dream life.
You will obtain it, you are just going to need to work for it and believe in yourself.
I really hope you enjoyed my first blog post and I look forward to building a little family on here for anyone wanting to come and join me along my journey.
