conquer with coffee.: May 2016

May's favourite for beauty would have to be BB Cream. I don't particularly have a favourite as of yet, but this month consisted of me not wanting to wear a lot of heavy foundation, and a lot of working out, so BB Cream for a light coverage it was!! I highly recommend the Garnier one, but there are a lot of super good ones out on the market.

Book

I've only read 3 books this month... And I can't say that they're particularly noteworthy. I am, however, currently reading (or more, listening to on Audible) The Widow by Fiona Barton - I'm no where near finished but it's awesome and I'll give you a full review once I've finished listening to it. It was a recommendation from Meg - someone who knows my taste of books very well :-)

Fashion

May consisted of me changing between either jean & a comfy tee and workout gear. I spent a lot of time working out, climbing mountains or going for jogs/runs so a lot of the month was spent wearing my awesome Lorna Jane or Nike workout pants with a shirt from Cotton On or Lorna Jane with my various amounts of colourful Nike trainers. And if I wasn't in active wear, I was most likely wearing my super comfortable Country Road black jeans, a t-shirt tucked in at the front and a pair of my favourite black sandals. The month of May, outfit wise, was very much about comfort and simplicity.

Netflix

Netflix this month has been rewatching all of my old favourites that they've now uploaded onto the Australian website. '10 Things I Hate About You' would have to be very high up on my list and if you haven't already seen it - go and do yourself a favour by watching it!

Other

Spending quality time with my friends would have to have been the best part of the month of May. Anemice and I expanded our friendship circle and have not only met some amazing people and made great friendships but we've created some incredible memories already and I know there will be so many more to come! We've spent a lot of nights at a local bar, nights sitting on the beach with wine and blankets, sitting at our favourite cafe playing card games and also hilarious car trips. I'm so incredibly grateful to have met them.
Another favourite of the month of May was that I hit 4 million readers and got to be crazily overwhelmed all over again! As my reader count grows, I get more and more overwhelmed by the amount of people who are reading what I'm putting on the Internet, but I'm also getting more and more excited about the awesome opportunities that are arising!!! You're all incredibly amazing and I couldn't tell you more how proud of where we have all come as a group of friends!

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Happiness?

I think I've found my happiness. Finally. Here's my theory right - happiness comes from within, yeah? This is something that I've been struggling with for quite a number of years now and have finally, in the past 2 weeks, come to find. People who try and argue with you that happiness comes from the outside and materialistic things are pure liars (that may be too strong)... I had been told this previously and had worked on myself from the outside; clearly, it didn't work. I thought that I could control my happiness by eating a block of chocolate, having a glass of wine, buying myself a pair of shoes, or hanging out with people I thought others "wanted" me to hang out with. Wrong, wrong, wrong, wrong, wrong. It took my 18 years, 9 months and 4 days to realise how I could discover my own happiness. It's been a combination of being happy with my uni grades, work life, relationships and weight - along with a few other things.

Somehow, after months of stress and anxiety over university assignments, I am in a place of bliss and feeling like I'm in control as I come to the end of the university semester. This is the end of my third semester as a university student and I've finally found my groove in terms of completing and handing in assignments, realising the subjects I love, those that I am good at and those I totally suck at. But that's fine - it's how university works and one day I'll be out in the real world living my high school teacher dream. For now, I'm just hitting the books and studying some very pointless things by some very naive lecturers/tutors.

I'm in an awesome place with work too! My blog is about to be 2 years old - which is the most insane thing to think about - as well as being so close to 4 million readers! - another insane thing to think about!!! My blog is becoming a lot more developed and is quickly becoming much more than a full-time job! I'm now working about 75 hours per week - Monday to Sunday - and am replying to emails whenever I have the chance (24/7). Work/my blog isn't something I draw much attention to in the real world. I never really talk to my friends or family about my blog or what it really entails and usually just refer to my job as "being a professional Internet human" and I think that sums it up pretty well. It's something that I could never have imagined would turn into what it has but I will forever be grateful for all of my readers!! No matter where it takes me - whether I finish writing and uploading once I graduate from university and enter the real world, or if I continue blogging as a teacher I think it's such a cool opportunity that I have been given. Being able to vent, rant, rave or just write about my week as a full-time job and source of income is so incredible! They're aren't the words in the English language to describe how proud I am of where we have come. I say we because I'm not the only one involved in The Simple Emma - not only is it my awesome team of people who edit, assist and basically tell me what to do all week but it's you guys... My awesome readers!!! Without my reader's I wouldn't be here! I wouldn't have travelled to the countries I have to promote things and I wouldn't be continuing to write today. You are all awesome!

I am single for the first time in about 6 years, which is weird to say considering I'm only 18... But it's true and, honestly, one of the most liberating feelings ever! And I'm totally embracing it too! Not feeling obliged to be texting somebody 24/7, not feeling guilty for staying in bed all day instead of going to see someone, having a girls night and not feeling bad about it - but most of all, being able to completely find myself and discover who I am as a person. If I'm honest, I was terrified to be single and out in the world on my own. But if I can recommend anything to anyone, it would be to spend some time being single and being on your own. I've now been single for about 3 months and in that time I feel like I've grown into a totally different person, someone who is confident(ish), independent and totally fine going solo (for now). It's such an incredibly liberating feeling to have the ability to discover yourself and I am incredibly grateful for this time.

I never had much desire to lose weight or become more 'healthy' or anything but it just sort of happened. I use the term healthy in quotations because it's such a broad and complex topic now... In November 2015 I decided to book a mini health vacation for a week to distance myself from reality to try to better myself. Since then, I've somehow managed to lose about 16kg's and completely changed my diet. It wasn't an intentional thing to lose that much weight, but I told myself that I wanted to feel more confident when I looked at myself in the mirror. I now do. I think I still have a little way to go, but with the help of my PT, eating healthy and doing yoga a few times a week I'm slowly on my way to reaching my goal. Overall changing my diet has completely changed how I feel, I just feel a lot happier and it's definitely true that what you put into your body adjusts how you feel!

Overall, after spending so much time feeling shit and sorry for myself, I've finally found who I am and found my inner happiness. I hope you're all happy and loving life!!! :-)