Preaching More Positively Then They Did Before Midnight | 2015

New year, new me.

Ha nope, still the same me.

I mean how can one become something new in an instant? Those of use who can conjure up the sentence 'New year, new me', we're certainly not just born yesterday. I'm nineteen, I've been here a while. And I know for a fact that when the big hand aligns with the small hand at twelve midnight on new years eve, no one can miraculously change into a new form of themselves. No one sheds a layer of skin to make way for their new appearance or automatically starts preaching more positively then they did before midnight.  Its a working progress. You set goals and you work each day to get a little closer to your target. The phrase "New year, new me" is a supportive and positive expression used to help you reach your goals. It's not granting you a new life or a drastic change of personality on the first of January.

I think that's why the phrase annoys so many people. It forms an unrealistic standard that obviously no body can reach. But one must read between the lines. "New year" can mean the year in a whole, the full twelve months as apposed to the first of January being the first day of the new year. Over those twelve months you will change as you experience new things. You can work over those twelve months to achieve what you wished to attain as the "New me".

From a close friend I received a lovely little notebook, with the map of the world spanning the cover of it, for Christmas. She told me to use it as a little book for big ideas, and that I did. My first entry into it are my goals of 2015.

//  Be more sociable
//  Get a surfboard & get good :P
//  Do more exercise
//  Start my own mini business
//  Try new & exciting things
//  Travel with my best bud
//  Try harder in college
//  Be happy
//  Be a better blogger :)

I'm happy I posted today, I'm working on my 'better blogger' goal because I've neglected this space for a few months and I have no excuse for doing so! I've had a months holiday after Christmas from college and I've been needing a creative outlet to burst some of my creativity into :) That's one thing I adore about blogging along with meeting other like minded bloggers out there!



Until next time,


Sinéad

x

The photos above I took on my ipod, I've literally become obsessed with editing and capturing photos on my little apple device. 

Silent Sunday

19 // 10 // 14

A Little Pretty Parcel | The Travelling Notebook

A few days ago I received a small little parcel in the letterbox. Do you ever get those moments where you fully believe you have psychic powers haha, because something you had a feeling would happen happened? Well I had a notion the M2AB Travelling Notebook would arrive that day, and boy was I right! Now I'm more a believer of the 'Law of Attraction' than 'psychic powers'. I think if you put a notion out there to the world, the world mirrors your thought, and just like that your thought becomes reality!

You can read about the law of attraction all over the internet or in books. The Secret is one example of a book that discusses the power of the law of attraction. Its not witchy magic stuff, its just a law, you know like the law of physics!

Anyway, that's just brain vomit! The purpose of this post is to talk about Mum to A and B's travelling notebook, to which I recently received. Yaaay so excited :) Its my first time talking part in a crafty little post circle of sorts. I discovered the concept of a travelling notebook on Lauren's lovely blog OhHay and messaged her to find out more. I was super intrigued so when it came for the travelling notebook to be passed on to someone new, I had to take part.

I received the notebook off Hannah at Dainty and Ivory, quite the person to follow after since she is very talented and creative!:) I discovered once I read through the book that every single person who received the notebook were also super crafty and creative, each page of the book has so much individuality and pizazz! I'm going to do my entry today.

Its such a lovely idea, being able to write and create a little entry about yourself whilst also being able to read about others and get a taster for their skills/hobbies etc.

For those of you interested in receiving it next let me know in the comments or write to me via twitter (the link is on the top right of my blog).

This is a UK travelling notebook by the way :)



Until next time,

A crafty Sinéad ;)
x

The Girl Who Faked a 42 Day Backpacking Adventure Across Asia

Zilla Van Den Born convinced her friends and family into thinking she was travelling Asia, from her bedroom!

Before Photoshop

These days with social media sites such as Facebook, Instagram etc. at the forefront of our daily lives, its almost too easy for us to believe everything we read or see online. Of course on your online profile you are going hide the things you don't want people to know about you, and emphasis things to make yourself seem more interesting. But nobody really discuss the elephant in the room, bar Zilla when she staged a 42 day adventure across Asia, from her sofa.

For a final year university project, Zilla decided to focus on this topic:

Surfing on the West Coast | Lahinch, Co. Clare

It's not unknown that I am a big fan of the surfing culture. I'm only a newbie I'll have you know, and if you've read my previous post on the topic, you'll know where I stand in the matter. So I Went Surfing   

But two weeks ago one of my best mates and I took an ole' roadtrip up the west of the country, to county Clare. Whilst I'd been there before, I only managed to see a small portion of the eastern part of the county, the countryside. This time our sole focus was the coast, and with surfing a main priority of the adventure, Doolin was the ideal place for the craic, the site-seeing & the coast. Doolin is known for its traditional Irish music scene and in more recent years, Dusty the dolphin. We didn't manage to meet Dusty, but we did get a nice taster of the pub-life.

Plaits, Feathers n' Baggy Tee's | Being You | OOTD

Giftcard Giveaway | Canadian & USA Readers | 25$ for HOTTT.COM

CLOSED

I entered a giveaway recently on a blog I adore, and guess what? I won! What are the chances? But as I went to use my giftcard I realised that they only delivered to Canada and the United States, and being from Ireland, this wasn't going to work out. I was so bumbed as I had fallen in love with a few really pretty bracelets! But instead of letting this 25$ giftcard go to waste, I said I'd give my Canadian and USA readers the chance to win a -

25$ giftcard for HOTTT.COM

If you haven't already heard of this site, take a trip on over there now :)

They sell a range of cool accessories from jewellery to home décor, stationary to bike accessories!

Personally I love their bracelets and necklaces!

Unfortunately this competition is only valid for Canadian and USA readers, so keep in mind you won't be able to use this giftcard if you are from anywhere else :( But not to worry I will hold another giveaway over the next few months for all readers :)

So to enter this competition all you have to do is -

1. FOLLOW MY BLOG ON BLOGGER
2. FOLLOW ME & MY BLOG ON BLOGLOVIN'
3. ANSWER THIS QUESTION IN THE COMMENTS BELLOW:
"If you were to travel anywhere in the world, where would you go and why?"
4. EMAIL ME ONCE ALL STEPS COMPLETED AT:
thetravelbibleblog@gmail.com
with your name (the one used in your comment bellow) &
bloglovin name

I will be selecting the winner (as long as all steps above are completed) based on most fascinating answer to my question :D

GIVEAWAY DEADLINE IS - 05/09/14 at 5PM (You've got a week to enter)

Ahh I'm so excited to hear which locations ye'd choose if ye were to travel anywhere in the world! :O



Unsure of how to do step 1 & 2 of the competition, well here's how :)

How to follow on Blogger -
On the right side of my blog, bellow my blog archive, there is the members tab. Click join this site and follow the steps required.
or
On your blogger home, scroll down to your reading list towards bottom of the page. Click the add button, and enter my URL (http://thetravelbibleblog.blogspot.ie/). Then click follow.

How to follow on Bloglovin' -
Above on my navigation bar (where it says home, about, contact & bloglovin) select bloglovin and you will be directed to my bloglovin' page. Click follow on my page. Make sure you are following both my bloglovin' page and thetravelbibleblog bloglovin' page.



Let the competition begin :D

Until next time,

Sinéad
x



DISCLAIMER - I have nothing to do with HOTTT.COM, I am giving away my own 25$ giftcard