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This is a post about a competition but also something I've never talked about before as I never really talk about my personal life on here or even myself too much to be honest!
I'm one those people that will see an advert whilst sat on the train or even read an article in a magazine and of course if depends on the subject but 9 times out of 10 I will really think about it for some time after. Which happened last week when a lady contacted me about the new Paul Smith Fragrance - Optimistic and to ask if I would mention the details of a competition for the new fragrances (the details are below if you want to enter!) which I should mention involves no type of sponsorship.
So as I'm sure you are aware I wouldn't normally say yes to that type of thing as I only really ever mention my own competitions/giveaways. But her email actually struck a cord with me and it wasn't even much to do with what she said but more about Paul Smiths fragrances.
You see ever since me and my fiance started going out I have bought him nearly every fragrance by Paul Smith for different special occasions - the first fragrance I bought him 'London' was purchased on our first ever break away almost 5 years ago now!
Though for the last two years I haven't bought him a Paul Smith fragrance and he now wears 1 Million by Paco Rabanne which isn't a huge deal but to be honest it does highlight how I have changed the way I think - I mean we are fine but I really do feel the me 4 years ago was alot more optimistic about the future and definitely more hopeful which is why I use to buy him a fragrance for different special times we had.
I now almost struggle to make plans for the future because I fear I won't be able to achieve them things or something will go wrong along the way! Which at 23 is quite a negative way to be. The only real plan I have is to get married next May but other than that I don't look to the future.
I'm not exactly sure why or how I came to be like this but I know I do need to start being optimistic again and start enjoying planning for the future and even just thinking about the future in a more happy way as I have no reason not to! I need to start taking opportunities that are offered to me with passing them by and I need to definitely believe in myself alot more than I do. So without being too cheesy I am glad I received the e-mail about the Paul Smith competition as it did highlight the issues above for me!
As for the Paul Smith competition it's all about submitting your Optimistic photos on the Paul Smith Optimistic page with 50 winners being able to attend an exclusive Paul Smith party and the top 3 photos winning £500 each to spend at Paul Smith but you will have to be quick as the competition ends tomorrow (20th May)! There are also weekly prizes to be won on Optimistic Mondays and lots of other good stuff on the FB page.
Talking of competitions there is also one for an amazing Mulberry Oak Silky Snake leather should bag to be won here! Which I think is literally amazing after seeing and touching it in Selfridges last week.
I know this is a totally different sort of post to what I normally write and I can't say there will be many more but I did feel like I needed to write this down somewhere and also be thankful for receiving the email!
Though for the last two years I haven't bought him a Paul Smith fragrance and he now wears 1 Million by Paco Rabanne which isn't a huge deal but to be honest it does highlight how I have changed the way I think - I mean we are fine but I really do feel the me 4 years ago was alot more optimistic about the future and definitely more hopeful which is why I use to buy him a fragrance for different special times we had.
I now almost struggle to make plans for the future because I fear I won't be able to achieve them things or something will go wrong along the way! Which at 23 is quite a negative way to be. The only real plan I have is to get married next May but other than that I don't look to the future.
I'm not exactly sure why or how I came to be like this but I know I do need to start being optimistic again and start enjoying planning for the future and even just thinking about the future in a more happy way as I have no reason not to! I need to start taking opportunities that are offered to me with passing them by and I need to definitely believe in myself alot more than I do. So without being too cheesy I am glad I received the e-mail about the Paul Smith competition as it did highlight the issues above for me!
Competition Details
As for the Paul Smith competition it's all about submitting your Optimistic photos on the Paul Smith Optimistic page with 50 winners being able to attend an exclusive Paul Smith party and the top 3 photos winning £500 each to spend at Paul Smith but you will have to be quick as the competition ends tomorrow (20th May)! There are also weekly prizes to be won on Optimistic Mondays and lots of other good stuff on the FB page.
Talking of competitions there is also one for an amazing Mulberry Oak Silky Snake leather should bag to be won here! Which I think is literally amazing after seeing and touching it in Selfridges last week.
I know this is a totally different sort of post to what I normally write and I can't say there will be many more but I did feel like I needed to write this down somewhere and also be thankful for receiving the email!
Logging you in...
Jenni · 727 weeks ago
Why not try reviving the special gifts tradition but a different kind. I buy choc buttons and tape them in different places around the house with a post-it and a message. My OH loves that. You do have to make the effort. Ten years this time around and I finally learned how important these things are.
You have a great blog and you ARE lucky. Enjoy it and look forward to enjoying life in a year's time.
Makeupsavvy 101p · 727 weeks ago
I think I just need to give myself a push again!
Fee x
Simone · 727 weeks ago
People change in so many ways over time. Although you feel you are less optimistic now then you were 4 years ago, i'm sure there are many other positive changes that have occurred but have slipped by unnoticed. As Bruce Barton once said, when you are through changing, you are through. xxx
Makeupsavvy 101p · 727 weeks ago
Really thanks for the comment :)
Fee x
brideandjoy · 727 weeks ago
Did you think it was some sort of a sign when you saw an email containing the words Optimism and Paul Smith arriving in your inbox? That's the sort of thing I'd take as (without sounding too much like a space cadet) as a cosmic reminder. Damn that did sound space-cadettey!
I think this post really taps in to how a lot of us are feeling these days (and could be the clever people at Paul Smith deliberately marketing something we are all lacking). The world's a much different place than it was five years ago, and when you're a young person growing up in a boom you have a lot of expectations, based on the progress that seemed omnipotent as you were becoming an adult. That's gone now though, and you're starting to think maybe it's not all as easy or as straightforward as it seemed. No wonder you're not feeling that optimistic.
But like I say, Paul Smith is here to help you out of your rut, or at least to remind you not to get stuck there. But as the poster says Keep Going, Sure it's Grand (that's the Irish Version). We all have many blessings and maybe they will inspire us to get positive again.
basilb · 727 weeks ago
I, for one, want to give you a big old hug! It's ok to feel a little like that every now and again. As I've hit my thirties (yee gods!!!) I've seen that life isn't all carefree and the truth is it can be a bit of a hard slog, but that's a blip.... there are brill things that put a smile on your face and this is the real deal. Don't read into what used to be too much. What's your now? Your tomorrow? What is it you want?
Keep smiling lovely ..... and start planning your new 'thing'!
Makeupsavvy 101p · 727 weeks ago
I 100% read into things too much and I think this may be one of them and know I need to live for now instead of stressing over not thinking about the future! There has to be something out there to put a smile on my face :)
Fee x
Natalie · 727 weeks ago
Makeupsavvy 101p · 727 weeks ago
I guess life can be hard even when you are in your teens but you do have to be hopefull and step outside of your comfort zone when you aren't feeling that great. Really hope things improve for you.
Fee xx
Katy · 727 weeks ago
I went through what I can only describe as a 'early 20's crisis', and I'm totally serious, but I'm pretty confident that I'm out the other side now! Feeling bright and ready to take on the future.
Keep focused on what you want, ask all your friends for advice and focus on your skills and qualities.
Lovely post as always.
Katy xx
Makeupsavvy 101p · 727 weeks ago
Think a part of it is definitely to do with the stresses of 'becoming an adult' even though I've been an adult for quite some time already!
Will definitely remember to focus on my postivies alot more like you mentioned.
Thanks for the comment... really did make a lot of sense,
Fee x
skinscrubs 41p · 727 weeks ago
I think if you stick to the simple things in life to make you happy like buying fragrance for your man, getting a kitten, buying a nice lipstick, going on holiday etc. then you can't go wrong. If you start thinking about what you don't have a certain type of career, a house, car etc then you will be miserable.
You have to do what makes you happy, if that means being a stay at home wife/mum then do it! What you want at 23 will be different to what you want at 33 and so on. I wish someone would have told me that when I was in my twenties as it would have saved me a lot grief and anguish.
I'm always here if you want to talk x
Makeupsavvy 101p · 727 weeks ago
But that will be no more - just going to relax abit more and take thinfs less seriously and see how I go!
Really thanks for the comment, it means a lot :)
Fee x
Mademoiselle Lala · 727 weeks ago
Makeupsavvy 101p · 727 weeks ago
Hope things turn out better for you in the future,
Fee xx
these pretty things 67p · 727 weeks ago