The lovely Rachel of Smile and Wave posted a ’10 Things’ type of survey on her blog, so I decided to fill it out for myself!

1. When do you feel happiest?

When I am experiencing minimal stress or feel I am dealing with stress well, when I’m with my wonderful boyfriend, when I’m with my nieces and nephews, when I’m being productive.

2. How do you take care of yourself?

Most importantly I try to deal with stress and any anxiety I am experiencing because both of those things, separately or together, are almost always the cause of bouts of depression I have. So, it’s super-important I make sure I’m feeling ok in those areas so that I don’t get too down. I also like to make sure I spend a little time every day doing something that relaxes me. Often that’s simply going online and reading blogs, seeing what my friends are up to, and so on.

3. Are you internally (by yourself) or externally (by others) motivated?

Usually internally, though a bit of outside help is sometimes needed! I definitely think having enthusiastic, positive and motivated people around you can help you to be more motivated.

4. What do you do for fun?

I love to make things and this year I’ve been quite crochet focussed. I also love going to the movies, going out to eat, and feeding my addiction to clothes, shoes and cosmetics. Be they pre-loved or new.

5. What intimidates you?

I find looking for jobs to be a bit intimidating at times, and new people (I can be a bit shy at first!).

6. What is something you’re proud of?

Being able to bounce back from disappointments and life’s knocks. I used to find it hard to do, but I’m so much better at it these days.

7. Finish this sentence. I never _____________.

I never used to think I was unorganised, but I have come to the realisation that my time-management definitely needs some work.

8. Favorite vacation spot.

I don’t have one. I think I need to go on more vacations.

9. Today is a (rate from 1 – 10).

5 — it’s not been the best of days, but it definitely could be worse.

10. Finish this sentence. If you knew me really well you’d know _____________.

That untidy and dirty spaces tend to make me a bit crabby. Tidy and clean spaces are very therapeutic for my mind!