When i was 25.

47% of our daily thoughts are either focused on things we did in the past or worries we have about our future. This is the statistic that fuels my thoughts, to remain in the present.

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Ciel rose 💕🌅 #Lyon #50shadesoftaupe #architecture #sopretty (at Vieux Lyon)

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Being a tourist in the best city in the world! 🇬🇧 @bluejayemusic #londonlife #englishtourguide #bigben #londoneye #yesthatissun #nofilterneeded (at Southbank, River Thames.)

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The inaugural Oxford vs Cambridge boat race. #oxford #cambridge #londonlife #soposh #tradition #nofilter (at Hammersmith Bridge)

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Sunny London arvo's call for 2 litres of the finest British cider ☀️🍹@nzw111 #londonlife #scrumpys #cloudycider #workgifts #perks #startingatthebottom (at Broadway Market)

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Day one. New job, welcome brownies! They know me too well. This is the beginning of a beautiful friendship!! 🙈❤️ #brownie #obsession #newjob #newchapter #londonlife #tmw (at Picadilly Circus)

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Farewell work lunch among the flowers and ikea-esque furniture @carlyvictoria23 @yazmoomin @faithdallas @smf1988 #salesadmingirlforlife #eastlondon #farewell #shoreditch #emap (at Pitfield Street, Shoreditch)

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Vino and port in London's oldest establishment. Feeling like a 19th century beefeater 🇬🇧🍷#undergroundcave #gordons #vino #port #soold #londonlife #nofilter (at Gordon's Wine Bar)

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Chinatown sundaze and lanterns 🎐#chinatown #london #dumplings #latergram (at Chinatown, London)

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London welcoming Spring like a gem. This is what dreams are made of! #londonlife #beautiful #nofilter #movieset (at St. Paul's Cathedral)

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Home remedies and experiments are the result of living in one of the most expensive cities in the world. London you're lucky you're so beautiful!

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Un peu de petit déjeuner et de l'écriture. #newblog #beingnomadic (at Gastro)

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Shattered pieces.

How do you come out of a relationship not damaged? I spoke to a girl tonight who came out of a 4 year relationship and she told me it ended because she wanted to move overseas and he didn't and she was ok with that. It ended on good terms and she thinks that one day she'll be able to get back together with him. 

My question is, is she in denial or is she really ok with it all? And if she is, does that mean she never really felt that deep, passionate, crazy in love feeling with that person? That crazy love where you know there is no way you can live without them? After coming out of a 6 year relationship myself and not ever feeling the amount of heart breaking pain that I experience through the break up, I cannot understand this mentality. 

It's been 6 months and I am still holding onto a bit of denial and a lot of hatred toward this boy, who broke my heart and shattered my world. To think that I will ever be ok to date again or even love again is the hardest, most foreign thought in my mind. So i will wait for that day when I will no longer be broken. But don't hold your breath.

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The stories of his life can be seen through the wrinkles on his face. #shoreditch #streetart #london (at Shoreditch)

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Quarter Life - Crisis or Blessing?

When I was 25, I ended my relationship, quit my job, bought a one way ticket and moved to London. I went through and am going through the most emotional roller coaster OF. MY. LIFE! Perhaps it's based around the quarter of a century figure that puts you through the washer and hangs you out to dry. At 25, we all become little pegs dangling on a clothes line waiting to either fall or be gently taken down. It's the age where so many of us reach a cross road - to either make some life changing decisions for our future or to hold onto the fun and recklessness of our early twenties for a little while more. So here I am in London trying embrace my future and stay in Nevereverland at the same time. Wish me luck!