What Not To Worry About #14

It's Friday! A day we can bounce out of bed knowing we've just about made it! A day we can look forward to a big old glass of guilt-free vino! A day we internally plan an entire weekend of activities in our head only to be secretly glad when it rains and we can stay in our pyjamas! Yay! I feel like a bit of a con this Friday to be honest because I was only back to work yesterday after a few days stuffing my face with pastries in Lisbon. Feeling real-life heat on my face whilst giving my thighs a good old work out on the hills of a beautiful city really lifted my winter soul. It got me all kinds of excited about spring and all of the good things it brings along with it e.g. longer days, daffodils and, most importantly, outdoor drinking. Landing home yesterday reminded me that warmer days might be a little while away but my optimism is still here. Little cracks of sunshine are enough to get me out of the house and lug around my camera to snap at any signs of life. I am even planning another escape to Dublin this weekend - I do have the times of it I know. I'm seeing Billy Connolly tomorrow with Mumma T and my uncle Pete (this is an actual bucket list event for me and I am fully prepared to reach hysteria at the very sight of the wonderful grey Viking) and then I am having a girls night with my #squad (yeh I'm too old to do that) the following eve. I will be depressed for sure on Monday morning. What will keep me going is a mind full of positive thoughts this weekend as it always does so I've switched it up and I am listing a few different kinds of people who I am choosing to not stress me out this weekend. It's usually a Monday post I know but I can't type a post with fingers covered in pastry crumbs so I thought it best to leave it for a few days. I'm clever that way. Here goes... Patronising People I thought that once I was an adult that there would be no more moments of being made to feel the size of a raisin. Turns out, patronising people are not ageist and there are still moments when I feel like screaming in to a pillow when someone corrects a mistake I didn't realise was a big deal. Oh, I'm sorry that I don't know anything about cars Mr. Mechanic but please do not look at my boyfriend with a "women, eh?" look when I am caught side-blinded with your jargon. Now fix that metal bit that makes a weird sound please so I can drive without fear of my life. Airport People Airports can be a tense place at the best of times and I have had recent experience of this. There's folks who choose to forget that they can't take litres of liquids on a plane with them and suddenly remember this as they attempt to excavate their entire hand luggage in the security line in front of me. There's also people who insist on starting the boarding queue about a half hour before the plane which riles up all the other passengers. I need to forgive these people and chill out with all the perfumes in Duty Free. Nasty People You know the people who take great pleasure in the misery of others? I can never understand these people and I wonder if they could ever be truly happy if they can't ever be happy those around them. It makes me a little sad but that would just be joining the sad gang and I don't even wanna be in that gang. Classy Women The Audrey Hepburn's, Grace Kelly's and Jackie O's of this world astound me. Elegant women can make me feel a little insignificant because I will forever be the ruffian who never seems to brush her hair and has holes in her clothes. I have learned to accept that I probably won't ever look like a French woman on the streets of Belfast but that's OK. Less pressure to look immaculate is probably a good thing. Judgemental People Yes I will be having that second cupcake Martha and please refrain from looking at me lengthways in the process. The judge-y folks can be the worst but I choose to laugh off the stares when I land to my yoga class in decades old leggings and an old work hoodie. Being you is the one of the bravest things you can do and I will rock whatever ratty clothse I choose thank you very much. And that's about all the folks who I will refuse to let bother me this week - and maybe longer! What kinds of people are you going to stop getting the better of you? Any tips on how you shrug off the negativity?