Nessa's Bliss

03 April 2015

I Keep My Blog A Secret

This may be weird for me to even say out loud, but I have a confession.... I keep my blog a secret.

I'm not even kidding. If you follow me on both my instagrams, or both my twitters, or just one or the other, you're probably confused as two why I manage both accounts on almost all social media platforms. It is because I want to keep my personal life separate from my blog life. By that, I really mean, I want to keep my personal friends and family away from my blogging world.

It's weird, I know. But, I actually get embarrassed whenever someone comes up to me saying, "oh, I saw your blog!"... It just weirds me out. I guess it is because there are some personal things I blog about that I just don't want people in my personal life to know about. At the same time, I rather have other bloggers who don't know me, read about them... Maybe it is because you guys don't know me, and I'll feel less judged.

It's weird. I KNOW! I'm having as much of a hard time explaining myself just as you are probably trying to understand my reasoning.

But, one day, I'll probably feel comfortable telling my friends and family about my blog. I guess that will be the day when I actually feel comfortable knowing my friends and family will probably read about a side of me they've probably never met.

Have you ever felt this way when you started blogging? Do you keep your blog a secret?

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30 March 2015

April edition: Weekly Wishes #56

30 March 2015

April edition: Weekly Wishes #56

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Happy Monday bloggers! It is that time of the week to be linking up with Melyssa for Weekly Wishes. This is a great linkup to share weekly goal and receive some encouragement from others who also have wishes/goals for the week!

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Wow... March has gone by sooo quickly..! I remember at the beginning of the month, my sister and I were in the midst of planning on what we would be doing for her birthday. Then, all of a sudden, 3 weeks passed and it was her birthday. Then here we are... APRIL (well, technically it is tomorrow, but still)! Last month's goals was a bust. I cannot lie. IF there was a goal I wanted completed, I did so with half of my ability... Sooo, we can say that March was a lazy month, and this month I should not, and will not have any excuses any more. This Months Wishes

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Hit the gym 4-5 times this week. This month, I want to focus on my stomach. I want a flatter stomach as summer is quickly approaching. I want my stomach region to look slimmer when I am in my 2 piece swim suits!
Eat smarter. If I am serious about losing a certain amount of weight, in a certain amount of time, I need to stick to this. Instead of quickly transitioning into a diet, I think I'm going to try eating smaller portions, and smaller meals more, rather than the 3 standards meals.
Plan in general. I find that my life is a bit more organized when I have everything planned out. I feel a bit more stressed free when I know I can accomplish something within a planned time frame.
Convert Drafts to Posts. I notice I have A LOT of draft posts... some finished, some unfinished. So, I want to try to spice them up a bit to post!
Socialize more! I haven't been keeping up with comments on my blog, and I feel so bad! This month, I am going to make more of an effort to actually respond to the new, and even the old ones!
Work more. Okay, so because this semester of school is almost over and summer school will be starting in May, I want this month to somewhat be devoted to work, and making some money to save for my final year in university (starting in September). I plan to open my availability up, since I literally have only 3 exams, all of which are on the same week. So the rest of the month, I want to work.

These are my goals/wishes for the week. If you're participating and happened to hop onto my blog, leave your link so I can leave some encouragement as well! Have a great Monday, xo

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29 March 2015

Silent Sunday #52

29 March 2015

silent sunday

Silent Sunday #52

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27 March 2015

Right Click, and Paste

27 March 2015

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Right Click, and Paste

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Today, I am participating in Mama Kat's Writer's Workshop. I've been meaning to participate in her weekly linkups, but I somehow always find myself a little too late when it came to selecting a prompt, and actually writing it out. This time, I don't have any excuses, and I chose to open a blank blog post, then right click and paste.

Here is what I pasted:

$1,610.00

I know what you're probably thinking, "woah, that's a lot of dollars." Well, you're right. But, trust me, you are looking at this number wrong.

Here's the story:

This past weekend was my sister's 19th birthday. And, the sister that I am, I decided, along with Jay and my cousin Neisha, to help her throw a BIG party. Like why not right? She'll be legal, and it just gives everyone an excuse to drink and just be with one another. So, thats what we did. Unfortunately, our planning and preparing kind of sucked. In fact, I did MOST of the shopping of everything the day before and the day of...

So, as you could image, my credit card was crying for those two days. Because I haven't had this particular credit card for too long, my credit limit was only $2000. And, because the online statements do not update and show my purchases quickly, $1,160.00 actually indicates my available credit. So, I copied that number to subtract it from 2000 on a calculator, totalling to me owing $390.00.... joy.

But, thank goodness I wasn't the only one spending money. When we all put our credit card totals together, we found out the party was literally almost $1000. What we spend money on to make it this much is a mixture of everything... renting the house for a day, buying all the alcohol, buying snacks, the amount of pizza kept ordering that night, everything just accumulated.

But, hey. It was my sister's 19th birthday. Like go big or go home right? And, we went BIG, and it was just overall worth it. We've definitely set a new standard for parties in our social circle. I'm just happy my sister had just a great time as much as everyone had!

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24 March 2015

When You Can't Remember What Happened

24 March 2015

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When You Can't Remember What Happened

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Have you ever been to a party where the next day, all you can remember was just how much a good time you were having? Then, all of a sudden people starting bringing up bit of pieces of what you remember, and then all together you guys created a consensus of what happened?

Well, this past weekend we threw my little sister a party for her 19th birthday. She was legal, so you already know people were drinking like no tomorrow. In fact, I think the star of the party wasn't my sister, but it was the jungle juice Jay and I made. 'Cos the moment people came to the house, the first thing we gave them was that strong mixture of alcohol, and everyone was in a new state of mind in such an instant.

Anyways, back to the main point of this blog post. One of the main things people were talking about the next morning was my friend, lets call him Matthew. Unfortunately, he made some terrible decisions, and now he has to lay his bed in it. He says he doesn't remember a thing, but I think he is lying.

Let me start off with the fact that he has a girlfriend, who was present at the beginning of the party, but soon left. After couple of hours of drinking, apparently he was going around telling some of the girls how he's only with his girlfriend for sexual pleasure... He also told others he was going to break up with her anyways... then proceed to make out with, not just one, but two different girls, at two different times.

To me, I never saw this, but I know it did happen because theres a video posted on Facebook with him on the floor with a teddy bear telling everyone how he kissed two girls and how he doesn't know their names, and he couldn't care less.

This put me in a difficult position. Not only was I friends with Matthew for over 7 years, but his girlfriend and I have become close, and she even asked me to keep an eye on him. So what do I do? I told Matthew the next morning, right after I heard a combination of all these stories, and saw pictures and videos, and told him everything I had heard. After I gave him a mini recap, I told him that it was either going to be him to tell his girlfriend, or it was going to be me. HE chose to do it himself...

But, everything is hear say. I'm not sure what I should believe and what I shouldn't. All, I know is that if I was in her position, and my signifiant other was making out and talking shit about me to others, I would want someone to let me know - regardless if it is hear-say or not. SO, hopefully I did the right thing in this situation, and not screw anything up between them.

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23 March 2015

Weekly Wishes #56

23 March 2015

Weekly Wishes

Weekly Wishes #56

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This Week's Wishes

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Hit the gym 4-5 times this week. It's spring; and summer is quickly approaching. Need to start getting that summer body!
Eat smarter.
Plan in general. I find that my life is a bit more organized when I have everything planned out. I feel a bit more stressed free when I know I can accomplish something within a planned time frame.
Finish ahead of time. I realize that although I have assignments and midterms in the near future, I should be using this week and the next week wisely to START on them, so I am not stuck with the stress of having to complete everything last minute.
Prep for exams. Exams are quickly approaching... I need to make the most of my "free" time and do some work, rather than just sitting and watching youtube makeup and hair tutorials all day! haha

These are my goals/wishes for the week. If you're participating and happened to hop onto my blog, leave your link so I can leave some encouragement as well! Have a great Monday, xo

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