50 Things to do while in Lockdown

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BLOG 50 THINGS TO DO WHILE IN LOCKDOWN ALL       0 COMMENTS Written by Harry Croose "Lockup all your love and go and throw away the key." - Carrie Underwood - Tweet Hello, all hope you are well. Especially in these times, if you are reading in 2020, with the Coronavirus lockdown. :) I have had a few requests to write a blog post on things to do while in lockdown; luckily for you my fantastical followers, here it is. :)  Here is the long list, with an occasional elaboration, as to why I think they are possibly a great idea for you! :)I will say this however if you have to do something, limit your time watching the news and social media. Awareness is important, but an overstimulation of negative headlines can do more damage them people realise to their psychology. Also make sure that you have a routine, and that you have a variety of things to do, that you most of all enjoy, but also tasks that give you the satisfaction of working towards your goals and dreams. :)  - THE LONG LIST OF IDEAS OF THINGS TO DO -  PLAN YOUR DAY - Have a To-Do List or a Goals Journal so you have particular objectives to complete so you are not just wasting your time, apologises for the bluntness there, but you no deep down what I say has an element of truth to it, espcially if you don't have clear goals. I would recommend Google Calendar, to help with time blocking your days. DEDICATE A WORK PERIOD (per day) - Spend a few hours every day doing tasks wether that be for your Work, School or University. Just make some progress it doesn't matter how much. If you again plan far ahead, a few hours a day should be sufficent for you to get many of your tasks completed. READ BOOKS  - There are so MANY books, out there to read. :) Take advantage of Amazon (depsite the new delays), books are a testament to education and mental stimulation, that will certainly keep you entertained.Wether it be fiction or non-fiction, experimenting with different genres and authors is a fantastic idea.         LISTEN TO AUDIOBOOKS - Listening to Audiobooks, (especially from Audible), again it is amazing, and books can be obtained instantly, and can be listened to via the app. I would personally recommend The Game of Thrones Series and Harry Potter Collection for those who like fantasy. You would find thousands of books, from different genres all at very affordable prices at the moment during lockdown. WATCHING YOUTUBE - You must have a YouTube account surely, listening/watching some of your favourite YouTubers for surely give you a laugh, education or whatever you are in to! PLAYING VIDEO GAMES - Wether that be on your Xbox One, Xbox 360, WiiU, and Nintendo 3DS etc. There must be plenty of games you haven't played or haven;t visited in a long time, perhaps you should…

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire Review

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BLOG HARRY POTTER + THE GOBLET OF FIREREVIEW REVIEWS0 COMMENTS Written by Harry Croose "It matters not what someone is born, but what they grow to be." - Albus Dumbledore - Tweet Overview Plot Plot - beginning to endMemorable momentsMemorable Quotes Main Characters (+ development) Side Characters Side Characters Themes (love, death, unity, friends, family) Establish concrete boundaries in different areas of your life. Whether that be in the realms of love, relationships, friendships, money, emotions, psychology and so on. This mind does not necessarily come from a lack of confidence or self-esteem. I believe that a lack of secure boundaries in these sections of oneself can be one of many reasons that a lack of confidence/ self-esteem continues to manifest in your life. How does this relate to how to not care what other people think? Well, people with what are considered to be weaker boundaries have an obsession of the need to be validated by others. (Hence you care what people think). Therefore, they require external environments to control their boundaries, which if you put it like that sounds ridiculous! In human biology, we have a need to be in a pack of people, so we naturally have homeostasis of what the supposed conformed boundaries are. But remember that sometimes our human nature struggles to differentiate the difference between thriving and surviving in these instances. I want you to be thriving! So don’t use this as an excuse for you to be thriving! This brings be to my next point. 3. Change Your Environment Life is too short. To guilt-trip yourself into staying in an environment that does not vibe with you. Remember the previous point you want to thrive! If that means moving friend groups, distancing yourself from toxicity, and moving towards an environment that you want. Then do it. Yes, it will take a leap of faith, to make such a drastic change.  If you can’t just change your environment, perhaps you are in a job, or in a position where you don’t want to be. Then I would suggest you change your environment in small stages. Whether it be spending less time with someone or retreating to nature to relieve stress. All of these steps will say to your mind, that you are the top priority, and will undo the extreme selflessness programming and will help you care less of what over people think.  4. Find Your Life Purpose One thing that will not ground you more, on not caring what people think is to have a Life Purpose. A Life Purpose is either a big goal or a massive change that you want to make in your life, which is aligned with your personal values and needs. This is like your destination. This will allow you to make your own heading if you will to reach this said goal and make this aligned into reality. This could be starting a blog, write a book, start a YouTube Channel, to Rule the World! If you…

Harry Potter and the Philosophers Stone Review (Book 1)

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BLOG HARRY POTTER BOOK 1 REVIEW     SOCIAL      0 COMMENTS Written by Harry Croose "Someone's Opinion of You - does not have to become your reality." - Les Brown - Tweet For many months, now I was caught into a sneaky way of thinking, which held a lot of knocks to my Self-Esteem and confidence, but now am stronger than ever. Back in Business! Here to give YOU another one of my insights.  Today’s topic is something I learnt from my many months of emotional healing and self-reflection.  A lot of this I’d discovered was that I was caring too much of the opinions of others. Now be careful now don’t take it literally, this phrase is often used when we are essentially fed up, but that is used in a mental framework of a victim. However, this phrase can also be used in as a way of releasing unnecessarily burdens that either you or others have placed on you.  I am here to give you 5 strategies that helped me get over this wall. One quick point first though, remember that other people’s opinions can still have large benefits. Just remember that their opinions do not define who you are. 1. Focus on yourself and your Needs There is an annoying stigma in society, that if you are selfless you are great and if you are selfish you are a horrible person. This form of assumption, that allows unkind people to take advantage of you – due to your social complexes on ‘what is right’. How to solve this would be to solely focus on yourself. I know right so selfish! But you need to fill your own cup first as it were, before you start helping others. I am not saying to go out your way to be unkind to someone (even if they deserve it) but merely to prioritise yourself other everything else, and yes even your family. The more you invest in yourself today – the more you will be able to help them in the future. In fact, helping yourself first will likely mean you will be in a much better position to help others more so then even if you were too selfless of your own needs and desires. This topic is such a big one that I have wrote a separate blog post here – How to fulfil your needs. 2. Establish Strong Independent Boundaries Establish concrete boundaries in different areas of your life. Whether that be in the realms of love, relationships, friendships, money, emotions, psychology and so on. This mind does not necessarily come from a lack of confidence or self-esteem. I believe that a lack of secure boundaries in these sections of oneself can be one of many reasons that a lack of confidence/ self-esteem continues to manifest in your life. How does this relate to how to not care what other people think? Well, people with what are considered to be weaker boundaries have an obsession…

Harry Potter: Ranking the Books

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BLOG HARRY POTTER: RANKING THE BOOKS  REVIEWS    0 COMMENTS Written by Harry Croose "Working hard is important, but there is something that matters more: Believing in yourself." - Harry Potter (J.K Rowling) - Tweet As a beautiful book series, Harry Potter has been an absolutely huge influence on my life. :) Harry Potter when I was a child, started coming out as movies. I watched the movies first, and have finally come to discover the Harry Potter book series, that I have decided to pick up and read. I have been listening to the amazing Audible Audiobooks of the Series, read by Stephen Fry. There are 7 books, (8 movies) and in this series I will be reviewing and ranking the books, giving you a summary of my thoughts on each book. Also, I want to say I do heartedly prefer the books to the movies, although I do appreciate the movies in their own way. :) 7. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows         The Deathly Hallows, a thrilling conclusion to the Seven Part Book Series. Whereby Harry, Ron and Hermione are certainly tested in their friendship trying to find and destroy Horcruxes. I did like how it was a bit of a change from the usual being based in Hogwarts, also it allows us to explore the Wizarding World much more, as well as Dumbledore's Past. Funny enough this was the only book that I didn't enjoy as much as the other 6 books. I enjoyed the Battle of Hogwarts' it was a very suspensive epic conlusion. I loved the Auras and how Hermione and Ron grew closer through their hardships.  The Tale of the Three Brothers was also a very interesting tale,  which set up the mood and the premise for the dark days to come once the Ministry fell.    I will be including full reviews of the books seperately. Once it is avaliable, there will be a link in the desription or you can find it in search format. :)   6. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone          The Philosopher's Stone was a such a great opener, this is where we were of course introduced to everything, the Wizarding World, Harry Potter and his friends his rivalries with Draco Malfoy; the teachers and of course Lord Voldermort. "He who must not be named."  I loved how the 3 heroes, Harry, Ron and Hermione formed their friendship. I also adored Gryffindor House and the side characters like Dean Thomas and Seamus. Crabbe and Goyle will good henchmen too. As I have got older however, although this book is still incredibly nostalgic, I do note the fact that Slytherin House seems to be  noted as the 'evil house'; even though that is not neccessarily the case with ALL Slytherins.    The story is really lovely and heartfelt when Gryfindor win in the end. :)  Also how they team up playing Wizard's Chess, and Hermione's problem potion logic puzzle!! It was…

Game of Thrones TV Review

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BLOG GAME OF THRONES TV REVIEW REVIEWS    0 COMMENTS Written by Harry Croose "I have lived a thousand lives and I've loved a thosand loves. I've walked on distant worlds and seen the end of time. Because I read." - George R.R Martin - Tweet For many months, now I was caught into a sneaky way of thinking, which held a lot of knocks to my Self-Esteem and confidence, but now am stronger than ever. Back in Business! Here to give YOU another one of my insights.  Today’s topic is something I learnt from my many months of emotional healing and self-reflection.  A lot of this I’d discovered was that I was caring too much of the opinions of others. Now be careful now don’t take it literally, this phrase is often used when we are essentially fed up, but that is used in a mental framework of a victim. However, this phrase can also be used in as a way of releasing unnecessarily burdens that either you or others have placed on you.  I am here to give you 5 strategies that helped me get over this wall. One quick point first though, remember that other people’s opinions can still have large benefits. Just remember that their opinions do not define who you are. Game of Thrones Season 1 So here I am being introduced to the amazing World that is Game of Thrones. Click Here - for my Season 1 Review.  Game of Thrones Season 2 Review. COMING SOON! Game of Thrones Season 3 Review. COMING SOON! Game of Thrones Season 4 Review. COMING SOON!  Game of Thrones Season 5 Review. COMING SOON!  Game of Thrones Season 6 Review. COMING SOON! Game of Thrones Season 7 Review! COMING SOON! Game of Thrones Season 8 Review! COMING SOON! SHARE THIS Share on facebook Facebook Share on google Google+ Share on twitter Twitter Share on linkedin LinkedIn Share on pinterest Pinterest Subscribe to My Newsletter Click edit button to change this text. Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Ut elit tellus, luctus nec ullamcorper mattis, pulvinar dapibus leo. Twitter Facebook Youtube Snapchat Instagram Linkedin Harry Croose 2018-2019 All Rights reserved. Get Started Tutorials Resources Guides Examples Docs About About Me Blog Privacy Policy Terms of Service Downloads Free E-Book Blog Resources Courses

4 Steps to Dealing with Haters

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BLOG 4 STEPS TO DEALING WITH HATERS Written by Harry Croose "Hating on someone, or something is only giving power to that thing. It becomes a bigger problem in your mind. It's okay to dislike something, but never hate it - you only lose your power and time." - Harry Croose - Tweet 1. Accepting that Haters are everywhere. Basically, if you are a hater why are you here. To plot your revenge, to comment under one of my blog posts or YouTube Videos because I upset you; or are you here to eat my chocolate cheesecake because the last one is definitely crossing the line.  Also hyperlinks can be very useful. 2. Understand why they Hate There was a time where I actually paid attention to these individuals who sit down in life and have nothing better to do than complain and shout at you for doing 'the wrong thing' or 'that you are weird' . Well here is a reality check for those of you that are haters of my work, look at yourself. What are you doing and contributing to the world? You can't say anything to me or too anyone at that if you are not following your own path and are merely following the masses, because you are still scared that you might fail. 3. Re-frame the situation. I don't hate you if you are a hater, I respect that you have an opinion; but to waste your precious time on this earth which as you read this (by the way I appreciate) you will loses this seconds forever. Instead of complaining or being a victim 100% of the time, harness your energy to things that could actually change your life. Direct your energy away from your haters and invest it into yourself  Understand that it isn't about you, it is about them. 4. Maintain distance to your haters. There was a time where I was a hater of people who seemed to have it better than me, but when I started to stop comparing myself to others. I felt so much more free and had a tenfold more time and energy to make the impact I want to make on the world. I am not giving up not now, I will never give up. I am not stopping just because my crush no longer likes me, I am not stopping because I haven't got 50 likes on YouTube or 1000 subscribers I am going to keep pushing ahead; we must together keep pushing forward that is the only way we will truly reach the land we were promised off when we were read a bedtime story with a nice cup of hot chocolate. Dreams can come true, and no matter where you are in life or how far you think your behind; you can make it. I believe in you. Lovers always Win.  SHARE THIS Share on facebook Facebook Share on google Google+ Share on twitter Twitter Share on linkedin LinkedIn Share on pinterest Pinterest Subscribe to…