DormDiary's Back | Easter Resurrection

Long time no see, right? You'll have to forgive me, the dorm lifestyle has been a little relentless lately - eat, sleep, slave, repeat seems to be my new motto. After a seven-month-long hiatus, I think it's time for a much-needed update on the DormDiary.

Since September last year I've started University, put a deposit on a house, passed January exams, and been buried under piles of revision for the upcoming summer exams. But not that much has really changed. I still spend time I should be working watching films and TV shows instead; and I still spend far too much time on the internet (she writes on her blog - how ironic). After a healthy dose of reflection, I decided that the only thing that was really wrong with this kind of procrastination is that it's not productive. But how do you make procrastination productive? Isn't this the eternal problem of every internaute? 

And then I found this little gem. 

100happydays is a challenge spread across various social media sites which aims to make users, internet-wide, see the beauty in life. How? It's pretty simple actually: you just have to post a photo each day for - you guessed it - 100 days, of things that make you happy. And because you go looking for things to take pictures of every day, you realise just how many little things make you happy. According to their manifesto, people who completed the challenge even began receiving more compliments and falling in love easier. And as a bonus, if you complete the challenge they'll send you a book of your 100 happy photos. Pretty rad huh? Now that's productive procrastination. 

Wait a minute, is this even relevant? It might not seem it, but it is applicable. 100happydays has made me think hard about what really makes me happy. When it came down to it, it turned out to be mainly film & TV, travel, and reading (original, right?). So if I take what makes me happy, and  add my method of procrastination (vigorous internetting), then surely it will be easier to make that procrastination productive? That's the theory. Now I just need to put it to the test, and here's how.

From here on out, I'm going to post my 100happydays photos (which you can find on my Instagram) right here to DormDiary. Where does film fit in? TV? Reading? Well, the posts here are going to be extended versions of my hundred happy days. That means reviews of films, TV show theories, travel photos - paying attention to what makes me happy, not just snapping pictures of it. C'est parti!

To make up for lost time, here are the pictures of my first four happy days

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See you tomorrow for my fifth, sweeties!