1. I return to my placement school and most of the children remember who I am and are excited to see me. I also remember most of their names!

2. I go on a train for the first time in months. I love buying my ticket then sitting back and watching the world rush by.

3. I love the exclusive feel I get when me and my boyfriend go to a free advanced screening of 'Juno'.

1. Wandering the aisles at the supermarket and filling my basket with lots of lovely fresh fruit for the coming week. I buy some reduced strawberries for the first time in months and can't wait to chop them up on my cereal in the morning.

2. Feeling free to read and catch up on blogs with no work hanging over my head while my boyfriend watches football on TV.

3. I come across this post in the archives of a newly-discovered website and feel hopeful that there are people out there who are proud to be themselves and who feel beautiful in their own skin. I start to think of the ways in which I am beautiful and add them to the comments.

Saturday

1. Taking a package to the post office so it can be dispatched to the other end of the country.

2. Driving on the motorway in the dark after a lovely evening in the pub with my grandad and admiring the landscape. We pass a town all lit up and I imagine the insides of the illuminated houses, the people living their lives within.

3. Me and my boyfriend have a proper chat over a J20 and a pint in the pub. We see each other every day but there are so many petty distractions; uni assignments, TV, books, the internet. We rarely actually spend quality time together, and doing so makes me realise how much I love him.

1. As I wait in the bus queue, I notice a bird's nest high up in the trees, swaying in the wind.

2. I complete a pop-up card in D&T and feel a nice sense of achievement.

3. Me and my boyfriend sit with a cup of tea reading and discussing the paper together.

1. At university we are given the task of devising and eventually creating an interactive numeracy display. My group comes up with lots of great ideas and the enthusiasm flows!

2. I call the teacher at my placement school for an idea of the topics they're due to cover next week and she kindly clues me in.

3. I start brimming with ideas for activities to do with the children next week and I feel confident for the first time in a long time.

1. Watching a video of my beautiful little sister playing and giggling with a new puppy.

2. Chatting easily with a classmate at lunch.

3. Confirming a holiday and feeling very excited!

1. Having nothing to do and not feeling guilty about watching daytime TV.

2. Putting myself through a hard workout and feeling great afterwards.

3. Receiving positive feedback from my tutor about a piece of work I wasn't confident about.

1. As part of our Science module we get the chance to experiment with magnets. I love feeling the forces at work between two magnets repelling each other and I'm fascinated to see the huge paperclip chain one magnet attracts.

2. Singing along to upbeat music in the car and not caring who sees me.

3. Tucking into a steaming bowl of beef and veg stew as it rains outside.

1. Handing my essay in on time after battling rush hour traffic on the way to university and facing a broken printer once I got there.

2. Being given a star-shaped sticker from a Year 2 girl's sticker book.

3. Having a relaxed Chinese meal with my boyfriend.

1. Being woken up early in the morning by the sounds of my waking sister calling for her daddy.

2. A fried egg sandwich for dinner, made for me by my wonderful dad.

3. Watching Sense & Sensibility on BBC1 - I've never read the book but I love Jane Austen's work and I'm in awe of the costumes and the setting.

Beautiful things from Christmas and New Year

1. Waking up with my boyfriend on Christmas Day and opening our presents together in bed.

2. Meeting up with my family at my nanna's on Christmas morning and being surprised at how grown-up my 10-year-old cousin has become since I last saw her.

3. Seeing the faces of my loved ones as they open the presents I pondered over for weeks!

4. Witnessing the excitement of my 2-year-old sister as she begins to really appreciate Christmas for the first time.

5. My dad's beautiful minestrone soup.

6. Laughing and playing Trivial Pursuit on Christmas night.

7. Seeing Scotland's beautiful scenery as I visit my mum up there for the first time.

8. Playing Scrabble with the family (even though I lost!).

9. Getting dressed up to celebrate the New Year with my boyfriend.

10. Enjoying champagne, canapes, a jazz band and a kiss at midnight on New Year's Eve.