Kelly's Daily Blog

Happy New Year everybody

It feels like I haven’t written a blog post in such a long time, I have just been so busy lately that every time I plan on writing one, I always end up getting busy with something else.

For me, 2022 was probably the best year I have had in a long time, and I plan on making 2023 even better. Last year I felt like I learnt a lot about myself and how to become more independent, I got a promotion at work which was such a huge thing for me because I have been working very hard in my opinion to get into this exact position and I am loving it.

People always set goals for themselves at the beginning of the new year and sometimes we try and achieve those goals and other times we just let them slip by, but this year I am going to make it my mission to achieve my goals.

I am already saving money into an investment and have been for years, but this year I want to stop spending my money in my bank account on silly things and actually build up that as well. This year I would also like to learn how to cook, to start eating a little healthier and I want to also blog more, I am going to try make posts at least 2 times a week (I have other ones to but those are more for fun, these are my more serious and big goals)

What goals do you guys have for this year and how do you plan on achieving them ?

Since I was 6 years old the only sport I have been interested in playing was Tennis, my life revolved around it. Now don’t get me wrong Tennis is still very much a huge part of me, but it is no longer my only love. I have recently discovered a brand-new sport that has been brought to South Africa, it is called Padel.

Padel is a very nice mixture of Tennis and Squash. Tennis and Padel are very different in many ways, but they are also very similar in a lot of other ways. Padel is surrounded by 4 glass panels whereas Tennis is surrounded by fences. In Padel you can hit off of the wall when you are playing, but I guarantee if you try to hit the ball against a Tennis fence it will most definitely not come back to you. Most people would say that the most difficult shot to play in Tennis is the serve because you have to do this huge, complicated shot that injures your arm most of the time, but in Padel all you have to do is serve under arm.

As most of you know, I work in the Pro Shop at the German Country Club and one of the first questions clients ask me when they walk into the shop is “which do you prefer, Tennis or Padel” and the answer is simple… I love them both equally because they both have certain aspects that make them fun.

I must say that I love the social aspect of Padel, it is a nice family sport and it is great for doing team building events and birthday parties, some people even have nappy parties at the Padel courts. Most people enjoy the Padel because it is a lot easier than Tennis, it is not as technical.

“Never be afraid of trying new things because life gets boring when you stay within the limits of what you already know”

“There is no way around hard work. Embrace it.”

That quote was said by the one and only Tennis legend Mr Roger Federer. Ever since I was a young girl my one and only goal was to become just like Roger Federer. I spent almost half of my life switching between tennis coaches trying to find the perfect one which was very difficult because all of them were training me perfectly in completely different ways. So, I decided to take the biggest leap of faith and I went to The Riaan Venter Tennis Academy in Potchefstroom. Now to say that going there was tough would be the understatement of the century, playing Tennis for 4 hours a day and fitness for 2 hours is really hard but so rewarding at the end of the day because you realise that at the end of every day you are getting closer to reaching all of your goals.

During the week I was practising Tennis and going for lessons and on the weekends, I would be playing in Tennis tournaments which was incredibly fun but also incredibly competitive. Even though I truly enjoyed all of this, I realised that being a professional Tennis player is not what I am destined to become, truthfully, I am not too sure who I am destined to become.

This post is not about me though, it is about the true Tennis legend otherwise known as Roger Federer who over the years of watching him has taught me not only how to become the best Tennis player I could be, but he taught me how to become a good person which I believe is the best lesson you could ever learn.

So, I say good luck to Roger Federer in his retirement, we will all miss him

Hey guys

On the 13 August I went to my sister in laws bridal shower and I had the best time. Not only was this my first time at a bridal shower, it was also my first time attending a kitchen tea.

My dad fetched me straight after work and took me, my sister and my aunt so that we did not have to drive all the way there and back as it was quick far away and rather confusing as well to get there. My mom had to meet us there because she got there 2 hours early as she was helping set up.

When we got there it was decorated so beautifully, there were flowers, some alcohol and lots of delicious food and snacks, all including 2 cakes, 1 carrot cake and 1 chocolate cake. After we ate our food we went into the lounge and watched some videos that her mom and family in Australia made for her because they couldn’t be there to celebrate in person.

I think the funniest part of the day was when the dog kept eating the food off of the table, it definitely reminded me of the dog from the movie Marley and Me.

All in all it was a pretty great day and it has made me even more excited for the wedding, and I cannot wait to tell all of you about the wedding and how it went.

Hey guys

I hope all of the ladies had a spectacular Women’s Day yesterday and felt very spoiled and special.

I celebrated Women’s Day in the best way possible with all of my lovely friends and family. At work we had a ladies day event where we started by doing 30 minutes of Pilates which was so amazing and definitely worked every muscle in my body (I really felt it the next day). After we did the Pilates we did about 2 or 3 hours of a Padel Tournament, 7 rounds of a round robin and then semi’s and finals and there were no winners prizes or losers prizes, all 56 of us walked away with something special in the form of a nice hamper which made us all feel very special.

After having a tiring but rewarding and fun time on the Padel court, we were treated to a very delicious buffet breakfast, we had some scrambled eggs, bacon, pork sausage, toast, mushrooms, beans and delicious chocolate cake for dessert. All of the tables were also decorated so beautifully with biscuits and flowers on each table.

Padel is such an amazing sport and it is truly an awesome way to have events and celebrate special holidays and occasions. It is a fun and easy game to play, basically anyone can play it, even if you have never played a ball sport in your life for example Tennis or Squash. I can say with absolute certainty that I am 100% hooked and addicted to this game.

Normally I am definitely not a morning person but getting up at 05:15 to play Padel was definitely worth it. (I had to get up that early so that I could help bring all the boxes to the German Country Club where the event had taken place).

Every Wednesday morning we have what we call a “ladies morning” and this is where we just do the Pilates and the Padel which is super fun and I think you can guess how tired all of us ladies were when we did that, and especially doing the Pilates again, but all the pain was worth it because I always feel good after playing a good game of Padel and the Pilates was fun to.

I just want to end this post with a quote “The purpose of our lives is to be happy”

I hope you all enjoyed reading this post

Hey everyone

I hope you guys are all keeping warm with your blankets and some nice hot chocolate.

I was watching The Fosters the other day, which happens to be one of my favourite series and there was one scene that really caught my attention. Before I explain what happened in the scene, I just want to give you a brief description of the show.

Police officer Stef Foster and Vice Principal Lena Adams are the parents of Brandon Foster, Stef’s biological son from her previous marriage, and twins Jesus and Mariana, who were adopted as children. Lena went over to Juvi where 16 year old Callie Jacobs was because of an incident that occurred at her previous foster home and with much hesitation decided to take Callie to her home. Since Callie had just come out of Juvi, her personality was still a bit rough and she had a lot of trust issues and so that made it hard for Lena and Steph to accept her into their family fully. Eventually Callie’s little brother Jude comes into the mix and changes things up because now that she has Jude she finally feels like she can trust somebody and comes out of her shell a little bit. Callie and Jude have been in many different foster homes, but when they are placed with the Fosters, things begin to happen.

This series has a lot of ups and downs, there is drama, romance breakups and a lot of life lessons but the most important thing you learn when you watch this show is that being a part of a loving family is really important and means everything.

So going back to the beginning of this post, I was saying that there was a scene that really captured my full attention. Jude had to do an assignment for school on finding your own anchor and he decided that his anchor was the Fosters. He said that all of his life him and Callie had been bumped to many different Foster homes and none of them were any good, the people were not good people and so they did not really have the best childhood as they grew up with no parents because their mother died when they were young and their father is in jail because of her death as he is accused of being the one that killed her. So Jude was saying that now that he has met the Fosters and has finally become a part of their family fully, he feels like he has met his anchor, the one constant thing that is keeping him grounded and stopping him from floating away.

I began to think and I realised that my anchor would also be my family because no matter what is happening in my life whether good or bad, my family is always there to support me, I know that I can tell them anything and they will not judge me only give me support when I need it.

What is your anchor and why is it so important to you ?

Hey guys

Sometimes in life people develop goals and dreams and maybe even get inspired to do something spontaneous.

A lot of the time the thing that prevents us from achieving these goals is fear. Fear that we may mess up completely or we get worried that it won’t turn out the way we hoped it would. Maybe you will mess up or maybe you will succeed in many wonderful and miraculous ways. You won’t be able to find out the outcome unless you push past the fear and not see it as a way to get weaker but see it as a way to flourish and grow as a person.

If you want to take up dancing, then get your computer out and sign up at the nearest dance studio, if you want to travel and see all of the wonders and beauty of the world, pack a bag and see it all.

This is definitely something that is easier said than done because our biggest obstacle other than fear is money. If you don’t have enough money right now, then don’t worry you can always save up and do these things at a later point when you are more financially ready and then look fear straight in the eye and push past it so that you can experience new things and make lots of memories along the way.

I used to be the type of person that let fear get in my way and then I realized that if you continue to be afraid of taking new risks, then you are not really living your life fully.

I would like to end this with a quote

“Life is too short to worry about stupid things. Have fun, fall in love, regret nothing and don’t let people bring you down”.

Hey guys

So yesterday I finally hit 2000 views, I am now over that amount though but I would just like to say a huge thank you to everyone who has been viewing and reading my blog posts, I am so grateful to every single one of you and thank you to the people who have been following my blog.

At first I started this blog because I wanted to be a journalist but did not have the grades and so I created this blog as a way to still write and it is the closest to Journalism I will get, and then I started to get recognised by Kickass Bosslady Magazine and it has been so amazing writing for them, I am super honoured. This blog has become so much more than a way to write posts, it has become my way to share my thoughts, experiences and feelings with all of you guys and release all my stresses by putting them in a post and hopefully I have been inspiring you all because that is also a goal of mine.

I have loved writing this blog and I am going to try and make at least 1 posts everyday 🙂

Hey guys

I hope you are keeping warm and relaxing on this very cold day, or shall I say this very “fresh” day.

To me Sundays are family days, for me the best kind of way to spend a Sunday is with my family, from eating popcorn and watching movies together to having a nice roast or braai, some people even like to go to church in the mornings with their family and give thanks to everything that they have.

Today after work, I am going to come home to a delicious chicken and salad lunch with my family. We were going to do a braai but it is not exactly the greatest weather for a braai and so instead we are going to get a chicken from Fournos along with my moms famous corn salad. I even got to see my dad at work today because he came to play Padel and as a bonus he got me a cappuccino and biscuits.

I love my family because they have no judgements when it comes to any faults or mistakes I have made, they always support me in any task I take on no matter how big or small the task is and at the end of the day they are always there for me whenever I need them.

I would like to end this with a quote, “ The love of a family is life’s greatest blessing”

Have you ever wondered why time goes by so fast and the years seem to be flying by.

I was driving to work one day and I thought to myself, “I am busy driving a car, I have a job and I am 22 years old”. It seems like it was just yesterday that I was 18 years old, with no license or job and trying to find my way around this crazy world. These changes are not only happening to me. So many other people have had rapid changes in their lives. To be completely honest, we are all still trying to find our way around the world whether you realize it or not, because we change all the time in many different ways as we grow older and our priorities and goals tend to change a little bit. All I know is that right know I am where I am supposed to be with my dream job (I did not even know that this was my dream job until I started it, and I think those are the best kinds of jobs), I am now doing Hip Hop dancing and loving every second and minute of it, my writing is going really well and many many other things have changed in my life for the better and I couldn’t be happier.

My brother is now married and he has the most beautiful, well behaved and incredibly cute little soon to be 4 year old boy named Ryley. My sister is now successfully running her own hairdressing business, she is a very talented and passionate hairdresser. Mom mom has finally become a granny and my dad a grandpa and they are doing such a great job at it, but I know they would because they are truly amazing parents and I am so lucky to have them and I am so happy that my future child will grow up with them as their grandparents.

Sometimes the smallest changes can have a major impact on your life and most of the time make our lives better in ways that we could of never even imagined, and that is the beauty of life, it is always changing and growing.

What changes have you had in your life.