I thought that for today’s blog post, I would do something a little different. Today I am going to speak to you about my love for the night sky. I know that this post probably seems incredibly random. But recently the number of readers on my blog has increased tenfold and I want people to get to know me a little more personally. So, I thought that I would share something that I find really important and that I live my life by. I know that to most people that are normally here for Chanel content, this may seem a little strange.
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I can remember first being really compelled by the night sky when I was only a little girl around the age of 4. Every evening I used to go for a walk with my dad when he finished work and in the colder winter months when the nights drew in early and the sky was dark, it would be littered with the stars and I was hooked. It helped massively that we lived in the middle of nowhere with very minimum artificial light, so I could see the solar system in all of its glory.
I spend half of my time walking around and looking upwards. We ended up going stargazing near enough every single weekend. I was lucky enough to have my bedroom painted a deep blue, with stars adorning all over. This is how my bedroom stayed until I was 16. Even though I was far too old, it connected me to something that I loved so much. I didn’t want it to change.
As a teenager around 13/14, I would spend all of my time when I got home from school researching. Learning as much as I could about what was going on above my head. My dream was to work at NASA or to be an astronaut. It is safe to say that I aced physics when I was at school and I could have taught the class a thing or two. Even the teacher was clueless to most of it. I lived for the discovery channel and learning everything new!
As I got older and my dreams of working at Nasa were well and truly crushed and my love for the night sky turned into my savoir from my mental health issues. Because I have OCD, I panic and worry about every single thing that is happening in my life. When my mind wanders off into a huge tangent, the sky brings me back down to earth. I think of the enormous size of the universe and how my truly tiny my issues are in comparison to the greatness of the entire world. It helps to balance out my very unbalanced thoughts.
My love for the sky even helped to influence the house that we purchased. I wanted the home that I buy to have an orangery or at least have enough space for an orangery to be built so that I can lay on a sofa in a lovely warm house, whilst watching the stars. It even influenced us enough to renovate our loft space and turn it into our master suite, so that I can lay in bed in an evening and see the stars in the sky whilst I fall asleep. Unfortunately, this means that I have many late nights because I don’t want to miss anything!
I guess the last thing that makes me love the night sky is the whole symbolism. The unknown of what is going on above our heads. I am a logical person and I don’t believe that we are defined by the stars. I am not a believer in star signs for example. There is so much history above there in the solar system. For me, it is little things like the brightest star in the sky is 8.6 lightyears away. That means that what we are seeing in the present, was emitted over 8.6 years previously. It just blows my mind completely.
My love for the sky just means that I buy absolutely everything that is to do with the night sky. Almost every single item of jewellery that I own has some kind of connection to the sky. It is the main reason why I wanted a Moissanite engagement ring. Moissanite is the gemstone of the stars. It was first found in Arizona following a meteorite falling to earth. Such a wonderful connection and meaning.
I know that this post was probably a little different for the people that frequent my blog. I love everything about the night sky and I find that it really does have a calming affect on me. If you have anything in your life that you love like I love the stars and the sky, leave me a comment down below. Let me know what your passion is!
