May

I thought I would grab the chance to write this Sunday.

I don’t think I’ve written a post yet reflecting on a whole month so hope you enjoy.

Honestly it feels like it was new year only yesterday. We are already nearly through half the year! This year in particular for some reason I’ve been reminding myself to ‘seize the day’ as much as I can. I guess this is partially due to the fact that I leave school in three years and a bit.

This month I had quite a few opportunities to visit the sea, which I’ve fallen in love with by the way. One of my highlights when we visited the sea was when we walked along the beach in the late evening. As you know if you’ve been around since Christmas, I’m slightly obsessed with lights. The photo above showing the lights just doesn’t justify how special the place was.

A few months ago I would never have thought I would be able to balance seeing my friends and revising for certain GCSE’s. But I’ve been fortunate enough that everything has worked itself out. Fingers crossed next year is alright. If I’ve learnt anything from this in the school work area, be prepared. Revise beforehand and therefore you won’t have to work as much the days before your exams and you will feel more relaxed and comfortable.

If you’re going through the revision and exams period at the moment, just remember there’s summer. And give yourself a break every so often.



Stuck In A Hole

Maybe I’m the only one but I sense I’m not after talking to other people and reading what others have written before. 

Sometimes unconsciously I get trapped in this hole. There’s no way to escape until someone eventually walks by and offers me a hand. That can be quick or can take days.

I’ve noticed when I’ve been so busy dealing with stuff, such as, school, I’ve found it hard to write or come up with ideas of what to write. I’ve been wanting to write but I’ve just been stuck in this hole. I used to identify it as writer’s block. And I guess it still is. Just this time I think I know why it’s occurred.

It’s like when you’re ill.

When you are ill you find it hard to concentrate and do other things. Unfortunately you just have to be patience and wait to get better. I’m just having to hold onto that hope that when things do cool down again at school, writing will come.

I’ve been trying for a while to overcome this. But I fear that the quality of my writing has declined. I haven’t written the best I can and you deserve better whoever you are reading this. 

So writing enjoy your holiday. I’ll see you soon. 

Waking Up On The Wrong Side Of The Bed

I stumbled across this post, which I wrote one or two months back, in my drafts and thought why not just post it. This may be an odd one or possibly helpful. Hopefully the later.

I can’t remember why or when I made the decision. But one day I woke up and decided to believe whenever someone says a mean thing or does something that is thought of as mean is due to the fact that they had a bad night sleep or woke up on the wrong side of the bed. I don’t necessarily mean this literally. But it reminds me that everyone has a reason for doing or saying something. A lot of times I don’t know what’s going on in their life away from where I see them or what they’ve been through in life.

Of course there are some scenarios where what someone does is not acceptable because of the scale and cruelty of it. But I believe that no one was born ‘mean’. The reason for what has happened isn’t always a reason to support what they’ve done but it explains why they’ve done it. I don’t believe anyone just automatically wakes up in the morning and decides to be 'mean'.

There may be situations which I haven’t thought of where what I believe is not correct or appropriate. But at the moment it enables me to see the world in a lot brighter light.  Maybe you could give it a go.

A Trip To Canada: A Holiday To Never Forget

not the best quality but I took this from the inside of our car behind the window :D

As a result of all these exams at the moment coming up, I'm really missing the holidays so I thought it might be nice to reflect back on a very special holiday of mine that happened a few years ago.

We all have that group of places or holidays that we cherish. I’ve been very lucky in opportunities to travel to different places in my life so far for a fifteen year old. But one place has stood out the most. Even though its been years since I went.

As you have probably guessed from the title of this post, this special place is Canada.

It all started when I visited Canada for the first time during my last year at primary school. I was lucky enough to spend three weeks there.

Inevitably my memories have started to fade since then but I want to make sure I never forget how happy and that I did have one of the best times of my life there. I can’t pinpoint one thing that made it. It wasn’t necessarily a holiday filled with a couple of amazing experiences. Every day just carried on contributing to making it THE holiday.

I guess maybe it was so great since I had no expectations beforehand. It was so special due to the fact that I could never have predicted what was to come and how it would make me feel at home but at the same time like I was in a new and intriguing place.

The photos above show that I visited many rural areas but for a few days I was fortunate enough to visit a city that I’ve forgotten the name of… Someday I want to go back and explore more of Canada.

Where do you want to go to in the future?

Growing Up



I'm still unsure if this photo works, if you have any thoughts can you please let me know in the comments below

I suddenly thought I’m going to be sixteen this year. I don’t feel any older than I did when I was fourteen. When I’m living day to day I don’t feel like I’ve grown up at all but when I just stop and think, I notice.

I’m no longer the shy, little girl who used to hide behind her mum’s legs. For one I’m too tall now to hide behind my mum’s legs but if I think about it so much has changed.

I once was dressed by mum. I couldn’t tie my own hair up myself. I once couldn’t feed myself… that was a long time ago. Sometimes my family reminisce over my childhood memories and ask me if I remember them. Unfortunately I can only remember a few. We are all constantly growing up even our parents.

To me growing up includes learning about new things. Many things we know now, we wouldn’t have known if our curiosity hadn’t encouraged us to investigate things. I hope that one day I can discover more things. Things I could never have found if I didn’t follow my dreams.

We all have our own paths. But we don’t each have one path. We come to many cross sections in life where we have to make decisions. Sometimes we make those decisions unconsciously.

Our lives are unwritten stories. Tomorrow is another page.