#3 30 DAY CHALLENGE

Hey there!

This month I've been feeling extremely productive and motivated to maintain my blog. I am especially enjoying writing these type of posts and I am determined to complete this challenge. Never will I ever neglect my little Internet space again!

Day 03 - Your Views on Drugs and Alcohol

Most parents share the same view that all teenagers should spend their nights round a friend's house, watching movies, playing video games, eating a mountain of treats and keeping out of trouble. However, that is not often the case, being a teenager is a struggle - we just can't be tamed! 

 Like the majority of teenagers, I like a good night out with my friends, drinking and dancing until the sun goes down and sometimes being silly! The majority of the time, I don't even remember the events of the party, but I always manage to have a good laugh and arrive home in one piece...

As an avid party goer, I know how to have a good drink. I've experimented with my limits and understand the risks and dangers of drinking too much through experience. Fortunately, I have always been in safe hands at parties and have a supportive bunch of friends that I can depend on. However, some people aren't as lucky as I am and fall into the wrong crowd of people, which can lead to serious problems. 

Being a teenager myself, I feel this is a tricky topic to talk about, as I'm still learning and making mistakes every so often. Unfortunately, I have fallen into the habit of smoking, which I do not recommend to anyone! However, this occurred through mixing with a whole range of bad influences. which is probably one of my biggest regrets.

My advice to new drinkers or anyone lacking in experience: make sure you're surrounded by your close friends or family when you start testing your limits, you don't want to get caught up with the wrong crowd or be taken advantage of on your night out. No-one expects to get targeted on a night out, but unfortunately these tragedies happen more than often. Unfortunately, we live in a scary society, you never know who you can trust nowadays. So, when on a night out, make sure you stick with your friends, never leave your drink unguarded and stay safe!

Bye for now! Xxx

#2 30 DAY CHALLENGE

Hey there!

Back again with yet another 30 Day Challenge post - hopefully this time my determination to upload will mean that I will NOT get behind! 

                                     

Day 02 - Where You'd Like to be in 10 years

For me this is a tough one - I'm not the kind of person who has a set career path or a plan for the future. Nor am I the person who has organised every tiny detail to get myself there. Making choices has always been difficult for me, so you can imagine how tough GCSE and A level options were! At the age of 14 I was still living my childhood: learning how to cope with puberty, exploring different friendship groups and generally trying to understand how life works when you grow up! I was nowhere near prepared for these life changing decisions. What I was unaware of back then was that: life is full of changes, no decision has a dead end. If you follow a route you're not happy with, take a different path and start a new adventure!

I'm constantly changing my mind and perception of life, so it's difficult to say exactly where I'd like to be in 10 years. I'd love to have worked my way into a high-end job, that pays huge sums of money for holidays abroad to fulfill my travelling dreams, living in a fancy house with a balcony, overlooking an exquisite view, married to my dream husband - the equivalent of Ryan Gosling and own a flashy, sports car - but that's all a bit cliche!

In a more realistic life, I feel I have the potential to find myself a decent job - where that is, I have yet to discover. I'd love to be able to blog for a living, but I think this is definitely more of a hobby. A job in finance sounds fancy, don't you think? Who knows, perhaps that's the route I'll take. As for my Ryan Gosling husband, maybe I've set my standards too high and I'm just being hopeful. I would like to think that by the age of 27, I'd have settled down with a lovely, looking man to spend the rest of my life with!

Bye for now! Xxx

30 DAY CHALLENGE

Hey there!

A tag I've seen flying around the Internet a lot recently is the 30 Day Challenge. As a lazy blogger, lacking in inspiration and creativity, this was perfect for me! I was first introduced to this via Alice's blog and was so excited to write mini posts on these topics, updating  and sharing with you personal bits of my life. I thought this would be a real challenge to get stuck into and so decided that this will become a series of posts that I will be uploading to my blog!

(WARNING: prepare yourself for some proper cheese!)

                                    

Day 01 - Your Current Relationship

The transformation between being a young girl and becoming a teenager made me realise that relationships have never been for me - full of responsibilities, commitments and stress! I would find myself in them when I was younger thinking I looked cool with the rest of the group, but it never felt right - I just wasn't interested. I often got caught up with the wrong crowds and never found the right boy for me, just a few 'young love' moments. It all seemed like a bit of fun at the time, nothing too serious, but as time passed and the 'relationship' moved on, that soon changed and it got a bit scary! Luckily, I managed to escape them without it getting too crazy - saving myself from any pressure and fear. However, despite this, I can't say all of my relationships finished perfectly, there were some tough break-ups and harsh endings. It was all of this that knocked my confidence, lost my trust in others and held me back from becoming close with anyone!

However, over the last year I have been talking to a good friend called Lewis. He was nothing more than a friend and we were never really close. Last month, I felt like it was the right time to meet this mystery guy. At first I felt cautious - I hadn't been in a proper relationship in a while and I wasn't completely comfortable with it. However, I decided to take a new approach towards him! We found ourselves in deep conversation for endless hours each evening - messing about, flirting and just getting to know one another. There was never a dull moment, he made me feel so comfortable and always made sure that I slept well. As time moved on, we grew to trust one another and learnt to confide and share our emotions and experiences. It was then that I realised he was like no other guy I had been with before - such a hopeless romantic with a warm heart and a beaming smile, a soppy guy with a fragile ego, but his cheeky personality always shines through.

For anyone that's interested, we've been together a little over a week now. I know it hasn't been all that long, but I feel we've definitely connected well together. This is just the beginning and I feel there are many more months ahead of us!

Bye for now! Xxx