Results Day

Hi there!

Just a quick little note to everyone waiting on A-level/GCSE/anything else results in the coming weeks.

You will be fine! It will all go ok for you. Don't worry about it, don't panic. There's no point in panicking or worrying, you can't change it now. Nerves are normal but don't let them overcome you. Just take a deep breath and remind yourself that everything is going to be ok. Because it will be, honest. Even if your results aren't that great, what's the worst that could happen? You maybe repeat the year, or you take a course at your local technical college, or you take up an apprenticeship, or you find a job. it's not the end of the world, you just need to alter your plans a little.

Keep your chin up and keep working hard and you can make your dreams come true.

Good luck!

Paige x

The Great British Summer

Hi there!

Oh my gosh, this summer is killing me. It's so damn warm! We are getting 26C to 30C every day until past 9pm. Like what even‽

My favourite method of staying cool? Find a big fridge and climb inside!




But no really, just drink loads of water, wear as little clothing as you're comfortable in/is socially acceptable/is legal and eat plenty of ice cream (you can work it off later!). Oh and if you have a fan plug it in! And open as many windows/doors as you can if you aren't in an area flooded with midges/mosquitoes.


I'm afraid that's all from me for now.

Too. Hot. To. Write!!!!!

Keep cool guys!

x

Body Image

Hi guys

I wanted to write a post about body image and I'm going to be completely real and honest here, not for sympathy or pity or anything other than to hopefully be relatable (is that a word? .....) and to get my point across.

I'll start with a little story of my own.

I've always had self image issues. And by always I really do mean from I was about 6 or 7. Before you jump to conclusions, I had loving parents and this was in no way because of them, to be honest I really don't remember what started it at such a young age. I've always seen myself as "the fat one" out of my friends, especially since secondary school as my two closest friends are both naturally very thin.
Recently I have been trying to find a dress for my upcoming school formal and I've found it difficult. It feels like every dress I see is made for someone tall and thin with slight curves - a supermodel, basically. And that has been getting me down.
I'm not overly heavy, I wear a size 14 (UK) and I'm about 5ft 5. However, I'm curvy - which I do appreciate and I have grown to love - but, like the majority (I think...) of people, I have "problem areas". I don't like my stomach, in fact I despise it, and I would like my arms to be toned. But I'm eating more healthily and I'm exercising and I know that I will improve what I don't like in a safe and healthy way.

There are too many girls and guys (yes plenty of guys have self image issues too!) out there who are not happy with themselves and are upset with their bodies and are taking drastic measures to "fix" them. If it is not broken, don't fix it. By all means, if you are not happy and want to improve something for you then do it! But please don't take drastic measures, and don't do it for anyone else - least of all the media.

It really does make me sad to see beautiful people (and I'm not talking your typical media perception of beauty, I believe everyone is beautiful in their own way) hating themselves and taking that sadness/anger/frustration out in self destructive or harmful ways; whether that be eating disorders, self harm, self psychological abuse, or anything else. Don't do it!

Be happy that you have your life, no matter how bad you may think that your life is. Seek help if you need it. If you aren't happy then please do something about it! There are too many people who are so terribly unhappy with their lives. If you're overweight be grateful because you have enough to eat. Be grateful if you have a functioning body that will bring you through your day no matter how hard that day may be.

I'm sorry for this being such a sad and serious topic today but I've been feeling bad about myself recently and I know that there are so many people who feel that way and an awful lot worse on a daily basis for a very long time and that really does upset me.
I wish there was more I could do to help, but I'm afraid the best I can do right now is words. I wish I could hug each and every one of you and tell you that everything will be alright and help to make it alright for you. I wish I could show you how beautiful you are, even though I don't know you.

Please make me a promise, try to love something about yourself, try to focus on your positives, if you want to then improve what makes you unhappy but for your own sake do it healthily and safely. Please promise me that you will try to be happy. Talk to someone about why you are unhappy; it helps, I promise. Talk to a family member, a friend, a teacher, a therapist, a professional person who you'll probably never see again, someone in a different city or country, anyone you want to talk to - just talk to someone, anyone.

No one will ever be perfect in everyone's eyes but isn't it our imperfections that make us unique and special and individual and beautiful? Maybe it's just me that thinks that, I don't know. But I do know that to someone, each and every one of you is completely and utterly beautiful and perfect. You may not have met them yet or you may not know how they feel. But I promise you, someone out there thinks you are perfect as you are.

I hope that I have helped someone out there in some way to feel a little bit better about themselves.
I have also just created another blog for this sort of thing where I hope to be able to help more and hopefully spread a little love and joy. If you would like to pop over it's Hugs of Hope

Why don't we all start to appreciate ourselves a little bit more and share something (or a couple of things - even better!) that we love about ourselves in the comments section below.
I'll start, I like the colour of my eyes - I like that they're blue like my mum's but have a green centre like my dad's, and I like that they change colour slightly depending on my mood and the light. I like that I have curves. I like my height - I'm tall enough to not feel tiny compared to others but short enough to be able to wear high heels and not be taller than most people I meet.
Now it's your turn, leave your answers in the comments below.

As always, please do leave any feedback or constructive criticism for me in the comments as well. Thank you!

Namaste

x

Summer Wishlist Tag

Hi there everyone!

I was recently tagged by the lovely Jadiee Bevan from Jadiee's Little Blog to do the summer wishlist tag. After reading her summer wishlist I thought it was a lovely idea and so I'm giving it a go myself. 

So here is my own summer wishlist:

1. Make more time for my friends
2. Learn to body board
3. Have a beach party/bonfire
4. Be happy with myself
5. Crochet a blanket for this winter
6. Get a floppy beach hat!

I have written most of these as things to do as I have everything I want right now (apart from a good summer hat) but I think you could tweak it to more of a summer clothes/makeup wishlist too if you wanted!

Unfortunately I don't have any relevant photos for this post (again... Sorry!) but I promise I will have photos soon!

I Tag:

Lousie - Sprinkle of Glitter

Jen - A Little Bird Told Me

Krissy - Sheets to Shimmer

Emma - Missemmalouise12

I am fully aware that, being a little newbie in the blogosphere, I'm being extremely ambitious by tagging some of these girls as they're well known bloggers and so many people (including myself) look up to them and love their blogs. But oh well, we all have to start somewhere and have ambition to get us somewhere don't we? 

I don't really know any other newbies around here yet but I'm always looking for new blogs to read and link with so please do leave a link to your blog in the comments below!!!

Hope you liked this post and I'll be back again soon with another!

Namaste

x

Namaste

Hi there

I thought I'd just write you a quick little post explaining my use of namaste at the end of my posts.

I enjoy meditation and yoga and the whole culture surrounding it. I'm not going to talk about religion (that's far too deep and controversial for me to start getting into here). In my opinion, everyone has their own views and they are welcome to those views as long as they do not press them upon anyone else or use them against anyone else. This blog is not the place for any of those views to be expressed.
I look at yoga and meditation in a non religious way; I see them as a form of relaxation and exercise - nothing more. Everyone practices them in their own way and for their own reasons and that's brilliant.

Anyway, back to the point of this post! Namaste is used as a greeting or farewell and means "I honour the place within you in which the entire universe dwells. I honour the place within you which is of love, of truth, of light and of peace. When you are in that place within you and I am in that place within me, we are one". I think that's beautiful. We are all a part of this universe in whatever way you prefer to believe and there is love, truth, light (in whatever way you take this to mean), and peace within each and every person.

I'm not a Wikipedia page so I have no desire to put every detail about the phrase in this post, I'm sure you could go look it up if you're interested.

I think it's beautiful, no matter whether you look at it religiously or not. I think it forms some sort of a bond between people when used as a mutual greeting or farewell.

I hope I haven't bored you to tears with this! Next post will be more lively, promise (I hope)!

Namaste

x

Summer Time

Hi there

I hope you're all having a good summer. Those of you in the UK, I hope you've been enjoying the unusually nice weather we've been getting, and I hope everyone everywhere else has been getting lovely weather too!

I'm on my holidays at the moment so no world changing topics for you in this post, I'm keeping it chilled out and light this time!

I'm on a bit of a "stay-cation" right now, rather than going on holiday abroad we have a little place about an hours drive away from home. It's lovely; I find it really rather relaxing and the beach is gorgeous and it's so quiet most of the time. It's perfect waking up to the sound of the waves from over the sand dunes.
I wish I had a picture of the beach to show you but I don't have any and I don't have my camera with me, sorry.

Yesterday I went out body boarding which was actually pretty relaxing as the waves were all fairly small, which was great seeing as it was my first time! The only downside was my hair is now somewhat wavy/curly and messy. Who needs salt spray for beachy curls when you can go for a sea swim with your hair in a french braid‽ (Oh yeah, use of an interrobang. That's the question mark - exclamation mark hybrid for anyone who didn't know, or this little dude: ‽ )

Are you going on holiday this year, if so where to? Or are you having a bit of a stay-cation too?
Have you any exciting plans for this summer?
Leave your answers in the comments below!

Namaste

x

Introductions

Hi there

My name is Paige and I'm the author of this blog (obviously....) but I'm not terribly exciting myself so I shall just have a little ramble about what this blog of mine is about, what it might include and a little about why I'm writing it.

I have had quite a few friends let me down a lot recently and I don't get to see my best friend anywhere near as often as we'd both like so I decided that I might write a blog to share some of my views and ideas with the world.

I plan on trying to keep my posts different and exciting. I know I can get bored easily sometimes while reading blog posts so I definitely don't want to bore you with mine! Where's the fun in that? I can be quite a fun and bubbly person when I'm comfortable around the people I'm with and I'll try my best to let that show in my blog.

I can't guarantee that all of my posts are going to be sweetness and light, sometimes I feel there is a (sort of) serious issue that needs to be voiced to the world and that something needs to be done about it. But I'll try to keep even those subjects light and only occasional. I enjoy nail art and baking and other creative things so I'm pretty sure posts like that will feature fairly prominently.

I would love to have my own YouTube channel as I feel I could convey myself and the things I want to say much better. However I'm much more at home behind the camera and I'd feel far too shy and self conscious in front of it. We'll just have to see how things go. But I will try my best to make my writing as engaging as possible and sometimes, it's easier to write things down instead of trying to say it.

This isn't, for the most part, really intended to be a document of my life because, well, it's a blog not a diary and the internet doesn't need a document of my life, thoughts and feelings. Although I don't want this to seem emotionless either, there is a human (me) sat typing away on her laptop after all.

I guess I'll just have to see what life throws at me and take each day as it comes and I would be honoured if you'd like to come along for the ride with me!

Feel free to leave me a little comment, I'd love to hear what you like/dislike about my blog as I'm always willing to improve!

Namaste

x