You can find part one here. Okay so we left my Livejournal with me being drunk and stupid at the end of Summer in 2005. I was ungrounded once my Standard Grades came through, I had started an oddly complicated relationship with P who openly had a crush on myself and my friend K. I …
Good Day
You know, sometimes all you need is twenty seconds of insane courage. Just literally twenty seconds of just embarrassing bravery. And I promise you, something great will come of it. – We Bought A Zoo Today is an important anniversary for me. I don’t really want to go into the details of what it is because …
Reading my Livejournal 10 years later pt.1
I honestly never thought I’d laugh at who I was when I was fifteen but it turns out, my Livejournal was almost too good to be true and once I remembered the password, I couldn’t not laugh and share it. It’s been 10 years. I’ve grown. I’m a better person now. I’m well-adjusted. I’m no longer ’emo’. …
You only need to get through the next five minutes
“Wherever you are, at any moment, try and find something beautiful. A face, a line out of a poem, the clouds out of a window, some graffiti, a wind farm. Beauty cleans the mind.” – Matt Haig, Reasons to Stay Alive I didn’t intend for this blog to become a dedication to my eventual climb …
Download Festival 2015 – my experience
On Thursday night, after being in a car for 7 hours and trying to get to the entrance to Download Festival for an hour and a half… this is what I walked into (pictured). The photo could probably be filtered to make it a little more beautiful but really, no need. It was a …
4 steps to slowly get back to normal
So no-one told you life was gonna be this way CLAP CLAP CLAP CLAP CLAP. Your job’s a joke, you’re broke, Friends ruined your idea of what your twenties should beeeeee…. This year has been tough. I’m not going to lie, I have been having a tough, tough time and I keep having to …
Grief in the sixth month
“Do you wanna know how many times I tore myself apart cos you’re not here?” -Stone Sour, Imperfect May 5th marks my family going into the sixth month of mourning my nan. My life since December 5th has been the same as it was before, really. I got a new job, my flat got redecorated …
6 Things All Girls Should Know By the Time They’re 25
I have been 25 for 155 days. So, between being 24 and 25 I have obviously become something of a wise old owl and am definitely in a place where I can give advice to impressionable, insecure women who are younger than me and wondering if they’re doing the whole ‘life’ thing right. And of …