So here's the thing, I am smack bam in the middle of sitting my A2's exams as we speak, and this is no exaggeration, I took my Performing Arts A-Level a week ago, and my Psychology exam is tomorrow.. morning. Nonetheless, when it comes to procrastination I am the queen of it, if there was a chance to take an A-Level in procrastination, I'd A* it and be heading off to Oxford University to study it in September. Unfortunately this is just not the case..
Whilst boring myself to death with all this dire revision recently, I've been thinking, what do I really want to get out of my life (can you tell I'm swaying more to a lifestyle blog now). Now I'm not going down the suicidal road here.. I'm thinking more, do I want to change the way I present myself to people? What do I actually want to succeed at and whether I should start spending my income on more sensible purchases rather than make-up..
So here's the plan - A fresh start, a new beginning, and I'm determined to make this work. I feel as if I'm stuck in this delay, between childhood and adulthood, and with uni approaching (if this procrastination doesn't stop me from going) I feel its time to step up on that new level of maturity and take control of my life.
I've made a list, things I want to achieve, places I want to go and things I want to do, it's exciting and if I can complete it then that would make it even better.
I'm not going to post 'the list' but I'm going to do a different post on each part of 'the list'. They're going to start of as small changes and challenges and gradually increase till I feel like there's nothing more I can do.
I don't know how long it's going to take, it may still be going on after I've graduated and been in a job for 5 years, but I'm definitely kick starting this new start to life as of today.
Lots of love x
Sunday 10 June 2012
Wednesday 6 June 2012
A REAL insight..
I'm going to admit it.. my previous posts have been, well, lets say, very 'cliché', very typical 'beauty blog', and although it may have gone un-noticed, my title clearly mentions that this is also a Lifestyle blog. So lets talk 'Lifestyle'.
I'm extremely lucky with the life I have, in fact, some may say that my 'lifestyle' reflects a very spoilt teenagers life, but what people fail to understand is that this is clearly just not the case. I enjoy delving into this 'Private School Cliché' because although I may be privileged enough to attend one, I'm far from your typical 'Private School Girl'. The main thing that interests me is this idea that we are these snobby, lazy, terrible human beings who do not understand the concept of living in a 2 bedroom house with a shared bathroom. It humours us 'Private School Girls' because in fact, many people fail to recognise that the people at our school are just as mixed and varied as those at any State or Grammar School. Does it surprise you that I've met people who attend Private Schools who live of benefits in a council flat? I thought so. Say hello to Grandad's bank.
Do not get me wrong, of course there are girls who appear to be your typical 'Private School Girl' and can relate to all of @PSConcerns tweets, (if you haven't already, take a look, even if you attend a Private School, they're hilarious.) But you will find those type of people at your local State School, it's luck of the draw, whether your 'Daddy' recieves £100,000+ a year or not, and whether he decides to put you into Private Education. Realistically, those people will have 3 cars, and an indoor swimming pool, and probably a french waiter called Pierre, but are they really all terrible human beings?
It upsets me that being the only Private School in the area, the girls who attend RMS are discriminated against outside of the school gates. It was one thing having local State School pupils asking you for more 'photos' in an extremely rude manor at the local train station, but when it gets to the point of travelling up the country and people knowing your school for its 'terrible' reputation, it makes it very difficult to not be seen as a typical 'Private School Girl'.
What Private Schools have which I'm pretty certain other schools don't have is what I like to call a 'Bubble'. RMS, the School I attend is a prime example of a 'Bubble', a family network, the ability to rely on almost all other RMS girls in times of need. The reputation of RMS is not brilliant, and this isn't down to our academics, it's the party lifestyle us 'RMS Girls' like to lead, and we are crazy, but what's the point in being boring. Nonetheless on leaving RMS, I have never heard of anyone not proud to be an 'RMS Girl'. The typical 'Private School Life' and 'Private School Girl' is just not as apparent at RMS and when people can begin to recognise that in fact us 'Private School Girls' are not stupid human beings living of Daddy's credit card, the better, as we're actually pretty decent people if I may say so myself.
I'm extremely lucky with the life I have, in fact, some may say that my 'lifestyle' reflects a very spoilt teenagers life, but what people fail to understand is that this is clearly just not the case. I enjoy delving into this 'Private School Cliché' because although I may be privileged enough to attend one, I'm far from your typical 'Private School Girl'. The main thing that interests me is this idea that we are these snobby, lazy, terrible human beings who do not understand the concept of living in a 2 bedroom house with a shared bathroom. It humours us 'Private School Girls' because in fact, many people fail to recognise that the people at our school are just as mixed and varied as those at any State or Grammar School. Does it surprise you that I've met people who attend Private Schools who live of benefits in a council flat? I thought so. Say hello to Grandad's bank.
Do not get me wrong, of course there are girls who appear to be your typical 'Private School Girl' and can relate to all of @PSConcerns tweets, (if you haven't already, take a look, even if you attend a Private School, they're hilarious.) But you will find those type of people at your local State School, it's luck of the draw, whether your 'Daddy' recieves £100,000+ a year or not, and whether he decides to put you into Private Education. Realistically, those people will have 3 cars, and an indoor swimming pool, and probably a french waiter called Pierre, but are they really all terrible human beings?
It upsets me that being the only Private School in the area, the girls who attend RMS are discriminated against outside of the school gates. It was one thing having local State School pupils asking you for more 'photos' in an extremely rude manor at the local train station, but when it gets to the point of travelling up the country and people knowing your school for its 'terrible' reputation, it makes it very difficult to not be seen as a typical 'Private School Girl'.
What Private Schools have which I'm pretty certain other schools don't have is what I like to call a 'Bubble'. RMS, the School I attend is a prime example of a 'Bubble', a family network, the ability to rely on almost all other RMS girls in times of need. The reputation of RMS is not brilliant, and this isn't down to our academics, it's the party lifestyle us 'RMS Girls' like to lead, and we are crazy, but what's the point in being boring. Nonetheless on leaving RMS, I have never heard of anyone not proud to be an 'RMS Girl'. The typical 'Private School Life' and 'Private School Girl' is just not as apparent at RMS and when people can begin to recognise that in fact us 'Private School Girls' are not stupid human beings living of Daddy's credit card, the better, as we're actually pretty decent people if I may say so myself.
"Once an RMS Girl, ALWAYS an RMS Girl"
Class of 2012
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