From my journal📓✒️

  Back in September, I met my neighbors for the first time, and instantly felt a connection with them! I remember it was a warm Wednesday afternoon when a few ladies from my neighborhood came over at our place for tea.   I had school that morning and still remember how I wasn't too thrilled about meeting them because of the crazy amount of schoolwork I had to complete. Also, the fact that I was sleep deprived didn't help either.   However, I'm glad my neighbors came over because I met 2 girls who're around my age and let's just say we became good friends by the end of the gathering. That was the beginning of our most regular and spontaneous hangouts.   The point of this short story is that good things happen when we least expect it but certainly need the most. We might think that the situation we're facing isn't for the better or maybe isn't happening at the right time but in reality, everything that happens to us happens for a reason and the timi

 So today, my friend and I decided to go out for breakfast and to be honest, in the midst of having a good time, I realized how valuable and precious these moments are. We tend to realize the worth after it's over. I'm one of those people that takes a billion pictures and videos for 2 main reasons: I love photography whether it's photography of nature, food or people.    AND I love looking back to videos and pictures only to realize the importance of those moments and feel nostalgic.  We all know how Snapchat and Facebook bring up memories from previous years and to be honest, the most bittersweet feeling I've ever had is going through those memories only to realize, that's all they'll ever be now, just memories. It allows us to stop for a moment and reminisce those perfectly imperfect memories whether it's a video of you and your friends singing along to your favorite songs or listening to a really boring lecture in class, with people who may or

   There are times I randomly scroll through my Instagram feed and see all these videos and posts of people singing, drawing or making all sorts of beautiful art making me realize how talented people can be and how sometimes they aren't appreciated enough.   I've known so many people with an artistic or creative side but never feeling proud of it because it's not considered  "applaudable" .   I recently figured out that I have this growing passion for the art field, to be more specific, the interior designing field. When I decided that I want to pursue it as a career, I received a lot of uplifting feedback. People telling me to go for it and to do what makes me happy. On the other hand, there were some people that weren't too thrilled about it and made me think otherwise.   As I tried to ignore the negativity of people I couldn't help but feel disappointed, mainly because these are the type of people that don't let other's show their inner t

  Just today, I had a conversation with one of my best friends and she talked about how it's so difficult to feel content with yourself when there are so many people who tell you you're not good enough.   Words can be so many things. They can be powerful, friendly or weapons people use to bring us down. How many of us have heard incidents where people have taken their lives because they couldn't handle being told all the negative things, and being told they din't deserve to live?  Words can be harmful enough to take people's lives which is why it's so important to be mindful of what we say. I believe if we have nothing good to say, then don't say anything at all. Atleast your silence won't shatter the other person's dreams.  Ever so often, we're taught on how to avoid big bullies but bullying isn't always physical and certainly not always done by kids. Quite frankly most of the bullying done these days is verbal. Whether it's cyb

  I recently heard a song called "perfect to me"  by Anne-Marie and I think it's an amazing song because it talks about how it's okay to feel comfortable in your own skin, and not have to constantly worry about what people think. It's a direct and hopeful message to people going through an insecure phase, especially teens.   I don't think it's fair to say it's our fault for having insecurities, when we're constantly surrounded by all types of unrealistic standards and goals, whether it's beauty or the idea of always having to be perfect and unflawed.   There are alot of people that say girls are more insecure than boys which quite frankly isn't true. While girls are taught to be "perfect"  , boys are taught not to show their emotions and "man up" which I think is the root of all problems.   Unless we realize our own mistakes, it's not going to get any better or simpler, it's just going to get more compli

    School life has got to be the most memorable yet frustrating and exhausting part of every teenager's life, from making amazing friends, to losing friends you thought would stay in your life forever, to going through some really tough times keeping up with your grades or assignments, school life has taught us that things take a turn for the worse but also for the best, and all we can do is hope to keep our sanity by the end of it!       One important lesson I've learned at scbool, is that not everything has to be about your grades and that we can live a happy and successful life even if we don't get straight A's , which I think not many understand these days. Now don't get me wrong, getting A's is great,but it's time to start appreciating kids that put in all their efforts just to end up with a C and a demotivating comment from a teacher leaving them feeling hopeless.  You never know when your life takes a turn for the best. Just because some people

    Happy Friday everyone!  Friday's are blissful for many reasons, sleeping in till 2 pm? Blissful! Having an incredible cheat day that you may or may not regret later on? blissful!   Or maybe just doing a nice skin care routine and binge-watching your favorite TV shows? again blissful!   As this is my first Friday doing a blog post, I wanted to talk about how friends can either make you or break you. When I first thought of starting my blog, my mind was constantly swirling, I thought I wasn't good enough or experienced enough and almost gave in to my doubts, but luckily I was surrounded by people who constantly hyped me up and pushed me to do my best and I really have to give them most of the credit!   With that being said, I started to wonder what it would be like if I was surrounded by people who din't motivate me, who constantly tried to bring me down, I probably would have never started this blog because I'd give in to all the negativity and knowing myself,

    Like most of you, I'm a big fan of snapchat! Maintaining streaks?  Taking weird snaps using almost all the filters ranging from the ones that make you feel pretty to the ones that make you laugh at yourself? Yup I love every part of it!  And recently, I saw some new filters which to my surprise were actually really motivating and exactly what I needed.  One of my favorite is  " let it be"   These 3 words have the power to change the way you see yourself in situations if you look into the depth of it.   We're all so focused on doing everything so perfectly, making plans ahead of time and setting up goals and tasks when we have no idea how the future is going to turn out!  Maybe we're meant to do something completely different from what we expected but because we've already planned every part of how our future should turn out, we restrict ourselves and don't quite reach that point.   Giving yourself the power to make plans as you go along the

            School,education....something everyone has to do in order to be successful and happy right?  We're all forced to think that high school, grades,getting your assignments done is all you should be worried about. That without these "good grades" we're all basically unsuccessful already.I'm sure atleast most of the students whether, you're in middle school, high school or university, think that.  Well yes grades are important, but the pressure that students feel is increasing everyday, we all drag ourselves to school because we don’t have an option but to go, we're forced to study subjects we don't have an interest in and when we don't do well, we're considered "dumb" and "not capable".    Well, im here to tell you that that's not the truth,sure grades are important and no doubt getting into a good university is something we all work hard for but I think it's time we start realizing the way we get there

        Skin is our largest organ and it should be treated well . I have been really good at taking care of my skin, but last week my skin just couldn't cope up resulting in a lot of breakouts! I soon realized it was because of my overdose on chocolates!   So I started taking extra care of my skin which meant drinking plenty of water, staying away from sugary treats (which was the hardest to do) and trying some gentle DIYs I started looking up for effective DIYs and after a long time of searching, I came across one that made me content because it ACTUALLY WORKED. Now just because this mask worked for me doesn't necessarily mean it works for everyone as we all have different skin types! So this is known as the "cinnamon egg mask" which is usually used for spot treatments, clearing acne and pimples. I'm sure a lot of you have heard about it. For making this mask all we need is -cinnamon powder -egg yup it's as simple as that!  STEP ONE  Crack one egg

  Hey, this is my very first blog post and the last time I felt this much pressure was probably during my Alevel board exams!   So to begin with I would love to introduce myself, I'm a regular 17year old who wants to stay anonymous for the time being. I'm in my last year of Alevels so that means alot of big changes are coming my way! The thought of graduating actually feels unreal. I still remember the time I used to look at all the seniors graduating and think to myself "it's probably gonna take ages to get there and it looks like so much work" but now here I am graduating in just a few months! Time flies when you're busy worrying about why time isn't flying fast enough haha!  I also love being sorrounded by nature! I can't begin to tell you how many times I've stopped the most important work I'm doing just to stare at fluffy clouds and pretty sunsets!  I feel nature really connects humans to the beautiful big world we live in and sets