rebecca

Hello You Lovely Lot!

Whilst I was lying in bed the other night I suddenly realised that my blog is now two years old! I started this blog on new Years Day two years ago! I find it so hard ti believe that I've been writing this blog for two years. In some ways it feels like I've been writing it for my whole life but in some ways it feels like I started writing it yesterday.

I started writing this blog because I needed a creative outlet and I have found so much more than that! I love writing these posts even if I do sometimes find it hard. This year I really want to step up my blog and I'm not sure of the best ways to go about that (so if anyone has any suggestions then feel free to let me know). I want to post more, I want my posts to be better and I just want to still love writing blog posts by the end of this year and further hopefully!

The past few weeks I've been reading over old blog posts and it's crazy to see how I've changed. I think that's another positive to writing a blog. You can look back on all the posts and see all the things you've done. One of the best parts of 2016 for my blog (Was it 2016? Was it 2015? I have lost all track of time. Either way it's one of the highlights for my blog) was getting to review Louise Pentland's (SprinkleofGlitter in the blogging and youtubing world) book! Louise even read the reviews herself and put a link to my blog on her twitter which I could never get my head around. To be noticed by someone who you've read and watched for years is crazy!

So Happy Birthday to my blog! Here's to many more years of me writing about what I like and whinging a bit. Thank You to everyone who reads my blog whether it's been two years, two months, two days or two seconds. It's really encouraging to see people actually reading the things you write!

Feel free to follow me on Bloglovin', the link is just at the top of my blog and you'll be up to date with all my posts!

Thanks For Reading!

Becky x

Hello You Lovely Lot!

It's been a while hasn't it? December has been slightly overwhelming for me if I'm honest and one of the worst months this year. I thought being at home would make me a lot happier, however it seems that's not the case. I failed with Blogmas and Vlogmas (maybe next year I'll stick to one) this year which I'm disappointed about because I was so excited about them both! On the other hand, this gives me a chance to rebuild myself, my YouTube channel and my Blog. This is the year that I work hard on everything and focus on myself.

The term 'New Year, New Me' is one I used to use and I have come to realise that it's a phrase I hate. I'm not going to become a different person in the New Year because then I wouldn't be me. I can't become a polar opposite overnight and I don't want to. I have made mistakes this year but have also done wonderful things. Am I about to forget all of these great things just because I did a few things I wish I could change? No. Being human is all about making mistakes and believe me, I know all about that.

So, next year I will not be a new person. I will try and be a happier person. If that means that I am a better person then great, if I stay the same then that's fine too. As long as I don't become a worse person (is that the right word?) then I'm totally ok with that. This year my happiness has suffered, sometimes through no fault of my own. I endeavour to change that. No matter what situation I'm in, how many friends I have, what city I'm in or how much money I have, I want to be happy. I will start putting how I feel first and do things I want to do. No more will I depend on other people to make me happy. I will also appreciate the people who do happen to make me happy. They don't always get the recognition they deserve and that's my fault. I think I'm going to do a whole other post on my New Years resolutions because next year I'm determined to stick to them.

In 17 days I'll be 20. That scares me because I will no longer be a teenager. I know I will feel no different when the day comes but I think something will need to change. I need to start taking my education more seriously if I want to get where I want to be. More on that in my New Years Resolutions post.

So, in conclusion...

• I'm sorry I've been away
• Next year I'll try and blog more
• I want to be happier this time next year

Hello You Lovely Lot!

So...we're at the end of 2015 (as if you didn't know already?) and it's been a mad year for me. I thought I would do a nice little post on all the cool stuff that happened to me!

31st December 2014 / 1st January 2015

Hello you lovely lot!

So, it's December!

I know it's the 3rd so I maybe should have uploaded this earlier but you know, life goes on.

I am aiming to upload a blog post every day of December up to Christmas Day! Kind of Blogmas but I'm not being as strict with myself as people who do 'Vlogmas' are, there may be some days where I run out of ideas or some days where I can't upload for whatever reason!

Anyway, I love December so very much. Not only does it mean it's Christmas but it also means I am 19 next month! I also will be in Nottingham a lot this month. I am going home this weekend to surprise a few people, then the weekend after with my flatmate Abbey and then the weekend after that is the weekend I come home for Christmas! I am so excited to go home and stay with my family for more than 3 days!

Then it's New Year! My family are away for New Year so I am spending two nights with Natalie!


I haven't seen Natalie since August so I'm so excited to be able to see her again. I am also super excited to see what she thinks of her Christmas presents and to see her mum too. Natalie's mum is the loveliest woman ever, I feel so at home at Natalie's house and I even Whatsapp her mum every now and then! She makes me feel very welcome and loved so I appreciate her a lot. I'm sure New Year will be filled with laughter, too much food, tumblr and One Direction and I couldn't think of a better way to spend the last day of 2015 and the first day of 2016. Me and Natalie spent New Year together last year too.

I literally look nothing like this anymore so I'm excited to do a 'then' and 'now' comparison because I think I look quite different. I am so happy to have Natalie in my life and the fact that we will have ended 2014 (doesn't that sound like such a long time ago) and 2015 the same way. It makes me realise how lucky I am to have her (why has this took such an emotional turn?!) and how much she has helped me since this time last year. I have been through a lot of changes this year, as has she and I like to think I've helped her through anything she's needed the same way she's helped me.

I'm so excited to carry on posting through December (this might not even last till tomorrow) and to see what this month brings!

Thanks For Reading!

Becky x

Not quite sure how all of this works but I've been wanting to start a blog for months and now I have a laptop it's much easier!

Thinking about how fast 2014 went scares me. I remember celebrating my 17th birthday in January and thinking I was getting old and I remember trying to choose which Universities I wanted to go to. Not to mention Christmas which flew by ridiculously fast, I'm not even sure it happened! However, whether I want to believe it or not, it's 2015.

2015 will be a big year for me for loads of different reasons, but possibly the most terrifying one is the fact I will *hopefully* be going to University. The thought of leaving home for a few years is possibly the single most terrifying thought in the world. I am not an independent human being, I rely on other people a lot and I probably take my home comforts for granted much more than I should. I'm also unbelievably lazy, if I can find any way to get out of doing exercise then I'll do it. Despite all these things I'm still looking forward to meeting new people and if everything goes well then I'll be going back to where I grew up, Liverpool.

Not only do I go to University this year but I also turn 18. Growing up used to scare me because I just had this image that when I turned 18, I would just turn into an adult and would suddenly be really boring and dull. That was until I met my best friend Natalie a few years ago. Nat's 19 now and I never even think about the fact that there's nearly two years between us because she's exactly the same as me.

2014 wasn't the best year for me, I spent quite a lot of it very unhappy but there were definitely good moments!

And so, even though 2014 wasn't a bundle of laughs from start to finish I am so glad it happened because it taught me to outgrow toxic friends, smile more and be thankful I have the friends that I've wound up with. On that happier note I'll leave you with some of my favourite moments from 2014!

Thank you for reading!

Becky x

My 17th birthday meal back in January

I saw Ed Sheeran live with two of my best friends

Celebrated Halloween properly for the first time ever

I went to Berlin on a German Exchange Trip

I made much more of an effort to see my little cousin Ella who makes me very happy

I met Dodie (doddleoddle) who inspired me to learn the ukulele back in December 2013

Seeing One Direction live at Wembley Stadium in summer

I spent New Year with Natalie who I'd missed lots after not seeing her in a few months