Things I Realised Flying Alone

I've always been a pretty independent person; in my first year at University I was never one to need someone with me to leave the house, and I will happily plan my own journeys/get things done for myself.  However, one thing I had never done before was do the whole plane thing, completely by myself. You …

A Letter to those who Accept my “Crazy”

To those who accept my "crazy", I know that I'm not always the easiest person to deal with.  Sometimes my brain takes over and I lose control, and nothing feels as it should and I begin to doubt everything that I've come to know. I push you away, I say things I don't mean, and …

I’m Not Good Enough

One of my best and worst traits is my constant need to better myself.  I work as hard as I can in everything I do, I like challenges and pushing myself further and finding new avenues to attempt to excel at... I keep wanting to do more, to be more than I am, and whilst …

The Beauty of Saying “No”

I am a people pleaser; I like to make people happy and I don't like to let anyone down...  And that can be both a great trait and a harmful one to have. I remember being 13 and agreeing to see a movie in cinema with 4 of my friends.  I had absolutely no interest in the …

I’ll Never be Tall and Skinny.

As a child, I was spoon-fed this Western idea of beauty through the media: long legs, long (usually blonde) hair, abs, big boobs... the whole lot.  I agreed, these girls were absolutely gorgeous, but as a frizzy haired, black 5 year old, I believed that I could be exactly the same when I grew up. …

12 Days of Blogging – Day 3 | I Have Too Much Stuff

I wrote a while ago that I was going to start writing about fashion on my blog... However, I'm not exactly the most stylish person in the world, nor do I claim to be, so my fashion posts won't be all that typical... They'll be my a lot wordier than the normal kind of fashion post, and …

Changing Attitudes to Photos

During my first year of University I flooded my social media with photos; I think I had an album of over 200 pictures with countless selfies and nights out and every little thing that happened... However this year I got to University and the posts decreased drastically.  Don't get me wrong, if anything I'm having so …

Reflecting on November

Urm... So, I don't try to focus on stats too much but my blog somehow took off in November?! I don't even know what happened but I am beyond grateful and I felt like I had to do a post about it because honestly I'm still a bit confused (in a super excited and happy way). November has been an …

Assessing Appearances

When I left secondary school I was really excited about the fact that I suddenly would be able to wear my own clothes to school and leave my uniform behind.  Don’t get me wrong, it wasn’t the worst uniform in the world (although we did have bright blue kilts…) but I was happy that I …

Growing up with Modern Racism…

I find it strange looking back to when I first realised racism existed.  Nobody is born with an inherent understanding of racism, it is something that you learn as you grow up in this world and something that you, unfortunately, just come to accept as a way of life.  As a child, my dark skin …