tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-81386271691803698132024-03-13T08:02:21.517-07:00VikkyBlogs!VikkyBlogshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11273957936589838029noreply@blogger.comBlogger65125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8138627169180369813.post-28765354579605482722018-02-27T12:11:00.001-08:002018-02-27T12:11:23.902-08:00Should I go to uni and live in my van full time?<div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">
<span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;">2 years ago I was all set to head back off to uni to start a masters in forensic anthropology. Before this new venture even started it came crashing to a stop and I had to cancel my place on the course. I’d been suffering from a chronic spinal condition and found out that I’d be needing surgery. I decided the best thing to do was to focus on my health and recover with no distractions so going to uni wasn't an option at the time.</span><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;"> </span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">But now I look back thinking if I had gone, I’d have my masters. And thats depressing as fuck! I know I couldn't change my past so thinking this is stupid because surgery had to happen but I still think where would I be now if my health didn't fail me. Would I be working abroad? Would I be in further education? Would I be making something of my life which I don't feel I am right now?</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">I’ve been thinking a lot about if going back to uni is the right decision, especially with me wanting to study such a niche course. Jobs are scarce and competition is high. Would I even be working in the field if I had done the degree as planned? Hell my undergrad degree is in animal welfare and management and I work in a food store! </span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">What would I study? I have a couple of interests, I love bones and the story they can tell about someone, 2 years ago this was linked to forensics, but now I’m becoming more interested in historical remains, so what do I study?! Do I stick with forensic anthropology because that won last time, or do I consider that I’m in a much different place physically and mentally than I was 2 years ago and consider studying osteoarchaeology? I can also include animal remains with this course which I have background in studying so I wouldn't be a total noob like if I was to study forensic anthropology where I have no background. Oh my gaaaaahhhhh I don't know!!</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">What I do know is I’ve already decided if I was to head back off to uni I'm 99% sure I’d live in my campervan full time. I haven't looked recently but my masters was going to cost £5500 2 years ago, accommodation was a further £3-4000 plus bills on top! Crazy! If I was to live in my van full time I’d have fuel costs, replacing my gas when it ran out and my usual bills such as mobile phone and food. So my overall cost would drastically decrease. Plus I’d absolutely love one day to take the plunge and try living the full time van life. My goal for this year is to get over my fear and try and start making some money from my photography, hopefully growing it into a business and being able to sustain myself living and working from my van. It might never happen, I have major doubts about my photography skills and I'm terrified of fucking up someones wedding or something and I couldn't live with myself if I had to tell newlyweds they had no photos of their special day. Its terrifying!</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">I think too that having a business already in place before heading off to uni will be super sensible. Easier said than done for this self doubting moron! </span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">Can you tell I’m just a tad conflicted about the decisions I have ahead of me?! I guess because I lost a good chunk of my twenties to my back problem I'm stuck up on trying to claw back all the things I've missed out on and getting overwhelmed thinking about too much at once! But ultimately I really would love to get in my van and drive off to uni one day.</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">Disclaimer! I’m a little brain fucked on painkillers writing this! I’ll probably read it tomorrow and take it down because it might make no sense! Or I’ll have forgotten I've written it! Either way I hope you've enjoyed my rambling and if you haven't then you've just wasted precious minutes of your life. </span></div>
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VikkyBlogshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11273957936589838029noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8138627169180369813.post-49640726994126012102018-01-21T15:35:00.003-08:002018-01-21T15:35:58.183-08:00My thoughts and opinions on YouTube.<div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">
<span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;">In the last few months I've been feeling like youtube isn't quite the place it used to be. Change is good, but this change feels uneasy, it feels like its pooping on the little guys, and letting the big ones get away with some naughty stuff!</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">First off I wanna say about this new thing youtube are doing demonetising channels with under 1k subscribers and 4k hours viewing time, I, and the youtubers I know aren't in to youtube for the money, so fine youtube, take it. What I am miffed about is the way that youtube communicated this change. With comments such as it wants to support thriving channels. Clearly there are two sides to this word. Thriving to me is a channel that has creative content that captures me, lovely comments, the channel owner responding to comments, the subscriber count going up slow and steady with people in it genuinely for the content they enjoy. Its clear on these channels that they aren't in it for the money, if it happens then fab, if not then thats ok! You can see they enjoy making videos and engaging with their subscribers. That to me and many others out there is a thriving channel. But youtube says no, a thriving channel is one thats bringing in the big money. And here in lies the upset with smaller youtubers. When you think your doing something amazing, youre having fun and people are loving it, when you're using a platform to do this, than then tells you your channel has no worth, it hurts! You feel angry, unsupported, you lose faith and trust in the platform. </span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">This is what the issue is. I mean after-all, channels with under 1k subs essentially don't make money anyway! Because it cant be released till you hit £100? Something like that, and channels that small don't make that much. So for people to come out and say they're only upset about the money is completely wrong! </span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">Next I wanna talk about how my own youtube world has changed. So I’ve kind of started a channel, if you can call it that! Its more of a place for me to use as a video journal, but if people wanna watch what I'm up to then fab. Its also a place for me to develop myself, I’m incredibly camera shy and built up having my face in a shot with music in the background, then I plucked up the courage a few weeks ago to attempt a vlog!! I’m converting a van into campervan and wanted to talk through my electric hook up and the progress I’d made so far and I did it!! Its really helping me to develop some confidence. I also have a terrible memory, so having videos to look back on of what I've been up to is nice knowing I won’t forget it all!</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">I’ve also changed a lot of the content I watch. I’ve unsubscribed from a lot of larger youtubers in favour of smaller ones. I’ve also been feeling like some of the bigger ones I watch have become quite entitled, like their success has gone to their heads a bit and it turns me right off. I’m so tempted to name and shame right now but no, I’ll save the names for the awesome guys and dolls I've been enjoying! So the only big youtubers I watch on the regular right now is Joe Sugg vlogs, thats another thing, I've shifted from like sit down videos to vlogs! James Charles, Graveyardgirl, and my all time favourite Exploring with Josh, someone send this guy to me for my birthday please! Major crush on this bundle of cuteness!!</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">These guys are literally the only ones I watch with over a million subs every time they upload. I cant even think of anyone else I watch not very often with over a million!</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">These guys are a mix of literally a few hundred to a few thousand subs who I cant get enough of! Ellis Woolley, JaackMaate, JessieB, Danelle Hallan, ayydubs, Gabriella Lindley, Bubbaloostitch, Kate Murnane, Rnkall day, Ask a mortician, minimal millenials, Leah Turner, Melanie Murphy, actingmylife.</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">The list goes on and on, and I want more small channels to watch!! I don't have enough really small channels and I want more! Give me more!!</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">Since stepping my toe in the van life scene, I’ve noticed a massive shift in the channels I watch, it used to be a certain group and their friends and they all recycled the same videos over and over and copy each other and do tags and stuff and Im just bored with it. Its the same shit over and over! I’ve noticed myself watching more vlogs, travel vlogs, exploring videos, travel content, van life content, channels with real life, channels that show me more of the world and open my eyes to things I’d never have known, take Ask a Mortician for example, she has opened my eyes, in a time of my life where I was involved in planning many funerals that we have a very “keep death away” attitude and it should be the opposite, I’ve learnt about more eco friendly ways of body disposal and to be more at one with death. This channel meant I was able to take my dog to be put to sleep and instead of avoiding her death, I stayed with her till the end and she died in my arms, I’d have never done this if I hadn't had Caitlin show me that death shouldn't be kept hidden and looked away from and its channels like this that spread education and don't follow the trends that hook me in.</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">If by any chance there is a person reading this….hahahahaha! No one reads this blog! Get real Vik! Please shout out some small youtubers, if you're a youtuber yourself tag your channel, share the love and lets get those smaller channels out there! But not just youtube, tag your social media too! Hint hint, personally I love a good travel themed instagram, but tag and share and spread the love. </span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">I’m writing this as if people are actually going to do this, but no one comes to my blog so I’ll just live in my delusion and one can hope haha</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">Thanks for reading bumheads!</span></div>
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VikkyBlogshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11273957936589838029noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8138627169180369813.post-39627407482628738122018-01-14T15:12:00.001-08:002018-01-14T15:12:38.772-08:00The Greatest Showman Review.<div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">
<span style="font-kerning: none;">It's been a very long time since I've seen a film at the cinema and its just hooked me in. The Greatest Showman was absolutely incredible!</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">Not 15 seconds in I turned to my friend and said “I'm already in love with this film” and I don't think I blinked again. I was engrossed, taken away, a fire could have broke out in the cinema and I wouldn't have realised!</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">I have a love/hate relationship with musicals. There are some like The Blues Brothers, Grease and Pitch Perfect which are fab, and others like La La Land which is probably one of the worst films I've ever seen. It still irks me today I paid £9 to see that god awful sad excuse of a film! And then I found out the same people who did La La Land’s music did this (or something else! I know people who worked on La La Land worked on The Greatest Showman) so I was worried I’d think this film would suck too but I can’t remember a film I've seen in a long time that has made me want to go right back and see it again. I’ve downloaded the soundtrack, I'm obsessed with youtube interviews and behind the scenes and I will for sure be seeing it again. </span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">My two favourite songs from the film are This Is Me and Rewrite The Stars. Whoever wrote these songs I take my hat off to, they are all kinds of stunning. The scene with Zac Efron and Zendeya performing Rewrite The Stars was just beautiful.</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">Zendeya really stole the show for me. I’ve heard of her, but never seen her in anything other than Spiderman Homecoming so didn't actually know she was a singer! Turns out she can sing, act, dance, and trapeze. They wanted to use the stunt double as little as possible so she learnt how to trapeze and that was her doing all that wonderful trapezing! Girl crushing!</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">Speaking of crushes, Zac is a beautiful man. And in this film he just epitomises a kind and understanding man and its a breath of fresh air to see in a world full of hate.</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">This film is just what we need right now. There is so much judgement placed on people in the world who are “different” and it needs to change. My own personal views are that yes, they are different, but that to me is magical. A world where everyone is the same is boring. Different colour skin, hair, people with missing limbs, disabilities, whatever makes us unique and interesting and should be celebrated. Far too much emphasis is placed on looks and not enough on a persons true self, their personality and this film teaches that. </span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">The whole production on this film was one of the best I've ever seen. Everything from the story to the music to the dances to the meanings behind the words of the songs to the actors is outstanding. </span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">So I’m building a camper van! And I’ve started the conversion, but not made much progress so far if I'm quite honest! I’ve had the van maybe 2 months and so far I've brought lots of stuff and not done much with it! </span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">The first job I had to do was removing two crew seats from the back, I had planned on selling them with no luck, hell I can’t even give them away! So if you're reading this and you're in the market for some van seats, hit me up!</span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;">Then it was removing the panels lining the van and a good clean up. I also had to fill the holes left in the floor from the bolts from those annoying crew seats. Turns out I brought the shittest filler cause I was messing in the van today and noticed 2 have come out leaving a nice hole in the floor of my soon to be home on wheels! Not a happy bunny! Gunna buy some better stuff and refill them in the week.</span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;">My biggest expense so far and probably overall was having windows fitted. You can buy the windows fairly cheap if you're willing and capable to fit them yourself, but cutting holes in the van and dealing with glass was not something I wanted to take on so I got mine done by a professional. Which obviously cost a bomb and a big chunk of my budget! But they look so good and there was no way I'd have been able to do them myself.</span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;">Next it was insulation. I used silver foil bubble wrap for my moisture barrier and a huuuuge roll of polyester insulation. Not sure why, it was probably cheaper, but I kind of wish I’d brought something a bit more substantial now like boards with the moisture barrier on so all I would have to have done was attach them and be done with it. I used double sided tape and duct tape, I know a lot of people opt for glue but I have asthma and really didn't wanna be struggling with that so tape was easier for me. </span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">After that I decided to re use the panels that came with the van as they were already pre cut to the shape of the van and in good condition. A good point to remember is to run any wires through the walls before putting panels back on. I have all my electrics in one point of the van, and in the ceiling for the lights. </span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">I also left a section of the ceiling un-insulated for the time being as I needed my Dad’s help to put the solar panel on and cut the hole for the cable but I finished insulating before he had chance to help me. </span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">Solar panel! I brought a kit on ebay, but thought I was getting a full kit with all the bits and bobs to hook the entire thing up, but nope! I got the solar panel, fixing brackets and charge controller. Read the description carefully kids! I also wish now I’d spent a tad more and got a flexible panel. I can’t fit under car park barriers by a an inch or two, and having a flat flexible panel would mean I’d be able to. Its something I might look at changing in the future if it becomes a pain in the arse! </span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">I think I’ll do a separate post about hooking up my solar panel and circuit because this has by far been the most difficult thing I've had to try and do and I've not done much at all yet. I’ve asked probably a billion questions to my online friend Mark who's nearly finished a much bigger van than mine, I'm surprised he hasn't lost his shit with me yet haha!</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">I recently decided I wanted wood cladding on my ceiling, and to possibly stain it white so the wood grains show through. I brought the cladding a couple of weeks ago and had no idea my dad had started on it till I went in there today! Go Dad! </span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">This morning I worked a bit on the electrical circuit, hooking up the solar panel to the charge controller and running the wires to where I want my spotlights but thats all I've done so far. After help from Mark I've managed to draw a diagram of my circuit which has helped tonnes so hopefully I’ll feel more confident now but like I said I’ll do a separate post on that when I've finished putting the circuit together and have half an idea about what I'm doing!</span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;">And thats as far as I've got so far, my problem with my arm pain has put me off working as much as I should but I'm coming to the end of a flare up of pain so can hopefully get more stuck in now!</span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;">I’ve been thinking too a lot about how I want the van to look, pintrest as my inspiration and think I'm definitely heading for a white and grey with pale wood furniture but that could all change! I like to keep my decor quite neutral so that when I get bored with it I can just change the soft furnishings or decorations and things without doing a full redecorate! </span><span style="font-kerning: none;"></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">Keep checking in for more van updates, I’ll be posting more stuff when I get more done and hopefully making some more videos of the conversion too. </span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">For those who might not know my past, this is a procedure to go in and remove a piece of disc material that has herniated and is pressing on the nerve root, commonly the sciatic nerve which causes “sciatica”. I struggled with the most crippling pain I've ever felt, numbness, weakness, in both my legs, left worse than right and had a pretty bad herniation pressing on both my left and right nerve roots and pushing into my spinal cord. </span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">I’d love to have been at a point a year ago where I could say I as feeling better and better but sadly I’m not as good as I hoped to be. This isn't related to my surgery but another condition I’ve had for 13 years. I’ve had chronic pain in my right arm, its normal for me now so I don't talk much about it but recovering from my back surgery I was getting a heck of a lot more active, I was doing pilates classes twice a week and at home and my back was getting super strong and I felt fab. But the more active I got the more the pain in my arm increased, now its to the point I can’t carry on with pilates or strengthening exercises and this has obviously had a knock on effect on my back recovery. I’ve lost the strength I gained, my core gets weaker every day and it fucking sucks! I was the healthiest I’d ever been when exercising, I’d lost most of the weight I gained while vegetating waiting for surgery and I was happy. Now I’m a wobbly unfit and aching potato again. I try and do a bit of pilates when I can but can manage 5 mins before the pain becomes so intense in my arm I can’t move. I’d actually say the pain in my arms is worse than my legs ever were. And I’ve had this for 13 years. 13 years of doctors telling me its all in my head and I’m too young to have something wrong with me. But finally I got a doctor to listen after an MRI earlier in the year showed issues with 3 discs in my neck. I have an appointment with a surgeon in January, funnily enough the same surgeon who sliced my back open! </span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">So despite my lack of exercise my back is still ok, it aches a bit if I overdo it and I can get the odd niggle of nerve pain, well its not really pain more like a twinge if I do too much or move too fast. I think its my body’s way of telling me to calm down cause its usually when I'm up to something stupid like trying to carry something heavy or falling over!</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">I’m currently doing a lot of diy, I'm converting a van into a camper van on my own, my awesome dad is helping when he can! But I’m trying to do as much as I can alone, kind of feels like something I want to do to be proud of, and that just because I've had back surgery doesn't mean I can’t do anything. Plus I’m feeling like I need to get the years back I lost out on being a carefree twentysomething. I missed out on so much. I hate that I had to cancel my masters degree for surgery, I kick myself now thinking I’d have a masters in forensic anthropology right now if my back didn't get in my way. Instead I work in a food store. That really gets me down! I know I can re apply and go again but I don't think I’m over the grief that I never got to go in the first place, so for me its not right right now.</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">One other little symptom I do get even now, it just happened which reminded me! Is that I have a patch of skin on my lower leg that goes tingly and numb! Doesn't effect me at all other than it feels weird but I find it strange I still get that even now!</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">So overall I’m doing ok. I’m not where I wanted to be fitness wise, but soon as my arm is sorted I’ll get there. I’ve got a lot to look forward to, and have been doing so much since surgery I’m feeling alive and hopeful again. </span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">Just keeping my fingers crossed for my arm to get fixed soon! Hopefully the next step is an accurate diagnosis! </span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">If you wanna read more about my back and surgery then I have a post you can find <a href="https://vikkyblogs.blogspot.co.uk/2016/12/my-spine-surgery-story.html" target="_blank">here</a> about my symptoms and journey to diagnosis and surgery in my one year update. </span></div>
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VikkyBlogshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11273957936589838029noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8138627169180369813.post-22699812115413995092017-12-08T08:26:00.000-08:002017-12-08T08:26:03.256-08:00Blogmas Day 8: Who inspires me/Opinion on Exploring withJosh.I’ve not been watching Josh’s channel long, a matter of months really, but I haven’t yet found a more beautifully stunning, endearing, exciting and interesting channel as this one.<br />
I remember slobbing on my sofa one day, dog asleep next to me, scrolling through youtube at abandoned videos and came cross an abandoned asylum video by Josh. And I was hooked! I must have spent hours binge watching videos and I am still as excited by his channel as I was that day.<br />
I hate the word fan, but I guess that what I am! A fan girl as my bestie calls me haha!<br />
But I cant help it, without finding this channel I wouldn't have picked up my camera again, I wouldn't have brought a van and be converting it into a camper to see my beautiful country and beyond.<br />
Josh is currently in the UK doing some abandoned places and I’m gunna watch and learn and hopefully take myself to a few places to explore when my vans finished. I’ve always wanted to do some abandoned but never had the confidence to go alone, and probably shouldn't go alone for safety but I haven't much choice! I’m independent and head strong plus I just don't have anyone who can stop their lives to travel the country with me. But thats ok!<br />
At the end of his trip here he’s doing a meet up in London which I've been so lucky to get the day off work to be able to go, and I'm already incredibly friggin nervous! I really struggle meeting new people and I get very awkward and never make a great first impression and I really want to try and make the most out of the entire experience of meeting him, hopefully be able to ask questions and learn and gain some confidence with travelling and exploring abandoned places. I’m gunna try my damn hardest not to clam up and leave!<br />
One thing I’m obsessed with at the moment is Josh’s drone footage! I want a drone so bad but just cant afford one right now but when I watch his footage I'm literally dribbling with awe! And then he did a review of his new drone and did that video at the end and gaaahhh! STUNNING!!<br />
I like to dabble in photography and hope to keep getting better and better the more I shoot and Josh inspires me to do that. I love his instagram and can only hope to have photos like that I can call my own one day. Before we head to Josh’s meet up in London me and my buddy Ellis are planning on a bit of a photography sesh on our visit to the capital city! Leicester just doesn't cut it so were majorly taking advantage of a trip to London!<br />
Josh seems like such a humble, creative talented guy with such an endearing personality. The combo of his content combined with his personality is what wins over any other channel in my eyes. I feel so privileged that I’ll hopefully be meeting him soon. Such an inspiration!<br />
I’ve just thought now finishing this that its occurred to me I'm probably gunna write another post after London about how the meet up went and a general London festive fun trip post so expect more Exploring with Josh ramblings and maybe a video....who knows! I’m getting quite into making videos at the mo so watch this space!<br />
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">I’m sat now, at a Christmas market with my good pal Ellis helping out with her Pastel Elixir stall and thought what better a time to write a post about supporting small businesses than right now surrounded by small businesses.</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">For small business owners, Christmas starts super early, planning and producing stock to hopefully sell in the run up to Christmas fills a lot of their time. The least we could do is support them for all their hard work.</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">I know for a fact shopping small business can be a tad bit more expensive than online or the high-street for those of us on a tight budget at Christmas. So one thing you can do is to start your pressie shopping early. This way you're not forking out a tonne of money in one go, or if you like a good splurge then save up a Christmas pressie fund so you can get everything brought in one go. Have a think about the people you're buying for and get searching for some unique handmade gifts. You kill two birds with one stone here, first off you get an awesome gift no one else will have, that will surprise and amaze the gift receiver, and second you are handing your hard earned money over to someone who actually deserves it rather than a greedy corporate snob who wipes their arse with £50’s every day!</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">So how do you actually find small businesses? Get yourself on websites like Etsy. You'll find some beautiful stuff on there. Some businesses on there will have their own websites and social media accounts you can check out too and from there you might find other small businesses that you find interesting. Small business owners regularly follow each other, supporting their fellows work so chances are if you find one small business you'll find another, and another, and another. </span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">One way I’ve supported small business this year is to start early. I’m on a tight budget this Christmas but I wanted to try and do my part to help support small business, even if it is only for a few gifts. One trick could be to buy one main pressie and then get some stocking fillers from the high street or online. I’ve done exactly this with a friends birthday present. I brought a vegan soy wax candle in the shape of a skull from a store on Etsy called waxandbonesuk, I got to choose the colour and scent and this was my main pressie, then from Primark I got a picture holder for £1 and some cute fairy lights for £2.50. I also added in a bubble bar from lush! Together they make a nice little bundle of gifts and I spent well under £20. </span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">Because I managed to save a bit more than expected I was able to get some custom artwork done from Pastel Elixir for my two godsons and my friends baby. Normally I wouldn't spend this much but I really hate buying kids toys and clothes at Christmas! So now they have a nice keepsake! The commissions were £20 each which on reflection is actually pretty cheap when you consider the time the artist takes and the fact you're getting a one of kind piece. Its unique! </span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">It really is easy to shop small business at Christmas. And if you get a couple of gifts from a small business there is a real person at the other end of your order letting out a little squeak of joy because they know they can pay their bills this month! </span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">Last year my Nana was rushed into hospital unexpectedly just before Christmas. We found out she had cancer and she passed away after her 8 day stay in hospital over the Christmas period. On our visit to her on Christmas day the ward staff wheeled in a big trolly full of gift bags and handed each patient a present. </span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">Turns out AgeUK collect donations of gift bags for the elderly who are in hospital on Christmas day. I didn't know this was a thing! I’d heard of people donating toys to children's wards but didn't realise there was anything for the elderly.</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">I was overwhelmed at how happy the patients, including my Nana was at receiving a gift on Christmas day. The entire mood lifted and we managed to share a moment of festivities together as a ward. The staff clearly enjoyed themselves too which was lovely to see. My nana received some body cream, which she didn't hesitate to try out, a puzzle book, a cake bar and a few other bits and bobs. As trivial as it sounds it really made a difference to not just my nana but to every patient. </span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">It broke my heart that some patients I spoke to hadn't had a single visitor since being admitted, nothing. And thats why this year I just had to get involved. </span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">I don't have much money, so this year I've decided to skimp a bit on friends and families pressies so I had some spare money to buy gifts for my bags. I don't know why but I decided on putting together 6 gift bags! I wanted to get things that would actually be useful for a stay in hospital so I went for things like face wipes, hand wipes, lip balm, hand cream, cosy socks, and things to keep occupied like puzzle books, a small colouring book and some pencils, in the mens bags I've put a maze puzzle in there. And for that festive feeling everyone has a candy cane and Christmas card. </span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">Please have a think this Christmas if you can spare a few pounds to put together a gift bag to donate. Some of the elderly in hospital this Christmas wont be coming home and even though it may not seem like much it really will make a difference and brighten up their Christmas day.</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">I will be taking my bags to AgeUK, they will then sort through them all and get them to Leicester Royal Infirmary, Glenfield Hospital and Leicester General Hospital for Christmas day.</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">There wont be a Christmas that goes by now that I will not do this. Next year I'm going to try and get my workplace involved and start getting gifts together a bit earlier so I can hopefully make 10 gift bags next year.</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">But if you've read this post and feel inspired to donate its not too late, AgeUK and the Leicester hospitals are taking donations up until the 16th December so if you would like to get something together for this Christmas then you still have time.</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">I will definitely be sparing a thought for all those who have found themselves in hospital this Christmas and the staff who spend their time away from their own families to care for yours. They really are true heroes to us all.</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">If you decide you'd like to donate but don't have time or don't fancy putting a gift bag together then maybe consider a donation to a charity you care about this Christmas, while its not a specific gift going to a person its helping a charity to continue doing incredible things. Most charities are easy to donate to by going online.</span></div>
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VikkyBlogshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11273957936589838029noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8138627169180369813.post-53980987760998450522017-12-05T10:09:00.000-08:002017-12-05T10:09:35.248-08:00Blogmas Day 5: Am I an anti blogger? I started blogging just over a year ago, and I’ve come to learn in that time that there seems to be a blogging 101 handbook that I’ve missed!<br />
Rose gold, marble, copper, flat lays, plants, ootd, bumming zoella, are all very absent from my blog. And I’m flipping proud of it.<br />
I blog because I love it. It makes me feel happy. Its become a hobby I can’t see giving up any time soon. Its a very informal place, I make spelling mistakes, my grammar sucks sometimes, do I give a fuck? Nope!!<br />
Its my blog and if you've come to it for perfection then you've come to the wrong place.<br />
I spent a lot of time when I started my blog worrying because the majority of bloggers I saw on social media were beauty bloggers. I am the opposite of a beauty guru and I'm allergic to make up so I panicked that I wouldn't fit in if I didn't conform to the mass of beauty bloggers out there. But the more I wrote about stuff I wanted to write about I realised that you just have to do you. Your blog is your personal space, whether you use it for work or a hobby like me you have to have some sort of passion, interest or feeling about what you write or the reader won’t be interested. It will be boring. So I decided from then on I was gunna write about whatever the heck I wanted. And I've done just that! You'll find a mass of topics on my blog, some would say disorganised, but thats the kind of blog I run, sloppy, chilled, unprofessional, but I loooooooooove it! The thought of spending hours taking photographs of shit I don't care about makes me wanna gouge my eyeballs out! Writing about things I have no interest in feels like complete torture. So none of that is found here! I write when I want to, not to a schedule, and if I have a nice photo or write a post about somewhere I've been then I’ll bless you with a photo or two but other wise it will just be my incredibly spectacular and awesomely epic writing! Pfft as if! Haha!!<br />
Its become aware to me too that stats and views and shit is something I should be looking at. Is it? I used to check how many views my posts have had and it wasn't many and I got super self conscious that I sucked, but again, as I've been blogging more I've started to care less and less about views and followers. If it happens then fab, if not then thats also ok. For right now I am loving blogging and I do it more for myself than others.<br />
I put no pressure on myself with regards to my blog. I’ve gone ages without posting then I’ll have the urge to write and I’ll bash a load of posts out, much like right now! This is the 3rd post of the day! But after this I might not wanna write for 3 weeks and thats ok. Writing is a passion, not a chore and I feel that if I had to keep to a schedule like most bloggers seem to have I’d be throwing out shit content I and others wouldn't enjoy at all.<br />
So does this make me an anti blogger? Maybe, but thats ok. I am unique and so is my blog and I'm proud of that, no matter how many views I get.<br />
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Am I even doing blogmas right?! I saw a thread on twitter saying it should be Christmas posts only! But mine won’t be, I don’t even know if I’ll have a post for every day, but we shall see! I’m gunna give it darn good try!<br />
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What do you all think? Do you stress about content and views or are you a laid back blogger, writing when the inspiration hits you? Do you try and stay within one niche or do you write about anything and everything?<br />
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<span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;">Yesterday I had an amazing day spent with Ellis and James at the Victorian Christmas Market in Melton Mowbray Leicestershire. After a bit of a flop of a Christmas market a few weeks ago with Ellis working with her on her <a href="https://www.pastelelixir.co.uk/" target="_blank">Pastel Elixir</a> stall we were a bit apprehensive about what to expect from this one.</span><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;"> </span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;">But the whole day was fab! We got more sales, more people interested in Ellis’s products, we were in a great location in a courtyard of a coffee shop in an adorable cobbled street along with a couple of other small business owners and a kids craft stand, with people enjoying their coffee and cakes and snacks around us.</span><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;"> </span><span style="font-kerning: none;"></span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;">This brings be slightly off topic to spread the word about supporting small businesses. Seeing people admiring Ellis’s work really warmed her heart and made her hard work feel justified and you really must remember that behind the screen you order from is a real person letting out a squeak of excitement when they get your order through, they pack it with joy, and wave it goodbye for its journey to you. You don't get that anywhere else!</span><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;"> </span><span style="font-kerning: none;"></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">First off I became hooked on his travel channel, I was struggling with crippling pain waiting for spine surgery dreaming of a life outside my home and Evan kind of gave that to me. I could get lost in his videos and pretend I was pain free and exploring the world. Sounds daft but at one of the lowest times of my life when this outdoorsy and active gal had became almost housebound, Evans travel vlogs were a huge inspiration and motivation for me to have a successful recovery from my op and to get out and see the world when I was recovered. Now, I’m building a self build campervan to go travelling the UK and Ireland and hopefully take to Europe! Craaaaazy!!</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">I’ve always has an interest in photography and hope to one day on my travels have a snazzy portrait of epic travel shots inspired by Evan, and I’m saving for a drone too! Thanks Evan, my bank balance hates you! Haha!</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">Through his travel channel I began to watch videos on his main channel and I found a few that were quite personal and eye opening for me. I’m personally not ready to talk about which ones I’m on about on the internet but I can pin point a time in my life, after watching said videos, where I changed for the better. The self doubt and loathing lifted away and the acceptance I felt because I knew I wasn't alone was life changing.</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">I actually met Evan at a Comicon in London a couple of years ago, I was petrified, super awkward and it was frankly embarrassing! I’ve always been fairly awkward talking to people I don't know, which usually leads to me struggling to make new friends and I hate myself for it. Inside I wanna be able to have conversations with people, to know what to say and enjoy meeting new people. But when I get put in a situation where I have to meet someone my brain just shuts down! I can’t find words, I struggle holding a conversation, I make the whole thing incredibly awkward, then like a weirdo I just leave! I wanted this to change so after meeting Evan and doing just this, plus the encouragement I was getting from my amazing friend Ellis, I was inspired to start this blog with the intention of getting over my social awkwardness and being able to meet new people. One year in and I'm still an awkward mess but I’ve grown in confidence and embrace my weirdness so I guess thats a good thing! Evan, you inspire me to be weird and write about it on the internet! Love it!</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">Thinking about it Evan has had quite a lot of positive impact on my life and I can’t help but feel inspired by the guy. I’m possibly facing some more surgery on my spine in the near future and I will definitely be turning to Evans travel channel to keep me inspired to once again have a strong recovery and to get out and see the world. One thing I am greatly aware of having years of my twenties taken up with illness is that life is short and it passes quickly and there is a whole world out there to experience and I want to get out there and see it, no matter what my health throws at me. </span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">So in short, Evan inspires me to be confident in who I am, and to live my life. Thanks bud!</span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;">Having allergies at Christmas can be a right pain in the arse. Lots of new Christmas food coming out that looks so tasty you check the ingredients list and bam! There are those loathed words: may contain nuts. But its not just new food in the supermarket. Christmas parties and days out shopping present new obstacles of eating out. Luckily most places are fab with allergies, but for some reason, with the arrival of Christmas, comes the swift arrival of nuts, nuts and more nuts! They're every sodding where! I’m changing the name of Christmas to nutmas!</span><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;"> </span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">Families can be a problem for allergy sufferers. Often not understanding how to prepare a nut free meal which can cause stress for allergy sufferers, particularly parents of allergy children. Sweets and chocolates are a pain, most Christmas chocolate isn't safe and we often see a rise in reactions this time of year.</span></div>
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<li style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-kerning: none;">For kids, Christmas can be frustrating with all the extra treats about that they can’t eat, so think of ideas to keep their mind off missing out like Christmas crafts, baking new Christmas treats. And keep an eye out for Kinnerton chocolate treats. I’ve seen these in Wilkos and Asda and I'm sure they're in many other places, but Kinnerton are nut free and do a great range of advent calendars each year for little and big alike!</span></li>
<li style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-kerning: none;">Following on from advent calendars, if you don't fancy, don't like Kinnerton chocolate or just don't like chocolate at all, one option is to buy a diy advent calendar. This could be something with pockets or draws to add your own treats. This doesn't have to be food, it could be tiny toys, or something like lego pieces and at the end you've got a lego toy. And you're never too old people! I’m 28 and my mum is doing just this for me and filling the pockets with chocolate coins from wilkos!! </span></li>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">So turns out I’ve been living under a rock. I’ve never been to lush before! How can that be you say! Everyone is obsessed with lush! Well people, I’m allergic to many many things, including nuts, and the couple of times I've peered in the windows like a little weirdo I saw so many nut ingredients I ran for the hills!</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">So my fantabulous buddy Ellis took me into lush to ask about a shampoo and conditioner I’ve been looking at. I didn't realise lush did samples and I've been struggling to a) find a shampoo and conditioner that I didn't react to and b) something that would suit my fine and greasy hair. </span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">The gal in store (wish I caught her name) went through the products with me for nut ingredients and we settled on I love juicy and veganese. Both nut free! Woohoo!</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">I’m not kidding you I have 6 bottles sat at home that I’ve bought and reacted to, it gets expensive buying and trying different products when you're so reactive! So the samples she gave me filled me with relief that I wouldn't have to spend more money and have the embarrassment (and a surprising amount of paperwork) of returning something you've had a reaction to. </span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">Cue trip number 2 to Leicester and I have my I love juicy, veganese, dry shampoo and a birthday pressie! I spoke with a guy today (again I've forgotten his name, I'm ashamed!) and he was lovely, so helpful and guided me through their products to find something that hopefully will be loved for the birthday pressie! </span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">I love the whole ethos that lush has, fighting animal testing and I didn't realise either that 80% of their products are vegan which is fab! They also use non plastic glitter so are reducing the amount of plastic going down those plug holes and to landfill! </span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">The price in lush too has also been a reason I've avoided, but even though I've spent 20 quid on a big bottle of shampoo its going to last me absolutely ages! The tiny sample pot I got has lasted me 5 uses so far and theres still about a quarter left in there! Plus its cruelty free and you really are supporting a company that is making a difference.</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">I wanna start off talking about her courageous and inspiring decision earlier this year to leave full time employment and follow her dreams of being a self employed full time illustrator. Not many people have the balls to do something like that, what with the fear of it not working out, but most people wont even try. But Ellis is doing just that, and whether she sinks or swims in this unpredictable world of freelance she will always be a huge inspiration to me. She makes me feel like anything is possible and that maybe one day I might have the skills and confidence to try and work for myself. </span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">Knowing Ellis has had a troubled past with mental health, especially at her old job, I admire that she put herself and her health first and left a job that was so corrupt it was seriously impacting on her mental health. She reminds me that putting myself first is key. And thats so important because you only get one life, and theres no guarantee you'll live it till you're old and wrinkly so you have to look after yourself. </span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">Recently I’ve been inspired by Ellis to think about the way I view the world and how I have an impact on it. I knew things like animal testing went on and that I was more than likely using products that had been tested on animals, but I was so close minded I didn't want to think about it but Ellis has opened my eyes and I couldn't thank her more. She made the decision to go vegan and in doing so has been exploring where food comes from and how important it is to be cruelty free. Because of Ellis I am now cruelty free and have majorly cut down on the amount of meat I eat. I’m heading towards vegetarianism but I have so many allergies and have found out I’m allergic to quorn so I want to slowly cut meat out while I learn about what foods I can and cant eat and how to keep healthy with already having a restricted diet. I can 100% say I would not be cruelty free or cut down on eating meat if it wasn't for Ellis. </span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">And d’ya know what, this blog of mine wouldn't exist without Ellis either, through her encouragement and support I’ve found a hobby that I love and have even made a few videos on youtube! </span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">Ellis is an incredible friend who never ceases to amaze and inspire me with her ventures and triumphs, she's supported me through my toughest times and I truly am privileged to have a friend like her in my life. </span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">Last night me and Ellis hauled ass and went to Birmingham to see Our Last Night. They were incredible!!</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">Back in the day I was a hard core rock chic. Rock was my life, I was in a band, I was always at gigs. Yah!</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">I left this life behind in my teenage years but I was brought right back at this gig. I didn't realise how much I missed music, live music, rock music, playing an instrument till I went to see Our Last Night.</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">Ellis introduced me to Our Last Night in the last year or so and I've fallen in love! So when I saw they were touring and they were coming fairly close I asked Ellis if she wanted to go and she nearly blew my head off with excitement! </span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">There were two supports, New Volume, who were really good and the second support, can’t remember their name, weren't my cup of tea! Probably showing my age now but I was genuinely scared for them, they were head banding so much I was worried about bodily injury!</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">Then out came Our Last Night, and the glorious man that is Trevor Wentworth! *drools*</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">Because I feel super fragile still after back surgery we hung around the back on some stairs and had a fab view! As Ellis said to me, it was nice just staying out of the crowds and soaking up the whole atmosphere, which is something I missed when I was younger.</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">It was so weird for me looking into the crowd and seeing people jumping, moshing, crowd surfing. I used to be that girl! Took me right back to those times!</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">I’ve been Birmingham before, not for quite a few years. First thing I noticed was how many homeless people and druggies there are on the streets! Every 5 mins we were being approached and asked for spare change. I’ve never been anywhere before and experienced this. Obviously there are homeless people and druggies everywhere but I've never seen so many in one place before. It was both heartbreaking that so many people were on the streets, and terrifying because I did feel quite unsafe. I probably had no reason to feel that way, most of the people were probably genuinely nice people in a horrendous situation, but I'm not used to being approached in this way and I feel uneasy with people I don't know so my anxiety was getting the better of me here and translated into fear. I think too seeing so many people suffering around me really made me feel uneasy.</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">I did however pop into lush, I've been meaning to try a shampoo and conditioner of theirs so we popped in to ask for a sample as I'm allergic to everything so didn't wanna buy and have to return and the girl in there was so lovely and went through the ingredients with me and hooked me up with a few samples to try! </span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">Then came dindins! Food is never far from my mind! We actually realised what a difficult pair we are together to eat out! Ellis is vegan, I'm allergic to nuts! But pizza express to the rescue! Had a yummy dinner then it was time to get to the gig!</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">Walking to the gig, I see some nice shoes on a guy, so look up to check him out, as you do, and it was only bloody Trevor!!! And the rest of the band!!!! And what did I do? Punch Ellis in the arm (sorry Ellis!), tell her who they were cause she’d missed them, probably in shock of the noises I made and the sudden arm beating! But we both chickened out and never shouted to say hi! We were both kicking ourselves all night, this is what I always do and then regret I after, because I'm so nervous meeting new people and don't have the confidence to introduce myself or start a conversation so I panicked and didn't! OMG I HATE MYSELF RIGHT NOW!!!!!!!!</span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;">Most of my experiences happened where I used to work. I was an animal carer and it was a very large site with many different buildings used for all sorts of things. I heard voices there and saw many a shadow while alone on my unit. But one day I was with another carer on unit. I was walking from one side to the other and heard some footsteps, I turned around to talk to my colleague assuming it was her following me, but she was still sat on her chair, as I looked at her she said “Did you see that?”. She said just before I turned round she saw a black shadow pass by me. I can’t explain this, because it happened to the both of us, and two different things happened at the same time!</span><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;"> </span><span style="font-kerning: none;"></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">One morning I was walking a dog early down a long corridor to one of the walking areas, and I heard footsteps behind me, nothing unusual, at that time in the morning people from the offices would use these corridors to get to another building on site. But the footsteps got closer and louder, until they sped up and sounded so close behind me. At this point the dog freaked out and lunged forward on her lead, scared shitless and I flung around fully expecting to tell the shit out of some idiot for scaring the dog and nothing! Not a soul! I have no explanation for this whatsoever. If it was someone messing with me they wouldn't have time to hide, I was right at the end of the corridor, plus all staff there know not to approach a dog and handler without asking, so nobody there would intentionally scare a dog, I still replay this in my head to this day to figure out an explanation and there isn't one.</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">While driving one morning, on a country lane, I could see something in the road ahead, it was shaped like a person but see through, like fog. Weird! People shaped fog! But as I got closer it sort of passed through my car, like inside it! And my warm and toasty car turned freezing cold. I sound fucking insane writing this! Now this was early in the morning and yes, it could have been fog, but I can’t figure out why it made my car cold and seemed to pass inside it. Maybe a trick on the eyes? I’m not sure, but freaky none the less.</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">A weird story that happened to my Uncle, was that he knew my Nana had passed away before he was told the news. My Grandad passed just over a year before this, and my Nana had taken ill this past christmas and was in hospital on end of life care, no body, including her doctors expected her to go as soon as she did, we were discussing hospice care the day before she passed as they expected her to have months. Anyway, my Uncle was very ill with cancer at the time and he was at home and he saw two orbs visit him and fly away together. He fully believed it was my Grandad meeting my Nana and visiting him to tell him they had found each other. 5 minutes later he got the phone call from my Dad that she had passed away. My uncle didn't bull shit and if he said this happened, it happened. Sadly my Uncle passed away too this year and I can only hope they are all together now watching over us.</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">My most terrifying experience happened a few years ago, and I still get frightened by it. I think it will always scare me. It is the most terrified I've ever been, and I nearly lost my life so thats saying something! I was staying round a friends house, and I know that her grandma died in the house, I’ve seen and experienced feelings of being watched or that I’m not alone here but they've always been warm, kind of comforting. Welcoming I guess like being welcomed into someones home. But that night was horrible. It was about 3am and I was awake and on my phone, I never sleep very well so this isn't unusual. But I rolled over and stood next to my bed was a man. It was so vivid I remember him wearing blue jeans, and a royal blue and green striped jumper, and he had black floppy, curly hair. I could probably go as far as to describe facial features too. He was looking at me, smiling. And I couldn't do anything. I was paralysed. I couldn't shout for help. Nothing. But in a blink, he was gone. Gone, but not far. He was now the other side of my bed. Still paralysed with fear I realised it might not be human. How did he get from one side of the bed to the other in the blink of an eye? He said nothing, just staring at me with such a sinister smile. I was trying to call for help, shout, scream, bang on the wall, anything to get someone to help. I felt like evil was next to me. I felt trapped to that bed and I thought I was going to die. Eventually he knelt down beside the bed and disappeared and I could move my arms, I felt in control of my body again and I realised I still wasn't alone. An old lady was now in the room, stood in the corner smiling at me with love and care. She made the man go away. She turned out to be my friends Grandma. I never knew her when she was alive, nor seen a picture, but I asked to see one the next day and it was her. I never told my friend what happened. Still to this day she doesn't know. I don't want them to worry if something bad is in their home. I’m literally sat here shaking remembering this and it happened years ago. I’m still haunted now. I know some people who read this will think it was a night terror, a really vivid and horrendous nightmare, and I’d probably believe that if I wasn’t already awake. I’d been on my phone and I’ve never drifted off to sleep before, I had a back injury so I was used to having around 1-3 hours sleep a night with pain keeping me awake. I was not delirious with lack of sleep or pain as I’d been this way a long time. Its the only time its ever happened and I’ve spent my entire adult life sleep deprived through chronic pain. I can’t explain it. I’ve tried to think of every way possible to explain it, because for me if I find an explanation, I can get rid of the fear I still feel from this night. But I have no explanation. It was a ghost, evil spirit, demon. Whatever you want to call it it was evil and horrid.</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">I’m sat here now, wondering why the heck I decided writing this post before bed time was a good idea! Well done Vik, no sleep for me! I’m already on edge! </span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">Anyhoo, does anyone have any ghost stories of their own? Anything you can’t explain? Anything you can think of that could explain my ghostly experiences?! I’d love to hear them!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: '.SFUIText'; font-size: 17pt;">I have a soft spot for the non dancers in the show, this being the celebs that don't have any dance experience in their past. I really enjoy seeing them learning and improving, and seeing them growing a love for dance they never thought they could have. For me, this is what the show is about.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: '.SFUIText'; font-size: 17pt;">Susan has been such an endearing person from the moment this show started. She is taking everything she can from the entire experience and to just look at her you can see pure happiness. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: '.SFUIText'; font-size: 17pt;">Her dancing has been improving and I excitedly wait for the time in the show each Saturday when we get to hear "dancing next is Susan and her partner Kevin".</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: '.SFUIText'; font-size: 17pt;">It's no secret on this blog that Kevin is my favourite pro dancer! So no matter who his partner is I feel I will always support him, but this year it's different. Susan makes me happy, she dances with pure joy and it's infectious. Kevin creates amazing dances each week and their partnership just works. No partnership before has made me want to write a whole post about them before! But I felt they deserve their very own post aside from a mention in my usual weekly Strictly series! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: '.SFUIText'; font-size: 17pt;">Susan represents all the normal people out there, with no dance experience, who may be too shy to go out there and learn to have the courage to step up and dance their first move. A true inspiration.</span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;">Lets get straight in by talking about Susan and Kevin, fab-u-lous darling!!!!!! By far my favourite performance of the night, so elegant and everything was stunning! She was on fire zooming around that dance floor! Perfect! Can’t stop watching on repeat on youtube!</span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;">Everyones going on about Alexandra and Gorka’s jive, yes it was awesome, yes it was flipping snazzy, but for me there wasn't enough actual jive content. I think Gorka should have choreographed more jive, Alex would have nailed it but I didn't feel like I was watching a jive. Probably an unpopular opinion there but I said it!</span><span style="font-kerning: none;"></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">I love Gemma and Aliaz right now, they're improving week to week and loving it. I really hope she keeps going and maybe start knocking some of the dancers with previous experience off their podium. As good as these past experience dancers are they do have an advantage over the non dancers and I'm not sure thats fair, but Gemma is kicking their booty.</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">Brian is becoming someone I'm looking forward to each week, never thought I’d sat that at the start but I think he is also improving and I love seeing that. He wasn't brilliant with his paso this week but you could see him working on the steps and trying to get elements of the paso in there and thats good enough for me. As Shirley said, strictly is a marathon not a sprint and she nailed that right on the head.</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">Now to the eliminated couple, Charlotte and Brendan. Charlotte did my head in, I think she really did want to soak up the whole experience but she struggled letting go and this showed in her dancing for me, it was uncomfortable to watch and quite frankly, boring. But this week, even though she fudged up a bit, her jive was good to watch because she looked like she had let go and was having fun. I'm glad she's gone because she was the one that I thought deserved to go, but I'm also annoyed now we wont get to see her let go even more and see if her dancing would have improved the more comfortable she became.</span></div>
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VikkyBlogshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11273957936589838029noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8138627169180369813.post-57810956857522743082017-10-12T12:58:00.002-07:002017-10-17T12:57:23.029-07:00Self build Camper van!<div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">I must be insane, crazy, loopy and round the bend! Why, because I picked up my new van earlier today, and I’m planning on converting it into a camper van by myself!! Well thats a lie, I’m having a professional fit some windows, and I might chicken out fitting the solar panel and electrics and get someone to do that too if its not too expensive, but other than that, I'm planning on doing everything solo. </span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">Like I've said before, I don't really have a clue what I'm doing, so as I learn I wanna document absolutely everything so that I can look back at what I've achieved and bask in sheer pride at what I've accomplished but also for other novices wanting to convert their own vans. I'm hopefully going to do some how to type posts or videos for things like insulating the van, building my bed and fitting the hob and sink that pure beginners can understand with clear step by step instructions.</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">Fast forward, I've now had the van a few days and started work today. I had some crew seats in the back to remove, the bolts into the floor were a bastard to remove, cue lots of wd40, me squirming my way under the van to attack them from underneath with my Dad unscrewing them from inside the van! Just gotta fill the holes in now with a sealant. I've also removed the panels from the walls and gave it a bloody good clean. It was a mess inside but after a hoover and a scrub its squeaky clean! Its ready now for wiring and insulation when they all arrive. </span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">In the meantime I've made a <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D0-EKnvt6rA" target="_blank">short video</a> of my van and the bit of work I've done so far clearing it out. </span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">He doesn't read my blog but I need to give my friend Mark a shout out for helping me so much with what direction to go in and what things I need to buy! Thanks bud! You'll probably want to murder me by the end of this conversion!</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">Well slap me silly, what an exciting show that was!! Is it me or is the standard on the show like so high this year. I mean week 2!! And I'm tingling all over!!</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">Its obvious Alexandra and Gorka stole the show tonight. Her paso doble was INCREDIBLE!!!! For me, no other paso can compete. She should be incredibly proud of herself, she was stunning. I can’t even think what to write right now I'm just in awe of it! Amazing!</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">Jonnie is such an inspiration, paralympic champion and jive conqueror, he did such an amazing job and he looked like he had so much fun, I may be developing a teeny itty bitty crush on this man! And I need a pair of Oti’s legs delivered and fitted immediately, she is stunning!! I can’t wait to see them next week!</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">I feel so sorry for Simon, this dance and song meant so much to him and you could just see his heart break when he messed up going into the spin at the end, I really hope he doesn't dwell on this, the dance was beautiful and graceful and he should be so incredibly proud of himself. As a total non dancer I think he struggled to know how to recover from it but I honestly don't care, for me it didn't impact the dance one bit and mistakes are always going to happen. </span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">With the results show I think they got the dance off totally right. There were 4 people that I thought deserved to be in that dance off and thats Chizzy, Brian, Charlotte and Ruth. They suck! Haha! So it doesn't matter who goes week one for me, what matters is what happens over the next few weeks, personally I want to see Charlotte go, she has nothing about her, she's boring and I can’t find anything I want to connect with. </span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">Now last year I did a bit of a Strictly Come Dancing series on my blog, but I started mid way though the season because I’d only just started my blog, I never had to write about 15 individual couples, and the thought of doing that now seems mind blowing! So I've decided to keep as short and sweet as I can about each couple until there are less of them and I can rave and rant about my favourites and my not so loved couples! </span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">My favourite performance of the night was a toss up between Kevin and Susan and Joe and Katya. Kevin has a soft spot in my heart, and Susan really loves him too so naturally I'm going to be supporting these two cuties till their very last dance, but Susan looked really beautiful and graceful dancing the Viennese Waltz.</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">Joe and Katya had one of my favourite dances and it made me wanna join in, the jive is so fun and happy and he did it really well scoring some impressive scores for week 1! I couple to watch I think.</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">Next up is Aston and Janette, I have these two in a sweepstake at work but I haven't bonded with them yet like Kevin and Susan! Saying that their foxtrot was really good, I'm not too sure about the moves they added, probably trying to play to Aston’s dance background in a boy band but the foxtrot I liked.</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">Another jive was performed by Mollie and Aj, but I didn't much enjoy it, poor Mollie to me looked a little lost, maybe trying to remember the steps or she didn't feel totally comfortable or happy but I think she's got potential and want to see her improve each week.</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">Reverend Richard Coles and Dianne, we can tell our rev isn't going far on strictly, but he is having fun and giving it his all and I admire that so much more than someone like Aston who has a natural flare for dance. I didn't like his cha cha cha but I think he will do really well in ballroom.</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">Ruth and Anton danced a lovely Waltz, but I got bored watching it. I absolutely love Anton, but I think he struggles keeping up with the other pros on the show, he's very classic ballroom, and I really do think he maybe should have a seat on the judging table. He has so much experience in dance and a killer personality that he needs to be on that judging panel.</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">Debbie and Giovanni are a weird but wonderful couple. Everyone I spoke to prior to Debbie actually performing thought she was going to be a useless old bat, I defended her thinking she's got potential, I think good things will come from her and I'm so glad I was right! She smashed that Paso and I'm so looking forward to what else she's going to bring.</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">Jonnie and Oti, omg I tingle all over at the sight of these two!! Love love loved their Waltz and with Oti’s amazing ability to create unique routines I think these two are going to wow me over and over again. </span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">Charlotte and Brendan are my boring couple. Brendan is my least fave pro, he's passed his moment and I don't like his attitude. Charlotte is reserved, which isn't a bad thing but I can’t connect to her, Jay 2 years ago started off quiet and reserved but I easily connected, I can’t do this with Charlotte and I think this will be the safe and boring couple as seen in their Foxtrot.</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">Alexandra and Gorka, holy moly Gorka is a babe isn't he?! Anyway…this is a couple that is clearly going to go far in this competition, she looked beautiful and at home on the dance floor in the Waltz and I really do think she will thoroughly enjoy this whole experience with a humble heart.</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">Aaaaaand finally, Gemma and Aliaz, a couple I think will have their ups and downs but will go far, I could see genuine moments in their cha cha where she was smiling at Aliaz and you could tell she was enjoying herself, yes girly! I want to see this! </span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">If you cant tell by now, I love Strictly, and I easily get swept up in the glitzy world and really look forward to the weekends, call me sad, I don't care! This year the person I shared my love of strictly with, my Nana, is no longer with us, she passed away at Christmas, a couple of weeks before we were due to go to our first live tour, so I am going to enjoy this year even more, for both me and my Nana. </span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">This leads me to my No1 tip: Do you really need to go to uni? What reasons are you going for? I say this because I always wanted to go to uni to study Spanish, but on A Level results day I found out I bombed and didn't get the grades, my tutor pulled me aside for a chat and suggested I do a foundation degree in animal management and welfare, there weren't really any entry requirements and he knew I loved animals. Swept up in all the joy my friends were feeling and jealous of their excitement at starting uni I got swept up in the moment and enrolled on the foundation. I’d never shown any interest in working with animals, never studied an animal related subject, yet here I was, going to do a degree! WTF! At the time I thought going to uni was the thing to do, there were no other options and if you didn't go to uni you'd be screwed. Boy was I wrong! Looking back now I was just so ashamed at my sucky A Level results, green eyed at every single one of my friends and peers as they were all sharing their uni stories and excitement and I didn't want to be left out. I was wrong. I wish now I’d taken a different route, an apprenticeship, internship, starting work somewhere and working my way up the ladder, maybe re-doing my A Levels to get the grade I wanted to do the course I wanted in the first place. Think long and hard about if uni is right for you. Hell I have a shitty degree now, student debt and I work in a food store! So I guess you could say I'm one of those failure stories you hear about people not getting their dream job after uni and are stuck in a minimum wage job 10 years later! Even now I have no idea what kind of job my degree can get me! </span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">Tip 2: Embrace your new life. Most people heading off to uni will be leaving home for the first time, and living on their own, without parental supervision! The thought of this is very exciting but can also be quite daunting, you're leaving your home, the space where you're surrounded by loved ones and comfort. But home will always be home and it will always be there. Living on your own is tough but fun, you'll make great friends in your halls and you'll be getting some independence. I believe this is when a teen makes their journey to adulthood. The typical stereotype of first year uni students is party crazed, drinking to coma status teens, but whatever you're into embrace it, have fun but be responsible and take every experience you can to the fullest. Because I didn't, I was too shy and insecure and I regret not experiencing more at uni, going out, making friends, joining clubs or teams, so whatever you want to do, do it, go out, join it! Live it!</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">This brings me onto tip 3: While you're living it up, living your best life, don't forget that you're paying thousands of pounds to LEARN!!! You're not working a party season in Ibiza, you're there to study, and write essays, and challenge yourself, and take exams, and attend lectures and seminars. You need to find a balance. You'll find yourself one day needing to study or meet a deadline, and someones planned a party, do you a) sack off studying, go to party, rush to finish project, get a disappointing grade? Or b) stay in and study, do some fine ass work and be proud of that super grade? Hell if you finish earlier than expected the party will still be there after. We've established that I'm an introvert and I’d substitute party for cinema or meal or movie night with friends but I mostly chose option a, and I'm ashamed to say my degree suffered for it. Planning ahead is easier when you know of things coming up that you want to attend, like seeing a film at the weekend or the party next week, you can easily plan your studies to fit around your social life, but the temptation of spur of the moment plans is super hard to resist, especially if friends are pressuring you to go out and fob off your studies you had planned. Stand up for yourself and don't let anyone make you feel pressured to do something you don't want to. At the end of your degree you want to graduate with a diploma that says that amazing grade you want, remember that.</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">Tip 4: Join clubs, teams, activities, make study groups. I did this to some extent but I let my own insecurities get in the way. I used to play badminton, and found that there was a team at uni and would loved to have gone to play with them, but I didn't, I was too scared because no one I knew wanted to come with me and I didn't want to go alone, FFS I wish I’d have just gone! I hate that I let myself get influenced by others and let my own scared little self get in the way of something fun, active and a chance to meet new people. Instead I joined my two friends horse riding, I could sit and walk on a horse but thats as far as my riding skills went! My two friends had ridden all their lives so I was like the 3rd wheel tag along to bring for entertainment! I'm actually getting angry at myself writing this because I wanted to do so much at uni, and did none of it and I'm actually kicking myself for it. Why didn't I just go for it and do what I wanted!! So if anyone reading this wants to do something, but is scared or is worried what their friends might think or scared to go alone, just fucking go. Because you'll be sat 10 years on loathing ourself for not living.</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">Tip 5: You will feel homesick, stressed, alone, pressured, all sorts of feelings and emotions, but they will get better. If you feel homesick call home, plan a weekend visit, have your family visit, show them around your new hometown. Keep in touch with friends who have gone to different uni’s, have them visit and visit them. If you're feeling stressed or overwhelmed with studying or have a huge workload talk to someone, make a plan to tackle it and stick to it. Set goals and smash them, they will keep you focussed and will cut down huge workloads into smaller more manageable chunks.</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">Make a budget, student loan wont last forever and it can be easy to start to run out of money. You could get a part time job, turn a hobby into a little business to bring a little cash in, like a youtube channel, etsy store, photography, blog, dog walking, anything. And its always a fab thing to add to your CV.</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">So theres my tips for all you freshers heading off to uni. In short, make sure you're 100% happy with what your studying and what uni you're going to and just live the fullest life you can, learning something you're passionate about and making memories you'll look back on and smile at.</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">I picked up photography as a hobby a few years ago, but I've always been very self conscious about sharing my photos. I never believed they were any good. I had a heck of a lot to learn and made tonnes of mistakes along the way. In the end I gave up trying and just stopped learning and taking photos. I had no confidence and wasn't enjoying it like I thought I would.</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">Fast forward to now, I am loving photography! What sparked my passion again was a little spur of the moment shoot of two friends and from that day the urge to photograph stuff is craaaazy!</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">Summer in the City was something I’d been looking forward to for months. I’d never been before and wasn't sure really what to expect. At 7am, Ellis and I started our journey to London. Sadly though I left feeling kinda underwhelmed and disappointed, lots of mixed feelings about the day, let me tell you why.</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">On entering the hall, the feeling was quite surreal, and a bit overwhelming, there were so many faces there that we are only used to seeing on a screen, and within 10 minutes we’d seen so many, kinda a tingly skin moment! But then we realised how small the event was, and I’m not sure what I was expecting, but I was assuming it would be bigger than it was.</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">Some of the creators there added to my disappointment, I was hearing of no selfie policies, seeing someone running away from their fans, questionable advice being given out that implied you needed top equipment to start up in youtube. I could go on. </span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">But I want to bring this post around to acknowledging the youtuber’s who tried their absolute hardest to meet as many people as they could, people like Jodie (Just Jodes), Jack Dean (Jaackmaate), I saw Mark Ferris at one point, surrounded by a swarm of teenage girls screaming at him and he was trying his absolute hardest to take selfies with as many as he could, he was clearly on his way somewhere yet he did that for them. The same cant be said for the youtuber I witnessed running away from a similar situation.</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">I’m not a fan of Dodie, I don't watch her content or anything but I heard on social media afterwards that she was trying so hard to meet everyone she was exhausting herself, her team advising her to rest before her performance that night, and she said no, she wanted to meet as many people as she could. I never saw this with my own eyes, but I’ve heard similar stories about Dodie before and admire her for doing this for her fans. </span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">As with the entitled youtubers, I could go on. I want to try and remember this event in the eyes of the youtubers who were going above and beyond for their fans. I’m still dealing with some feelings I have about the youtuber who ran from his fans, I’ve watched him for a while, he's one of my favourites and I hate the word fan at my age but I guess thats what I am. But I didn't like what I saw at that event. Everything felt like it was an obligation for him, like a chore. He didn't seem to be enjoying himself meeting people, and its such a shame.</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">Anyway we spent a few hours here before heading off into London for a frolic around, being a typical tourist in our capital and visiting the Tower of London and Westminster before a spot of retail therapy on Oxford Street. I can count the times I've been to London on one hand, but I am in love with this city. I feel different when I'm there, its hard to explain!</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">We had a hilarious car ride home back to Leicester filled with singing, sweeties and calamities and you can watch Ellis’s video <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1TfzCy35zoE" target="_blank">here</a> for a good old giggle! I also made a little video <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TshqmPi6Mig&t=2s" target="_blank">here</a> of the day.</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">I’m glad I went to SITC, it really opened my eyes to the fact that who we see through a screen aren't the same people who we may meet in real life. It made me realise some people become spoilt from a large following and turn into ugly people. I felt kind of out of place there, I wanted to leave because the atmosphere was weird to me. I felt the need to leave these stuck up few youtubers behind. But what it has also taught me is that there are some wonderful people, creating diverse content for us and sharing their lives with us, some helping us in ways they would never have thought.</span></div>
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<li style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 11px; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 12px; line-height: normal;"></span><span style="font-kerning: none;">When baskets or trollies of shopping are left, we put them away, we have to otherwise chilled or frozen items become unsellable. Now a lot of you will come to us and say whatever, you've forgotten your money but you'll be back in 10, or you need to nip to the loo, and thats great, we can put your stuff aside, everyones a winner. It’s you weirdos that just leave it somewhere, we find it all alone and put it back, and then 30 mins later you come back pissed off as hell that you're shopping has been put back! I dunno what world you live in that we are gunna leave an abandoned basket of chilled products to go off and then have to waste but you need to come back to earth and tell one of us lovely retail folk to keep it aside for you, we will happily do that for you!</span></li>
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