Feeling Good

Hey guys,
hope you've all had a good time while I've been away and not blogging (I'm sorry about that) but as you might be a bit curious by the title of the blog I'm gonna explain as best as I can what I've been dealing with the past few weeks..

So here goes so I mean I do tend to hide if I'm having a shitty day and bottle up my feelings as I don't wanna put other people down when they're happy; but lately I've had so little energy this couldn't be avoided. As you guys know I do 4 A levels which is a lot of work to deal with especially with all the pressure school puts on you to come out with good grades. I noticed a bit before how I was struggling to keep on top of my work and I never really had time to actually sit down and learn about the subject I was just doing the homework to get it out of the way, therefore meaning having no time for revision or time to relax at the end of the day. Looking back now the first sign of things starting to go badly was when I was trying to transfer my pictures I took of my friend as part of my photography coursework, the teacher told me to have the camera shoot in RAW+JPEG file format and I had no idea what that really meant but I went a long with it as he recommended it. I was getting confused with the camera settings and the computer wouldn't let me transfer my photos(later knowing now that it was because only sir's computer had the right computer software to save and manipulate these photos..thanks for telling us that sir). I ended up wiping the whole memory from the camera as I didn't realise what formatting meant I just presumed it was to do with jpeg, raw etc but ofc I couldn't tell the teacher that I did that because he has such high expectations for me and I hate it like he expects me to know everything about cameras like I only first used a professional DSLR camera when I borrowed one at the start of the photography A level..

Then it just seemed to go downhill from there as I soon had to retake the pictures as I needed them for my course, adding more stress to my life and homework just kept building up to a point where I started to hate life and honestly I just wasn't myself during that time. I got myself so anxious about everything, so if like me you tend to bottle up your emotions please let them go and talk to someone about it before it gets too bad because until that point I never really knew how bad my anxiety was I mean I nearly had a nervous breakdown I was in such a bad state of mind and on top of that it was mock week in my school which they are treating way too seriously like they even have a mock results day like who even does that?! I'm slowly starting to feel much better and you know what I learnt is to not care so much about school(in my case sixthform) and as bad as that sounds it's honestly the truth because in life there's always gonna be something you could have improved on and something you regret so all you have to do is do your personal best and don't let anyone put you down for doing something you would be proud of! The most important person in life to impress is actually yourself because once you are comfortable with accepting what your strengths and weaknesses are nobody can defeat you! (wow that was deep so moving on)

I'm feeling so much better now & my anxiety has calmed down so much more, it's also just the start of the christmas holidays which makes me super happy! So what do you guys want for christmas? Oh, I need to show you how cute my mini christmas tree looks in my room (decorated by myself ofc) I'm in love with it. Here's a picture with the background lights on-------------------> here's a picture with background lights off

Has anyone watched the christmas film 'The Holiday' with Cameron Diaz and other actors because if that's a no omg please go watch it now it's such a good film.
Another thing like I want proper snow not crappy sleet or a covering on the ground like that's one of my favourite things about winter and I can't even remember the last time I went sledging down a load of hills and made snowman or snow angels on the ground like I miss it loads:(

Hope you guys have a good time off at christmas whatever you're doing and remember you don't need to go off on holiday to have a good time, personally going christmas shopping or snuggling up with family or friends while watching christmas films/listening to christmas music sounds like an amazing time to me!
Have fun, be positive and I promise I'll be blogging more often
Sophie
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Getting in the Christmas Spirit

Hello everyone, how are we all? :')

It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas, everywhere I gooo (I could go on forever but I should probably stop while I can...joke I'll just continue singing in my head). All the christmas lights have been officially switched on everywhere looks so pretty now, if you wanna see how amazing the trinity in leeds looks now then go look below, I took a few pictures!

I honestly don't mind the fact that it's cold because that means it's cosy onesie weather time while snuggling up on the sofa with a hot chocolate mmm that reminds me of yesterday when I was out shopping with my mum and had the nicest hot chocolate ever.

Okay so if you don't believe me that it was the best here's a picture just to make you even more jealous and I know I didn't have any marshmallows because it costed extra but the cream made up for it, was so worth the 30p extra;) (also excuse the half blurry picture I swear well I hope my photography skills are better than this picture as I am doing A level photography I just guess the pressure of capturing the moment got to me hahah...yeah lets go with that.

I'm also extremely proud of myself for not leaving christmas present shopping until the last minute (which I normally always do) but I made a list on my iPad which helped loads so if any of you are stuck for motivation then go write yourself a list on paper or on your phone/iPad/laptop etc. I've got 3 christmas presents so far for my friends and I'm ringing up next tomorrow to see if I can earn some money working on christmas eve and boxing day as they're low on staff at the moment, so I'll let you know how it goes ahh wish me luck guys!

I guess this is a good thing so basically right before we break up for christmas my sixthform are doing this thing called exam week where for like every subject we do a test in it which yes is gonna be hell but at the same time it means I wont actually have that much homework/revision to do during the holidays which makes me extremely happy! So I wanna know have you all got 2 weeks off for christmas like me starting the 19th? I think anyway (you should know by now that I'm so crap at remembering dates like that so I just ask my friends oops, whatever works guys;)

^ In this picture, there also was this random dance band going on which everyone seemed to love, the drumming echoed through the whole of trinity it was crazy but I'm in love with the pretty christmas decorations they have, I mean just look at how pretty it looks below:

Do more of what makes you happy guys
Love Sophie
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Body Positivity

Hey guys, hope you're all good!

Quick reminder that it's only 42 days until christmas (yes I'm that person who has a countdown app counting down until christmas on their phone...don't judge me)

Anyway, before I get distracted I just wanna talk to you about something specifically that is close to my heart, you probably already know from the title name but BODY POSITIVITY more specifically the issue of skinny shaming. I'm just putting this out there I don't know if you'll agree but I feel like with bigger chubbier people everyone is so afraid of offending them (unless you're a prick) and so everybody focuses on defending overweight people, that skinnier people are forgotten about.

This was brought up to my attention by a popular song (I know indirect much) that I know won't have meant to have gone so far with the lyrics that it's skinny shaming people but I still feel somebody should say something about. People automatically assume if you aren't overweight then you shouldn't have anything to worry about, now I'm not talking about being so skinny you are anorexic I mean the group of people above that who are just born naturally skinny and petite.

Personally I would categorise myself as part of this group, hopefully you agree with me on this one but constantly I feel so self conscious of my skinny arms like it's gotten to the point where I now refuse to wear anything not long sleeved or 3/4 length at a push. And I know they'll be people just thinking "well eat more food then" but they are so naive because trust me on this one it really isn't that simple. Like if you saw the amount of crappy junk food I ate, you'd honestly would wonder why I'm not fat!

But now talking to people who fit into both categories; naturally skinny and naturally bigger or overweight people I just wanna say please don't compare yourself to girls online who have spent about 4 hours in hair and makeup and then edited on photoshop because girrll nobody looks like that (my attempt at being sassy oh god). As long as you yourself are happy with your body then all that's left to say is go slay that body. And for people who aren't confident with how you look then please listen to me when I say nobody is completely flawless, all different shapes and sizes are perfect in their own way. If you aren't happy with how you look then go make a change, join the local gym or sports team, even walking is a form of exercise (given how much walking I do a day I know how tiring and strenuous it actually can be).

I wanna end on an exciting note; guess what's being released on the 20th November...
alright I'll tell you it's Mockingjay Part 1! You don't even know how much this excites me, the trailer just looks so damn good

Right, I actually have to do some work, I feel like this is what I procrastinate on constantly oops
Talk to you guys soon and remember love your body!
Sophie
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Hello again

Hey everyone,
Sorry it's been so long since I've made a blog post but you know me I've got my crazy social life to keep up with ;) nah just more like twitter/youtube in bed while eating food...no but seriously I've been piled up with a level homework, anyone who is doing 4 A levels will understand the torture and ridiculous amount of work.

But anyway I wanted to talk to you about over worrying about often nothing at all. Now don't get me wrong there's many occasions when it is necessary to worry about things in life like exams, job interviews and even the future. But I mean to talk about the little things in life to say "Every little thing is gonna be alright" please say you know who I'm referencing too..

For example, like worrying about what teachers are gonna say to you in school the next day like if you were stuck with the homework so you haven't done most of it (especially if you aren't the most confident person like me so you find it hard to stand up for yourselves). Going from what I've learnt (and yes I'm only 16 but age doesn't matter) honestly don't stress about it or stay up way too late trying to figure it out bcos chances are if you are stuck with the work the majority of your class are going to be as well.

And if you just listen to one point here me out on this one: yes there will be the incredibly smart people who annoyingly seem to understand everything but life isn't meant to compare yourself against anyone, if you are happy with how you are doing yourself then don't stop doing what you love because of other people putting you down. This goes with everything in life whether if it's school related if you want to drop or give up with a subject bcos of your teacher/classmates or socially related if you feel like you must quit doing gymnastics(just an example) because you're a guy and you are getting abused bcos of this. Don't give in to the haters because that's exactly what they want, continue doing what you love and go prove them wrong by kicking their butts in that sport/activity/or whatever!

I'll leave you on this final note;
Try do something today which you've always wanted to do but felt you have been held back by other people, no matter how small or big the change is just go for it!

Talk to you soon!
Sophie
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Welcome To My Blog

Welcome to my blog!
I have always wanted to create a blog myself as personally I love reading other people's blogs...shoutout to Zoe Sugg, Tanya Burr, Jim Chapman and Niomi Smart<---- go check them out!

So here goes..
My name is Sophie Annett and I'm 16 years old currently studying psychology, english literature, english language and photography at Rossett Sixth Form. No need to go into all the details about my life, I don't want to bore you. However I thought I'd say why I decided to start blogging well basically I think it's such an amazing way to interact with other people and find out about their lives, however crazy and hectic they may get. Sometimes I think the simplest of lives can be the most entertaining to follow.

I'm just going to jump right in with what's currently on my mind..
Does anyone else find it so hard to get a job nowadays, I've been constantly applying but that's got me nowhere, everyone is so desperate to start earning money while they're younger it's like the hunger games in real life(such an amazing film I'm sure you'll agree). Anyone else ridiculously excited for Mockingjay part 1 and part 2?

Anyone who's just started sixth form or college where there in no longer a uniform will hopefully agree with me when I say how do you create so many different outfits all the time so you don't end up wearing the same thing everyday...I honestly need help
Another thing is often I'll wear something for sixth form that I'll want to wear when I'm home so how on earth do you differentiate "smart casual school clothes" with everyday clothes..anyway oh god I don't wanna start rambling on you but hopefully some of you guys will understand

I guess I wanted to keep the first blog post short so it's just like a short intro
So enjoy and see you soon for my next blog
Byeeee
Sophie!
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(anyone else feel like 1 hearts just not enough idek I should go)