Concerts & Advice

Hey guys!
I have returned, dun dun dunn (now starts the most anticlimactic beginning to the blog ever..)

This week has been pretty good considering I've only been in school Monday and Tuesday. Forgot to say but Friday I'm off to a Jessie J concert in Scarborough with one of my best friends so hence why I'm not in school, just feel so ill you know;) I'm super excited as I haven't been to a concert since April which feels like ages ago if you're a concert goer like me.

So Thursday we had a "study day" as our sixthform liked to call it while year 11s had their taster day where they suggested to start planning our personal statements. Surprisingly I've decided to listen to school and attempt to start my personal statement. Although for me it's a lot easier having an older brother who has previously gone through the same experience so I can look at his to help me and just generally get advice from him. For anyone in the same position as me who's finding it hard I just wanna say a few things (and no I don't claim to be an expert but I feel like you don't have to be to give decent advice).

Top tips for dealing with the future-

• Right now we're potentially having to decide and plan out what we want to do for our future which can be a pretty scary thing. A lot of people deal with it in different ways but I feel like the best way to deal with it is a combination of things for example like not constantly thinking/worrying about it but leaving a reasonable amount of time to think things through properly.
• Always keep your options wide open and don't restrict yourself to one pathway in life as if that doesn't work out you're gonna be screwed so always have a backup plan.
• Last and most importantly; always do what you personally want and feels right for you! Even if it means going out of your comfort zone, as long as you aren't being peer pressured into anything then I say just go for it, the best things in life don't happen by chance (unless you're on about the lottery but that's like impossible to win so yeah moving on)

So I was out last weekend taking pictures for photography as we got set a different challenge to do, I got moving landscapes which was harder than I thought as whenever you want a certain weather condition it just never happens. While I was there I went to the Monet gardens and the Alhambra gardens and I took a few pictures of course, so here ya go:

As you can probably tell, I've become so obsessed with using small depth of field on anything just because personally I think it's such a statement in a picture focusing on one subject in the foreground then the background is blurry which adds a cool effect. I went to Jessie J's concert in Scarborough open air theatre yesterday and wow she killed it especially after just being in hospital after 2 operations she was amazing. If you get a chance to see her I would highly recommend it she has a stunning voice and definitely knows how to get the audience on their feet! So here's a few pictures from yesterday:

She always wears a light top with the name of the place she's performing at which I love and then later on in the night she literally threw it off. Excuse the picture to the right as I know it's very dim lighting but I did have the flash on just the stage lighting was a bit crap at that moment. She was pretending to be a shark because she said at the start of masterpiece (if you haven't heard her single, go listen now) it sounds like the beginning of a shark chase which I found so funny. Jessie is honestly so down to earth, awkward (like me) and funny I love her.





It's also a later post (still Saturday though so give me some credit) as early in the morning today I went to York with my mum, auntie & uncle, other auntie & uncle & my little cousins for a lunch meal out and then to shop beforehand. I got the cutest little turtle as you can see below and a sparkly duck egg blue nail polish for myself so I'm pretty happy. Also here is a picture of this (I think monumental building) in York with the pretty sky because why not.  (ps sorry about the awkward space I don't get why it's there either)

It's a handmade turtle that I bought from a cute little shop in York, I'm obsessed with cute little animals.

Sorry about the messy layout of images but I'll get a hang of it soon enough, but for any of you wondering I always edit all my photos on Photoshop elements which is good enough like I see no need to upgrade at all especially as it's ridiculously expensive. So we will speak again next week the day after my birthday and when I'll officially be off school for 6 weeks hell yeah. Hang in there guys, not long now!
Sophie
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