Onward and upwards to 2015!

2015 is fast approaching, and I know that I am not the only one to have marveled at how quickly this year has gone! Months seem to have been as brief as minutes and events such as birthdays, starting at new schools and universities, holidays and now Christmas all seem to have blown past in a tornado of celebration and excitement. The fact Christmas is nearly over when yesterday seems like December the 1st is scary enough. I am not quite mentally prepared to face a brand new year in a mere 10 days.

However, in my case, 2014 has passed by so quickly because so many exciting things have happened. I have been luckier than I ever could have dreamed this year, more so in the last five months, and I am truly thankful to whoever is up there helping me to gain the opportunities and successes that I have. As we prepare to depart from 2014 and enter into a brand new year, I felt there was no better time than now to write about my year- what I am happy to have achieved, what I am happy to be leaving behind and, best of all, what I am looking forward to in the new year! So grab some festive treats, get yourself comfy and read on…

2014- The highlights.

By the time 2014 rolled around, I had been 18 for just two months so, as you can probably imagine, the first few months of 2014 are a bit of a blur! However, I know there were a lot of night’s out with my boyfriend’s friends, who I had never really met before, and so I remember I had been quite nervous about making a good impression! However, I had some of the best night’s I have ever had with them all, and some of them are my best memories from 2014!

Further into 2014, I started to work on my fitness and health as I was starting to feel a bit uncomfortable about the way I looked. As a girl who despises most forms of exercise, I was a bit wary of starting to go on bike ride’s with my boyfriend- especially when I hadn’t ridden a bike in 6 years! The first ride made me a bit anxious but like people say, you never forget how to ride a bike! After this I went on several bike rides and luckily 2014 was a brilliant year weather wise (for England anyway!) so there was always lots of great photo opportunities!

Leaving secondary school was a huge positive in my year. Unsure about university, I didn’t really know where my life was headed, but all I can say is that I couldn’t wait to get out of school and away from idiotic rules about jewellery and nail varnish (my two favourite things) and away from nasty, vindictive and judgemental classmates. The last day was fun however, as we transformed the school into Disneyland and dressed as some of Disney’s well loved characters.

All too quickly summer rolled around, and as I had left school for good, we were given an extended summer- nearly 4 months long! House parties, bike rides, BBQ’s, picnics, baking, beach days, meeting the cast of Hollyoaks, my school Leaver’s Ball, seeing Eminem live, spending the day with WYA and getting to host my own radio show as part of a media project, getting my exam results and getting into my first choice university, my holiday to Amsterdam and of course celebrating 4 years with my wonderful boyfriend. It was possibly the busiest summer I have ever had, and if I were to write in depth about it all, you’d soon lose interest! I’ve selected my favourite photos from each event to share with you instead, because so much went on!

Meeting Joe from Hollyoaks!

Meeting Robbie and Dennis from Hollyoaks!

     

The Leavers Ball with my boyfriend, Alex.

Joining a friend on a media project with WYA and hosting our own show together- this is what lead to my permanent show now!

Celebrating my great exam results, and getting into my first choice uni- can’t believe I managed to do it!

Spending a week in Amsterdam- by far my favourite city!

Celebrating 4 amazing years with Alex- was definitely not always easy, but always been worth it!

I also started my blog on the 31st July 2014. There is no picture for this but obviously this was a huge part of my year. I have had so many opportunities and doors opened to me thanks to my blog, have tweeted with “celebrities” such as Katie Hopkins and Mummy Felstead regarding my writing and have also become an in house member of Go Think Big, who have provided me with all of my oppotunities to date!

Meeting Mandem on the Wall at Carat Media!

Meeting Q Magazine’s Art Director!

Meeting Radio One DJ Gemma Cairney!

Spending an evening at Channel 4!

Meeting Kenny Campbell, editor of the Metro.

And interned at Closer Magazine!

The start of November saw me celebrating my 19th birthday! The day was spent having lunch at a fancy cafe that specializes in chocolate based dishes, followed by an evening in London at the Bubba Gump restaurant with Alex, strawberries, champagne and a Tiffany’s bracelet!

Friday’s with Florence Grace will begin in January 2015!