Exciting things..

Hi guys,
so as some of you may know my Youtube video is up now - it is a vlog of my holiday to Ibiza- I must admit that its not as great as some well known youtubers- but then again it is my first video and hopefully I will be able to improve my skills. I'm not sure if you guys want me to do this so if you do please comment and tell me because even if I did this for one of you guys it would be so inspiring for me and definitely help my confidence.

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUHO9KNbFDFmoK2Sh9pfMVQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jkpN1BeT41c&list=UUUHO9KNbFDFmoK2Sh9pfMVQ

What have you guys been up to? I hope you guys have been doing good...

this blog means a lot to me I think it boosts my confidence every time you guys comment on a blog, every view that I get,  I get a bit emotional when I think that you guys actually care to view my blog posts, it makes me so happy. I hope that I can make you as happy as you make me, if there is any chance that I can cheer you up or improve your happiness then just ask me because I wouldn't hesitate to help what I consider one of my friends :)
I hoe you guys liked this post
lots of love,
Erin xoxox

I'm BACCCKKK!

Hi guys!
I am back from Ibiza!
I had such a great time and it was so nice to just relax for a week rather than panicking about school or working. If you guys are on holiday I hope that you are having a good time.
As some of you guys know I announced that I am starting my own Youtube channel, also called Erindaily. This is really nerve wrecking for me- I'm really unsure what you guys are going to think and I am just hoping that you like it and that you are going to be supportive. My first video is going to be a vlog of my holiday- it should be up within the next week or so, I will obviously tell you guys when it is up and I hope you go and watch and enjoy it. This video is basically the test of whether or not I'm going to do anymore videos, so if you like it please comment of give it a thumbs up.
Anyway, I thought I might show you guys some pictures from my trip to Ibiza,

 

This picture is of me when we went on a water taxi to San Antonio which was so much fun- we loved it so much that we went on it 3 times!

 

This is the view from part of our hotel at night, I just thought it was too pretty not to take a picture.

 

This is from the parrot show that happened at the hotel and then we could take pictures- the entertainment was great!

 

These 2 pictures are from the part of the journey where we unfortunately had to leave Ibiza- the first one is on the bus on the way to the airport and the second is from the plane :)

I hoped you liked this little update post and I hope you guys will support me in this scary step for me,
Lots of love
Erin xoxox

University

Hey guys!

so today I went to my first uni open day today and I thought I might tell you guys about it.

So I wen to the Robert Gordon University open day and I have to admit that I did have a few preconceptions going in to Uni but I think this definitely opened up my eyes.

I thought I wanted to go to one specific uni but after going there I don’t know where I want to go, RGU sounds appealing but so do many other Uni’s in Scotland.

The pressure of choosing what you want to do after you leave high school is so hard! I have had a few ideas…. Psychology and Primary Education… Do you guys struggle with these decisions too??? - if you are at an appropriate age of course!

There are so many things that I could do with my life, Social sciences sounds okay seeing as it can lead on to quite a lot of jobs in the future and I can always do a masters after as a postgraduate course.. I DON’T KNOW!?!?!?!?!!?! There are so many decisions to make, where do i study?what do I study?.. These are just a few of the major decisions I am struggling to make recently. High school seem to be very pushy for us to make decisions about what we want to do!

If you guys are going through the same struggles that I am the piece of advice for you guys is to not panic, keep your options open unless you are DEFINITE  about what you want to do and be open about what university you want to go to. Any advice you guys have????

Lots of love

Erin xoxox

The struggle is real!

Hey guys!
So today I have really felt my sleep deprivation kick in - I am SOOO tired!
But because of school and work and revision I can't take a tiny nap!!
I have. A it human biology test tommorow and I have been revising for that since I got home from work at 5. Wow, school is so tiring when you get to a certain point in your educational lifetime (this sounded smart YAY!)
Does anyone else feel like this? I almost feel asleep in English today 3 times!!
Oops...
Oh well I did what I was supposed to do anyway- if you guys are like me I would suggest going to bed a lot earlier..... And trying to minimise stress levels within and out of school.
Sorry if this is a bit of a short blog for you guys but I wanted to out something up for you guys
Please comment and I will be sure to reply!
Lots of love
Erin xoxox

Taekwondo!

Hi guys!
So one of my hobbies is Taekwondo,
I have done martial arts since I was 5 but I started Taekwondo when I was 10 (when I moved back up to Scotland). In March in this year I managed to get my black belt which was such a surreal feeling after working for 5 years for it.

I apologise for the horrific photo- I had just done my grading ;)

Martial arts has become the norm for me because of how long I have done it, I'm not sure if that's a good things but I suppose it is helping me with a few things.
Having the knowledge that I can defend myself definitely makes me feel a bit safer when I'm by myself.
Another reason I love it is because I know that I can keep myself controlled a bit of the time.
If you guys don't have any hobbies I definitely recommend any sort of martial arts it kind of makes me eel a bit safer- that may be a bit ironic since you go to classes to fight with people in which you may get hurt but it definitely makes you feel safer outside of the dojang.
I think it has been proven that martial arts help you to focus and calm yourself done in stressful situations- so if you are in school when you are around that exam period I would definitely suggest going to classes :)
I thought this might be a nice post to share about and I hope that you guys enjoy it and please tell me what your hobbies are in the comments!
Lots of love,
Erin xoxox

School and struggles

Hi guys!
So when i moved from primary school to high school I had the ideal idea that I would stay with the friends I had made then but I reality that didn't happen. During that period of time Im pretty sure people struggle with finding your place. I'm not sure about you guys but I find in my school there are very distinct cliques in my school and I suppose at the start of my high school experience I really didn't fit in to any other - but I would say to you guys don't worry if you are going to college or high school or university- you will make friends they just might be different to the people who you originally thought.
Of course high school is such a hard time with hormones and friends and relationships but I guarantee you guys can get through it- whenever I'm having a tough time at school I just need to think about getting through it and if there was two pieces of advice is like give to you guys it would be
1) keep a positive attitude as much as possible and
2) speak to someone if you are going through a tough time - it could be a close friend it could be a family member but just don't let it build up and then it resulting in you having a break down - because I have been through that and it's not great!
School isn't easy and I think that is almost a given but with the right support system I know anyone can get through it :)
Sorry for the cheesy pep talk but I thiught it might be nice to talk about something that is quite relevant in my life and something that is relevant to a huge percentage of the populations lives too :)
Lots of love
Erin xoxox

Stress and Youtube

Hi guys! 

So today has just been one of those days...

As soon as I got home I feel asleep for an hour and a half and then I had a yummy Chinese takeaway! 

After that I just felt useless - I'm a very fidgety person when im not tired so I decided to go for a walk by myself. 

I think this is such a therapeutic way to just relax or think about things that are important and just have some 'me' time. If any of you guys ever feel stressed I definetly recommend it! Even if it's just a five minute walk about your street. 

I have also discovered a new love for podcasts - I find if you listen to them in bed or whilst your in the bath then it's a nice way to r lad but have still something going on. 

If you are like me and you can't really do just one thing unless you are tired I think that podcasts are the way for you to get your 'destressing' time :) 

Recently I have been having quite a stressful time in school as my homework load has just piled up and tests have become more common - it really takes it out of you! I've got out of the habit of using th shower and am using baths just to try to relax more. If you guys are feeling stressed take a bath and everything seems at least 60% less stressful- TRUST ME!! :) 

If you have read my previous blogs you will notice in one I said I didn't want to start youtube and yet I've decided to launch a channel.. 

Recently I have just thought that videoing some of my life might be a nice way to spend my time and express myself and I hope you guys respect and support that. Although I am quite nervous I just hope you guys will like the videos :) I will still be blogging for you guys but occasionally I will be posting videos on my channel. 

I'm starting this for myself and for you guys (most importantly) I just want you guys to enjoy watching the videos- please take in to account I have just started to make these so I am not an expert in editing and filming - I bought that at the start I will be using my iPhone and then if enough people are enjoying what I am doing the. I will hopefully get a new vlogging camera so at first please don't judge it by the quality and just focus on the content I promise eventually I will have the right equipment to work with and the right blogging technique. 

I hope you guys will like everything and if any of you are feeling stressed you will take a tip from me and try to relax,

I love you guys lots,

Erin xoxox

Exciting Announcement !!!

Hi guys!! So recently I have been really busy with school and stuff so I haven't blogged as muh as I wanted to. I'm very sorry for that but I hope that I can make up for it ;) So as a lot of you know I am OBSESSED with youtube and watch YouTube videos 24/7. I love interacting with you guys and sharing some of my life with you So last week I decided to set up a YouTube channel where I would occasionally post videos  

My Youtube channel!!!

 

I would love it if you guys would go and visit my channel and subscribe if you like that sort of thing. I think that this is a great,exciting opportunity and I hope you guys will enjoy the content. Most of the stuff will be daily vlogs and to start off I am going to vlog some of my holiday to Ibiza which I am going to next weekend for a week. If you guys like it then Im thinking of doing it maybe a few days a month to start off with because I still go to school. In my school holidays I might be able to vlog more - hopefully. I would also like to try something exciting - a competition. For my YouTube channel I will need a banner to put on my profile and maybe even an end slate of you guys want to enter then please send me your creativeness to me to: ogilve2@gmail.com I really hope you guys like this news and will support me in this and I promise that I will try my best to support you guys when you need someone to talk to or post videos you want me to :) Lots of love Erin xoxox
P.S feel free to leave any comments and I will be sure to reply!

What’s wrong with me?!?!?!

Hey guys,
sorry I haven’t posted in a while I have been extremely busy with school!
DISCLAIMER: I am not trying to brag in any shape or form.
So before I start my main written thing I wanted to tell you guys that I got my exam results- I got: English- A,Maths-A,Biology-A,Business Management-A,History-A and Physics-B. Just thought you guys might be interested, if you are interested in my point of view of school and things like that just comment below.
So today I thought I might talk about insecurities.
I have personally experienced my own insecurities a lot of the whole way through my childhood. I have dealt with it in a few different ways. I’m not going to list the things that I don’t like about myself, first of all I don’t want you guys to think I’m looking for complements and I don’t want to point the exact things out.
One that I have already on my blog is that I look half my age. I am 15, but you don’t know how many times I have been mistaken for a 9 or 10 year old- it’s not fun.

(I know this isn’t the best photo of me but I thought I owed it to you that I didn’t post an edited photo of me in which I thought I looked reasonable enough to post on a social networking site.)
I have always looked young. When you are a teenager like me you normally go through a lot of changes in your body which a lot of the time I haven’t experienced, for example I am really small and the spots that I get don’t break through the surface of my skin, this means I have really smooth looking skin- that of a childs or pre-teen. Anyway I have dealt with this in a few ways. many of you may know that your parents just say “ignore it, you look fine” or something very similar. This may work for some of you I’m not sure but it certainly didn’t work for me- you look in the mirror every morning and you see yourself- a constant reminder of your insecurities. I honestly don’t think there is one specific way for someone to deal with these thoughts- for me I still haven’t thought of something that works- one warning: crying doesn’t help! For me i just think there isn’t much you can do to change it so you may as well live with it.
If you are like me and are someone who constantly think about what others think of you all I can say is try and please yourself before others- chances are nobody will care if you don’t put on the latest ‘trendy’ shoes.If you are scared people will point out your securities then try to blank that and if someone does do that they obviously aren’t a good friend (unless they are doing it unintentionally).
I promise to those of you who have an insecurity (which has to be all of you, nobody is perfect)  that there is nothing wrong with you.
I know that this has been quite a dreary blog post about a dreary subject that probably none of you talk about but I thought I owed it to you guys to try and help some of you guys and if you have an insecurity.
I love you all!
Lots of love
Erin xoxox

P.S: I have decided that I want to speak to and/or help as many of you as I can so if you ever want to talk please just e-mail me on:
Ogilve2@gmail.com

Grief

Hi guys,

So today was my cousins funeral.

This was my first ever funeral that I was allowed to go to and it was a completely new experience for me. This was a humanist service which meant it didn't have any religious side to it which apparently is a bit different to most funerals. 

I didn't know how I would cope although I do know that I am a very emotional person which meant that I was definetly going to cry- infavt most if the service I was trying not to cry. At the end of the service he went in his last journey to go and get cremated the following day. This is when it really hut me- I was walking down towards the exit and saw everyone crying and the thought of a man who I grew up with going to be lot on fire set me off and I broke down. 

After the service we went to the wake where the atmosphere wasn't as sad as the service which definetly calmed me down. 

Coping with grief is a very difficult thing to deal with especially when a close relative dies. It didn't hit me until  about 10 minutes after my mum told me he was dead. I then burst in to tears and let a lot of my grief out. When I came to the funeral I really realised that that was the place to cone to terms with my cousin never coming back. Which I think was partially the reason that I started crying because I knew that even if he was in his coffin that was the closest I would very be to him ever again.

To those of you who might be coping with grief now I tell you that if you are too scared to go to the funeral or any type of service comemerating their lives definetly go- it will definetly help you come to terms with your loss and I think it helps your grieving process a lot. It will get better. I promise.

Lots of love,

Erin xoxox

I'd like to dedicate this to my cousin -  Josh Gauld- age 23 you will be sorely missed and will never be forgotten R.I.P. XXXXX

Summer has finally begun!!

Hey guys!
So similarly to some of you guys I am now on school holidays for the summer! YAY!
We are given 6 weeks off this year and usually i have real trouble coming up with things to do and keep myself busy with. This year has been slightly different from that respect. I have barely had a day to spare because I have been so busy recently.

Last week I went to the beach twice in one week, last week when it was hot... well- 25 degrees celsius, thats probably not very hot to some of you who read this but to us Britons 25 degrees is the equivalent to a draught! I used my new things (in my last blog post i wrote about them) a lot recently especially my bikini and shorts, those shorts have been a LIFESAVER! When I go in the sea i wear my bikini and those shorts on top and I have learnt that they are brilliant, they don't stick to you uncomfortably like denim shorts, they let you move around easily in the sea and I just generally love them... then again I love most of the things I buy from Primark!

I love keeping busy, and going to the beach is a great way to spend with my friends... I mean whats better to lay in a line and burn our skin simultaneously and then freeze to death a few times in the sea! I love going out with my friends and becoming closer to them!

AND NOW PLEASE WELCOME........ another hideous photo of me (I'm on the right) next to one of my pretty friends......

I have been doing other things other than going to the beach like bowling and going to an amusement park.

Im pretty sure most of you reading this will be aware of those stupid machines at the arcade in which the aim is to win a cuddly toy and nobody ever wins them.
Well my friends I would like to announce that I won a cuddly toy! That may be a shock to a few of you but just calm down and breath ;). This shows how productive my summer holidays are.. the highlight of my time off is winning a despicable me cuddly toy haha.

Another thing which I have done in the holidays is go to the cinema. I have seen 'The Fault In Our Stars'. I really wanted this to be as good as the book and as emotional.. I cried at the book so I was expecting to cry at the film.
NOPE.
Don't you hate it when there is a really intense moment in a film and in some cases a really sad moment- there was a lot of these in The Fault In Our Stars- and a bunch of silly little children decide to talk the whole way through the film and when they aren't doing that they cry extremely loudly, but feel the need to tell everyone in their row that they are crying... WHY!
These people ruined the atmosphere for me meaning I didn't get the experience I was hoping for from this film.. *quietly cries in the corner*

So yeah, that is what my holiday has so far consisted of apart from working occasionally: the beach,bowling,theme parks and annoying little children!!!!
I hope you guys are enjoying your holidays (if you have them) if not go ahead and just hang out with your friends even doing nothing with them increases your summer happiness by about 110%
Lots of love,
Erin xoxox

SHOPPING!!!!

Hey guys!!!
So i'm not sure if you guys will like this sort of thing but about a week ago me and my sister went to Primark on a little shopping spree for summer and I thought I might share the items we got.
We were given a £20 limitation to spend and because its Primark we got a decent amount of items!!!

So the first thing that I bought was a pair of comfy shorts. I don't have any other pairs like these and I feel like they are good for lazy days and are just sooooo comfortable! I loved the pattern of them and i loved the bright colours and overall just thought they would be great for summer!

So the second thing I got was my new bikini. I really needed a new one, so I tried on ALOT of different styles and because Im quite thin and I don't have too many curves I came to the conclusion of this one. I really love the bright green and I like the style of the top part, I think it's definitely good for someone like me who is quite small chested!

The third thing that I got was a skirt. I kept on wanting a new skirt and I came across this one and thought it would be good for summer but I also think that it goes well with tights s i could wear it in slightly colder weather.

So i also got these pyjamas which I am now OBSESSED with! my sister spotted them for me and I really love them! because they have shorts and a non-sleeve top I think they are great for summer seeing as I can get very hot extremely easily when am wrapped in a cacoon of my duvet!Plus it really does sum up my personality, I love food!!!!

Now, this isn't just a pointless selfie, the sunglasses on my head were another one of my purchases from primark I love them! They have mirror lens type thins so that when you are looking at someone they can see themselves in your glasses. i thought they were every good value for the price... £1!!! I say that but I bet with my luck they are going to break soon now haha!

I hope you guys like this style of blog, I enjoy making them :) Tell me in the comments if you like them!
Hope you guys are doing well!
Lots of love
Erin xoxox

SURPRISE!

Hi guys!
So on Wednesday as some of you might know if you read my previous blog me and some of my friends decided to surprise one of our best friends for her 16th birthday!
It was held at my house and my friends will testify that I was FREAKING out before she arrived, I thought I was going to give the game away…. luckily that didn’t happen, below is a little snippet of  my friends surprise….

Friends surprise!

So after the big surprise we all ate to our hearts content!!!
The way to bond a bit more with your friends is definitely to throw a surprise party with them!
Sorry this is a short blog guys but i thought this would be a cute blog post to share with you guys
Lots of love,
Erin xoxoxoxox

Music is my life!

Hi guys!
So I’m sure many of you feel the same way as me!
I am constantly listening to music, I’m listening to music as I’m writing this sentence! (Mary Poppins: spoonful of sugar to be exact).
Walking to school/work, when I’m bored in my room, in the car even in the shower sometimes! I am constantly on my music app on my phone or on Spotify or youtube!
I find that it also affects my mood ALOT! For instance when I know I need to get to sleep that is when I play my ‘Calm’ playlist on my phone or when I want to have a karaoke filled day I play my ‘Favs’ playlist because I know all the words to all of those songs!
So I am not the typical teenager who is obsessed with boy bands etc I mean there are some bands which i am obsessed with like McFly and Busted otherwise known as McBusted.. I went to see the in concert (There will be a whole post on that at some point). But then again I like band that a lot of people haven’t even heard of like ‘The Coronas’ or some people might know them, ‘The Vaccines’.
I like pop music but if you look on my phone then you will see a large percentage of the genre of music on my phone is either singer/songwriter,rock or Indie. So yeah… not the typical fan girl of One Direction! Don’t get my wrong I like some of their songs I am just not crazy about them, no offense all of you directioners hehe.
When I am watching a film I find the soundtrack is extremely important, I am listening to the Fault In our Stars soundtrack and I haven’t even seen the film yet . I am soooo excited to see it!!!but anyway i like some of the songs I have to admit I don’t see where some of the songs would fit in but I guess when I watch it in a few days I shall see where they can fit in.
So some of my favourite artists are : McBusted, The Vaccines, Frank Turner, Tom O’Dell and I probably loads of others that I can’t all write!
haha!
If you guys need to calm yourself down or cheer yourself up I would definetly suggest listening to the appropriate music! For calming yourself down ed Sheehan is usually good and for cheering yourself up I find any upbeat song will do for example 'Let it go' from frozen. If you guys need to go to sleep quickly I definetly suggest listening to 'stay awake' from the Mary poppins soundtrack .. Gets me everytime!!
Hope you liked this blog post!
Lots of love,
Erin xoxox

Keeping Busy!

Hey Guys!

So I have just finished school for this term.. YAY!.. or not :/

Going on summer holidays is gladly welcomed by almost every single pupil across the world. in my opinion… yes the summer is great and sometimes you just need a break from soaking up all the information that you need to pass your exams but then again there are some bad sides of summer.

After a few weeks (unless you are going on holiday somewhere) I find that the summer holidays can get really boring. After exhausting all of the possibilities that you could possibly do during your time away from school I don’t know about you but I tend to get really bored. This usually results in me hibernating in my bed for about 2 weeks. Not the best way to spend my short time on this Earth..

Then again it’s my first week of the holidays and I am living in the present! I am keeping SUPER busy!

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Monday: working

Tuesday:working

Wednesday: Surprising my great friend for her 16th and sleepover

Thursday: meeting up with an amazing friend who i haven’t seen in a year 

Friday: Going to see the fault in our stars!!! ( Our cinema gets it very late okay!!) hehe

Saturday: working and meeting up with Dad

Sunday: seeing lots of friends and family!

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Yes it is a very busy schedule!!! But I am super excited for this week i can earn me some money and cheer up a great friend for her birthday. What more could you ask for!

In my case I really need to keep myself busy! If you are bored or something whilst you are reading this comment and I am sure to reply soon! I promise! If that’s what it takes to make sure you guys are having a great summer then that’s exactly what I’m going to do! PLUS I really love seeing your comments and chatting with you guys!

I hope you liked this short blog

I’ve got plenty more ideas for blogs so keep an eye out ;D

Lots of love

Erin xox

Emotions

Hey guys,

So I don't really share how I feel to people very often. I have no control over my emotions! My feelings aren't something that I prioritise which I suppose is pretty bad. I think I always seem to care about what others think of me and not how I feel. 

I bottle up all of my emotions and just let them explode about once or twice a month. I know that it isn't healthy but there's not much I can do about it :P I know that if you bottle up like I do you should probably talk to someone BLAH BLAH BLAH!! But what if don't feel comfortable talking to people about stuff? For me I would say that I have one friend who I can share deep stuff with maybe a second but only on occasion. It doesn't mean that I don't love hanging out with my friends or that I don't trust them etc. but in my opinion you have to feel naturally comfortable talking to someone and not be forced! 

When you are a teenager you get ALOT of hormones and you can have horrible days or really good days - or mostly in my case- you can get days where you feel fine at the start, and then all of a sudden.. BOOM!! I explode into tears or BOOM!! I have a massive tantrum filled with screaming and shouting ... I pretty sure that's normal... I hope.. :) 

If you are in a similar situation than me then I think yeah! You should talk to someone BUT you should be 100% comfortable talking to them about it and you have to make sure that they are listening to you. If you don't think you have someone like that in your life review all the possible people who come close to being in that bracket of people and decide who you trust the most. 

If you are a teenager like me and you struggle with hormones I think we need to just take a deep breath for a while and relax - a good way of venting some of your frustration is by writing it down that could be a possibility for you! Think relaxing/happy thoughts like the sun setting or people who make you feel happy like a family member or a friend or a partner :) 

Hope you likes this post guys!

Lots of love

Erin Ogilvie xoxox

Stigmas and Stereotypes

Hey guys,
So today I am going to talk to you about stigmas, specifically about peoples body shapes and sizes.
So personally I am stereotyped all the time because I am quite thin, the reason being I have an extremely high metabolism rate. I really don't like it when people assume it is because I don't eat much or something because I can tell you here and now that IS not the case! My sister will testify for me if you wish! My life practically revolves around food! When people assume these things I don't think they can realise the repercussions they can have on people.
I'm not a large girl, length of width ways but I believe I have experienced some of the same things as some of those people. I know that you can feel very self aware. I know that you can get very annoyed at yourself for naturally being that way or even if its caused by your food intake. Some people are naturally larger than average and when people assume that they are big because they are greedy it can't help their self esteem.
I'm not trying to an expert in this kind of thing but I do know how it feels to be judged based on your appearance. The stereotypes don't help with confidence and I just want to help those of you who might be going through the same thing and inform those of you who aren't affected just how much of an impact your comments can have on someone.
Not in my case.. but just imagine some of the consequences those comments are going to have on someone; they could develop an eating disorder or become very self conscious.
Anyway, why judge someone on their weight or height. If you are truly a nice person you will judge someone on their personality. Get to know them before making assumptions and hurting their feelings In the process!
So I say to all of you people out there who are self conscious or not happy with their body, you are all beautiful! Don't let stupid stigmas stand in your way of being happy with yourself! it doesn't matter if you are a 8UK size or an 22UK size you are still pretty amazing! :D (sorry for the cringe worthiness!!!)

So after reading this look at this picture and ask yourself would you judge this person???

I hope you guys got the general gist of what I was trying to say

Lots of love,

Erin xoxox

CLONE!!!

Hey guys!!!

So I'm pretty sure all over the world there are trends set. for example a couple of years ago there was a fashion craze of short, tight skirts at my school and probably other places too :) At that point I would say I was about twelve. Every girl at my school was wearing these skirts - all except...... my friends.

Okay so me and my friends aren't exactly the "popular kids" in school and as a joke we have called ourselves the rejects of the rejects. I have a very random group of friends all of whom have crazy personalities and even though we are all so different we can agree on many things one of them being:

Don't follow trends just because it is a trend.

I think that this is a very fair statement. Why do something If you don't like it but everyone else does... it makes no sense!

So when this skirt trend was occurring only the people in my friendship group wore those skirts who like them.
If you are out there on your phone, laptop or tablet or whatever you are reading this on and you think that you are doing something that you don't like I have one thing to say to you... change that :)
Do whatever you like... if you are seen as uncool or something stupid like that then whoever says that are obviously not good friends. I know I am sounding just like your mother right now but just ignore those people and enjoy the life that you have sculpted for yourself not that everyone else has sculpted for you! :D

Please don't be offended if you do stuff that a lot of other people do as well... I just want you to know that it is okay to be different and follow your own brain and not be controlled by others. As long as you do that I think its fine to do the same as everyone else because that way you can enjoy something that you like with others who do as well :)

Sorry its a bit short today guys,
Lots of Love,
Erin xoxox

Schoooool

Hey guys,

So school can be tough for some people and some people are just naturally in their element there. I guess you could say that I have experienced both sides of school.

 

So school was kind of tough in Primary School for me, not knowledge wise but because I was bullied. I know bullying is a very common thing all around the world so I'm pretty sure most of you guys reading this have experienced bullying in some form or another. Ever since I was 5 I have had the spot on the side of my face (its actually a calcium deposit) and ever since my adult teeth grew in I have had an overbite- I hate it when people call it buck teeth. So my appearance was something which was tough for me to be satisfied with the whole way through primary school, and even now in my penultimate year of High School. I don't think I dealt with the bullying very well... I think due to my own insecurities I wasn't very kind about certain people and I think I did to a certain extent bully people as well.. I wasn't a very nice person in my last year or so of Primary School (when I was 11).

 

So in school I suppose academically I have found the work quite easy to handle(apart from woodwork and physics :/ ) *Disclaimer - I'm not trying to showing off at all!* I think I have dealt with the work quite well. Last year I took 6 subjects to do my exams in - Physics, Biology, Maths, English, History and Business Management. In my mock exams I got three A's and three B's- but hopefully I did better in them in my actual exams.

Aside from those difficulties I think I have found most of the rest of school okay...ish.

 

Let's talk study leave......... This was probably the most stressful time in my life so far! I had 5 weeks leave from school- you may think that was a lot but believe me if I could get a longer time off then I would certainly take it!!! I'm still worrying about my results- I don't get my results for another month. I don't think I will even be able to open the envelope when I get it through the mail.

 

This year at a higher level I am taking 5 subjects- English, Maths, Human Biology, Business Management and Modern Studies which is kind of like politics :) I think so far the only one I'm kind of struggling with a bit is Maths.

 

Homework:

So this is probably one of the worst things about school, personally I find it difficult to motivate myself to do the work unless it is something that really interests me. For instance I have just finished a poster for Higher Human Biology but I still have English and Maths homework *yawn*...

 

So overall I think my feelings towards school are mixed I like it partially but especially as you move towards the higher stages of education it can become very stressful! But I have decided that this year I have to try and calm myself down more and prepare myself a bit more for mock exams in January. I hope those of you who go to school are doing well or are coping well with it if not then try and look at the positive side of things - ask your friends for help or family or even me if you are comfortable with that :) - I always strive to do that!

 

 

Lots of Love,

Erin xxx

P.S If you want to you can comment about your experiences from school and if you have any problems I will try to help you as best as I can if you comment them down below xx

The Internet.

Hi Guys!
So I am OBSESSED with Youtube. My life practically revolves around it. I know it's ridiculous and I should be doing better things with my free time like going outside etc. etc.... But I just love it! I love watching the everyday videos and just hearing about other peoples lives. maybe that's kind of what got me motivated enough to even muster up the confidence to start a blog. If you have read my first blog post you would have seen that I have taken my inspiration from Youtubers such as Zoella, Tanya Burr and there are SOOO many more! Jim Chapman, Niomi Smart, Anna SacconeJoly, Louise Pentland, there are so many I can't name them all!

At one point I thought I might try making videos on Youtube I even created the channel and filmed half a video.. but then again I don't think I have the confidence to post videos of myself weekly or have the knowledge to edit and come up with different ideas for videos. Right at this moment I would say I am quite content with typing up all of my thoughts on to this blog for you guys to see :) To me I think it is sooooo cool that I can just post my thoughts on the internet and people from all over the world might be interested! if you are reading this please comment which country you are from I would love to see who reads this and where they are from!

The Internet is a crazy thing to me the fact that people can go on little or big devices and contact other people who live on the other side of the world to them.

Seeing as I am almost constantly on the Internet anyway writing this blog thankfully hasn't been too confusing for me to start up! Still.. it has been a bit crazy to get my head around a few things like my audience on this blog. I have only just started this blog and yet people from India, America and a few other countries have seen it... that blows my mind! *DISCLAIMER- I promise I'm not bragging I haven't had that many views as I type this now* I would really like your feedback on this blog any suggestions or anything I would love to see in the comments :)

Well I feel like you are probably going to be a bit bored at this point so I shall round up todays post with a few very true pictures which I find very funny:

Lots of Love,
Erin xxx

Girly Girl or Tomboy?

Hey Guys :)
Welcome to my blog!
So today I shall be talking about what kind of a girl I am ... *rolls eyes*.
So there are two stereotypical types of girl- Girly girl or Tomboy.
When I was in Primary school (for those of you who don't live in the UK primary school is for 4/5-11/12 year olds) I had no idea what kind of girl I was. I kept on bouncing between the two until one momentous occasion when my dad said to me and my sister, "why aren't either of you a tomboy?" From that moment on I decided that I wanted to be a tomboy. I fulfilled the stereotypes of a tomboy from the age of about 9-12. I wore baggy clothes and played a lot of sports. Looking back I really don't think it is my kind of personality, but then again I am a growing girl and especially when I'm that immature I probably had no idea what kind of person I am/was.
So when I went into High School I think I decided that I wanted to be a lot more girly than before and therefore I decided to call myself a Girly Girl... I was still very young so I still didn't wear any make-up but I did start following all of the girl trends e.g short, SHORT, skirts... If I could travel back in time I would definitely tell myself off for that.
I think last year or the year before I decided that I didn't need to be either of these stereotypical girls.. *cue the cheesy statement* ..I could be my own person! So I drastically decided to cut my hair off very short.. this drastic picture of me shows just that.

As my hair started to grow back I think my confidence in myself grew too and I 'found myself'...

this picture shows how silly I became and I think it shows just how much I bloomed as a person ever since I was about 12/13. I think this just goes to show that you don't need to be a clone of society around you.

Right now I would say I am an inbetween of a Girly girl and tomboy.. I occasionally like make-up but not clarted all over my face and I like playing sports and baggy tops like anyone who likes to be comfortable I suppose :) I think my personality has shown how much I love the outdoors and has taught me that all you need is family and friends :) So overall its okay to be yourself! You don't need to follow the crowd!

Lots of Love,
Erin xxx
P.S Please leave a comment I would love to have a chat with whoever reads this :D

Sports Day!!!

Hey amazing people who are reading this,
today was my schools sports day so I thought I might show/tell you about my day :)
I did 3 sports today, the first of which was dodgeball..... we won!!! YAYYYY!!! :D
Then we played basketball which showed me just how unfit I really am haha :P we also won that which I certainly wasn't expecting!
We then stopped for a bit for a burger HALLELUJAH!! It was sooo good, meat, ketchup and grease all in a bun is the best thing ever! You can tell I'm a carnivore haha.. :P
Me and my friends also decided that we wanted to get our face painted like warriors with sripes across our face before we played Rounders :)

yeah... you can tell that we aren't typical teenagers haha :P btw if you haven't been on my blog before I am the one on the very far right :)

So after that we played our games of rounders and won... WHOOP! WHOOP! The bonus of that was I managed to get my sister out because she was in he opposing team mwahahahaha!!!!
Then we decided to put up some posters around our school about this pupils vs teachers quiz which will be televised in October ... so that's exciting!!!
But anyway thanks for reading this and congratulations if you made it this far!!!
Love Erin x

Who am I?

Hey :)
If there is anyone reading this my name is Erin... But then again you probably guessed that.
I'm fifteen and Scottish... I don't have the stereotypical accent though, my dad is English and my mum is Scottish so I don't really have an accent but if I would choose then I suppose it would be more of an English accent.
I'm obsessed with Youtube and have been inspired to started a blog by many Youtubers like Zoella, Tanya Burr and Jim Chapman.
I'm not sure if anyone will ever be interested in this but I thought why not give it a try seeing as it sounds fun :)
btw there will probably be an excessive amount of smiley faces, frozen references and harry potter references haha :P < see told you ... I'm not sure exactly what ill be blogging about but I think I'll do it about once a week :) So I thought maybe you might want to see a picture of me, forgive me of my lack of knowledge of blog posting.. sorry but I'm sure I will get up to speed soon... I hope. So this picture is of me and 2 of my best friends when we went camping. For those few people who are actually reading this, I'm the one who looks 8 in the middle :/

I'll probably do something like a 10 facts about me kinda thing next so if you liked this little intro kind of thing then please read my next one :)
Sorry for the lack of knowledge on my part :)
thanks for continuing to read all of this amateurish blog post and congratulations if you read this far :)
Love, Erin <3