Don't Give Up

Failing could be the best thing for you. It helps you learn, you appreciate success more and it will help you find what you truly love.

Failing in school or failing to maintain stability with your mental health means that you can learn and improve on how you felt and what not to do next time.

Suicide Squad

First of all before I even write anything about the review. I want to wish that all those who lost loved ones in the 9/11 attacks in 2001 are being supported and loved by all. What happened is so tragic and even now 15 years later it is still a massive part of peoples lives and it will be forever. I was lucky enough in 2012 to travel to New York and see the Memorial being built. The fountains are beautiful pieces of history for the people who tragically lost their lives. 

They are gone but will never be forgotten.

I went to see Suicide Squad quite a few weeks ago and I loved it. The last review I wrote was Batman vs Superman and I explained how I didn't really like it. I find DC are very action focused in their movies.

Does it ever end?

The thought of forever having a mental health illness used to make me feel trapped but after 5 years I have found that just because you have this hidden illness you don't have to feel like it rules over you.

Accepting there is something wrong is the best place to start. It took me at least a year and a half to accept that I had something wrong with me. After having gone through the most awful year of my life I decided to sit down and talk to someone about it. Accepting it was the best thing I have ever done about my mental health because accepting you have a problem but refusing to let it defeat you shows strength. No matter how long it takes. 

The good and bad days are the tricky bits. The good days are fantastic because you are so used to having bad days everyday to the point where a good day is a luxury. I 100% appreciate the good days now but the bad days show me how far I have come. When you have a bad day just try to remember that a good day will appear sometime. If you give up you will never know when that good day will come.

1, 2, 10 years down the line you won't know what your life will be like. I never expected 4 years ago that I will be writing a blog that I cherish so much advising people on how to cope, giving advice or sharing my mental health stories. There are so many people with mental health issues in the UK but the Government have made cut backs to the services that help us. With that service taken away I think its important to find a coping mechanism that suits you whether you have Anxiety, Depression, Schizophrenia or an Eating disorder. 

Mental Health is definitely underestimated and pushed aside. 1 in 4 people will experience a mental health problem in any given year. You will probably work with someone facing a MH problem. With this 9 in 10 people with a mental illness will experience stigma and discrimination where nearly 3 in 4 young people fear the reactions of friends when they talk about their mental health problems 

(TimetoChange.org.uk, 2016)

Anyone who wants to overcome an mental health problem are so STRONG because waking up, getting out of bed and living through everyday feels like hell and trust me I know how hard it is. By waking up and deciding that today you will fight back against your own mental state makes you BRAVE. They hold on to life even when it feels like its slipping away. That makes you AMAZING. 

So no it never ends but accepting its a part of you makes it easier to live with. You are not crazy, out of your mind or nuts. You are unique, one of a kind and YOU. Nobody can beat that. 

Good Luck. I love you all. 

 Emily xx

V Festival 2016

So last Sunday Me, my sister and my boyfriend all went to V Festival at Weston Park, Stafford. It was our first proper festival. My sister had encountered her first unpleasant sighting at someone taking drugs which are of course bad for you and the people around you. The amount of people either on drugs or drunk was kind of an eye opener at how people try so hard to have a good time that they end up ruining it for themselves and the people they are with. Not everyone was bad though. We had some pleasant conversations with happy drunks and people in general. The whole experience was very different to what I thought. No that's the negatives out the way. Enjoy some of my pictures and some of my stories from my awesome 1st festival.

DNCE 

John Newman

Faithless

These are only a few of my favourite acts. Troye Sivan and Tinie Tempah were also in there. The crowds going wild. Jumping up and down until my knees ached. I loved it. Live music sort of sinks into the soul making me feel alive.

Music is a big part of me and I love that it can bring people together. I have made a spotify playlist of all the music I enjoyed listening to at V festival which I will leave underneath this for you to enjoy.

Thanks for reading :)

Love, 

Emily xx

Makeup Revolution Blush Palette first impressions

I have seen so many different blush palettes on blogs and on youtube that I have decided to try them out for myself. I usually stick to the single blush sets as I find changing colour of my blush quite daunting because they can either be too pale or too vibrant. So I stepped out of the comfort zone and went for it and got myself a palette.

New beginnings

With everyone getting their A Level results during the week I thought that I would help shed some light on those that maybe feel like they didn't do well enough.

It's the start of something new! 

Now to be serious life is full of missed opportunities, mistakes and failures but when you have the power to create your own lives like Sir Richard Branson, Simon Cowell, Kate Moss or Cheryl Cole. When you have a talent or a passion you thrive to excel in you will find a way. Whether it takes years or  months if you never give up on your dream that's the biggest accomplishment in life.   

These few months of either University, Apprenticeships or working in a career. These will all be the start of a very long and bumpy journey; And coming from a girl who failed her AS but had amazing A Level results at the end it shows that with a little bit of passion and who lot of hard work. You can set yourself on the right path. I can say for sure that things never come to you easy you either put in the hard work and passion for something or you don't and end up being disappointed at yourself afterwards. 

Never give up on your dreams just look for a better angle and everything will be fine. I promise. 

Failure does not define your success. 

Love, Emily xx