Hey there! Long time, no see, but I've finally sent off my UCAS form so yay!
So I thought I would share some thoughts that I've been having lately.
Lately I've realised that I hardly answer questions in class and when I'm asked I go into mini freak out mode and mumble some lame ass excuse, and play with my hair until the situation has dissolved. Cool right?
Anyway I realised it was starting to happen more often and I was starting to grow more quite in general, even around my friends and family. I started to think about why I was so scared to say..well anything at all, and then it hit me, rejection. I hate it. Its what always keeps me from going for things. And with my UCAS application needing to be sent off, I began to become more and more scared that I wouldn't get any offers and would wind up not going to Uni next year. However, once I realised that it was making me scared to do anything, I knew it had to stop, I couldn't let this fear keep me from living my life.
So I'm trying. Trying to not be so scared about everything life throws my way. Big and Small. Needless to say its not the quick fix I would like, but I'm making a little progress, I'm starting to answer questions somewhat confidently in classes now, so yeah, baby steps.
Even as I write this, I'm kinda scared, wondering if anyone will read this, wondering if it will make any sense. just wondering about everything, like I always do. I'm a thinker not a talker and I like it that way so I'm not hoping to become this extroverted person who loves to talk and always has something to say, but being able to take part in class discussions without get mini anxiety attacks would be nice.
It feels nice to get this off my chest because I've been holding it in, and that's never good.
If anyone actually reads this and has any advice or wants to share, leave your comments below, I'd love to hear your thoughts :)
On a less depressing note, I'm planning on doing some reviews on some pretty good products I've recently purchased so keep an eye out for that!
To anyone who made it this far, thanks, you be da bomb diggity ;)
Lots of Love
Natalie
x
SCHOOL HAS BEEN SO STRESSFUL, I'M SO VERY SORRY FOR NOT UPLOADING PLEASE ACCEPT THIS STYLE POST AS AN APOLOGY :)
Jumper: H&M
Jeans: Primark
Boots: New Look
Belt: H&M
Vest: Primark
Ring: Primark
Earings: New Look
Necklace: H&M
Sooooooooo, this is my first attempt at a style post! I hope you like it!
Autumn is finally here and this look is perfect for those coffee catch up sessions with friends. If it gets a bit chilly you can always add a scarf and coat to complete the look.
I really love the simplicity of the accessories as they really highlight the boldness of the jumper. I also chose to go for a bold lip with just a touch of mascara. So yeah, I hope this gave you guys ideas!
Hey there! So I know what you're thinking. 30 DAYS HAS COME AND GONE AND I FORGOT TO UPDATE AND I'M A MONSTER AND WHATNOT. But so much has happened to me in that time that i had to end up abandoning the food cleanse :( I can't really go in to why but I am eating healthier and exercising more and trying to lead a healthier lifestyle.
Anywhoo I just came back from Newday like 4 days ago and I'm getting the post Newday blues and it sucks SOOOOO bad! Newday is a Christian camp that I go to every summer for a week and I love it because its amazing and it makes me ever so happy and bonus it brings me so much closer God :) I always have a great time and meet amazing new people who change my life in so many ways.
So as I'm writing this I'm waiting for a cover I literally just recorded to save...so now I play the waiting game... Seriously though, I miss blogging and YouTube so I'm making comeback! And I am now trying to make a schedule so i blog and upload at least once a week, and if I can get that going then I'll be pretty darn happy :)
Moving on, in September I'm playing a set at this mini music concert thingy in Barking and I'm kinda crapping myself even though its a month away. It'll be the first gig I've ever set up all by myself and I'm kinda freaking out on what to play and if I'll remember my lyrics and chords and so i hope I don't forget!
Ohmygosh i have SOOOO much work to do this summer, in terms of school work and music stuff and finding a job and uni stuff and church stuff and just stuff in general. yeah. AND my results come out next week so once again crapping myself!
But this was a nice little catch up we had yeah? Should do this more often, I WILL do this more often!
Well thanks for reading this rambling mess, loving you peeps
Love and Hugs and Kisses
Natalie x
Anywhoo I just came back from Newday like 4 days ago and I'm getting the post Newday blues and it sucks SOOOOO bad! Newday is a Christian camp that I go to every summer for a week and I love it because its amazing and it makes me ever so happy and bonus it brings me so much closer God :) I always have a great time and meet amazing new people who change my life in so many ways.
So as I'm writing this I'm waiting for a cover I literally just recorded to save...so now I play the waiting game... Seriously though, I miss blogging and YouTube so I'm making comeback! And I am now trying to make a schedule so i blog and upload at least once a week, and if I can get that going then I'll be pretty darn happy :)
Moving on, in September I'm playing a set at this mini music concert thingy in Barking and I'm kinda crapping myself even though its a month away. It'll be the first gig I've ever set up all by myself and I'm kinda freaking out on what to play and if I'll remember my lyrics and chords and so i hope I don't forget!
Ohmygosh i have SOOOO much work to do this summer, in terms of school work and music stuff and finding a job and uni stuff and church stuff and just stuff in general. yeah. AND my results come out next week so once again crapping myself!
But this was a nice little catch up we had yeah? Should do this more often, I WILL do this more often!
Well thanks for reading this rambling mess, loving you peeps
Love and Hugs and Kisses
Natalie x
Hello!!!!! So as we all know, I'm absolutely terrible at blogging BUT that's all about change with *drumroll* the 30 day junk food cleanse!!!!
So basically this is me swearing off junk food for 30 days apart from one day each weekend. I'm doing this so I can lose weight and just have a healthier lifestyle as it's known that the first month is always the hardest when it comes to a new routine. So I'll be trying to exercise at least 3 times a week and hopefully progressing from that. The main reason I want to stick to this is because I always try something like this every year and fail, but I've never documented each day. So I hope by documenting each day with what I eat and how I exercise, I'll be encouraged to stick to it and just have a healthier lifestyle overall.
Anyhow...on to Spinach burgers!
You'll need:
1 bag of fresh or thawed and drained chopped spinach
1/4 of an onion
1/4 tsp of minced garlic
1/2 tsp of salt
1/2 cup of grated cheese
1/2 cup of bread crumbs
2 egg whites
1 egg
A pinch of ground mixed spice or red pepper flakes
Sunflower Oil Cooking Spray
Okay so once you've got all these ingredients, mix them into a bowl and then form them into burger-sized patties OR if your "creative" like me then you can do balls.
Then heat a frying pan and spray the cooking spray on it a couple of times.
Once heated, place the spinach patties/balls on the pan and cook for about 3-4 mins, making sure the patties are flipped regularly.
Once done you can serve them with any bread product of your choice! I chose pitta bread and light salad dressing, or eat them alone.
Here's my final result!
This honestly tastes so delicious and at only 60 calories per burger, guilt free! Also all the ingredients can be found in your local supermarket for nothing more than £10! mine cost me £6.48 and I made 7 so each one cost about £0.92! Bargain!!!
So I will attempting to be blogging what I eat everyday and how I exercised (if i did).
Are you guys going to join me? If so, let me know in the comments and leave some recipes for me to try!
Wish me Luck! And good luck to those participating!
With Love
Natalie
x
So basically this is me swearing off junk food for 30 days apart from one day each weekend. I'm doing this so I can lose weight and just have a healthier lifestyle as it's known that the first month is always the hardest when it comes to a new routine. So I'll be trying to exercise at least 3 times a week and hopefully progressing from that. The main reason I want to stick to this is because I always try something like this every year and fail, but I've never documented each day. So I hope by documenting each day with what I eat and how I exercise, I'll be encouraged to stick to it and just have a healthier lifestyle overall.
Anyhow...on to Spinach burgers!
You'll need:
1 bag of fresh or thawed and drained chopped spinach
1/4 of an onion
1/4 tsp of minced garlic
1/2 tsp of salt
1/2 cup of grated cheese
1/2 cup of bread crumbs
2 egg whites
1 egg
A pinch of ground mixed spice or red pepper flakes
Sunflower Oil Cooking Spray
Okay so once you've got all these ingredients, mix them into a bowl and then form them into burger-sized patties OR if your "creative" like me then you can do balls.
Then heat a frying pan and spray the cooking spray on it a couple of times.
Once heated, place the spinach patties/balls on the pan and cook for about 3-4 mins, making sure the patties are flipped regularly.
Once done you can serve them with any bread product of your choice! I chose pitta bread and light salad dressing, or eat them alone.
Here's my final result!
This honestly tastes so delicious and at only 60 calories per burger, guilt free! Also all the ingredients can be found in your local supermarket for nothing more than £10! mine cost me £6.48 and I made 7 so each one cost about £0.92! Bargain!!!
So I will attempting to be blogging what I eat everyday and how I exercised (if i did).
Are you guys going to join me? If so, let me know in the comments and leave some recipes for me to try!
Wish me Luck! And good luck to those participating!
With Love
Natalie
x
So.... Here I sit, on my bed, laptop in lap, two essays due today and all I can do is procrastinate, so I thought I'd blog a little!
So hows the family?
Dog doing okay? I know he had that operation the other day....
Anywhooo, I just came back from America and I'm gonna upload some pics!
So hows the family?
Dog doing okay? I know he had that operation the other day....
Anywhooo, I just came back from America and I'm gonna upload some pics!
Me at the top of the Empire State Building :)
The Brooklyn Bridge :)
The View from the Rockefeller Center at night :)
Bacon Burger and Fries at the Hard Rock Cafe!!!!
The White House!!!! Obama was probably in there!!!
A war memorial
The White House from the back
Another shot from the Brooklyn Bridge
Anywhooo I had a great time away, but now its time to knuckle down and get to work on getting those A Levels! Whooo! Yeah! Oh this is gonna be painful...
Okay, so I know its been a while since I last updated ANYTHING! Sorry, sorry! I've just got soooo much to do! As I'm typing this I have 3 essays due in for tomorrow and a mock too, but being the procrastinator that I am I decided to blog instead. Sooo hows it going? What new? Is your family good? Great! Say hi to them for me!
Now that we have all the formalities out of the way lets get down to business.
Expectations.
I don't know about you but recently I've been trying so hard to lower my expectations about EVERYTHING so I don't get my hopes up and then don't get disappointed. It's a rather mundane thing to do, I know. But after being disappointed all the time I guess its like a defense mechanism that doesn't even work, because in the back of my mind, buried away under lock and key, are my hopes that are bursting at the seams and just begging to be let out. So, yeah, that kind of fails, and I'm left feeling stupid either because I freaked out for nothing, or I was disappointed and let myself hope again.
So anyway, pessimistic time over!
I'm really excited for the upcoming weekend because I get to an open day for this really cool Music Uni, so yeah! Lates Party PEEPS!
Love and Hugs and Kisses
Natalie x
Now that we have all the formalities out of the way lets get down to business.
Expectations.
I don't know about you but recently I've been trying so hard to lower my expectations about EVERYTHING so I don't get my hopes up and then don't get disappointed. It's a rather mundane thing to do, I know. But after being disappointed all the time I guess its like a defense mechanism that doesn't even work, because in the back of my mind, buried away under lock and key, are my hopes that are bursting at the seams and just begging to be let out. So, yeah, that kind of fails, and I'm left feeling stupid either because I freaked out for nothing, or I was disappointed and let myself hope again.
So anyway, pessimistic time over!
I'm really excited for the upcoming weekend because I get to an open day for this really cool Music Uni, so yeah! Lates Party PEEPS!
Love and Hugs and Kisses
Natalie x
Heyyyy! I'm Natalie! And this is mah blog! I guess before we go any further I should say a few things about myself. Well, I'm an incredibly hopeless romantic (even though I've never been in a relationship. awks...), music lover, musician, Christian, songwriter, foodie, book worm... well you get the jist.
So on this blog I don't really have a specific theme I want to talk about. I guess it'll just be whatever I want :D
Now, down to business! Yesterday I went shopping with my sister and cousin to Oxford Street for the first time and I got some pretty cool things yo! Well I got like 3 items (i'll post pics later) and my cousin brought something from literally EVERY shop we went into (soooo many) which just makes me want a job even more!!! So if anybodies hiring... ;) *awkward silence when the realization kicks in that nobody wants to hire you*
Moving swiftly (Taylor Swift!) on, I'm in sixth form at the mo studying music, history, philosophy and ethics, and english literature. All of these are primarily essay subjects so I'm screwed as I spent the first half of my Christmas break on Holiday and am now spending the second half writing like 3 essays for each subject :/
After school, I really want to go on to Uni to study music and after pursue a career in that. I have a YouTube channel that I plan to update more regularly now (www.youtube.com/user/nataliegharibo) and this year I just really want to focus on getting everything in check you know?
Anywhoo, to whoever (probably nobody) read this, I'd love to find out about you, and whats up, so leave a comment ;D
Loves and Hugs and Kisses
Natalie x
P.S OH! Almost forgot! Happy New Year!!!
So on this blog I don't really have a specific theme I want to talk about. I guess it'll just be whatever I want :D
Now, down to business! Yesterday I went shopping with my sister and cousin to Oxford Street for the first time and I got some pretty cool things yo! Well I got like 3 items (i'll post pics later) and my cousin brought something from literally EVERY shop we went into (soooo many) which just makes me want a job even more!!! So if anybodies hiring... ;) *awkward silence when the realization kicks in that nobody wants to hire you*
Moving swiftly (Taylor Swift!) on, I'm in sixth form at the mo studying music, history, philosophy and ethics, and english literature. All of these are primarily essay subjects so I'm screwed as I spent the first half of my Christmas break on Holiday and am now spending the second half writing like 3 essays for each subject :/
After school, I really want to go on to Uni to study music and after pursue a career in that. I have a YouTube channel that I plan to update more regularly now (www.youtube.com/user/nataliegharibo) and this year I just really want to focus on getting everything in check you know?
Anywhoo, to whoever (probably nobody) read this, I'd love to find out about you, and whats up, so leave a comment ;D
Loves and Hugs and Kisses
Natalie x
P.S OH! Almost forgot! Happy New Year!!!
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