11 Questions!

Hey again!

So I was tagged in this by @IndigoSky and she is pretty much the only one of who who comments here and who i talk to, so instead of tagging someone else I will leave it open to whoever else reads this. 

1. Thank the person who tagged you. (Thanks, IndigoSky!)
2. Answer their 11 questions.
3. Tag 11 people. (Okay so um.. like I said above)
4. Give them 11 new questions. (This is the worst bit tho...)

1. Do you like cooking?

Hell yeah! I do it a lot at home but I quite often burn it.. 

2. When's your birthday, and what would your ideal birthday be like?

28th June, and probably for all my fave actors/actresses (Jennifer Lawrence, Shailene Woodley, Emma Watson, Theo James) coming to see me and being able to take part in a film with them XD

3. Favourite color?

Either... black, white, coral, pale grey, mint green, copper or baby blue :)

4. Do you have any pets? (And if you do, can you include photos? Lol.)

Yeah, I have two chickens, which I really cba to get up and take a photo of. I used to have another chicken and 3 rabbits, but all the rabbits died and the chicken was a rooster so we took it back.

5. Got any hobbies?

Don't get me started... Okay. Dance. Drama. Singing. Baking. Photography. All sport. Reading. Writing. Daydreaming. Planning. Organizing. Drawing. Painting. Making edits and aesthetics. I could go on but I'll bore you...

6. If you could travel to any country in the world, where would you go?

Poland, for the Christmas Markets!

7. What's your favourite song?

This Is Living (by Hillsong) or This Is Me (from The Greatest Showman)

8. Do you wear braces (or have you ever worn them)?

Yeah I wore twin blocks (to bring my jaw forward) for 7 months, train track (the normal ones) for just over a year, and now I'm 2 months into wearing a retainer.

9. Are you using this tag as an excuse not to do something else you have to do? (Because that's totally not what I'm doing?!)

No...... Definitely not...... (that was sarcastic but idk if you can tell)

10. Are you on Instagram, and if your account is public, can you give me your username so I can stalk you? (If it's private I understand if you don't want to share it!)

Yes you can follow @katniss.prior.fray (my fan account) or @name.aesthetics.xx (where I do name aesthetics, surprise surprise!) But my personal ones are private, and this is an anonymous blog so that would be kinda stupid lol.

11. Do you think eleven is a ridiculously large number of questions to answer? (Or come up with??) Answer, no. Come up with... imma struggle with 2!

Okay. So my questions are...

1. Do you like pineapple on pizza?

2. Have you ever tried being/are you vegetarian/vegan/pesketarian?

3. Do you like Justin Bieber?

4. On average, how many hours of YouTube do you watch a week?

5. Do you read/write fan fiction?

6. Are you bored rn?

7. Do you like The Hunger Games?
9. Did you notice I skipped 8?
10. Are these numbers going to annoy you now?
11. Do you have a blog? If so leave a link and I'll read :)
12. Do you have pets?

Lots of love, 

Teenage Blogger x

Making Life Choices

Hey! Sorry (for the millionth time) that I've been so inactive lately.

I wanted to write, today, about making life choices (as you probably guessed from the title). Do you ever feel like we, as young people, are forced to decide their futures too early? At the moment, I have to choose my GCSE options for Y10, and the deadline is 16 days away. Two weeks and two days. It seems like quite a while, but it's such a short time to make a choice that could affect my whole life!

Well, there's two sides to it. On one hand, some people say that GCSE or whatever exams you have in your country don't make a difference. Some say they do. Some people say they define your whole life! But what is true?

Sure, it's just some exams which people won't really bother with when looking at your CVs. But whatever you choose, you have to study it at GCSE level for between 1 and 3 years, depending on your school, which is quite a lot. Say you choose Art over Drama. After the exam, you now have between 1-3 more years of Art knowledge and practice than you do Drama. And if you're sure you want to do Art in your career, then that's perfect.

But what if you don't know what you want to do for a career? Say you love both Art and Drama? What do you do then? Because school pressures you to make a decision on what you want to do for your whole life, but doesn't give you enough options to let you.

I am this person. Let me talk you through my options, and maybe you could help me.

I have to take:

• English Literature (2 lessons)
• English Language (2 lessons)
• Maths (4 lessons)
• PE (1 lesson)
• RE (1 lesson)
• History OR Geography (2 lessons)
• Triple OR double Science (7.5 OR 5 lessons)
• A language (2 lessons)

And then I have a choice between a lot of others. 

If I take double Science, I have two options left.

If I take triple Science, I have one option left.

Which is fine, since I want to take double, so I have two options left.

I've been working this out for 2 years, and I finally have it narrowed down to either Art, Drama or Textiles. WHICH TWO DO I CHOOSE?? Comment below!

But I digress. The point I am trying to make is, its your life and no one is going to agree on what you do. In the end, its your decision, and you should do what you want to do.

I hope at least some of this made sense to you!

Lots of love, 

Teenage Blogger x

Question of the day: What career do you want/have?

My answer:  I don't know!!

What about you? Tell me in the comments below!

Wanting To Help But Can't...

Hey guys!

I'm wondering if any of you will relate to this post today, and I would love it if you'd let me know! I don't want to feel like the only one who feels like this, and it would be so encouraging for me and others to know that we aren't alone.

My point being: I'm frustrated. I just went onto http://www.worldometers.info (researching something for current story and got sidetracked, as per usual) and saw some horrifying stats:

So far this year (worldwide) have been... (correct as of 15th January 2018 17:29)

• 309,615 deaths of children under five years old;
• 12,472 deaths during childbirth;
• 331,413 deaths cased by cancer;
• 43,273 suicides;
• 22,401 deaths cased by hunger and undernourishment;
• Thousands and thousands more...

And it’s only the 15th January.

15.8 days.

379.2 hours.

22,752 minutes.

1,365,120 seconds. 

If you think about it, it isn’t that long at all. In those 15.8 days, 2,376,456 people have died. Not all from bad causes. But some. 

I do realise that some of these things are really hard to prevent, and there are incredible scientists working on cures for these diseases, but some things we can help - somehow. And this it the thing that frustrates me the most - whenever I express this feeling to people, I am told that I’m ‘too young’, or ‘too insignificant’ or I have ‘more important things to worry about’. You tell me. What is more important than people’s lives? Because there is always something we can do, always! I refuse to accept the belief that because I am a 13 year old girl that I can’t do anything. But I can’t find ways to help! 

Do you see my problem? I want to belp people who need it as much as I can, and I don’t want to let the dream-crushers win, but I can’t see any way to prove them wrong. I also have no money to donate to charities, and I do as much as I can. BUT IT’S NOT ENOUGH FOR ME!!!!!!

Can anyone either relate or tell me of something to do about it? I feel like such a hypocrite typing his on my computer while there are people out there dying because of dehydration or because they don’t feel loved enough and feel the need to end their time on earth. These people aren’t just numbers - for every number included in the ever growing list of deaths, there is a family and friends grieving over them and the loss of their life. Sure, eventually they’ll go back to normal life, but it will leave a lasting impact on everyone around them! Every death prevented, no matter how insignificant, prevents the people around them getting hurt! 

So I guess all i can do right now is to spread the word. If more and more people get on board with this, we stand a better chance of making a difference. One of the stats that horrifies me the most is the one about suicide - 22,401 people in 15 DAYS decided that their life wasn’t worth living anymore. That tears up my heart completely! This isn’t right! Please think about how you treat others: what you take as a joke, they might not. Trust me.

Thankyou so much for reading.

Lots of love, 

Teenage Blogger x

Question of the day: What annoys you the most?

My answer: THE ABOVE!!!!

What about you? Tell me in the comments below!

New Years Resolutions 2017-18

Hey guys!

Sorry I haven't posted in so long, I'm behind on everything. I won't give excuses but sorry lol.

I know it's the 7th of January today, but like I said, I'm behind. Let's just pretend that it's the first, because I want to believe that I'm organized even if I'm not. Gulp.

So here I will write a look back over 2017 (although since this blog is anonymous, nothing too personal!) and write some of my many, as you will know if you read my blog last year, new year resolutions for myself and for the future of this blog.

Look-back on my life

So this year, I guess, hasn't been all that dramatic for me. I became a teenager, I guess? Started year 9 at school? I did a few dance exams (in case you were wondering, I did g4 ballet (76%), g3 jazz (90%) and Intermediate foundation ballet (71%))... Ooh and I got baptised! That was good! But all in all, not much has really changed.

My new years resolution list last year was very long..... so I won't bore you with them all, only the ones I posted on my blog. Here's a link to the post if you're interested: http://living-the-teen-life.blogspot.co.uk/2017/01/new-year-resolutions.html

So these five were:

1. To have more self confidence
2. To try and make my friend Christian
3. To get my forward walkover
4. To get over £20 in my bank
5. To get at least 20 subscribers to this blog 

Okay. So. Number One. I suppose I have actually grown in confidence quite a lot - I've started to stand up for myself more and go for opportunities I wouldn't normally go for. So I'd say, YES!

Number Two. Make my friend Christian. That's a simple answer: no. I tried, but she wasn't interested. Oh well. We all have our preferences. So for no.2, NO!

Number Three. Another simple one, no. I haven't really practiced, to be honest, since I don't do after school gymnastics or cheerleading anymore, so I don't have the time or space to try. That's a NO!

Number Four. I think I must have, at some point, but not for very long! So that's a kinda half YES!

Number Five. Get at least 20 subscribers to this blog. Ouch. I really had high hopes, didn't I. Well, at least that one isn't TOTALLY my fault. In case you were wondering, I have one. Well thank you so very much to my amazing singular follower! I vastly appreciate it! At least I know someone enjoys my blogging.

So that's 1 and a half out of 5 resolutions completed. Eek... Let's hop I do better this year!


Look-back on my blog

So my blogging this year. I got my first follower, and I changed it up entirely: I moved web addresses (I know, something to be so proud of!) and completely re-vamped the website, which hopefully I will continue to improve over the next year. I hope I improved on my blogging - I know I definitely feel more comfortable in it now, and I hope I write better and more interesting posts! I had quite a few people comment on my blog this year, which I loved - it's nice to be able to interact with you personally, rather than just me taking at you.


Looking forward in my life

So I'll make 5 more resolutions personally.

1. To work myself hard to improve in every aspect of life;
2. To develop my friendships and only be around people who inspires and help me;
3. To choose good options for my GCSEs;
4. To save at least £30 in my bank for OVER 2 MONTHS!! (you see, upping it a bit this year :))
5. To become more organized and less forgetful!

Let's hope I do better this year than I did last year...

Looking forward in my blog

I'll make another 3 resolutions for my blog.

1. To post more regularly - maybe once a week?;
2. To do guest posts on other people's blogs;
3. To get at least 10 followers to my blog (slightly more realistic, but still ambitious)

And lastly, I know I said I'd do three, but I think the most important one of all, which is what this blog is mostly for, is to know that somehow I have helped or motivated you in some way through my writing.

Question of the day: What are your Resolutions? Were you better at keeping last years' than me?
My answer: Well, just read above ^^
What about you? Tell me in the comments below!

Lots of love, and happy (belated) new year!
Teenage Blogger x