It’s been over 5 months since my last post, which is pretty shameful. To be
fair though, I’ve had one of the most full on semesters since I entered
myself into 'fun fun fun' higher education. But enough with excuses, I’ve missed blogging and I have lots of new
(and hopefully good) ideas for future posts. I want to focus on more
than purely Fashion and open it up to a lot more writing of my
thoughts, feelings and opinions. I was going to make a separate blog but
then I thought to myself.. ‘Michelle, your track record with just one
blog isn’t great, and also, does anyone really care enough?' Probably
not. But, I find it therapeutic, so I thought I'd give it a bash!
I've seen lots of fab New Years resolutions posts. Therefore in true fashion, I’m going to kick off the year with mine... at the end of January.. so here goes:
1. Keeping in line with my commitment issues, my first resolution is
to finish the things I start. It’s definitely a huge problem of mine as
it’s safe to say that I have the attention span of a goldfish. Books
left unfinished, previous resolutions left unfulfilled. Enough is
enough, I am 21. I need to get a grip.
2. Learn how to write poetry. This sounds a bit weird, but I am
absolutely obsessed with Slam Poetry/Spoken Word and I would love to be
able to express myself like that. So yeah, that would be cool. If
anyone’s interested in that kinda thing, I'd recommend subscribing to
Button Poetry on YouTube.
3. Expand my vocabulary. After reading countless academic journals
for my uni dissertation, I’ve realised that I lack the knowledge of the
English language in a big way. I sat for hours reading just one article struggling to dissect the words in
order to understand it’s basic meaning (which in my
defence, totally overused complicated jargon). Nonetheless, I think that's pretty bad for a 4th
year, soon to be, Graduate (fingers crossed). The first step in this quest
of knowledge is the downloading of 'The Word of the Day’ app, which I’m sure will put me on
the path of fabulousness. Word of the day: Enthesis (noun) - The point at which a tendon, ligament, or muscle inserts into a bone. Good to know.
4. Do something with my passion for the body positivism movement. If
you know me at all, you’ll know how much I bang on about Body Image.
It’s extremely close to my heart, and I would love to contribute to the
movement in some way. Coming closer to the end of my
degree (which I'm scared shitless about, fyi) has led me to start thinking about what I really
want to do when I graduate. I still want to work in the fashion
industry, but I would love to be able to combine both passions. I think
body image is extremely important within the fashion world, and people often
question my degree/career choice when I tell them how much I care about
it, due to the materialistic aspect of the industry. However, behind all of that, the true
essence of fashion is about expressing yourself and your personality. It still has a long way to go with the
way in which it approaches body image, which is why I’d love to be able
to help them along the way. Again if anyone is as interested in Fashion, the industry and specifically Body Image, I would highly recommend checking out
StyleLikeU on YouTube. Their Videos are a breath of fresh air and they have honestly helped me along the road with my own Body Image issues. I would love to do something similar one day as their passion for the cause really inspires me to work towards my goal of making a positive contribution to the movement. Check them out, you won't regret it.
5. Worry less. I'm definitely one of those people who believes that
‘everything happens for a reason’ which doesn’t really make much sense
with the amount of worrying I do. It’s partly because I suffer from
Anxiety/Panic Attacks, but I am forever worrying about both the little
and big things, which in the long run often causes me many more problems
than the things I’m actually worried about. It’s exhausting and often
unnecessary.
6. Appreciate my friends/family. I know that it’s extremely cliché but I am
surrounded by the best bunch of people going and I need to appreciate
them more often. I feel that over the past 6 months I’ve neglected them slightly due
to the uni stress. Which is weird because I’ve probably needed them
the most over that time. Even if it’s the odd text to see how they’re
doing, I need to be more grateful of how fab they are.
