A New Beginning

As of today, it is three months until I move out of my childhood home, where I have lived since the age of 1, and into halls to start university. As these new beginnings approach I wanted to try something new, something that could be an outlet for my feelings and opinions. Hence why I started a blog! I must admit though, this wasn’t my idea entirely! For that you will have to thank The Write Blog, a friend of mine from school who's blog has recently taken off and started to gain traction within the community and it has inspired me to do something similar. So, to start with; why don’t I tell you a bit about myself?

I was born in the UK, slap bang in the middle of the country. I love to read, perform, and generally mess around. I went to an all girls school right up until sixth form/College which was quite an experience! And I love doing, seeing and experiencing new things!

Over the past 12 months I have had a gap year, I must admit I didn’t get to do as much as I hoped but it wasn’t a complete waste. This year I have been working on myself, and as pretentious and conceited as that sounds, I have found it a welcome change after the last four years of exams and pressure.

This year also marked the end of an era for me. Since I was 3 I have been performing dance, drama and music. My main focus however has been drama and acting. Last summer I left college with a BTEC Extended Diploma in acting and received three Distinction *’s (A*’s) and at the same time left a youth theatre I was a part of for 9 years. This year I became a teacher at said youth theatre but sadly I won’t be returning next year. I also completed my LAMDA grades in both solo acting and mime. I’ve done everything I could and always pushed for more, and now the thing I have been working towards is just over the horizon. In September, I will be starting an Acting BA course. Although it won’t be at a drama school as I had hoped, it’s still at a good university and hopefully live up to all my expectations.

This year I have also kick-started my fitness journey. As I said I danced since I was three years old; often 2-4 classes a week, I also swam from age 3-16, these helped me keep fit through my childhood. However, when exams came along I had to stop my dance and swimming and became complacent. This coupled with stress brought on some health complications due to weight. I have struggled with binge eating for 5 years now and I’m just starting to get control over my it and get back into fitness. I love being active, but I also love sitting on the sofa binge watching Ru Paul's Drag Race! So finding a balance for me has been tough but ultimately rewarding and I hope to continue getting stronger and fitter.

Since the age of 9 I have suffered from mental health issues in varying forms and have often struggled to find myself and where I need to be. Although these feelings are common, I often felt isolated within my own fears and feelings. This year has made me 100x more confident in my own choices and decisions and I have made huge progress in getting my mental health under control.

So now you have a bit of background on me, let’s talk about what you can expect from this blog! Well I’ll start by saying I don’t want to restrict myself to just beauty or just fitness etc, I want to write about what happens to me, moves me, what intrigues me and what I think is worth talking about. So, expect a jumble sale array of posts in all genres and threads!

Hopefully you liked this enough to stick around and see what happens, after all – you got this far? Why not read on!