Stationery Haul

I am pretty much feeling like the worst blogger in the world right now... I said I was going to upload on Saturday and Sunday because I missed one of my posts last week and I put one up on Saturday like I said I would, however I didn't on Sunday and I didn't put anything up on Monday either. I know, absolutely shocking I'm sorry.
I got completely caught up in life really, I've had work to do ready for starting my A levels TOMORROW, yes tomorrow, and I just didn't manage to get anything ready for you so I'm really sorry and I hope you can forgive me.
I think now that we're back into the school term and I'm doing 4 A levels I'm going to have to go back to 1 post a week and just generally posting when I can because I now have a job as well and juggling everything is going to be a challenge for me. However, I've worked so hard on this blog and I love it too much to let it go completely so I am going to keep it up as much as I possibly can. I just hope you all understand that it will be a little bit touch and go from here until probably the next half term.
I love you all and I hope you all don't mind this change going from 4 posts weekly to this but some things have to be done, however I do have an exciting post for you today so lets get on with it!

So anyway, we have reached the end of the summer just about. Anyone feel like they blinked and missed it? Yeah, me too. 

To cheer myself up, I went stationery shopping with my friends and I got a little over excited and carried away to say the least, but doesn't everyone when stationery shopping? Has to be the only good think about back to school time. So, since I did a big shop I thought I would share what I got with you! Enjoy!

So first I picked up some notebooks for 3 of my subjects. I didn't pick up one for textiles because I'm not sure yet how much writing there will be, so I might have to pick up another one later. These were from WHSmith and they were £3.99 each which I thought was pretty decent. They are lined, obviously because plain paper is pointless, and there are 160 pages in each, so hopefully they should last me long enough.

I also picked up 3 ring binders to match each of my other subjects, colours all match because I'm organised. Again, I didn't get one for textiles because I have something else for that which you will see next! These were a bargain though, only £1 each from Wilko! 

So here's the file I have for textiles! Textiles requires putting together a portfolio so all my work will go in this A3 display file I got from Boundary Mill for £3.99. I may yet also need a ring binder for theory work but again, I will no doubt find that out when I go in tomorrow! 

Of course, one thing you always need for school is pens. I always go for the BIC ones because I think they're the best, plus they have cute colours! I picked up a 10 pack of black ones for £1.50 and a 10 pack of the coloured ones also for £1.50 from Wilko.

Again from Wilko I picked up some standard HB pencils and I got the Stabilo 4 pack for £1. These have times tables on but I didn't realise that when I bought them! However, I don't mind because I'm dreadful at them, not that I need it since I'm no longer studying maths but you never know when you might need it!

Still at Wilko I got this Pritt stick for £1.50.

You can't study textiles without colours! So I picked up this pack of 10 Stabilo fine liners for £2.50 and this pack of BIC coloured pencils for £2.25, again all from Wilko.

And then of course I picked up some new highlighters because I highlight everything all the time. This is just a cheap pack I picked up in Wilko for 65p. 

And of course I need a bag to carry all this in! I got this one from New Look for £19.99 and I just think it's really pretty. Carries everything I need it to and it looks cute so it's a win-win! 

I hope you enjoyed this post and hopefully it won't be too long before I see you again! Make sure you're following me on my social medias which are all linked at the top of this page so you can keep up with everything I'm getting up to in the time where I'm unable to post! I suggest Twitter and Instagram if you want to see how sixth form goes...

What's your favourite part of going back to school?

Love, Becca

-xoxo

Struggles Of Being A Teen

So, I am now taking part in another blogging project, alongside the Secret Blogger Project but this one is called the Teens Tell Their Story Project, and it's basically a topic a week to write about and I guess it'll probably just be general things! I will leave a link to Caitlin and Sherina's blogs at the end of this post as they are the creators and I'm sure they would be happy to answer any questions you may have about the project! 

So, the first topic is the Struggles Of Being A Teen and I honestly think this is such a perfect topic to start this project off with because let's be real, being a teen comes with a lot of struggles. So, I'm not going to waste anymore time rambling on and I'm just going to get straight into it!

SCHOOL STRESS

I think school and the pressure put on teenagers at school is one of the biggest problems for teenagers right now. Whether it's GCSEs, A Levels, college courses whatever, it's really stressful and there is a hell of a lot of pressure put on people to pass, to get good grades, to even really push for the highest grades possible. I understand our teachers want us to reach our full potential, and I want to reach my full potential too but having just finished GCSEs and having to take 7 subjects, it's a lot of pressure to do well on ALL of them. I think I had about 17 exams in total, including my practicals in dance and that is a lot, we are still children and I think sometimes that is forgotten because these are the grades that we need in order to live a successful life. I think the fact that your teachers say 'this will affect you for the rest of your life' so many times until it makes your ears bleed, puts so much extra unnecessary pressure on kids. But, I guess we have to get on with it if we want to get a job...

PHYSICAL CHANGES

I don't want to go into too much detail with this because if I do I'll end up sounding like that school nurse that came to talk to you about puberty etc. in middle school. However, the physical changes that happen in the body are at their peak in teenage years which makes it even harder for us. I think hormones are the biggest problem because let's be honest, they control everything. I don't really know if it's worse for boys or girls but I feel it might be worse for girls with the menstrual cycle etc. so I'm going to speak from a girl's point of view on this one. Hormones literally control everything we do, in my opinion although that may be a little extreme, but I over exaggerate a lot, moving on. I find that I can go from being the happiest person in the world to rock bottom within 2 seconds flat, and that sucks. I feel like I'm going off the physical changes thing here a little... But I guess hormones in the body control the physical changes in the body, yeah, let's go with that.

RELATIONSHIPS

When I use the term 'relationships' I use it loosely as I am referring to both intimate and friendly relationships here. Building relationships as a teenager is so hard I think we underestimate it because it was so easy as a child. People say things get easier as you get older but for me personally, building relationships with people is something that just gets harder with age. Whether it be a boy or girl you're completely head-over-heels in love with or someone you would just really like to be friends with, making the first move and starting that relationship can be really difficult. I feel that there's some sort of wall that's built up between teenagers because it's such a judgmental generation, am I the only one who thinks that? I feel that teenagers, more specifically teenage girls, judge each other like there's no tomorrow and I think that's the main problem. We judge each other before one word has been said and it really isn't fair, but that just seems to be how the world works these days. 

Another thing about relationships is once you have that relationship with someone, keeping it the way you want it to be and keeping it good can be super difficult too because again, the judgmental and jealous generation that we live in sucks. There are too many things of getting in the way of keeping a good strong relationship with people, my bet is technology...

CONFIDENCE

I have written a few posts about being confident now and I will be writing many more in the future but I think confidence in teenagers lacks so much, I even lack confidence myself so I know that it's a huge issue for people my age. Again, I think one of the main problems is the judgmental society we live in but I also think the media plays a huge part in how confident teenagers are with themselves, and more specifically their bodies and their appearance. I've seen countless articles and interviews etc. about the media and the effect it has on teenagers, more commonly girls, and how they view themselves. Magazines, TV shows, you name it, we've all sat there and said to ourselves 'I wish I looked that good' but honestly, they don't really look that good either. I've said the same thing so many times on this blog now but I can't say it enough! These people have someone touching up their hair and makeup every 30 seconds, they have lights, photoshop, everything! They have absolutely everything there for them and that's how they look that good, I bet if you saw them in real life they wouldn't look as good as they did in that picture.

CAREERS AND JOBS

I've recently been doing some part time job hunting after finishing my GCSE's and honestly, it's been so much more difficult than I thought it would be. I saw something on the news a while ago that said there was something like 14% of teenagers were employed last year, or something along those lines I can't quite remember what it said, but I remember thinking, if only they realise how hard it actually is for someone of the age of about 16 or 17 to get a job. My problem has been experience, but how can anywhere expect me to have experience if no one will take me on and give me that experience? It's a hard thing to do. Staying along the lines of work, choosing your career path is also so hard at this age but there is also again a lot of pressure to have some idea of what you want to do and where you want to take your life. Currently I'm settled on the idea of event management or photography, and possible interest in interior design. But I have changed my mind multiple times and I'm sure it will change again at some point. You get interviews at school, college etc. where people ask you what you want to do when you're older and you just freeze... 

I guess that's everything I have to say for today! I really enjoyed this as a first topic for this new project I am a part of and I hope you all enjoyed reading it just as much!

Caitlin's Blog

Sherina's Blog

Love, Becca

-xoxo