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Creating You Own Footsteps - April 2015

This time last week, I was enjoying my last full day on the south coat of 'sunny' England. I was having a great time as per usual. I took this time to relax and think though things - making me feel so much better about myself and help me start to see what type of person I would like to become.

As my family and I, took a long walk along our favourite natural beach, I came to the conclusion that this was living. I was living and so happy for that. I was with some of my best friends and people that I love.

Once we had reached the middle beach, grabbed a coffee (for my dad) and of course a famous 99' for my sister and I - we set off once again. Whilst walking down the beach I couldn't help but notice the footsteps by the shoreline.

As I tried to retrace my fathers footsteps in the sand, I managed to get my feet muddled and nearly tripped. Not only are his strides slightly bigger than mine, his foot size is also bigger than mine - making it harder to completely follow.

Well as per usual, I have linked that with a theme for my blog post today.

You simply cannot follow in someone elses' footsteps. Despite how hard you try and follow/copy someone else, it will never be the same.

Take for example my brother and sister, Dan (or Danny Boy, just to annoy him) & Elle (well Ellen but I call Duck or Elle... yah). They are both so incredibly smart, with their own very individual thoughts and ideas on many different aspects of the world. On one hand, my brother studies Politics and History at uni. Whereas, on the other, my sister studies sciences and English at A-Level.

My point being, we all have our own abilities. I can tell you now - my sister is not gifted in riding a bike (like my brother is) nor doing dance (like myself). However let her do sport, English or science, for example, she can show you how its done. Same goes for my brother, yes maths isn't the strongest point nor is dance but watching him Act or tell me about Politics and wow you will not shut him up. These are things I admire so much.

They both know that they must 'create their own footsteps'. In a sense they have already started - choosing subjects they are passionate about and going forward with that. At the end of the day, if they enjoy/ are good at what they are doing they will defiantly succeed.

That is my message - we must create out own footsteps. It doesn't matter if your sister is doing science or you brother studies Politics, if that isn't something you are good up don't beat yourself up about it.

Yes, you will find people that are better than you at a subject than another however, they can never be like you as a collective individual. I have learnt that it doesn't matter about whether the grades you get are lower or higher than your sibling, it matters that you tried your best.

From now on, stop trying to fit into someone elses' footsteps - just how I stopped trying to follow my dads (mainly because I realised I was entering the nudist beach, therefore had to actually make sure that I wasn't going to bump into anyone and their... friends shall I say).

I also found it 10x easier walking normally, with my head healed high. Even if you have no idea where your head is taking you, just keep walking. If you need to stop for a moment, that is also fine (I wanted to stop to try and tan - whilst reading a new favourite book of mine (book review coming soon)).

Going to the beach not only made me think about a number of different things; it made me remember that I only have 11 weeks left until the summer! PARTY!

I shall leave you with some of my favourite images of the holiday and a simple question:

What are your summer essentials?

Screw them - stay you

cus you are rad

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We All Need To Smile More

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Smile. Not because we have to. Because we can.

Be greatful for everything around you. Take in the simplicity of things. Aim to make someone smile everyday. We live in a generation where people hang their heads down to look at their phones, then to look up - embrace the world - and smile. I dislike my smile a lot as I don't like the way my teeth are. Unfortunately I have been programmed like this by the society I live in. We should love every single inch of who we are. Whether like me you have stretch marks on your back from growth or one ear is round and one is pointed (again like me). We have been born like this.

Don't be afraid to show the real you. You are beautiful. You are a creation of God.

Be proud of who you are. Not everyone will like you for what you do or who you are but those people are irrelevant. No one should be left to feel like they are not worth something. So what if people don't like the way you look, you will find someone who will love you for who you are. You have someone out there that does love you for how you are. No matter how much you say that no one loves you or likes you, it will never become true. At the end of the day you are loved by someone.

Just with you reading this, I am already 75% fond of you.

Another thing that I cannot stress enough about is the idea that no one loves you because you don't have a 'boyfriend' or 'girlfriend'. Hey, Hi, Hello... yeah that is 100% wrong. I had a long chat with a close friend about this yesterday. He was upset about a girl. I had to keep reminding him that he is 14. We are young. The majority of my readers are young. Stop worrying about who everyone else is dating and reserve yourself for someone outstanding.

(It actually alarms me how 14 year olds care so much about that. A few generations before us they would have been worrying about who has the best home built go - kart, not who has a date).

Smile and the world will smile with you.

WOOOHOO I'm on time today!

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Atelophobia

atelophobia

Atelophobia is the fear of not being good enough

The fear of never being good enough. The fear that someone will always be one step ahead. The fear that you will never live up to your own expectations, aims and ambitions.

These are the things that I find the hardest to come to terms with.

For a short while I had these thoughts spinning inside of my head but then one day it stuck me. Why should I let myself feel threatened by the thought of not doing well when I'm only at the start of my life - the bottom of the mountain. I took the thought of life being a mountain... and hopefully by the time I'm gray and old I will be looking at an incredible view. A view of all the memories I've had, times I've partied hard, done crazy spontaneous things and made myself proud.

Why waist time being scared of what will become of yourself, when you can spend that time climbing that mountain and getting closer to looking at an incredible view. Have fun. Do things that make you happy. Be whatever you want to be. But one thing promise me that you wont waist time regretting things that have past. Move on and think about the amazing things that will come next. Like my old dance teacher used to say... if you don't dream big, you wont get anywhere near that dream to be able to live it. Stick at your dreams and goals and never think that you are not good enough.

Atelophobia is caused by over thinking.

If you believe you are not good enough for someone, that person should not be a part of your life. You should feel comfortable around the people who are your 'friends'. Never settle for something you are not happy with. You are worth so much and for you to think that you are not good enough to do something or spend time with someone is just silly.

Keep your head up high and remember if you trip whilst climbing up the mountain, it dosn't mean you will fall all the way back down (you might have to have a few stitches and then choose a different route).

I'm sorry if this post was unclear... I'm so tired but I wanted to make a point.

Have an amazing friday tomorrow!

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Paris 2014♥

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Small Shopping Haul

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PART 1 - Obsession with YOUTUBERS!!

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So its been over a week now since I have posted my blog here in this tiny little space on the internet but I hope you can forgive me for this :/ .

Today I wanted to share with you something that I am obsessed with and that takes up a lot of my time... this being youtube. If you have no idea what youtube is... umm well... umm yeah I think you have been living under a rock :D ... Seriosouly though you need to check it out!

At the moment with nothing much happening that is exciting or needs effort to be put into it YouTube has overrided anything important really. Its a case of

EAT. SLEEP. YOUTUBE, REPEAT.

That's really bad I know but I don't think I can do much about it... and I'm in no shape to try. I have spoken about my love of YouTubers before on my blog however I wanted to update this with you. I will list the girls in this post and then the boys in another post later this week. The lists are in order of who I watch the most and who I enjoy the most :)

Girls

Zoella

1) Zoe Sugg - Zoella

I have mentioned Zoe before on my blog but I would still say that she is the best girl on YouTube for a number of reasons. She dates Alfie Dayes and lives in Brighton :) She inspires me to make videos when I'm older and to continue writing my blog!

https://www.youtube.com/user/zoella280390?hl=en-GB&gl=GB

Jamie's World

2) Jamie Curry - Jamie's World

Jamie is one of the funniest people on the internet. She has only recently started to create more frequent videos on YouTube but I love them to bits! She is extremely pretty even though she may not think she is and I LOVE her kiwi accent... of course I'm not jealous... *breaks down*... *cry* https://www.youtube.com/user/theJamiesWorld/featured

StilaBabe09

3) Meredith Foster - StilaBabe09

Meredith is a beautiful teenager who creates makeup tutorials, keep fit videos and loads more girly things! She american and her dog is the cutest thing https://www.youtube.com/user/StilaBabe09

Bethany Mota

4) Bethany Mota

I'm extremely proud and inspired by Bethany as she has her own fashion line at Areopastle and she has gone on road trips around the US! She has done so well for such a young girl.

https://www.youtube.com/user/Macbarbie07/featured

Tanya Burr

5) Tanya Burr

Tanya Burr is one of my favorite beauty gurus on YouTube. Her toururials are amazing, she is engaged to Jim Chapman and she has her own makeup collection.

https://www.youtube.com/user/pixi2woo/featured

SprinkleOfGlitter

6) Louise Watson - Sprinkle Of Glitter

The lovely Louise has been on my blog before and she is still a lot better that the rest... mainly beacuse of her first name being my middle name... yeah no being bias here.

https://www.youtube.com/user/Sprinkleofglitter

Dolly Bow Bow

7) Kate Murnane - Dolly Bow Bow

Kate was one of the first YouTubers I ever subscribed to and her channel and life had changed a lot since. She is expecting a baby and I love watching her videos on baby hauls etc as they are all so cute!

https://www.youtube.com/user/Dollybowbow

SuperWoman

8) Lilly Singh - SuperWoman

Lilly says what everyone is thinking. She is funny and has amazinglyy long hair. She is a motorvational speaker and will always make me laugh. https://www.youtube.com/user/IISuperwomanII

Jamie McDell

9) Jamie McDell

Jamie isn't a YouTuber but she does upload songs onto YouTube. She plays the guitar, is an wonderful singer and is extremely pretty. Make sure to check out her songs and download them off iTunes!

https://www.youtube.com/user/JamieMcDell

Grace Helbig

10) Grace Helbig

Grace makes really go quality videos and is extremely genuine but I have only recently started to watch her videos therefore I have not been watching much of her.

https://www.youtube.com/user/graciehinabox

That is it then... my rundown of my favorite girl youtubers. I will be scedguling the second part to this post for wednesday so keep an eye out for that! I will also be posting on friday and then carrying on with the loop of posts... so yeah I will now push my self to post evey Sunday, Wednesday and Friday! Hope you have a very lovely week... speak to you soooooon!! (Ik I did say that last time and then it was a week until I posted but... ill get better... one day at a time!)

Oh and please check out my tumblr as I've done some tweeking to it!

http://annanicholls.tumblr.com/

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