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LIVE AND LET DIE

'LIVE AND LET DIE'

This has to be one of my favourite sayings.

Of course, I am not taking the literal James Bond-like fact, that you should carry on despite someone dying next to you. I propose that there is a deeper meaning to this, or if there isn't I shall make one now.

To 'live', is to do exactly that - live and smile at the fact that you are alive.

'Let die', could relate to a number of things - letting the negative emotions die, leaving the petty behaviour behind and learn the people who don't have a positive impact on your life, should not be welcomed.

I learnt the hard way that nothing lasts forever and letting the negative mindset die whilst you continue to build your empire is the main objective. Doing this will simply make you happier in everyday thinking. If you 'hate' someone, let it go. Forgive people despite them not even saying sorry. The art of letting go is something we should all master.

There is no need to dwell on things that should no longer matter to you. Yes, people may enter, exit and re-enter your life but you cannot let that postpone the building of your empire. Letting people in can cause mishaps however you cant have a good party alone.

WARNING RUBBISH METAPHOR TO COME:

You must let people in to your house/club before the party gets fully underway. Yes, there will be a mess to clear up after but the memories of that night will be ones you will never forget.
Never let anyone ruin your party.

In other words, in order to have a 'good party' (a fun, enjoyable life) you should invite people (only with amazing positive characteristics). If anyone tries to gate crash (with utter crap that is simply irrelevant) chuck them out! You wake up the next morning in a pool of sick but the people there will leave some incredible memories for you to hold. However, at some stage you will have to let that party die (let the people move on).Yet, do not fret, there will be another party (person, people or thing) that will come into your life that will be better than the last.

That is the idea of 'LIVE AND LET DIE'.
It dies but that doesn't mean you aren't still living.

I would also love to be James Bond one day.
Who would attend your dream party?

Screw them,

Stay you

♥

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RANT - POLITICS

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Politics: a topic I have been heavily educated in over the past year or so. As my older brother Dan, studies the complex topic at the University of Birmingham, it henceforth leaves him constantly talking about it - like there is no tomorrow. I thank him for this greatly.

The ability to understand the society you live in, is hard enough when you are a hormonal teenager - experiencing new, odd scenarios, that never seem to make any logical sense, or in other words ‘growing up’ around annoying turds. Speaking truthfully, the notion that one is educated in such topics is somewhat amazing. Knowing that some of an identical age (14), will care more about the Kylie Jenner lip challenge, than what the, predominantly male run (evidence of a patriarchal society), government is fiddling around with, is utter buffoonery.

RIP:

The Education System - with rising tuition fees, no coursework and more exams.
The NHS - with cuts, selling parts off privately, leaving individuals who spend their time dedicated to making others’ lives better, with crap pay and possibly no job.

It leaves the rich, richer and the poor, poorer.

these memes are too good.

It angers me that some young people of today have no real understanding of this matter.

Some make jokes out of UKIP, for example, ‘I wonder if UKIP won, would Nigel Farage’s teeth had been deported too?’, as his teeth are let’s say - no diamond shining among the dirt (in other words he may need some Listerine). This again leaves me annoyed, the fact that young characters are mocking someone using their own policies that are practically a less extreme version of the BNP - I have no hope for this society.

This makes me sick.

Moreover the thought that Ed Miliband resigned from leader of Labour, to me, is defeatist. Even if you lose the first time round, it will never mean you will the second time - you should never give up in the things you believe in.

Despite the fact that I am not of the legal age to vote in the United Kingdom, I am proud to say I know a thing or two about politics. Of course, at no stage will I be able to name all the members of cabinet however, I can say this … as I visited David Cameron last year at No 10, I should have punched him in the genitals and told him to not mess everything, that my future relies on, up - I live with that regret as it is evident he has already begun his digging into screwing up the future for the next generation. Thanks David, I owe it to you mate.

At the end of the mind numbingly long day, each individual party will never meet everyone's needs.

We can not all be winners.

Thank you for taking your time to read my political rant - more is to come on other topics effecting individuals of a similar age. I open this up as a discussion in the comments below. I am here to respect your view as long as you respect mine.

What are your thoughts?

Anna x

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Dear Reader,

anna

After having been writing this blog for over a year now, it has left me time to think over things.

For the last year, I have been writing on and off on this blog and I honestly feel it is a little part of me. Once I turned on my laptop earlier this evening, I noticed that I had reached 225,000+ views on google+ and over 15,000 views on my blog - something I am personally really proud of.

THANK YOU SO MUCH!

I love gifs.

Now, (slightly bursting my bubble) a mate of mine expressed that that number 'isn't that big tbh'. Not only was I slightly annoyed by this, it made me realise something: For over a year I have been writing on a blog with the intention to inspire hundreds of people. Obviously, I know that this is not true yet - due to the 'isn't that big tbh' number of views and that I don't have millions of followers.

But here's the thing, I never ever do any of this for the views. I do it because I love to write, capture amazing memories and then be able to come back and read about them in a few years time. This is like an online diary and no matter how many times someone tells me that my channel sucks or that I don't have many followers, I simply smile.

To others, it may seem tiny. To me, it seems massive. To see how far I have come is my favourite part of it all. To know that this time 2 years ago, I had only dreamed of starting a blog and maybe even a YouTube channel. I jumped out of my comfort zone - changing myself as a hole. I now have no shame in what I enjoy doing, people will try to affect me by telling me what I do is rubbish but I just laugh.

I know that deep down, it is something I really wish to do in the future. Writing is something I love to do and further more, to peruse some sort of career in it would be ideal and a dream come true. I wanted to mainly say a simple thank you. Thank you to the 1771 people who follow me across all platforms - you all mean so much to me.

Follow your dreams and do everything and anything that makes you happy. Keep smiling and listening to good music (such as Green Day).

Signing out,
Anna xx