Update #1: 20 years of life and What I'm doing in April!

Recently I turned 20 (on 22nd March to be precise). I literally can’t believe it! My 18^th only feels like last week! Now I’m out of teenagehood and at the beginning of the journey into my 20s. This is the decade of my life where I plan to achieve most of my life goals, so, no pressure or anything! So far, there have been good years and there have been not so good years, but at currently everything is the best it’s been. My achievements of the last 20 years are very much defined by education which all led up to where I am now, studying for my degree. But especially over the last year I’ve tried to do more, I’ve taken on more challenges; worked on improving my writing, volunteering and doing more things I didn’t think I could do before. While I view my teenage years as the time to have made mistakes, my 20s are the years to get it right and set a good foundation for my 30s, 40s and so on.

As for my birthday, it was full of surprises, cake and pizza. Thank you to anyone who wished me a happy birthday! Being at University it is weird not to have my family around me to celebrate my birthday but I was treated to many surprises! Including my Mum, Dad and sister sending me a cake in the post! (This was delivered through Baker Days, if you would like a full review let me know!)

Anyhow, that’s all over now and it’s all about exams and revision for the next month and a half. I’ve nearly finished my second year of University which seems crazy! For now I’m living back in my hometown as lectures have finished. I’ll also be in Spain next week which I’m looking forward to as I haven’t been abroad for what seems like ages and I really need some sun (it's currently extremely cloudy here).

My goal for this month, alongside revision, is to blog more. I’d love to hear your suggestions about what you would like to see posts about and any feedback on my blog content or design!

                                 

                                                                                                          

                      Hayley  x                       

Time for a Chat ❤

So, I realized I haven't actually done a chatty post on this blog yet! Therefore, I thought I'd formally introduce myself and just let you know a bit about me, the person behind this blog. I'm not sure where to start, maybe by the fact I'm suffering from shock that it's already March, I have literally no idea where time is going! I have one and half weeks of lectures left for this academic year, then I face horrendous exams and the realization that I only have one year of University left! As much as I enjoy University, I cannot wait to get on with my life and see what the future has to offer. I've been in education my whole life and I'm fed up of my life being defined by achieving grades; numbers and letters on pieces of paper! Although arguably University is a challenge in itself, I want to start challenging myself in ways that are worthwhile and achieve my goals. I guess you could say the aim of University is to get a good classification in order to get a job, but is it really that simple? I don't think so!

Anyway, bit about me and the future for this blog! So, if you are wondering I'm currently studying Psychology, regarded by many as a pointless subject, but of course I'd argue otherwise. I personally think it provides important insight and explanation to behaviour and reveals the capabilities of the human brain and body. Even if you wouldn't consider studying Psychology, I highly recommend for you to read about it, you might even discover for yourself how exciting and interesting it is!

On this blog, I don't just plan to talk about beauty but to express my thoughts and discuss topics which are  current and of importance (maybe even a few book reviews!). Of course, if you've read my previous posts it will be very clear that I'm a bit of a beauty junkie, in particular, in love with LUSH and I am highly supportive of their campaigns, which I'm sure I will discuss on this blog in the future. Other than that there isn't much else to know; I love living near the sea, writing and going shopping (obviously!).

I plan to regularly blog and I'd love to hear suggestions of what content you'd like to me to post!

Hayley x