QUOTE A DAY- DAY 18

If you don't like something, change it. If you can't change it, change your attitude. - Maya Angelou

QUOTE A DAY- DAY 17

We humans have lost the wisdom of genuinely resting and relaxing. We worry too much. We don't allow our bodies to heal, and we don't allow our minds and hearts to heal.- Thich Nhat Hanh

I think this is incredible true, everyone needs time to themselves, look after yourselves, keeping yourselves safe and fresh and having time to relax and do things that you want too, save time for that book you want to read or that program you want to watch or that face mask you want to try, you deserve it! xox

I AM BACK

Howdy how! Hello! Hiya! Bonjour! (just thought I'd be a bit versatile for you guys)

I have been absent for a few days and haven't been able to post as I have been working and had some plans and haven't been able to get time to fit in a post for you lovelies!

I am going to try to update every day with your QUOTE A DAY posts and will hopefully be doing a normal post on other topics! 

If you guys have any suggestions, please let me know so I can do them/ write about them and feel free to drop me a message or suggestion for my youtube videos, I have not been able to post my second video yet because I am so busy at the moment but I am going to try my hardest to get that up for you guys as soon as possible! 

I have so many posts planned for you guys so please keep looking out!
I hope you're all having a wonderful week and stay fabulous!

lots of love,
Katie 
xox

QUOTE OF THE DAY- DAY 16

Smiling Is Infectious -Author Unknown 

Smiling is infectious,

you catch it like the flu,

When someone smiled at me today, 

I started smiling too. 

I passed around the corner 

and someone saw my grin. 

When he smiled I realized 

I'd passed it on to him. 

I thought about that smile, 

then I realized its worth.

A single smile, just like mine 

could travel round the earth. 

So, if you feel a smile begin, 

don't leave it undetected.

Let's start an epidemic quick, 

and get the world infected! 

This isn't so much a quote but I just love this poem, it just shows how important a smile can be so my task for you is to smile at someone today, or try to smile at someone everyday, you never know how much a smile can mean, you could make someone's day! xx

QUOTE A DAY- DAY 15

I couldn't do post the qupte of the day last night as I had lots of work to do but here is today's :)

It is during our darkest moments that we must focus to see the light.- Aristotle Onassis
There is always a light in the tunnel, you just have to find it! 

Revision Tips

Hey lovelies! I hope you’re all having a lovely day/ I hope you have a lovely day! (which ever applies to you because of time zones.) 

During this time of the year and the next few months, a lot of people have exams over the next few weeks, whether these be GCSE’s, A level’s or possibly even exams at university. Exams are extremely stressful so it is important to prepare for them, here is a few tips on how to prepare and revise:

• Make sure you’re in a quiet area where you won’t be disturbed and that you can focus on work without too many distractions.
•  Make sure you take regular breaks, at least every 30 minutes or so, have a drink and possibly a snack.
• Reward yourself, something I did during my GCSE’s was that every time I finished a piece of revision that I needed to do, I’d then reward yourself with a treat or 5 minutes talking to a friend or something like this. 
• Spread your work load out, make sure you still have some social time and time to yourself to do the things you want, something I’ve learned is that it is best to do 1 or 2 hours of work a night rather than cram it all in the night before as you just stress yourself even more.
• You could make a revision guide, plan which subject work you’re going to do each night or just leave a revision slot and do whichever work needs to be done first and leave time for yourself as well, fit your work around any existing plans but make sure you leave enough time to do the work.
• Prepare yourself for the exams, make sure you understand the questions that may come up and what you need to do for the exam and do practice papers and ask your teacher what you did wrong if you don’t understand.
•  Make sure you have all your equipment ready for the exams and for revision.
•  Try to relax when revising, you could have quiet music on but make sure it is not distracting you from the work.
• Use different resources, bite size is a good site for people studying for their GCSE’s. Make use of websites and resources that teachers give you. Try different revision techniques, for example, mind maps, past papers, a booklet, video etc. This will help to reinforce the information into your brain J
• Turn your phone off or try not to use it while you’re revising, same goes for social networking, like Facebook, twitter, tumblr and turn your TV off. Things like this distract you and then you procrastinate (put off) the work which will only mean that you’ll have more to do later on. 

I hope these tips and advice help you to focus on your exams, exams are only for a short while and once you’ve completed them, you’ll be able to do things for yourself, you just need to think positively and get through them and then when you get the results, you know you will have put the best you can into the work! Good luck!

Feel free to comment with other tips you have or how you get on, I would love to here! I have lots more idea’s like this so if you like this kind of post, please let me know!xx

QUOTE A DAY- DAY 14

It's like driving a car at night. You never see further than your headlights, but you can make the whole trip that way.- E. L. Doctorow

You can't always see what is going to happen in the future but you just need to focus on what is happening right now. I purposely chose a quote relating to driving today as I PASSED MY DRIVING TEST this morning and I am so pleased! Think it will definitely be a bit nerve racking driving on my own for the first few weeks but am so glad that I passed today!

QUOTE A DAY- DAY 13

If you think you can do a thing or think you can't do a thing, you're right.- Henry Ford

You can achieve whatever you set your mind too, if you believe that you can't do something then you won't be able to do it, think positively and try!

QUOTE A DAY- DAY 12

A warm smile is the universal language of kindness.- William Arthur Ward

Sorry I couldn't post yesterday guys but here is a post for yesterday and I will upload today's in a minute! I would also like to let you know that I cannot post the youtube video tonight as I have been extremely busy this week and so I will post it whenever I can sometime this week hopefully! <3 

QUOTE A DAY- DAY 11

Don't wait around for other people to be happy for you. Any happiness you get you've got to make yourself.- Alice Walker

It is so important for you to make yourself happy, do things for yourself, take some "me" time, whether it be having a bath or spa time with yourself or watching a film in PJ's with a treat or buying that special treat for yourself once in a while. It's important that you think about your happiness before other people's because you need to care for yourself, however It is important to help other people and think about their feelings as well. Don't wait for other people to make you feel happy, of course this is a good thing when friends can cheer you up but you need to care for yourself because you are the person who will always be there.

QUOTE A DAY- DAY 10

Truth is everybody is going to hurt you: you just gotta find the ones worth suffering for.- Bob Marley

I have found over the past 17 years of my life that there is always some people who just don't like you or want to hurt you and you just have to ignore them and get on with your life because they are not worth it, focus on the people who are always there for you, who are trustworthy towards you and care about you and your feelings, people who are good friends because those are the people who matter, those are the people who are there during the good and the bad times. 

QUOTE A DAY- DAY 9

If you can dream it, you can do it- Walt Disney

I am currently looking at universities as I need to start going to open days and have to apply this year! It's a slightly scary (actually, it's very scary) but I am so excited to try new things, to be able to hopefully learn what I need to in order to achieve my dream, which is to be a primary school teacher. I know that it will be hard work and someone told me today that teaching is not just a job, it's a lifestyle but I am so determined and if you believe you can do something, reach for the stars with both hands and don't let it go, you can do it, just work hard and you will get there!

QUOTE A DAY- DAY 8

Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.- Nelson Mandela

I know some of you reading this may have exams soon or coursework and it may be really hard now but work hard and it will be worth it, you guys can do it, keep going lovelies!

QUOTE A DAY-DAY 7

In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life: It goes on.- Robert Frost

If you're going through a hard time at the moment, just remember however much you don't believe this now, things will get better. If you've got lots of coursework to do or are studying for exams, work the hardest you can because they'll be over soon and you will be so happy if you come out with the grades you want, work to achieve what you dream about. Once you're exams are over, life will still continue, once that coursework is finished, life will still continue and you can do things that you want knowing that you tried your hardest and worked the best you could.

MY YOUTUBE IS ALIVE

My youtube channel has finally been created and my first video is up!
Here is my channel link: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCK5zbrAS8yH8GmOHlHtIDkg
This is my first video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QID7ezO6oi0

Please feel free to subscribe, comment, like it and give me suggestions on what to do next!

QUOTE A DAY-DAY 6

"Life isn't about waiting for the storm to pass; it's about learning to dance in the rain."- Vivian Greene

I love this quote, It just makes you focus on trying to be positive and remembering the good things even when you may be having a bad time.

QUOTE A DAY- DAY 5/ GIVING

“No one has ever become poor by giving.”-Anne Frank, diary of Anne Frank 

This is such an important quote, I saw it a few days ago and decided I had to make a post about it. I've recently been watching videos about the youtube boy band, for any of you who didn't know, Marcus Butler, ThatcherJoe, Jim Chapman, Casper and PointlessBlog who all have youtube videos (you should check them out)  have come together with comic relief to make a music video for sports relief. Their aim is to raise £50,000 before they release the video. I think what they're trying to do for other people is so inspiring. Just texting and giving one pound can save a child's life, most of us live our daily life having water available when we want it, however some people have to walk miles just to get some water which may not even be safe so please donate anything you, you can make a difference. I have included how to text sport relief to raise money through the boyband, however there are lots of other methods of donating in which I will also leave the link. I am also going to leave a link to the youtube video which is called The Official Youtube Boy Band and it explains just exactly what they're trying to do. 

If you're in the UK, text BOYBAND to 70011, Texts cost £1 plus your standard network message charge, £1 per text goes to Sport Relief. You must be 16 or over and please ask the bill payers permission
For full terms and conditions and more information go to: http://www.sportrelief.com/terms 

http://www.sportrelief.com/                   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YxAHd-eApiw

It is also just to remember that the word "giving" does not just mean giving money. Giving could mean lending a helping hand, helping an elderly person to cross the road or helping them to carry shopping, It could be volunteering at your local school or charity shop or even at a local sports club/activity club, such as scouts. You may help out your family or friends by being there for a chat or helping them with a problem or helping them to clean the house or wash the car. You may want to help the environment by thinking about your actions, such as recycling your plastics and glass so that these materials can be re-used, you could also take up doing some gardening to help the pollution going into our air and it will also brighten up your garden and you could even start to grow your own crops or grow some lovely flowers or plants just make you smile or give you something to do which may bring such a sense or reward for you.

Giving doesn't always mean in the form of money, it is just giving to someone else and sometimes just smiling at another person may give them a positive hope and make their day. It doesn't always cost to give something so I am going to set myself a challenge which is: To give something to others every day. This may be something as small as doing the dishes or listening to a friend, just something which may make someone's day a little bit better and it doesn't always have to cost anything.

Are you doing anything for sports relief or to raise money for charity? 

Have you given/ are you giving anything at the moment?

Speak to you soon 

♥

QUOTE A DAY- DAY 4

Don't cry because it's over. Smile because it happened.- Dr Seuss

I adore this quote because it just reminds you to think positively about all the things that have happened and remember that you enjoyed them and wanted them at the time so you need to smile because they happened and think about the future and do things that you want to do.

R.I.P

One of my favourite teacher's passed away last year, she was in a car accident and everyone was so shocked and upset because of the loss. She was a wonderful, fantastic lady who was teaching me my Graphics GCSE, she was more than just a teacher, she was a friend and was one of the loveliest people I have ever met. It was really hard for me when she passed as I just could not stopping thinking about her, she was a teacher you could talk to about your problems and she had often been there to listen to me. I worked so hard for my graphics exam and just wanted to do well to show how great of a teacher she was, I was so pleased when I got my GCSE's. I just thought about how proud she would be of me and all of our class. 

Today is your birthday Miss and everyone misses you so much, you will never be forgotten, you're always in my thoughts and my thoughts go out to your family. I love you Miss, R.I. P.

YouTube!

I am hoping to post my first youtube video within the next few days!

It's a little introduction to tell you a little bit about me :) I will make sure to leave a link in a post once it's uploaded so you can check it out, feel free to subscribe, like, leave comments and share! 

I hope you have/ are having a lovely day! 

QUOTE A DAY- DAY 3

A dream doesn't become reality through magic; it takes sweat, determination and hard work. - Colin Powell

I like this quote as it explains that you have to work to get towards you dreams and you will get there in the end, you just have to keep working at it and reach for your dream. Keep doing  your best and you can succeed in the end!

QUOTE OF THE DAY- DAY 2

Change your thoughts and you change your world.- Norman Vincent Peale

I love this quote, I recently found it and it's basically expressing that you control your world, if you want someone to change within yourself, you make it happen.

Camp America!

Camp America is a program for people who are 18+ to work at a summer camp in the USA for around 6/8 weeks and then you have the opportunity to travel for 30 days before travelling home. I am so determined to be part of this program next summer in 2015. It looks incredible, I absolutely love working with children and I would love to travel so I think it will be perfect for me, I really want to visit America so getting to live there for 3 months would be such an amazing experience for me. 

The main role I would love to become is a general counsellor, where you go around with the children and spend time with them while joining in and helping them with activities, however just going to camp in itself and working there would be great so I'm not too fussed. 

I've been researching different camps for months now and I have a few favourites, although some of them don't hire 18 year olds so I'd have to wait if I want to go to those ons.

I literally cannot wait to apply and hopefully get placed, eek!

If this interests any of you, go check it out at: http://www.campamerica.co.uk/

QUOTE A DAY

I absolutely love quotes, they are a little bit of wisdom to motivate you in your life. I am going to try to start posting a quote one a day for you all to feel motivated and inspired for the day.

DAY 1

My all time favourite Quote is: "Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter, and those who matter don't mind."- Bernard M. Baruch

I adore this quote and is something I try to enforce in my life when making decisions.

All about John Green

I am a massive John Green fan. I have every single one of his books, I haven't quite finished them all yet but they are there waiting for me. I adore the Fault in our stars and I am so excited for the film, ek! It looks really good, I don't know if I will like the film as much as the book, like I've said before, I get more emotionally attached to books as you learn more and feel more knowledge about the characters and how they're feeling and things like that but I think the film will be amazing! I've also read Looking for Alaska and I love how John Green's books make you feel, I don't think I've read any of his books without them making me cry at least one, they are spectacular. I am currently in the middle of reading An abundance of Katherines. I love how his books teach you in a different way, like how in Looking for Alaska, it teaches you people's last words or how in An Abundance of Katherines it teaches you interesting facts and I've found that you get so hooked on the story in the books and what's going to happen, that you just cannot put it down. 
I am also a huge fan of quotes and John Green's books are full of them. 
Here are some of them: 
“Sometimes, you read a book and it fills you with this weird evangelical zeal, and you become convinced that the shattered world will never be put back together unless and until all living humans read the book.” John Green- The fault in our stars.

“You don't get to choose if you get hurt in this world...but you do have some say in who hurts you. I like my choices.” John Green- The fault in our stars.

“Books are the ultimate Dumpees: put them down and they’ll wait for you forever; pay attention to them and they always love you back.” John Green- An Abundance of Katherines.

“Some infinities are bigger than other infinities.” John Green- The fault in our stars.

“There will come a time when all of us are dead. All of us. There will come a time when there are no human beings remaining to remember that anyone ever existed or that our species ever did anything. There will be no one left to remember Aristotle or Cleopatra, let alone you. Everything that we did and built and wrote and thought and discovered will be forgotten and all of this will have been for naught. Maybe that time is coming soon and maybe it is millions of years away, but even if we survive the collapse of our sun, we will not survive forever. There was time before organisms experienced consciousness, and there will be time after. And if the inevitability of human oblivion worries you, I encourage you to ignore it. God knows that’s what everyone else does.” John Green- The fault in our stars.

YOU ME AT SIX

This picture here is of my favourite band. You me at six.  
I have loved this band for a few years now and I have previously seen them twice before. The first concert I ever went to was their Sinnner's never sleep album tour and then the second time I saw them, they were a supporting act for Thirty Seconds to Mars, another band I also like. I am going to see them again in a few weeks time as they tour for their new album, Cavalier youth and I am beyond excited. They are so good live and there's something about concerts and being with people who all believe in the same music as you and the band and I love seeing them live. Their music is such an inspiration to me and I've listened to them throughout most of my teenage years and they have developed so much as a band since I first started liking them and have become far more well known. 

I have also met DAN FLINT, Drummer from You me at six and he is the 2nd person in from the left on the photo above. It was such an amazing day! I met him while I was walking to get into the queue for the 30 Seconds to Mars/ You me At six concert! 

The Hunger Games

The Hunger Games series has got to be one of my favourite book series. If you have not read them, then I strongly suggest that you do. They will make you smile, make you cry and you will want to read further and they will consume your life until you finish them, well this happened for me anyway. Whenever I get into a really good book, I won't stop reading it until It's finished. 
I decided to write about The Hunger Games as I am currently watching the film, I love the film but most films just don't do the books justice. The amount of detail, pronunciation, thoughts and time put into the book is incredible and I can't imagine how hard it is to make the film but the book just made me feel so much more attached, I think this may be because I just connect more with books rather than films. I love the films and the books but I think my love for books always tends to win.  
Now I've read all of the books, it means that I am now waiting in suspense for the films to come out, I cannot wait to buy catching fire when it is released soon so I can watch it continuously. It's exciting and sad that I know what happens in the next film and I am so curious to understand how they are going to re-create Mockingjay into a film because I think some of the aspects are going to be very difficult. It comes out sometime later this year so I look forward to watching it.