Hello Earthlings,
Today is the last post of the year which feels a little weird as I feel like we should probably be in May but here we are, a few days away from the new year. I have to admit I'm one of those people who loves the new year, I love the fact that it's a fresh set of 12 months that could hold so much opportunity and whatnot. I hear people who say you can work on bettering yourself at whatever point but for me there's something exciting about starting a fresh year and working on yourself into whoever you want to be. I intend on doing that and I'll be writing a post on the 1st to let you all know what you can expect from my blog in 2018. But for now, I'm going to reflect on the past year and draw everything to a close.
I want to start by saying thank you to you people who read this, whether it's once or whether you read it regularly I truly appreciate it so much. For me my blog has never been about numbers as such, it's been a little place on the internet where I write because I enjoy writing and if there's people who enjoy reading it, even if it's just one, then it's worth it for me. But I have somehow achieved 22,500 page views and that's baffling, I can't actually put it in words how surprised I was when I saw that my blog has been read that many times. Thank you for that as well, but thank you for every time you've clicked on a post because you've wanted to read it, every time you've liked a Facebook post sharing it or if you've like my Facebook page, thank you for every single nice comment you've ever left...I truly appreciate them all. Oh, and thank you for sticking around another year, I hope you stay another year and enjoy this new journey with me.
In 2017 I have been to some new places... I ticked a thing to do off my bucket list by going up the Eiffel Tour in Paris and fell in love with the city, I watched a beautiful sunset in Edinburgh and bought some amazing fudge on the Old Mile, I fell absolutely in love with Albufeira and intend to return to Portugal at every opportunity I can and I returned to the magnificent La Cala de Mijas and came back with a cracking tan (that's a rare thing for me, it was nice while it lasted). Back on home soil I've done my annual trip to London with my Mum and confirmed it even more as my favourite city, I've sang Don't Look Back in Anger at the top of my voice with 50,000 people at the Old Trafford Cricket Ground watching Courteeners just days after the country was shocked by the awful events in Manchester in May, I've seen many artists live in new places made easier by the fact that Jack and myself both passed our driving tests this year.
Personally, I survived A Levels and have completed my first semester studying psychology at Sheffield Hallam University, I set myself a goal of raising £100 for charity and smashed that by raising £474, I got 2 tattoos, I cut off several toxic people and have so many incredibly plans for 2018. I also started to discover who I was, instead of feeling like I've just been going with the flow I feel like I have started to decide where I'm going and the type of person I'd ideally like to be. I've also got to know some amazing people who make life so much better in the littlest ways possible, I'm not going to list some massive list because I'd be here for a while just going on about how great these people are but I'm hoping they know. So yeah. I've also missed so much that I'm going to later think "ah, should've included that" but right now, I feel so happy I could cry (that and I've just watched Pitch Perfect 3 and it was perfect and I did cry a little). I also nearly lost my dog this year, she's my best friend and it was a traumatic time but she's here and well and it happens to be nine years today since we bought her home and I never imagined nine years ago that my life would be quite as mad and brilliant as it is. Addition: Also completed a fun run dressed as 118, fun and run should not be used in the same sentence.
To everyone who has influenced my 2017 in whatever way, thank you.
I'll see you next year,
Lia x
Today is the last post of the year which feels a little weird as I feel like we should probably be in May but here we are, a few days away from the new year. I have to admit I'm one of those people who loves the new year, I love the fact that it's a fresh set of 12 months that could hold so much opportunity and whatnot. I hear people who say you can work on bettering yourself at whatever point but for me there's something exciting about starting a fresh year and working on yourself into whoever you want to be. I intend on doing that and I'll be writing a post on the 1st to let you all know what you can expect from my blog in 2018. But for now, I'm going to reflect on the past year and draw everything to a close.
I want to start by saying thank you to you people who read this, whether it's once or whether you read it regularly I truly appreciate it so much. For me my blog has never been about numbers as such, it's been a little place on the internet where I write because I enjoy writing and if there's people who enjoy reading it, even if it's just one, then it's worth it for me. But I have somehow achieved 22,500 page views and that's baffling, I can't actually put it in words how surprised I was when I saw that my blog has been read that many times. Thank you for that as well, but thank you for every time you've clicked on a post because you've wanted to read it, every time you've liked a Facebook post sharing it or if you've like my Facebook page, thank you for every single nice comment you've ever left...I truly appreciate them all. Oh, and thank you for sticking around another year, I hope you stay another year and enjoy this new journey with me.
In 2017 I have been to some new places... I ticked a thing to do off my bucket list by going up the Eiffel Tour in Paris and fell in love with the city, I watched a beautiful sunset in Edinburgh and bought some amazing fudge on the Old Mile, I fell absolutely in love with Albufeira and intend to return to Portugal at every opportunity I can and I returned to the magnificent La Cala de Mijas and came back with a cracking tan (that's a rare thing for me, it was nice while it lasted). Back on home soil I've done my annual trip to London with my Mum and confirmed it even more as my favourite city, I've sang Don't Look Back in Anger at the top of my voice with 50,000 people at the Old Trafford Cricket Ground watching Courteeners just days after the country was shocked by the awful events in Manchester in May, I've seen many artists live in new places made easier by the fact that Jack and myself both passed our driving tests this year.
Personally, I survived A Levels and have completed my first semester studying psychology at Sheffield Hallam University, I set myself a goal of raising £100 for charity and smashed that by raising £474, I got 2 tattoos, I cut off several toxic people and have so many incredibly plans for 2018. I also started to discover who I was, instead of feeling like I've just been going with the flow I feel like I have started to decide where I'm going and the type of person I'd ideally like to be. I've also got to know some amazing people who make life so much better in the littlest ways possible, I'm not going to list some massive list because I'd be here for a while just going on about how great these people are but I'm hoping they know. So yeah. I've also missed so much that I'm going to later think "ah, should've included that" but right now, I feel so happy I could cry (that and I've just watched Pitch Perfect 3 and it was perfect and I did cry a little). I also nearly lost my dog this year, she's my best friend and it was a traumatic time but she's here and well and it happens to be nine years today since we bought her home and I never imagined nine years ago that my life would be quite as mad and brilliant as it is. Addition: Also completed a fun run dressed as 118, fun and run should not be used in the same sentence.
To everyone who has influenced my 2017 in whatever way, thank you.
I'll see you next year,
Lia x
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