Hi guys,
Got a chem exam today so I'm feeling super nervous and I'm exhausted. Might go for a walk to wake myself up. It's currently 6am and I went to bed at around half twelve. Not nearly enough sleep was had.
Okay. I just went for a brisk walk to Starbucks to clear my head and feel much much better now. It's surprising how much exercise can really change your mood. Or it could have been the green tea!
Anyway,
will post a longer one later as I always do but for now I need to get ready for my exam!
Bye x
Tuesday, 16 June 2015
My morning routine!
Hi guys!
Wrote a quick post this morning but sorry this one is a bit off schedule-I usually get most of my posts up in the morning but I've been crazy busy! I thought today I'd do a post entirely devoted to what I do on an average morning-specifically today. So. Let's go!
I woke up this morning at about 06:10 (I had planned to get up at 5 but that was never going to happen let's be honest). After checking all of my social media and email I like to write down a few things I need to do each day to help clear my head. I read a few pages of my current reading book (Notting Hill with Love Actually...). It's a bit soppy but I'm not ashamed to admit I like it! Then I started this morning's blog and after writing a couple of paragraphs I jumped (well more like dragged myself) into my workout gear and started my calisthenics. I like to do about 15 minutes every morning just to wake myself up and work up a sweat. And then like a sanitary person I took a shower but didn't wash my hair as I washed it yesterday.
The next thing I would normally do would be put on my make-up but as I had school today I just did a few simple things; I put primer on my face, brushed out my eyebrows and eyelashes, curled my lashes and put on some lip balm. Then I got dressed in my oh so beautiful school uniform and slipped on my brogues.
Now it's time for my favourite part of the day! Breakfast! This morning I opted for quite a simple choice of a piece of wholemeal toast, a small slice of walnut cake (I prefer coffee but Sainsbury's was out) and a cup of black breakfast tea. I am a complete and utter coffee and tea addict but in the summer I prefer tea- it makes me feel less lethargic. While I eat I usually read some sort of book and today I went for the wind and the willows. How classic I am.
I hopped back to my computer and finished my blog post from earlier before the ideas completely escaped my mind. On a normal day I would at this point pack my lunch but as I was returning for lunch today I didn't need to! I quickly checked my voicemail and cleared up the kitchen-resisting the urge to scrub an old pasta pot from last night (okay so maybe I couldn't resist it and may have spent 20 minutes scrubbing the pot). Then I turned on BBC radio and listened to whatever program was on that morning and got started with my work. I start each day by planning my day so that I know when and where I am doing things. I then start my blog- usually by writing a few paragraphs of ideas on paper first and then continuing on my laptop. Once that's done I head out the door to school!
Not forgetting the venti green tea I simply must have every single morning. With two teabags.
Layla
Wrote a quick post this morning but sorry this one is a bit off schedule-I usually get most of my posts up in the morning but I've been crazy busy! I thought today I'd do a post entirely devoted to what I do on an average morning-specifically today. So. Let's go!
I woke up this morning at about 06:10 (I had planned to get up at 5 but that was never going to happen let's be honest). After checking all of my social media and email I like to write down a few things I need to do each day to help clear my head. I read a few pages of my current reading book (Notting Hill with Love Actually...). It's a bit soppy but I'm not ashamed to admit I like it! Then I started this morning's blog and after writing a couple of paragraphs I jumped (well more like dragged myself) into my workout gear and started my calisthenics. I like to do about 15 minutes every morning just to wake myself up and work up a sweat. And then like a sanitary person I took a shower but didn't wash my hair as I washed it yesterday.
The next thing I would normally do would be put on my make-up but as I had school today I just did a few simple things; I put primer on my face, brushed out my eyebrows and eyelashes, curled my lashes and put on some lip balm. Then I got dressed in my oh so beautiful school uniform and slipped on my brogues.
Now it's time for my favourite part of the day! Breakfast! This morning I opted for quite a simple choice of a piece of wholemeal toast, a small slice of walnut cake (I prefer coffee but Sainsbury's was out) and a cup of black breakfast tea. I am a complete and utter coffee and tea addict but in the summer I prefer tea- it makes me feel less lethargic. While I eat I usually read some sort of book and today I went for the wind and the willows. How classic I am.
I hopped back to my computer and finished my blog post from earlier before the ideas completely escaped my mind. On a normal day I would at this point pack my lunch but as I was returning for lunch today I didn't need to! I quickly checked my voicemail and cleared up the kitchen-resisting the urge to scrub an old pasta pot from last night (okay so maybe I couldn't resist it and may have spent 20 minutes scrubbing the pot). Then I turned on BBC radio and listened to whatever program was on that morning and got started with my work. I start each day by planning my day so that I know when and where I am doing things. I then start my blog- usually by writing a few paragraphs of ideas on paper first and then continuing on my laptop. Once that's done I head out the door to school!
Not forgetting the venti green tea I simply must have every single morning. With two teabags.
Layla
Monday, 15 June 2015
Why sleep is the best way to get good grades
Hi guys!
Just fitting in time to write this before my history exam this morning. AT 8:10. I WENT TO BED AT 1:45. I would like to take this opportunity to stress how extremely important sleep is. DO NOT stay up all night studying because it will not help you.
Trust me. I have first hand experience of the pain.
No matter how little you think you know if you stay up past midnight cramming furiously you will know even less in the morning than you did when you started. Without sleep your body cannot function properly and in the exam you will struggle to remember key dates and will mix up fact and fantasy. Your eyes will swirl all over the pages and the clock will start to move slower and slower. This is not how you want your exam to go.
So get some sleep, it's worth it.
Layla
Just fitting in time to write this before my history exam this morning. AT 8:10. I WENT TO BED AT 1:45. I would like to take this opportunity to stress how extremely important sleep is. DO NOT stay up all night studying because it will not help you.
Trust me. I have first hand experience of the pain.
No matter how little you think you know if you stay up past midnight cramming furiously you will know even less in the morning than you did when you started. Without sleep your body cannot function properly and in the exam you will struggle to remember key dates and will mix up fact and fantasy. Your eyes will swirl all over the pages and the clock will start to move slower and slower. This is not how you want your exam to go.
So get some sleep, it's worth it.
Layla
How I stay in control
I am an extremely organised person. Now don't get me wrong, that doesn't mean that my room is always tidy or my underwear perfectly folded. My organisation comes from within. (ooo how spiritual). I have a certain desire to have my day and life in control and everything always has to be according to schedule. I'm not quite sure when my obsession with routine began but ever since I can remember I've written down morning, after school and evening routines. It started from time to time just writing them in a diary but now I have an organised collection of routines and lists on my notes app.
The first topic I'd like to talk about is my health. My health has always been important to me but as someone with a bing eating disorder (wow can't believe I just wrote that down!), this is the aspect of my life that I struggle to control the most. I feel like if I eat one donut I might as well eat them all. It's an all or nothing kind of attitude. I've realised that this is the kind of attitude that leads to binges and unhealthy living. It's important to eat things in moderation and not to be too strict on yourself if you mess up.
The next topic I'd like to talk about is study. I am currently still in secondary school and am just finishing my GCSE's but these tips can apply to anyone working or studying. I like to make a revision timetable but only during exam periods. There's no need to meticulously study months in advance as personally, I end up forgetting everything anyway! However I do stay in control by sticking to my schedule. I try to stick to the exact timings but recently I've realised how important flexibility is. Even if you can't do an hour of history at 11:05, as long as you do that hour at some point in the day, it doesn't matter.
So there you go. I've got a bit personal here but I like to write about how I feel in control and it makes me feel in control!
Currently drinking a venti green tea in starbucks on my macbook and feeling very tumblr.
Layla
The first topic I'd like to talk about is my health. My health has always been important to me but as someone with a bing eating disorder (wow can't believe I just wrote that down!), this is the aspect of my life that I struggle to control the most. I feel like if I eat one donut I might as well eat them all. It's an all or nothing kind of attitude. I've realised that this is the kind of attitude that leads to binges and unhealthy living. It's important to eat things in moderation and not to be too strict on yourself if you mess up.
The next topic I'd like to talk about is study. I am currently still in secondary school and am just finishing my GCSE's but these tips can apply to anyone working or studying. I like to make a revision timetable but only during exam periods. There's no need to meticulously study months in advance as personally, I end up forgetting everything anyway! However I do stay in control by sticking to my schedule. I try to stick to the exact timings but recently I've realised how important flexibility is. Even if you can't do an hour of history at 11:05, as long as you do that hour at some point in the day, it doesn't matter.
So there you go. I've got a bit personal here but I like to write about how I feel in control and it makes me feel in control!
Currently drinking a venti green tea in starbucks on my macbook and feeling very tumblr.
Layla
The importance of simplicity
I can't believe it's June already!
I've got so much going on this month it's hard to find time to write but I think it's important to stay at it.
My GCSE's are nearly over! A week from now and I'll be done and ready for a nine week summer.
Recently I've been starting to notice just how much I really have. I think it's important to be grateful for everything, even the little things as there are always those with less than you. This summer I'm going to try and live my life more simply. One of the hardest things I'm trying to do is give up Starbucks! It's a luxury I don't need and I waste so much money on the tax avoiding chain- precious money that could be spent on other more worthwhile things.
Anyway I better be getting to school!
Layla
I've got so much going on this month it's hard to find time to write but I think it's important to stay at it.
My GCSE's are nearly over! A week from now and I'll be done and ready for a nine week summer.
Recently I've been starting to notice just how much I really have. I think it's important to be grateful for everything, even the little things as there are always those with less than you. This summer I'm going to try and live my life more simply. One of the hardest things I'm trying to do is give up Starbucks! It's a luxury I don't need and I waste so much money on the tax avoiding chain- precious money that could be spent on other more worthwhile things.
Anyway I better be getting to school!
Layla
Saturday, 11 April 2015
AMAZING BROWNIES
Would just like to let everyone know about the best brownies I have EVER tasted. Forgive their name but just check them out. You won't regret it.
http://www.thelondoner.me/2011/06/slutty-brownies.html
http://www.thelondoner.me/2011/06/slutty-brownies.html
Sunday, 8 March 2015
Wow. It's been a while.
A lot of things have happened over the last year or so that I feel like I should document at some point. I feel like the most prominent thing I want to talk about is my 'relationship' with God.
As a child, I was always a Christian. I willingly went to Church and read psalms without question as my Mum and Nan are both devout Catholics, However when I got to secondary school things changed. I met amazing friends from all sorts of religious backgrounds and I started to question what I believed in. In fact, I started to ask myself why I had prayed and sung hymns to God all those years when I hadn't ever really known what I was doing. Then I got angry. I was furious at myself for being what I thought was 'tricked' into a religion. After my first physics lesson, I straight up decided that God was something man made up and the concept of there being a God was impossible to me.
That's how I lived until recently. At my school, we often visit westminster Abbey to sing and pray etc which had never really moved me until about 6 months ago. I was sitting with my friend, who is an extremely committed Christian, when we started to talk about God. At this point in my life (I'm now 16), I was trying to be a bit more open with religion and others opinions so I engaged in the conversation. She asked me
"Why don't you believe?"
And I returned with "Why do you?"
She said "The idea is so radical that it must be true. There must be something greater than us out there."
And what she said really struck a chord in me. As I stared up at the beautiful ornate ceiling of westminster Abbey I really started to believe that there was someone watching over me.
So. Yeah. That's my religious journey. I'm still not quite sure if I believe in God. But I'm definitely more open to the idea now.
Lola
A lot of things have happened over the last year or so that I feel like I should document at some point. I feel like the most prominent thing I want to talk about is my 'relationship' with God.
As a child, I was always a Christian. I willingly went to Church and read psalms without question as my Mum and Nan are both devout Catholics, However when I got to secondary school things changed. I met amazing friends from all sorts of religious backgrounds and I started to question what I believed in. In fact, I started to ask myself why I had prayed and sung hymns to God all those years when I hadn't ever really known what I was doing. Then I got angry. I was furious at myself for being what I thought was 'tricked' into a religion. After my first physics lesson, I straight up decided that God was something man made up and the concept of there being a God was impossible to me.
That's how I lived until recently. At my school, we often visit westminster Abbey to sing and pray etc which had never really moved me until about 6 months ago. I was sitting with my friend, who is an extremely committed Christian, when we started to talk about God. At this point in my life (I'm now 16), I was trying to be a bit more open with religion and others opinions so I engaged in the conversation. She asked me
"Why don't you believe?"
And I returned with "Why do you?"
She said "The idea is so radical that it must be true. There must be something greater than us out there."
And what she said really struck a chord in me. As I stared up at the beautiful ornate ceiling of westminster Abbey I really started to believe that there was someone watching over me.
So. Yeah. That's my religious journey. I'm still not quite sure if I believe in God. But I'm definitely more open to the idea now.
Lola
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