Thoughts on the Blog

Hey guys!

Okay, so, I know that this is getting super annoying now and super repetitive but I am saying it now with complete conviction and I am ready to commit to this: I'm going to make actual blog posts about actual things regularly.

I haven't at all recently but my brain send to have unlocked a magical section absolutely brimming with post ideas so I might actually post some quality content, at least for a time.

In other news, me and my friends have set up a joint blog that's about absolutely anything so go check that out: www.greatblogofeverything.blogspot.com

I'm going to sign off now but will hopefully be making my first, awesome, good-quality post tomorrow in the brand new year.

Happy blogging,
Bubblegum (Hazel) x

Effort and Determination

Hi guys!

So, I have not been very good with this blog. The posts are terrible, the schedule is terrible. It's terrible. And I want to change that. Desperately.

I want to make this blog a magical place to be, but I know that it's going to take work to get it to the kind of standard that is noticed and that I want it to be (I'm kind of a perfectionist). The whole point of starting this blog was to better my writing, and I honestly haven't been doing too much writing on here. In fact, I haven't been doing too much on here at all.

This blog is supposed to be about my life. So maybe I should actually devote some of my life to it. Hopefully the posts will be a little more interesting and regular as I spend more time trying to get it perrrfect.

The trouble is, my life is not an interesting one. I'm not part of a super rich family, I don't have a load of adventures... I'm not interesting. But I'm going to try. I'm going to try my very best to brainstorm all sorts of ideas for posts. I'm going to do this, and I'm going to do this right.

I'm going to say bye now.

Happy blogging,
Bubblegum x

Guilt

Hello!

I hope you've been faring well. I have been. This post is all about that horrible feeling of guilt. I feel guilty all the time, so much, in fact, that I end up ignoring it because I know that I'm just being silly. There are some things to feel guilty about, and some things that are not to be guilty about.

I feel guilty every time I let someone down or do something wrong for someone or accidentally hurt someone. I just want to please people, and so that is my prime source for guilt. I need to learn that you don't have to do something just because people tell you to do it. You need to listen to what you want and work out what you want to do that way.

What kind of things do you feel guilty about? Are they silly, or reasonable? How are you going to help yourself stop feeling guilty?

Bubblegum x

The Little Things

Hello!

I think I'm officially back now after that loooooong hiatus. I'm not going to post every day like I've been saying. I'll probably just settle for weekly because otherwise I'll just end up falling out of it again because I'd be really overwhelmed.

As to what's happened to me whilst I was gone, I've started high school. It's fun but so much more challenging than junior school and the days are so much longer. I'm more tired after a day but it's somehow so much more satisfying.

Anyway, this post is all about the little things that make the world go round. A refreshing bike ride. The sunset on the ocean. A homemade birthday cake. The soft breaths of a sleeping loved one.

It's all of these things that make me the happiest. Tiny little things that may not matter to anyone else, but make me feel good about myself and the world. Things that perhaps nobody else notice. Things that make everything that little more beautiful.

I'm writing this post to tell you guys to notice these little things, and to maybe write them down. This exercise helps you be grateful and to just become an all round better person.

Until next time,
Bubblegum x

An Update on Where I've Been/What I've Been Up To

Hi!

Okay, I promise you that I'm back this time! I've worked out a strategy for making posts and what posts I'll make so I'll hopefully be back in track day by day!

Anyway, as this title suggests, I'm going to give a brief summary of where I am right now and what's been happening!

So, I'm not in Bristol. I'm in Zurich (Switzerland) and it's been truly amazing so far! The buildings are so beautiful and the lakes and rivers sparkle in the sun. It's very warm here, but when it rains, IT RAINS!

I've been here since Sunday afternoon, when I went for a swim in the river which was a unique experience because it gently carries you all the way down with the current which is so pretty fun, if a little nerve wracking.

On Monday, I wandered around town and had a look at all the different, lovely buildings and I also had a dip in the lake. It was great fun jumping off the pier into the water! We were supposed to go on the pedalos but it began to rain. It was really pounding down! Like, properly!

Yesterday was a super crazy day. We went hiking in the mountains (700m!) and it was breathtakingly beautiful. We were surrounded by other mountains and there was a vast sprinkling of snow on top of one of them. I was excited to get a cable car down but it turned out that it was broken! So we had to hike all the way down through the pouring rain and we only just made the bus. We met a nice American guy called Steve on the train who asked us loads of questions about our politics in England. Then we went to the food festival to found out that it was closed! We ended up just going to a pizza place.

Today we are planning on cycling to the lake and going on a pedalo. We'll also have a barbeque by the river if the weather's nice, obviously featuring some swims!

So there we go. I'm really sorry that I haven't kept up this blog recently, but I'm going to try much harder because I do enjoy writing on it and it's nice to know that people can read this. Maybe it'll one day be famous! Who knows?

Bubblegum x

I'm Back!

Hey, guys!

I have not posted for a LONG time, but I'm posting now. I'm sorry that nothing has been going up, but I'm the sort of person who thinks about how they need to do something and then doesn't do it. That's just the sort of person I am.

Nothing has really happened since I last posted. I've just finished Mockingjay today, and I cried. I, unfortunately, have nothing to read tonight because I left 'The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas' at school which I'm really mad at myself about. *Sigh*

I have been journaling every night for a while and I really enjoy recounting my day and gluing little souvenirs into the pages. I've nearly finished the one I have, unfortunately, so I'm going to need to buy a new one soon.

I've also made an attempt to start a bullet journal which has been quite fun. There is so much inspiration all over the internet until I just had to get up and do it. I'm still warming up to the idea, but I'll get into it properly soon enough.

I also found the most amazing blog: www.bohoberry.com. I've found each and every post inspirational and really enjoy reading the beautiful words. I'll probably go and read some now!

Happy blogging,
Bubblegum x

#TomeTopple Readathon Fail

Hi, guys!

As you can guess from the title, I failed the #TomeTopple Readathon. The only book that I managed to complete was Opal Plumstead by Jacqueline Wilson which I finished in four days but I could not read fast enough as to finish Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire and only finished it yesterday. I think that I pretty much gave up on the 14th because I went to London for the day on the 15th so I definitely had no time for reading that day (I'll make a post about that trip later).

This post was actually really short but I just wanted to let you know how I got on - which was obviously pretty badly - and I'm going to go now.

Happy blogging,
Bubblegum xx