floating in the clouds

I wanted to post another birthday post, on what I actually got up to on the day. Mostly because we went for dinner in the cutest place and although I never got a decent photo of myself, my outfit was cute. I also felt really inspired on my birthday and really wanted to talk about how much my friends have gone above and beyond for me recently.  I really did feel alone this year, and after hitting rock bottom I've had so many friends not only show me the most kindness I've ever known, but they've all inspired me so much. I've hid the writer side of me for so long, and this blog wasn't known by anyone I knew personally until just a few months ago.  The love and encouragement I've had has been incredible, I wasn't expecting to be built up like this by the people in my life and I'm so grateful for everyone who has been by my side the past few weeks. It's been a very intense time for me yet I've found myself bouncing off the walls with joy most da...

It was my twenty-second birthday yesterday. I'm 22. So much has happened this past year of being 21. I was living away from home in a student accommodation, absolutely miserable at uni but determined that being a nurse was my future as I came in my 21st year. It's been such a valuable life lesson -the whole year of being 21, so I wanted to talk about some of the things I've learnt/experienced being in my early twenties. Without being too sentimental because I need to keep that for my end of year posts. So being 21, it's a horrible age because you really are setting up your foundations for "who you want to be when you grow up", it feels like when you're 19 you can still be experimenting with what you like and don't like, you can party and be irresponsible and live off your parents and be a lot more chill. Your early twenties seem more rushed in the sense that there is added pressure to take up more responsibilities. It's okay to not know what you...