February Playlist

In-case you didn't know, I've decided for each month I'm going to post the top 10 songs I've been listening to that month, so maybe you lovelies can find some new songs you might enjoy.  Check out my January playlist if you missed it. I  know some of these songs are not new but I have been listening to them non stop in February so here they are;

Lights - Running with the boys

The Story So Far - Clairvoyant

PVRIS - St. Patrick 

Kodaline - Honest 

PVRIS - Mirrors

Sleeping With Sirens - Go Go Go

Issues - Never Lose Your Flames

Ellie Goulding - Love Me Like You Do

Ed Sheeran - Photograph


Brand New - Jesus Christ

P.S I will be back to my usual posts without awards next week, now they're all out of the way. But I hope you enjoyed two posts tonight!!

-xo Gee

HOW TO REVISE?

I haven't done a thoughts/help/talk blog post in a while so I thought this post would be relevant as me and hundreds of other year 11 students will be currently revising for up and coming exams in the summer.

As almost every teacher says, "Revision is the key to good grades" well okay it is, but how do you revise exactly? They tell you not to just "read" what you've done because it doesn't sink into your brain, so how does it? I'm going to try and give you some helpful tips to make all the revision goodness stay in your brain for exams!!

1) REVISE EARLY- Don't start revising a few weeks before your exams, revise months before!! Revising months before helps it stick in your brain, gives you time to go over everything several times and you can see what you don't know and then learn it!

2) TRY PAST QUESTIONS- You can find on the internet or ask your teachers for questions on a certain topic, or you can get hold of an exam paper from a few years before. You can have a try as if it was your real exam, and it gives you a good idea of what may crop up on an exam.

3) ATTEND REVISION - I'm not sure if all schools do this but I know mine does, we have revision sessions which teachers run at break and after school. I know it sucks and you get to miss your favorite TV shows, but hey at least you'll know something for your exam you didn't previously. Sometimes smaller revision classes help get more revision done!

4) TEST YOURSELF- Make mind maps, sticky notes, or lists of everything you need to know for the exam and tick it off if you know it, once you tick something off try a test question (you can find them online or ask a teacher) this way you can see if you really do know it or if you need to spend more time on it.

5) REVISE CREATIVELY- Create ways of revising which help your brain to remember the information. A mind map, a color coded poster. Post it notes all around your house (a different room for a different topic helps!) Maybe do all revision for one topic one color, and another topic another color.

Perhaps you remember things by listening to them, record yourself saying the important bits and listen to it!

You like reading? Create yourself a poem or a story containing all the important bits and read it, memorize it or even give it to a friend to help them!

However you remember things make a creative fun way to revise your stuff using that system.

6) REVISE OFTEN - You can't just revise once maybe twice a week, yeah it sucks I know. But once you're leaving school or where ever with good grades that you're happy with you will thank yourself. You're not wasting your life while revising because if you have good grades, you can get the job you want, therefore you'll be enjoying yourself!!

I hope these tips help you to revise. If you have any tips you use to revise let me know, we can share them together and help each other!!

Good luck in all of your exams and remember, believe and you can do. You'll do great!!

- xo Gee

January Playlist

At the start of January I decided to put together a list of songs I've been absolutely loving in January, I know some of these songs are not new but I have been listening to them non stop in January so here they are;

Olly Murs ft Demi Lovato - Up

Olly Murs - Seasons

Calvin Harris ft Ellie Goulding - Outside

Mcbusted - 23:59

All Time Low - Somethings gotta give

Charlie XCX - Break the rules

Bring Me The Horizon - Drown

A Day To Remember - Right back at it again

Fall out boy - American beauty/American psycho

Jamie T - Rabbit hole

- xo Gee

Keeping myself happy

I'm sure we all have times especially with school when we feel a bit down, maybe with stress or lack of sleep or we just don't feel 100% so I thought I'd share with you a few things I do that heighten my mood in hopes they might inspire you or even help you too!

1) Photo/Quote book - This is a little different than the quote book in my new year resolutions post as I started this book last year where on each page I stick a photo of either my favourite places, people or things and write inspirational quotes, It makes me feel better to read and to also to do.

2) My We Heart It Blog - I've had my we heart it blog for ages and I can honestly spend hours on it, I love hearting photos of make-up, fashion, people, animals, food, places and everything else you can imagine, putting them into sets and organizing them. It definitely makes me feel happier looking photos of nice things and being able to add them to my profile.




3) Listening to music -As simple as it is listening to music really does make me feel a lot better.

4) Taking Photos - I adore taking photos, even when I don't need cheering up. But It definitely does the trick. 

(This is the set of my blog photos) 

- xo Gee

New Year Resolutions

Recently I've seen a lot of other bloggers post their new year resolutions and I thought it was a good idea as you can see who's doing what, help and support them and even join them!

I decided I would post mine, I don't have many but a little does a lot!

(Image credit here)

My New Year Resolutions

1) Grow my nails - I've been doing this for quite a few months now, as I hated seeing people with lovely long painted nails and mine were short, so that's still happening.

2)Eat healthier - I go through phases especially when I'm in school where I don't eat anything which is bad, so I'm going to try eat fruit or vegetables during those phases.

3)Do exercise - I'm going to go for walks at night and have mini work outs in the evening, not to lose weight but to make myself feel happier knowing I have done some form of exercise.

4) Write a quote everyday - So I went to the store and got a pretty note book and decided I was going to write a quote for everyday, like little diary notes so I can read through them next December and remind myself of this year!

5) Read 20 books - I honestly love books but it can take me so long to get through them as I always get distracted and it takes me ages to read them so I have set a goal of completing 20 and I will reach it!

I would love to hear what new year resolutions you all have so let me know in the comments, I'm excited to stick to all of mine and so far, 6th of January I have managed them all!

- xo Gee

WORK EXPERIENCE//INTERVIEWS TIPS

I'm not sure how every school works but at my school round about this time in year 10 every student starts to panic as work experience is mentioned, awful right?

Also round about this time of year, year 11 have to have a mock interview, even worse!

So as I have been through both I'm going to give you a few hints a tips on how to get through both!

WORK EXPERIENCE

At first it sounds fun, but then scary as the thought of having to work and have a interview at the start and being pressured into doing what your parents or aunts or uncles may do in a job and someone of your age shouldn't, but don't panic it's totally not worth it!!
1)Plan where you want to do your work experience, it doesn't have to be to do with what you want to do when you leave school although that would be a good idea.

2)Get it all sorted out with the business straight away, the longer you leave it the more the business are more likely to say they have no places left and you will be suck with nowhere to do your work experience.

3)If you're worried about what you will have to do, or when you will get to eat or what hours or days you will be working don't be afraid to ring up the business and ask them. The more questions you ask the more they will be persuaded that you are generally wanting to do your work experience there for  actual work experience and not for time away from school! Call them up or even arrange to go see them nearer the time and ask all the questions you have, trust me you will feel 100x better after you have asked all the things you are worried about.

4)Treat it as a normal school day, be punctual dress appropriately and talk to the staff in a polite manner like you would the school teaching staff, remember they are there to help you not judge or complain how your work skills are. You are there to learn!

5)Enjoy it, honestly afterwards when you go back to school you will wish you can go back and do it again because it's a really good experience to get you into the world of work for when you leave school.

INTERVIEWS 

Trust me, everyone panics about interviews, even your parents will have panicked about interviews but they're not as bad as you think they are they are helpful for you to get across what sort of person you are and for the person who is interviewing you to understand more about you.

1)DO NOT PANIC, if you panic you will probably sit there in silence and not say anything which will end up worse than if you actually speak.

2)Dress appropriately, speak politely and look presentable.

3)Don't worry about the questions, they will not ask you questions they think you are not able to answer or have no idea what to say for.

4)Practise before you go in, this is not a "must do" but if you really are worried practise with your parents, friends or school staff. Adults will know the area of questions they will be asking therefore they will know what kind of answer you need to give.

5)Just let it happen, you can't change what you say, once you've said it that is that and you can't go back and say something different. If it's your first or second interview you're aloud to make mistakes because you are not experienced in how an interview works.

6)Don't just say nothing, you'll probably make it worse for yourself if you say nothing at all just give an answer at least.

I wish you all luck with your work experience & mock interviews or any interviews. Honestly don't worry, nothing is worth worrying about because if you worry too much it might make it worse than if you went into it and gave it your best. Let me know how your work experience or any interviews go, I'd love to know!!

-xo Gee

MOST IMPORTANT THINGS?

Family//Parents

They get annoying, right? But throughout school you'll find yourself asking them for help with homework, getting places with friends and getting some money, support and hundreds of other things!!

Friends

Common interests, homework help, a good gossip, someone to talk to, a laugh and many other things are when friends come in handy.

You will never find yourself without a friend, whether you have one or twenty you will always have one.

Internet friends?

Although many people say internet friends are a bad thing, they're not as long as you have boundaries!

Internet friends happen through common interest on the internet, they are exactly like friends but on the internet, you see?

You don't go to the same school or maybe don't live in the same country, therefore you can talk about things your friends already know and more...

Music!!

How can music be important? Well when school gets too much, or you don't want to do anything, you're upset or for any other reason music can be a turn to thing if you don't want to chat with family or friends. Put in your ear phones, turn that song up and get lost in what you're listening to.

Social Media

Social media isn't such a bad thing you know, make new friends, find new youtube blogs, discover new music, new websites, your new favourite actor, your new man crush Monday and Woman crush Wednesday. Use social media wisely and you can open up a whole new world for yourself.

- xo Gee