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ramblings of a nineteen year old student who is very aware that you're not nineteen forever..
Update on the 20 things I wanted to do before 20!
So I don’t know who remembers me posting this blog post about ‘20 things I want to do before I turn 20?’ Well I wrote that almost 5 months ago now, and with 4 months still to go lets see where I am with it!
1. Buy myself a domain name and get blogging!
You know it! http://www.rachelrates.co.uk is where I review beauty products! Go have a look! (That’s one down!)
2. Learn to swear in at least 10 different languages!
Probably not the easiest one I thought of. As you can guess, the closest I have got is shizer…
3. Start a scrapbook…
Erm.. not so much. Woooops. :/
4. Get closer with my friends
Another one that has happened. I have begun getting closer with so many more people and ive been there for them so much. There’s something about being there for someone you really care about, especially when they need you.
5. Go on the back of a motorbike (again)
Anyone know anyone with a motorbike? Contact me ;)
6. Smile at the next person you see on the street that I think is attractive
;) hey, how you doinggggg? (that’s a yes!)
7. Go out clubbing 7 nights in a row
Not quite been achieved but I did go out Monday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday all in one week ;) I’m getting there!
8. Begin a new sport
Recently I’ve have gone to the gym a lot more and started to really enjoy running on the treadmill. Ive decided that I am going to start to jog and aim to run a half marathon next year!
9. Begin a new hobby
Instagram counts, right? Haha also jogging would count, yes? No? Okay i’ll try harder…
10. Keep a blog
I have being trying to keep my blog up to date, but its so hard, especially when your time is taken up with hobbies! Must. Try. Harder.
11. Go to an outdoor cinema
Not yet, sadly.
12. Volunteer.
I haven’t really seen many opportunities about that I could volunteer for, ill keep looking though, promise!
13. Learn to manage my finances
I have got a job if that helps!? This summer is going to be all about budgeting, so lets see whether I get through it or not!
14. Learn about how the world works.
….. Nuff said.
15. Pass this year at University!
Working on it, okayyy!
16. Move into a flat!
I move into a house on the 1st July! I AM SO EXCITED!!
17. Be motivated by myself
Yeahhh buddy! I feel so much better at motivating myself, although getting up is still hard at times!
18. Get my head around my body and illnesses
On my way there! I’ve been exercising, eating better and managing to keep my anxiety at bay! Lets see if I can keep it up!
19. Have so many more fun times and activities.
Yes, I certainly am! <3
20. Don’t stop at 20!
We’ll have to wait and see about this one ;)
Sooooo.. How am I doing? 9/20. Not too bad Rachel, not too bad!
<3
Hello my lovelies!
Hey guys! Its been SUCH a long time, I know! Ive really been missing blogging about my life recently, and have been struggling to do posts on my other blog, so I am back here to fill you in!
Completely burnt my back today whilst sat in a park. Totally forgot to put SPF on and its all read and was burning like mad earlier! The weather has been so nice recently that its felt like were abroad an not even in england! Haha!
Trying to change course at the minute as I am not really enjoying Design anymore, and that is stressing me out so much! No one ever responds to my emails! Its so frustrating!
Cant wait to blog so much more to you guys!
<3
Happy Christmas!
Hello my lovelys,
It is indeed that time of year again, what all the preparations and madness boils down to, the Christmas Period!
So I guess I am going to wish everyone reading this, a very Merry Christmas! I hope you enjoy the holidays!
All my festive love ,
Rayray
x
Today has been an odd thought provoking day.
Thoughts were provoked about
• the woman who pushed in front of me in the queue causing me to have to wait longer for a bus.
• the woman behind me in the queue said ‘no one has any respect for anyone anymore.’
• Alex Day’s song ‘Forever Yours’ and what an overwhelmingly generous thing he’s doing.
• The video to said song.
• The fact that ‘everyone makes plans but never with me’
• that you eat an elephant in lots of little mouthfuls.
I’m still pondering.. I’ll check back later.
x
20 things I want to do before I turn 20
After a lot of thinking and realistic thinking and thinking some more, here are the twenty things I want to do before I hit 20 years old in September 2012.
1. Buy myself a domain name and get blogging!
I love blogging so much, and so why not invest more time and some money on one of my favorite hobbies?!
2. Learn to swear in at least 10 different languages!
This is not so much a way to express the many swear words I use (I don’t use that many and can control myself), but to mask them from my nieces, and other intrusive ears in times of need!
3. Start a scrapbook…
I have always wanted to start a scrapbook but I never knew what to put in it, but today whilst thinking about this, I’d like it to be about my life experiences to show my children and grandchildren!
4. Get closer with my friends
Well, I’m a stubborn cookie, and this might be the hardest one yet because no matter how hard I seem to try with people, its never reciprocated. Well we will see, distance makes the heart grow fonder, right?
5. Go on the back of a motorbike (again)
My ex used to ride motocross and I went on the back of his bike once, and I loved it and just haven’t had the opportunity to do it again, I could hardly go on the back during a mx race could I?! I loved watching him ride but there was something about being on the back of a bike..
6. Smile at the next person you see on the street that I think is attractive
A smile goes a long way, right? I always seem to look down, I need to show my confidence god-dammit!
7. Go out clubbing 7 nights in a row
Okay so I probably wont be able to do this, but at least i’ll have some good nights trying!
8. Begin a new sport
I’m thinking Yoga or Rowing, not too sure yet but I definitely want to feel healthy next year!
9. Begin a new hobby
I have wayyy too much spare time! So I want some more things to keep me busy and to keep my anxiety at bay! Maybe photography?
10. Keep a blog
I guess this is the same as number one, but this one refers to me keeping up to date and keeping it active!
11. Go to an outdoor cinema
I would love to do this so much! I was meant to go to one in summer but I didnt end up going, I think it’d be just like in the films <3
12. Volunteer.
I definitely want to Volunteer and do good this year. I think that getting involved in helping other people who need it will be a great experience for me to grow as a person and mature further.
13. Learn to manage my finances
I cant afford to be broke when I’m in my 20’s as ill be saving to live the American dream I plan on undertaking! So I need to learn to manage my money!
14. Learn about how the world works.
I watch the news but when it comes to politics and government etc I have no clue. Id love to have a basic understanding of this before I turn 20, after all, I wont be a child anymore.
15. Pass this year at University!
Who wouldn’t this? And plus I need to pass to go on to my next year.
16. Move into a flat!
My own home! Ahhh! Cannot wait for this day to come!
17. Be motivated by myself
There’s so many times that I am just not motivated, so I need to get in that positive frame of mind.
18. Get my head around my body and illnesses
Eat healthy, be healthy, think healthy and all that crap.
19. Have so many more fun times and activities.
I need to have more things to document in my scrapbook, don’t I!
20. Don’t stop at 20!
HELL NO! Can I get a woop-woop?! (Hope I will never get too old to use words like that!
And the things I would LOVE to do if MONEY was no object….
1. Pass my Driving Test - This is so expensive and I regret not just doing it all in one chunk with one instructor!
2. Go on a girls holiday! - I havent been on one and there so expensive.. We will see…
3. Travel anywhere and everywhere.. - Man this must be expensive!!!
Well, wish me luck!
<3
If Travel is an option, I’ll do it!
So, I’m starting to write a list of things I want to accomplish before I turn 20, and I want the list to be complete for the 1st January 2012 so I can start ticking things off! One of the things I was thinking of doing is picking up more hobbies! I have so much free time at Uni its like the perfect time!
So I googled ‘List of Hobbies’ for inspiration, and some of the hobbies that came up were unbelievable! Imagine if I wrote this in my University application, ‘One of my favourite hobbies is people watching and I usually do this approximately 2-3 hours a day..’ Is it just me or is that how a stalker is born?
‘One of my longest hobbies is sleeping, I do it everyday, and I often showed my dedication to this hobby when I turned up to my last job late at least once a week.’
Lego building, fishkeeping and people watching were my ultimate favourites, and as I used to have goldfish and often sit down, I have once been a people watcher and a fishkeeper. Not long enough to become a stalker though don’t worry..
So possibilities that I actually might want to take up:
- An instrument, guitar maybe?
- Definitely sport! Such as Dance, Tennis, Rowing!
- Travel! - IF THATS A HOBBY I WILL DEFINITELY MAKE A SACRIFICE!
I would love to do Dance but it’d be hard turning up if everyone else were pro’s, and it’d be embarrassing if they stuck me in the kiddies class! I guess it needs some serious thought, any hobbies you have taken up which you came to love? Let me know!
<3
What I wish the lyrics to Love Drunk were.
I wish so bad the words to the chorus of Boys like Girls - Love Drunk we’re as follows…
I used to be love drunk, but now I’m hungover, I thought I was sober but those days are over. We used to drink all night and end up in bar fights..
Please change it.. :D
X
What have you done!?
So whilst I was searching for inspiration for things to do before I turn 20, I found this website in my Google search : http://www.thestudentroom.co.uk/showthread.php?t=856817 titled, ‘50 Amazingly Achievable Things To Do Before You Die’ looking down this list there are some funny things on there, so I thought, why not see what I have done and what I havent! So here goes!
1. Turn round and look at something you’ve just tripped over in the street – then realise you’re spending slightly too much time doing this to look entirely normal, and move onwards. I haven’t done this, I don’t usually fall over much!
2. Buy something on impulse. Meadowhall had a Student Lock-In event in September and I spent £160 in Topshop alone, impulse..
3. Say “I can’t” when what you really mean is “I don’t want to”. Probably, I dont really like saying that I dont want to do something.
4. Read a book. Any book will do. Yes, definitely done this. I really enjoy reading when I have time to do it!
5. Absent-mindedly put something in the fridge that doesn’t belong in the fridge. I havent actually done this yet, but I have stopped myself when I am just about to do it.
6. Laugh at a private joke, just as someone is passing you in the street, making them paranoid until they get home and examine themselves thoroughly. No..
7. Hope that (6) has just happened to you, rather than something embarassing being on your face or your flies being undone. Do people actually do this?!
8. Frown about how much you have to do in so little time. I had a deadline yesterday and I was so worried I wasnt going to get all my work completed, but I did, so yay!
9. Squeeze a pimple. Sadly, yes.
10. Feed a bird or animal. When I was younger and I used to leave the crusts from bread (because I wanted my hair to be curly) we used to throw them on my grandparents front lawn to feed the birds and squirrels from the woods next door and we would watch them come. My mum wouldnt let me do it at home as she didnt want the birds to ‘mess’ on the windows… ha!
11. Whittle a new hole in a belt. I have! My mum has a device that does this?!
12. While online, do something you’re not proud of. Yeppp..
13. Put leftover ingredients together to make something that’s simply inedible, no matter how hungry you are. No, I dont really leave much, apart from my crusts that is!
14. Run out of toilet paper at some critical moment. Yes! Id just got back to my Uni accomodation from home and forgot to buy some when I was on my way back. I really needed a wee and so I borrowed some from my flatmate. Not exactly crucial but yeah..
*15. See the sun come up. Tuesday 6th December, walking to Uni trying to get my work done for the deadline! I didnt actually watch it, but I left when it was dark and it was light when I had reached my destination!
16. Look at somebody’s bottom. Yes, sometimes they just walk into my line of vision….
17. Put more than one pair of spectacles or sunglasses on at the same time.Haha, I dont think so, unless having contacts in and putting on your glasses count. Ooh actually, I once tried on my sunglasses over my glasses when I didnt have contacts. Didnt stay on for very long..
18. Lick uncooked cake mixture off a wooden spoon. WHENEVER I MAKE A CAKE.
19. Eat so much of something that you have problems breathing when you sit down, or moving when you’re stood up. Christmas, EVERY SINGLE YEAR.
20. Surprise a junk snail-mailer by dragging it out your letterbox on your side before he’s finished pushing it through on his. Haha, no!
21.Play with something until it breaks. Rubber bands and bobbles usually.
22. Admire yourself in a mirror, possibly with a Fonzie / Joey / Dr. Sam Beckett style “heyyyyyy!” gesture. Haha, I have never hit on myself in a mirror, but I do look if I see one.
23. Catch an egg before it rolls off a tabletop. Im just not that cool. Yet.
24. Part your hair a different way. When I was in year 8, I spent one night deciding how I was going to part my hair. I was sick of my middle parting and wanted a side one. So that night I did my hair to one side, took pictures of it, did it to the other, took more pictures and compared. Thats how I decided that the majority of my hair goes to my left. I still dont think I made the right choice hah!
25. Order a “half” of something alcoholic, and feel mild social embarrassment amidst your peers. I think I’d get funny looks if I asked for half a Vodka and Coke, this one will have to wait until I acquire the tastebuds to like beer.
26. Suffer an ice cream headache. Most people call it ‘brain freeze’, and I used to work in an ice cream shop, so Ive had my fair share..
27. Trip on a shoelace. No I dont think do.
28. Use a leaf as a bookmark. I usually read indoors…
29. Put more money into a slot-machine than you originally intended to. I always do this whenever I play stuff like this. Dont let me near them!
30. Check your e-mail, receive nothing, and then check it again – just in case there’s a server error somewhere. Numerous times when I was waiting to hear back from UCAS with those ‘something has changed on your application’ emails.
31. Pack a bag or suitcase too full, and unpack it with a suddenly heavy heart. Im about to unpack it now..
32. While walking, go slightly out of your way to admire someone that’s hot. Haha, I dont think I have..
33. Pick up a hammer by the other end, and marvel at how light it feels. I will try this the next time I see a hammer.
34. Owe something. Ive owed money before, many times.
35. Fire an elastic band at someone. I fired bobbles, elasticbands usually hurt if you just twang your own thumb..
36. Speak to a computer screen – for example “What?! Why did you do that???” All. The. Time. ‘I DIDNT CLICK ON THAT YOU IDIOT’
37. Walk into plate glass. At my aunties old house, they had this sliding glass door…
38. Wear odd socks (deliberately or by mistake). Various times, of the same style but different colours.
39. Enjoy a song for nostalgia’s sake that you’ll willingly admit is crap in every other sense. Not reallyyy..
40. Rehearse an argument in your head with someone annoying, putting them firmly in their place. Haha, no. I love to argue, prefer to do it in person.
41. Knock on a door with a jaunty rhythm – eg. RAP RAP-A-RAP RAP, RAP *RAP*. Always used to at home. Na-Na-NaNa-Na- NaNa’ was my fave..
42. Notice a shopkeeper’s given you too much change, but pretend you’re unaware of it. Yes, once my mum got petrol and I went to pay for it, and it was £10, and he must’ve got confused with it cos the amount was £10.00 and I think he thought the change was £10.00, so he gave me a tenner back with the receipt and my mum got free petrol! HA!
43. Bite into a tomato and have it fire all over you. YES. thats why I only eat cherry tomatoes now!
44. Give directions. Numerous times, both in and out of the car!
45. Sit on the floor when a perfectly good chair is available. On trains usually, so elderly folk can have seats.
46. Immediately click with someone. Yes, quite alot of people actually!
47. Pull the label off an item of clothing and accidentally rip the hem it’s attached to. Yes :(
48. Play Poohsticks. WHO HASNT?!
49. Forget to water a plant and feel guilty about it. I had a Busy Lizzie called Lizzie and I forgot to water her when I left for Uni, but my mum nursed her back to health and shes still alive!
50. Make a list of things to do. Yep!
So I have doneee 36/50. Let me know how many youve done.
Maybe I will add the others on my things to do before I am 20 list!
x
Things to do, People to see!
Hey Guys!
So the festivities are most certainly among us! I finish University tomorrow so I can come home and be alot more festive and carefree! (Says she who got out of bed at 2pm today..)
I will be doing blog posts a lot more frequently and I am already thinking about my new years resolutions - my first one being ‘Become more motivated to do stuff.’ The thought also crossed my mind that I turn 20 next year. Thats a MAJOR WOAH right there. I thought about doing a list of things I want to do before I am 20, and I dont mean stuff like skydiving as I would definitely not do that! Just stuff that would make me a better person and help me mature and grow up.
If anyone has any reasonable suggestions about what I should do before I’m 20, let me know!
Ill be catching up with my friends over christmas and be spending lots of time with my family, I cant wait. I can never wait to see my nieces! Yayy. I just have to pack now.. Procrastinated long enough to write a blog post,
Speak soon!
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