Month: February 2021

In a recent turn of events, I wanted to write this blog post on some tips on how to be the bigger person. Don’t get into drama in the first place The best piece of advice I can give you to be the bigger person is to try to avoid the drama altogether. If you…

How do you see things? This question came up last night during our finance lesson, and my Dad told us a story about it. My brother’s music teacher asked him that question, specifically towards a piece of music that he was playing on the cello. Lucas replied, ‘In colours.’ Heather, his music teacher, asked him…

Life and Death ~ Stephanie Meyer ~ Blurb ~ There are two sides to every story… You know Bella and Edward – now get to know Beau and Edythe. When Beaufort Swan moves to the gloomy town of Forks and meets the mysterious, alluring Edythe Cullen, his life takes a thrilling and terrifying turn. With…

Oprah once said “The only person you have control over is yourself. You can change how you see a situation or remove yourself from it, but you cannot change the other person.” Even though I have no control over others or their actions, I still have control over myself. I think we sometimes try to…

Over the past 2 years of being a student at a selective high school, I’ve picked up some handy studying tips and tools. While primary school did prepare me for some content that I was expected to know in high school, I’ve found that many important life skills aren’t taught to us. Here are some…

Music, for me, is like a drug. I’m addicted. Music helps me control my emotions, letting me feel what I need to in the moment. Every song has it’s own meaning, and finding a song that you relate to, is like finding a missing piece of yourself. I’m usually described as the girl who was…

I have so much to do, but so little time to do it in. From school, blogging and extracurricular activities, it seems so hard to find time to do everything. Growing up, we don’t realise how fast time flies by. 6 years of primary school seems like a long time, right? Looking back now, I…

Another year, another class. Another group of people I’ll soon call “friends”, another long list of teachers who will get my name wrong in roll call. Today was my first day of Year 9, and honestly, I still feel like a small year 7. It’s been 2 years since I started high school, and with…