El

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fits

my fashion sense used to be, quite frankly, awful. like no consistency, no style, no consideration for accessories. dreadful. but i'd like to think that my overall look has improved and become more cohesive.

outside of school my favourite items are my pink amethyst converse, blue mom jeans, and ribbed cropped vest (of which i own in 3 colours). i feel they're basic enough that they work with anything as well as being nice to wear by themselves, but nice enough that with the appropriate accompaniments they can be dressed up a bit more.

in school our dress code is business smart/ casual (depends on who you ask) so my best pieces are skirts (i prefer them with a more structured fabric), sweater vests/ jumpers, and flared trousers. i feel that especially with the pieces i have as well as the colours of them, they're really dynamic. tbh every month or so i think 'ooo i bet i could wear this with that' and end up making myself a new fit lol.

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books

atm i have 3 books on the go (which is more than i typically would have) one for my in class reading, othello, one for my nea for school, black beauty, and one for personal reading, they both die at the end. my nea is a non-examined assessment which i start writing at the end of this academic year, but i want to have a full read of all the books i'm considering before we get that far, so i've analysed all my options. at the start of this academic year we did the great gatsby as a part of the prose and poetry paper.

i think my faves of all trime would be the six of crows duology by leigh bardugo, watership down by richard adams, and the hate you give by angie thomas.

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school

so i'm doing my alevels in maths, chemistry and english. tbh my grades are not brill atm but the amount of content we're being taught rn is insane and it all goes into so much depth that i'm hoping within the next month or two, with the revision i'm doing at the minute things will start to click and hopefully my grades will start to rise.

i'm trying a few different revision/study methods but my fave is teaching someone else what i'm struggling with. i find that if i'm finding a subject or concept difficult, that just sitting down with my mum or dad and reading what notes i've made in my book and trying to teach them it just makes me realise that mistakes i was making and it just helps everything sort of fit together.

sticking on topic i think i'll do my next post on my currents reads and fave books as i've just bought some new ones that i'd like some reviews on.

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girlguding

so as i said last post i'll explain my personal history in girlguiding, hopefully without being too boring lol.

i started in rainbows and have continued through all the sections, i did end up falling out of it for about a year as my rangers leader moved away and our unit disbanded, which was only a few months after we had made it. however, i then started volunteering for my old brownies unit and started my young leader qualification which was unfortunately interrupted by covid so it took me just under 2 years to complete it and become fully qualified.

last september a friend of mine who is an explorer in scouts as me if i wanted to come with him and a few others to germany for their explorer belt expedition, which of course i said yes the only issue was that i needed to be an active member of girlguiding if i were to accompany them on it and young leading didn't count. so i joined a different local rangers unit and have been with them for the last few months. i think volunteering for brownies rather than doing it for myself has definitely changed my perspective on girlguiding and the effort leaders put into their units (big thanks to any leaders that might see this), but most of all i've missed doing badges and committing myself to something that's not academically related, and having small sort term achievements to aim for, like badges, has made me more motivated to commit to long term things, like my a-levels which is a massive jump form gcses.

i'll do some shorter post of the badges i currently have for rangers as well as the ones i'm planning to get before i turn 18 and leave, but my next post will probably be some general updates about school and how my alevels are going.

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first post

hope anyone reading this is having a good day, my name is el and i'm 17. this is my first post with this new account so i'll tell you a bit about myself: i'm currently at sixth form doing my a-levels in maths, chemistry, and english, i love all things green, i've been a pescatarian for the last 7 1/2 years, my music taste ranges from pop to folk to jazz, and i've been in girlguiding my entire life.

the main reason i'm making this blog is because of girlguiding. one of my badges is blogging, clearly, and i'm aiming to get an interest badge of each theme as well as a theme award for at least 3 of them.

in my next post i'll taking more about the badge and my personal history with guiding.