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Used to want to blog forgot about it now I’m making my come back

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It’s embarrassing to admit I didn’t read a single William Blake poem until yesterday.

My friend pointed out at the museum that his drawings were done to go along with his words and I pretended to already know that. Why did I pretend? I guess I felt like I should’ve known this already.

Yesterday I discovered the beauty of William Blake and the story of him never selling copies of some of his work.

Today I am faced what art means, art means creating no matter if no one is watching because who knows hundreds of year later your words may help someone reconnect with reality.

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This song feels so relatable, a bunch of sounds in essence that convey more emotion than any lyrics ever could

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New obsession. This guy is so fresh, technically it's rap but the guitar in the background is so beautiful and his voice just compliments it. The lyrics aren't about drugs and gangs they are about being a person, from trying to succeed in the music industry, being in love to missing his mum.

Peach Scone is one of my favourite songs by him but all his songs are amazing you should check him out!

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Getting Braces

So I got braces, no that’s not my teeth that’s just a picture from Pinterest. I don’t like my teeth ergo braces. I looked all over the internet for tips on getting braces and now I realise I was misinformed so here’s your:

NO BULLSH*T GUIDE TO GETTING BRACES:

- Wear lip balm all day leading up to your appointment and bring it with you, it’ll definitely help because your lips get dry while they put the braces on.

- Take a pain killer before your appointment

- Braces are put on using superglue... well the dentist alternative. For some reason in my mind I thought they are put on in some other way so I googled it and this gave me peace of mind.

- All you'll feel when braces are put on is this weird sensation of something pushing on your teeth, then when they are on it'll be so weird! It'll be hard to speak for the first few minutes and you'll think you'll never get used to the braces but you will I promise.

- At first you'll feel very little pain, I thought people over exaggerated braces, the pain will slowly increase remember to take painkillers whenever possible it's a real life saver I promise.

- Prepare for eating soft foods because your teeth will be extremely sensitive for the first week! I drank smoothies all week and ate soup.

- BUY THE WAX!!! I didn’t buy wax because I thought it was overpriced and then ordered a multi pack on amazon I was so relived when it arrived because it helps stop the braces from tearing your mouth apart especially during that first week.

- Brushing your teeth is a weird sensation, you have to angle the toothbrush more here's a handy video

- flossing is basically impossible but you can get one of these cool water flossers, I got one and it literally is the best invention ever. Best thing is you can find some online that are around $10 and do basically the same job as a $60 water flosser.

- Prepare yourself mentally, it'll be weird to see yourself with braces and to talk, I wanted to cry because I had a lisp for a few days and I felt like I'll never be able to eat normal food again but one week later I was basically back to normal life.

- listen to what the orthodontist says, you don't want to have braces for an extended amount of time so if you do what they say and avoid hard foods you'll get the braces of quicker.

- Don't eat foods with too much sugar, it causes your teeth to go yellow and then when your braces will be taken off you'll have white spots surrounded by yellow. All it takes is quitting foods that are high in sugar and honestly that's good for you anyway. Thanks Dr Smith for terrifying me into a healthy diet 😉

- Watch loads of content made by people with braces to learn about your braces, knowing what others have been through helps you with your own braces that’s something I learnt personally.

- Search up the #braces tag whenever you start feeling bad about your braces especially on Instagram, you’ll see people loving their braces and flexing them and honestly that’s such a positive feeling and it’s helping me embrace my braces!

Useful video:

(This girl knows more than me)

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I’ve only had braces for a month so I’m in now way experienced to tell you everything about braces but whenever I learn something new I’ll try and tell you! So we can all learn? If you have any tips please reblog this with them because I’d love to learn more about how to deal with the metal in my mouth.

Also how’s going through airport security with braces?

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In my lonely at the grocery store I feel sad, but a I look just like everybody else, while picking out avocados and lemons. Items nobody refers as "comfort food". Comfort food makes me want to crawl into bed. To crawl into bed reminds me of two things: I am sad and I am alone. I am alone at the grocery store, moving slow in the condiment aisle. Everybody knows in the condiment aisle it is perfectly acceptable to stand around for too long. Stand around for too long and I will begin to tap dance. Tap dance lonely in the grocery store' is a fantastic name for a book.

The Loneliest Little Potato ( Sabrina Benaim Depression and other magic tricks)

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So recently I binged all of The Office, it’s odd listening to this song now after knowing the context behind the quote/dialogue from the office. I wouldn’t say it necessarily made the song better bot more nostalgic in a way as it reminds me of the show. 

The song itself is very Billie, with a vibe of bouncing along to the music while sitting on the hard floor. The song makes you want to move around and dance while at the same time you can feel the real emotions behind it. If you’re one of the 5 people who haven’t listened to this album yet go, now! Listen. You won’t regret it.

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Drawing

I’m nowhere near an artist, it’s obvious by this video of a doodle I made. I can’t draw but that doesn’t mean I don’t.

I find drawing and painting relaxing, it gives me a place to focus on something outside of my worries, it’s not a passion of mine nor a Bobbie just a activity I do to relax. But for the longest time I believed I’m not allowed to draw because I’m not good at it, I don’t have the special pencils etc.

But guess what...here I am sitting on my bed, using my laptop as a table and using a random pencil doodling a picture that I didn’t have a plan for all I knew was I want to draw a person. It’s not good, I know but that’s not the point of it. The point is to just relax and do something fun, so I recommend for everyone to pick up a pen or pencil and start doodling it’s fun, relaxing and good to clear your head and stop you worrying.

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Traveling Cheap

I'm a student who works a shitty part time job, and doesn't have much money. But I travel, a lot. How? Here's some tips I've learnt:

• Don't go to hotels but instead use Air BnB or hostels they are usually much cheaper

• Don't travel during prime time (this means school holidays and summer)

• Go on short trips you don't need a week to walk around Lisbon you can see all of it in a weekend trust me if you're seeing just one city you don't need a week

• Travel with budget airlines (e.g. Ryanair)

• Take a small carry on that is included in the ticket price (e.g. a small backpack is you’re travelling with Ryanair I’ll make a post how to pack light if you guys want)

• Eat at local places not tourist aimed restaurants (not only are you getting genuine cuisine of the place but also you aren’t getting ripped off because you’re a tourist)

• Find out about public transport in the area and deals (maybe a metro card for the weekend is cheaper than paying for each trip separately)

• Don’t overbuy souvenirs you don’t need them (I used to buy loads of “cool” stuff from different places only to throw on a shelf and forget about it, now I buy two things a magnet for myself and a book from a local bookstore for my brothers)

• Don’t overspend because you’re on holiday think about what you’re buying, work it out in your currency. People usually treat money abroad like Monopoly money because they forget about the exchange rate and it doesn’t feel real, this leads to overspending and justifying buying overpriced items so remind yourself how much it would cost in your own currency.

• Also don’t overbuy at the airport, bring your own food! Yes but a drinks sure but do you really need all those random overpriced items from duty-free?

Okay I think that’s all the tips I’ve got for now, I’ll probably post more and be sure to add your own. I’ll post more travel stuff in the future so follow me?

Also fun fact the picture is me walking through Lisbon, Portugal. Follow my travel insta: @//crookedtowns

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sun becomes moon and

moon becomes sun and

i become ghost

a dozen different thoughts

tear through me each second

you must be on your way

perhaps it’s best if you’re not

- Rupi Kaur, The Sun and Her Flowers

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MENTAL HEALTH IS JUST AS IMPORTANT AS PHYSICAL HEALTH

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Busy

I've ran out of queued posts, I don't have any aesthetic photos. Just pure thoughts. I've been very busy lately, I'm finishing college in a few weeks so all my assignments are due, I've got work and I'm also trying to work on my dream by following my passion of being a film maker.

All of this at once feels like a lot of work and I don't have time for personal projects like this. But when I think about it I do? It really only takes a few minutes to do a small thing you love and focus on yourself so please switch off your phone and go do that. And when I'm done being so busy I'll post something aesthetic I promise.

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Safe space

My bedroom is my safe space, it’s important to have somewhere to hide from the world but also feel loved. I surround myself with stuff I love, photos of amazing memories, fairy lights, candles, etc.

I like to light my fairy lights, candles and incense stick to make my room feel “fresh” and “relaxing”. It helps me concentrate and feel at peace, I then either curl up with a book, edit a project I’m working on or watch a movie. It helps me deal with stress, and stops the world for a second making it feel like everything isn’t moving so fast. I encourage anyone reading this to make your room/ house into a place where you can light a candle and relax, freeing yourself from the day to day for at least a few minutes.

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The perfect song for crying to, for singing along with your friends to, for laying in a field and listening to it while you lay with the person you truly whole heartedly love.

Story time: this guy fell hard for my best friend (who's in a relationship) and he sang this at a party to raw emotion of him being head over heels for her made this song so painful and emotional to listen to. It made me fall in love with the song because you could feel the emotions behind it. That's why I attached a acoustic version but the studio one is amazing too!

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In high school how often did you: 1) Forget your homework 2) Do a PE lesson barefoot 3) Get detention 4) Show up late for class 5) Get a snow day

Thanks for the ask!

1) way too many times

2) never?

3) funny story I somehow only got detention once, and talked my way out of it?? But we used to get class detention a lot because my class was terrible

4) Not that often? Like a few times usually either because of a teacher keeping us behind in another lesson or traffic on the way to school because I lived very far away from my high school

5) like 5 times? It doesn’t snow that often where I’m from

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Lazy Sunday

Sunday usually feels like a wasted day to me. I let myself wake up a little later and then i scroll through social media all of a sudden its 11pm and I’ve done nothing!!! 

So I began doing what i like to call my “lazy Sundays” I wake up make myself a cup of coffee and turn on my favourite playlist, if it’s warm I’ll open a window to let the fresh air in (bonus points if it’s raining and you get that fresh rain smell). Then I don’t pick up my phone, I don’t check social media instead I do something I love, Sundays are for wasting properly. Sometimes that means blasting your favourite songs and dancing around, or maybe cooking something new? I like to sometimes literally sit on he couch listening to music and thinking about nothing in particular. The important thing is no social media. 

Social media wastes our time in the worst way possible, it makes us feel bad and drains our mood, we spend too much time glued to our phones as it is. So let’s take this one day a week to take a break. From all our worries, from social media, and everything that upsets us. Sundays are for you baby, so what are you going to do?

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This is the biggest summer mood, sitting in a field listening to Easy Life, with a beer in hand or maybe a bottle of wine and your best friends bopping your head to the beat, sun on your face. It’s so relaxed, giving you a peaceful vibes with lyrics that kind of remind me of Jamie T. Worth a listen.

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Thinking about getting braces at 18, am I too old? By the time they take them off I’ll probably be 20 😬