Welcome to 2014

Yes, we're well over half way through January but HAPPY NEW YEAR! I hope everyone's enjoying it and already making the most of it. January Blues have hit me hard but I'm trying to power through. Pretty photos make me feel better, like this one:

This is near where my boyfriend lives. We went for a lot of winter walks while I visited for a week over Christmas, most of them were soaking wet walks but this day was so beautiful. I love it when the weather's chilly but sunny. 

To look forward to the rest of the year, I've started planning some adventures for the coming months. I'm booked on to a university trip to Berlin at the end of March (expect a post on that one!), I'm so excited for it already. Me and my friends have also been in talks about heading to Amsterdam over the summer too. I definitely want to make this year my year of travelling. 

I also signed up for a career mentor through the University of Exeter and I had my induction to the scheme yesterday which was super exciting. I get to start emailing her next week! The scheme lasts for this year and I can ask for advice and guidance with CVs, applications, whether a masters degree would be helpful. It's such an amazing opportunity!

The first week back to uni has been hectic but exciting and I have plenty of other plans to post about this term so keep your eyes peeled. 

Thanks!

K xo

Scary Second Year

So second year has hit me... hard.

The past few weeks have taught me that I need to learn to say 'no' a lot more or just be a lot less interested in everything that goes on around campus. I have to admit that I am ridiculously nosey. I have learned this through deciding at the end of first year that I'd like to be involved in society committees and have some responsibility for second year, fair enough. However, my first year self cleverly decided, along with taking awful notes all year and barely reading a single book, that I could manage a role on FOUR society committees. Really?

Okay, I love it. I love every society I'm involved in: Oxfam, the campus Jazz band, CSM Netball, and the English Society. I love the people, the events, the socialising, the meetings, the organising. I also love sleep... But that isn't possible right now.

I like to be busy and this seemed like the best way to stay as busy as I can for the rest of the year. I have made a plan to chill out society involvement around serious hand-ins and especially around my exams, just in case I actually want to revise this year (next joke, please). I would definitely advise first years to get as involved as possible while they still have the chance and their marks don't really matter as much. My involvement in societies during first year gave me so much experience and I met so many new people just by turning up to things, it wasn't hard. P.S. Society and Sport involvement looks AMAZING on a CV (not joking, you get experience doing something you love) and I'm definitely ahead of the employability game with my experience. Just need to sort my grades out now...

Thanks,

K xo

April's Challenges

"30 Days hath September, April, June and November..."

Only 30 days in April. There's something that I find so appeasing about even numbers.
With April just around the corner, I thought I'd set myself 5 challenges (I know it's an uneven number but it's one that I feel comfortable with) to complete over those 30 days. I was going to attempt to do something every day but I've never tried anything like this before so thought I'd start with a realistic goal. Here are my 5 goals for the next month.

This April I want to:

1. Try out henna tattoos.

2. Start running.

3. Create a revision timetable and actually revise!

4. Plan a visit to see my friends in Birmingham.

5. Create a arty piece of work that I'm proud of.

Fingers crossed that I'll manage some (if not, all) of these. I thought I'd keep them as 'aims' rather than 'I-will-definitely-be-doing-all-of-these' things. I don't like pressure and I don't respond well to it.

Hope to keep you all updated,

Kxo