30 things you would have (or will) learn/t the year you turn/ed 20....

1. Always have a water bottle in your car.
2. Carry an extra lighter (even if you don't smoke)
3. Get something new where you go to eat often, not just your usual.
4. Make a budget for yourself.
5. But don't forget to give yourself some play money and always round upon how much things cost so you have money left over.
6. If you're texting someone, but nervous to send it, just click the fucking send button. You typed that shit out for a reason.
7. Stay out late, but wake up early. You'll be glad you had all of your day.
8. If something makes you laugh until your sides hurt, write it down in the notes in your phone, you'll want to remember that later.
9. When you're talking to someone and you suddenly think of something to say, put up a finger and wait for them to finish talking. It'll help you remember what you wanted to say but you won't interrupt them.
10. Go to plenty of gigs. Especially outdoor ones. Get drunk with your friends, but not sloppy drunk. Just drunk enough to scream your favourite songs and dance without feeling embarrassed.
11. Even though the best present is someone's presence, its still always nice giving or receiving an actual gift.
12. Always keep a change of clothes in your car. Including a pair of shoes. You never know.
13. Keep at least £20 cash on you at all times.
14. Its okay be sad, but try not to forget what makes you happy
15. Coupons are always fantastic.
16. If you think something is cute, fucking wear it. Don't worry about what everyone else thinks. You'll look great!
17. Sex stores are fun, even if you just want a laugh.
18. Plan out your days off with your friends, that way you aren't stuck around asking the "I don't know, what do you wanna do".
19. Don't forget to remind your friends how much they mean to you.
20. If someone gives a compliment, smile and say thank you. They wouldn't say it if they didn't mean it.
21. Drink plenty of water. Not only does it keep you hydrated but clears your skin.
22. I know you might want to tan, but is it really worth being burnt and exposing yourself to all that skin cancer bullshit? No. use at least SPF 15. Its not that hard and you'll still tan. So stop being a brat.
23.You're allowed to be happy. Don't let anyone tell you otherwise.
24. Aim to be better, not bitter.
25. Some days are better than others.
26. You can never over pack. Pack what you want. You'll be glad you have options to chose from.
27. Take those extra hours at work. It'll be worth it when you see that paycheque.
28. Clean your fucking room and make your bed you slob. It'll look so much nicer and you'll feel better you did it.
29. If you have to make the first move, it's scary, but someone has to do it.
30. Take plenty of pics. Of the sunset, your friends, your food, your dog, selfies. Everything. That way, later when you scroll through your camera roll, you'll remember everything about that day, good and bad.

So, a slightly different post to usual today but I hope you liked it! Make sure you let me know what you like below or on twitter. Also, I hope you have taken something away from this that you will do in the future and feel free to let me know what that is! So, this is the end for now, hope you have enjoyed and bye!

Abbey Marie
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Whats on my phone

Heya!

The idea of me actually doing this tag came from my friend so, thank you for giving me the idea first of all. I've seen this around on places such as youtube and can't wait to actually share with you all what I have on my phone!

Firstly I'm going to take you through all the apps I have. The apps I use the most are twitter, wattpad and whatsapp. I love twitter because I'm really nosey and love to find out what other people are doing. Also, it helps me promote my blog. I love wattpad  because I get to read loads of fanfics on there (I admit that I'm a fangirl!) and I love whatsapp because I love to keep in touch with all my friends and meet up with them!

                               

 

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Other apps I use often are my countdown app and my music. I have ALOT of music on my phone. I love listening to Little Mix, Union J and Mikey Bromley most. However, I do also listen to other artists such as Iggy Azalea, Amelia Lily and The Wanted. (I know they've spilt up but I still like to listen to them occasionally)

                   

The games I have on my phone are Angry Birds, Temple run, simple brick breaker, fruit ninja, flappy bird, love match and solitaire. I don't play my games very often, unless I'm on the tube and I'm bored.

As well as all of this I also have the standard apps that iPhone give you like text messages, emails and the camera. I love photography so I take quite a lot of pictures on my phone. I really like to print them all off and put them in frames and hang them up in my room.

That's all I have on my phone and I hope you have enjoyed this post. Don't forget to let me know what you want to see on here in the comments below or on twitter.

Abbey Marie

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Explaining emotions

Hey again!

So, as you already know from my post yesterday it is mental health awareness week this week. As well as that you now know I that I have been mentally unwell myself at times and have struggled with this.

I have especially struggled with explaining and talking about my emotions. It all started when I was depressed. I was so alone at the time and I felt so isolated and I didn't want to be a burden on anybody so I kept all my feelings to myself. This soon lead to a long problem that I suffered with where I couldn't talk to anybody about how I felt.

Now I am in a totally different position which is a lot better I am in a place where I can actually talk about my emotions. I am also now hanging out with a good group of people which I can feel I can talk to.

I am telling you this story because I bet that there are a few of you out there that are reading this and are suffering from a mental illness and I just want to say well done for getting this far and stay strong and keep on going. People might view you as weak but in my eyes, you are stronger. You are stronger because you wake up everyday and take on the day even with your mental illness. You never give up. Don't give up either. I managed to get through a dark period and I know you can too. I thought I was going to die at my lowest point, but here I am, still alive writing this blog. Stay strong. I know you can do it.

Love,
Abbey Marie
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Mental Health awareness week

Hi everyone!

So, if you didn't know already it is Mental Health awareness week this week and I think it is extremely important to educate people on how important your mental health is and how it can affect people of all ages and not just young people going through exam stress and old people that are getting lonely. It can really affect people of all ages and of all backgrounds. As well as that, mental health is something that can't be seen, so just because you can't see it, doesn't mean its not there.

Mental health is important to me because in the past I feel like I have been in bad places mentally. One time when I was in a mentally bad place was back in 2013/4 when a close friend of mine at the time had cancer. I was devastated at the news and I thought she was going to die because it was her second time fighting cancer. I kept thinking of this and ended up getting quite depressed. It got to the point where I was having suicidal thoughts. It was horrible. Thankfully my friend survived but the depression lasted for quite a while after she came back to school. As well as that I have had periods where I feel like I have suffered from anxiety and it has really affected me sometimes.

I must point out that I have never been officially been diagnosed with any mental illness. To be totally honest, I haven't really talked to anyone about it. I always been a bit scared. I am hoping by writing this that I can be more open about my mental health. I also hope I can help other people be more open about their mental illness. As well as that I would like to end the stigma around mental illness  and the stigma around just talking about it. Although it has got better over recent years, there is still along way to go with ending the stigma around mental illness. Just look how far the world has come with gay equality rights! We can go just as far with breaking down the stigma around mental illness.

Thank you for taking the time to read this as it is a subject that is very close to my heart. It is in no way a sob story and I hope nobody has read this thinking that it is. If you want to share your personal mental health story below in the comments they would be gratefully accepted. Personally, I would like the world, and especially this blog, to be a caring community and support network. If you have any negative comments to say please do not leave them here!

Thanks for reading again!

Abbey
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Things I want to do this summer...

Hiya!

Summer is just around the corner and I have a load of things I want to do. I thought I would share some of the things I want to do with you.

• Travel. I have two holidays booked this summer. One to Venice, Italy and the to Lincolnshire, England. I love to explore and learn about new cultures and travel.
• Meet George Shelley. He's a radio presenter and went on a popular UK reality TV show called I'm a celebrity, Get me out of here and came second place! I'm hoping to meet him after he finishes the breakfast show on Capital Radio.
• Chill! After having to do work for a whole academic year I really just want to relax for a bit and make sure I feel refreshed by the end of it.
• Do something new. I always try to do something new every once in a while. Hopefully 2016 will be the year I try to do something totally out of my comfort zone!
• Meet new people. I love to meet new people. Especially if they're from a totally different place from me just because I want to find out about how they live and the culture where they are from!
• Have fun! I really want to have fun this summer and hopefully it will be one of the best summers ever!

        *Hopefully!

• Watch the sunset and sunrise. I love sunset and I think its absolutely beautiful. I haven't actually ever seen a sunrise. I definitely want to do it this summer!
• Spend less time in my phone. I am sooo guilty of this and I think its so bad! Everyone is on their phones and on the internet these days! Why doesn't anyone just turn their phones off and start talking to each other! This summer I definitely want to spend less time on my phone and more time with my friends and actually talking to people!
• Spend more time with friends. I've got a new group of friends I've stared hanging out with this year and after the stress of the end of year exams I can't wait to chill out with them!

That's it for this blog post I'm afraid! Hopefully you have enjoyed this post and let me know in the comments below or on twitter what you want to see and whether you enjoy this style of posts!

Abbey
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Student struggles

Hiya!

As a student I face many struggles every day. I want to share them with you and see if any of you relate to them!

• Waking up each morning and feeling too comfy in bed
• Just sitting in bed for too long because your too comfy and you end up running late.
• Forgetting your book or homework and trying to come up with a reasonable excuse to get yourself out of having a detention.
• The teacher thinking that their subject that matters
• Feeling like Justin Bieber when I don't get something and say "What do you mean?"
• When a teacher says their tired because they've had a class each period. What do you think students do all day?
• Coming home and not wanting to do any homework. Then having to an all nighter because you've left it to the last minute.

That's just a few of the struggles I face often. I know I'm lucky to have an education, especially as a female. This is a fun post highlighting things that I find odd or bad about the education system. Let me know if you relate to any of these struggles in the comments below or on twitter at @Abbey_Mariexx or @abbeymarieblog or even over on tumblr at abbeymariex.tumblr.com !  Thanks for reading!

Abbey
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Clos Maggiore

Hey everyone!

I back! Its always feels so long between blog pots now! I should post more often! What do you think? Anyway, last Saturday (the 19th) I went out to a restaurant in Covent Garden, London called Clos Maggiore and it was one of the most amazing experiences of my life.

I had high expectations of this place since my parents had been going there for years and had always been going on about how good it was. I can definitely say it lived up to expectations! The food was presented so elegantly and tasted so sensational! You can't match that taste with ANY supermarket food! There was never enough! With the starter and the main course you got bread. It was all handmade and tasted amazing! The desert was incredible! It was presented so well and tasted even better! It was an unforgettable experience and was made all the better by the wonderful staff.

After, it was 10pm and I was walking round Covent Garden. It was so quiet yet had a buzz about it. That's the thing with London. It can be so quiet yet have this magical buzz about it. As well as that, there are so many hidden gems in London. Its such a big place and there are so many hidden treasures that nobody knows. I came across a busker who was so good and deserved so much more credit. I may not know your name, but I hope you get the credit you deserve from this! He was just a voice and a guitar!

I had such an amazing time in Covent Garden and especially Clos Maggiore. The amazing thing is that you can just walk past it and not give it a second looking! I would love to go again some time!

Abbey
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(P.S. The toilets in Clos Maggiore are pretty good to!)