Author: Elena Overfield
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BBID: Bad Body Image Days
Saturday 16 July Whether you’re a girl or a guy, older or younger, we all experience dayslike this. We look in the mirror and think “ugh, I look awful today”,whether that’s your body, hair, face, skin. We judge ourselves based on our appearance. On these days, we are only focussed on our appearance. We judge…
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19 Things I Have Learnt in 19 Years
Friday 15 July Memories over gym This is something which I often talk about nowadays, but since I was 12 I believed that working out and being “healthy” was more important than friends and family. I missed out on so many days and nights out with family and friends over the past six years. And…
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People Pleasing
Tuesday July 5th In this society, we are consumed by the idea that we have to live up to people’s standards and what they think of you. Part of the process of prioritising yourself and working on the relationship you have with yourself (because at the end of the day the only person you’re stuck…
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The Importance of Travelling
Wednesday 29 June A life without travel to me sounds the most boring life to ever be lived. That way you never discover new cultures, new traditions, new lifestyles. You become closed off in your own sheltered bubble. To think that a good portion of the Western World lead this lifestyle makes me… sad. Since…
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Why We Aren’t Kind To Ourselves
Saturday June 25 In the Western world we are horrible to ourselves. We use ourselves (our bodies and minds) as punch-bags for all the stress and anger of our every day tribulations. We see the bad in everything and more or less have been conditioned that way since birth. Suffering, pain and negativity has become…
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Holidays: No Routine, Diets(?) and Control
Tuesday 21 June Tomorrow I am jetting off to Portugal for a week for a very delayed girls’ holidays. The weather looks marvellous and I’m looking forward to a glow-y tan. With holidaying comes lack of structure. Especially on “hot” holidays, you don’t tend to do a lot of planning. The main idea of the…
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First Year Completed – Is Uni Really ALL Fun?
Saturday 18 June As one by one my friendship group start to return home from their university town, I’ve been taking the time to reflect on my first year at University. I have written about my time at Uni a couple times over the last school year. Now I’m collating all my thoughts together. Firstly,…
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