Author: Elena Overfield
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What is true friendship?
The term ‘fake friends’ is used a lot at the moment, especially by teenagers. For girls (and I am guessing it’s the same for boys), at some point in our school life, we enter the treacherous phase of finding who are our true friends, through the pain of learning the meaning of ‘fake friends’. This…
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20 Things To Do In Self-Isolation.
Hi! We all know by now about the Coronavirus and now it’s come to the point, with death tolls and the number of cases rising, that we are starting to self isolate in order to stop to the spread. Now that more and more people are staying at home the question is arising: what do…
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My thoughts on ‘Corona’.
I think that it’s fair to say that we are currently living unprecedented times; scary times. With the looming threat of the coronavirus, it’s hard to judge what will happen in the coming months. Will schools reopen in 12 weeks like the rumours say, and when will restaurants, bars and cafés open again? When will…
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body image
Nowadays we live in a scary world where we are constantly being judged by ourselves and everyone else around us, especially on social media. Sometimes it feels like we can’t do anything without someone calling us up on it. One of the main struggles girls go through currently is self confidence and body image. This…
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The Definition of Happiness
Sometimes being happy all the time can be a challenge, especially being a teenager and having to be around people at school or work all the time. It can be very draining. ‘Happy’ too can put a downer on people because nobody knows what is really means. Google defines ‘happy’ as ‘[a] feeling showing pleasure…
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My Role Model
I was trying to think about what to write about today but then this idea came to mind. So many people ask me who do I look up to, who is my inspiration. Well, this person is my main one. Taylor Swift. $360 million net worth. Seven albums. 150 songs. Incredible talent. Amazing person. I…
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It’s OK to be selfish.
If anyone ever comes to me looking upset, down or just seeking advice, this is the suggestion I typically give: sometimes you have got to be selfish in life and put yourself before others before you can actually help anyone else overcome their problems. In the society today, a lot of the time people are…
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Social media & Having Self-Confidence
Thursday 20th February 2020 Today’s blog post is a difficult topic for me, since I have struggled with self-confidence and self-belief in the past. But, I believe going through this struggle that every teenager goes through at some point, or maybe even also struggles with it, and so it is a very apt topic to…
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