*quick note*

I don’t expect you to read all of this, this is really for my own benefit and if you do read it, then cool you get to learn something new about me!

Dear 15  year old me,

Hi! Wow this is weird!

Sooo…

How are you 15 year old Autumn? I’m 13 at the moment. Do you still write on this blog or are you just reading through it and laughing at how over dramatic you can be? I hope you are still writing a blog, or at least writing your diaries. Just remember how happy writing makes you and what an achievement it was for you to finish your third diary. If you are still blogging how many followers do you have? I have about 112 now which is one of my biggest achievements but I guess if you’ve got loads more you will probably just laugh at how tiny the number 100  is, it’s a big deal ok! So, even if you have loads more followers never forget that actually 100 is a massive number which I can’t actually get my head around.

How is school life? Are you still best friends with S or have you moved on? I hope you haven’t had an argument and never spoken again. Who are you in a form with? are you with the best friends you have here, in year 8 or have you moved on from them, that’s a scary though because I love my friends now. How are your GCSEs going? You better have chosen good subjects which you are good at and not just gone with the ones your friends do. So, what do you want to be when you’re older? Right now I want to become a photographer, to be honest I’m not sure, though. What school like overall… if you still go to school?!! Maybe you’ve moved schools, have you? I don’t think you will because I like my school at the moment. Oh yeah, and are you in a form or any lessons with those two girls which got suspended? I hope you aren’t with especially one of them. Ugh, poor you if you are.

So, hows home life? How is Mum and Dad? How are my two sisters? Oh my gosh! One will be 9 and the other 13… that’s scary!! What is it like having 2 slightly older sisters? What’s it like having one sister at the same school as you? How is one getting on at the scary pace that is secondary  school? Is there loads of drama in her form like ours or is their form the perfect form? How is you bedroom, Autumn? Do you still have fairy lights and photographs everywhere because that’s what I love about my bedroom now? Also do you still play guitar and act and dance? How did performing in the West End go?? I’m actually so excited to perform in Shaftesbury Theatre! Did it go well, did we all remember our lines? Also, do you still have short hair? I’ve just cut my hair short and I love it! It’s so much easier to deal with. What length is your hair?

Finally, here is some nice deep inspiring stuff: First of all please give your best (as our school moto says!) in your GCSEs, I know you can do amazingly and if you have already done them… well done you, I’m proud of you, you did the right this whatever you did. The second thing is please please PLEASE don’t get caught up in silly relationships just because it’s cool to have a boyfriend. Don’t feel pressured into doing anything you don’t want to do and just let you make up your mind in these situations, do what you feel comfortable with. Please, also, don’t go with the crown. I get this is easier said then done but just at least try to be your own person and not copy what everyone else does because its ‘cool’; choose your own style, your own decisions, just you write your own life don’t let someone write it for you just because they have neater handwriting or are better at spelling. You’ll learn from your mistakes, don’t you worry you will get through it, whatever ‘it’ is. The final point is PLEASE to not let anxiety take over your life or define you, be YOU don’t be anxiety. Don’t take excuses like ‘oh it was because I had anxiety’ just let anxiety be there but don’t force it to come or force it to go.

Lots of love,

13 year old Autumn xx

P.S. from when this was posted I won’t be active for the next week-ish because I’m on holiday,

Bye! See you in a week,

Autumn xx

 

Hi Lovelies!

Thank you all so much for asking me questions, I chose my top 10 questions which I’m going to answer so sorry if your question wasn’t mentioned.

1. What is your favourite book and why?  What nooo!!! You can’t make me answer that I have wayyyy to many! If I had to choose it would be the first ‘Girl Online’ By Zoe Sugg (Zoella on YouTube) because I was so so soooooo inspired by that book and it is my comfort read, I’ve read it like 1000 times, ‘Heartless’ by… IDK?! because it’s such a creative and unique book. I just find it amazing how you feel like you have actually been transported into a totally different world… just by words on a page. or ‘All I Know Now’ By Carrie Hope Fletcher (ItsWayPastMy Bedtime on Youtube) because this book has taught me so much about how to think positively and just make the most of life.
2. How many places have you traveled to and which has been your favourite? I’ve been to 4 other countries (not including the UK where I live); France, Germany, Austria, Greece. My favourite place was one hundred percent Greece because it is such a beautiful and just amazing place to stay for two weeks! However, I love going to France as we own a little cottage in the woods there and I find it such a relaxing place to be, surrounded by nature and I love to go skiing in Germany and Austria as I LOVE skiing.
3. Number one blogger tip. Definitely just be yourself. I know it’s quite obvious and sometimes hard to but once you start to put it into practice it becomes a whole lot easier.
4. Why did you start a blog? There were three  main reasons why I started a blog they were: I really needed somewhere to just be me where no one could judge me, I wanted a place to share all my photographs with and I LOVE writing and wanted to share that passion with someone, somewhere
5. Favourite colour? Green 🙂
6. If you could be an animal, which one and why? Probably a pet dog. I’ve noticed that I’ve actually become so jealous of my puppies life I mean, she sleeps, gets stroked, plays games and eats all day everyday!
7. Favourite animal? Ugh. I have no idea?! Maybe an Orangutan because they had been my favourite animal when I was like 3 and the first word I could properly spell was orangutan, I used to think I was King Louis from ‘The Jungle Book’ once I went to the dentist or some thing and they asked my name and I replied with King Louis!!
8. Favorite You Tubers? Doddleoddle (Dodie) is definitely my favourite but I also love ItsWayPastMyBedTime (Carrie Hope Fletcher) and Dan and Phil…ummm… and Maybaby (Meg), Lucy Moon and loads others!
9. Favourite Food? Ice cream.
10. Favourite singer? Dodie Clark, I actually love her so much!!!!

So, Thank you to everyone who asked my questions and also I’m so sorry I haven’t posted in FOREVER I’ve been so so so busy and just haven’t really felt motivated, I’m here now though.

The questions were asked by:

https://istnira7.wordpress.com

https://hatlily.wordpress.com/

https://thegirlwithacameraweb.wordpress.com

https://aqsasayswhat.wordpress.com/

https://rosinaleeblog.wordpress.com/

https://spotadot.wordpress.com/

Thank you all for the question,

Byeee

Autumn xx

Hello Lovelies!
I have learnt 2 things today which I already knew but didn’t really realise how good they actually are and how beneficial they are to everyone around you.

The first thing I learnt that you don’t get anywhere by being negative. I have a close friend who is amazing and such a good friend but to others, I don’t think she realises it, she can kind of spread negativity around. It starts with a discussion but between her and someone else which ends up in her saying many a rude remark and just generally being unpleasant.  I don’t want to sound rude or anything but this is just and example of something that can happen; two different opinions conflicting. It’s ok to express an opinion but when you think your opinion is more valid than others when you aren’t entirely sure it’s 100% a true fact then just tell the person that it was opinion and don’t be rude about the other person’s opinion… their’s is just an opinion too. Recently I have tried my hardest to be as kind and helpful as possible. I’m very proud of what I’ve done so far; I’ve helped out a couple of people when they were sad, kept my mouth shut when I felt anger bubbling inside me or had a rude remark ready to blurt out and tried to spread positivity  as much as possible.

The other thing I realised was no to compare myself  to others. Just appreciate me and not wish to be like someone else. I never used to notice but I used to actually compare situations and people to other things from books, films, famous people… anything I could compare and not understand that not every situation has to be like something that has already happened. Not every person is almost the same as a celebrity, you get what I’m saying? So, yeah, I’ve also learnt to appreciate myself and my life more which is a great thing to do 🙂

What I’ve decided to do to carry out these things I’ve learnt is have a break from social media… not blogging (or YouTube)because this doesn’t spread negativity but for I’m having a break from snap chat, Instagram ect. because some of the chats I’m in have broken out into argument which I don’t even want to know happen because it’s sad to see my friends fight. So, I’ll keep you updated on how that goes!

I hope you had a great day and feel free to leave how you feel about these topics in the description as well as some advice to deal with my friends (like the one I described in the negativity paragraph).

Lots of love,

Autumn xx

 

Hey Lovelies!
This post was requested by the wonderful All the Jazz so you should defiantly check out her blog!

And lets go…

1. Be yourself–  Don’t be scared that the photos you take aren’t going to be amazing. Everyone has to be a beginner at some point in their lives to use the fact you are a beginner to your advantage and learn as much as you can. Everyone has their off days when it comes to photography, days when you just don’t feel it so don’t stress.
2. Get to know your camera (or phone)- It helps if you know what your camera is capable of so you can make the most of it. Explore your camera and take some test photos before you get out and about, you don’t need to be taught how to use a camera… just find out for yourself.
3. Take more than one photo- What I’ve learnt is that if you take just one photo you regret it because sometimes that one photo is slightly blurred or just not quite right so try out different angles and aperture and shutter speed ect.
4. You don’t need an expensive camera- This put me off at first because I didn’t have a great camera and I knew I couldn’t afford one but you really shouldn’t be put off or embarrassed by the camera (or phone) you have. Even though quality is important the actual content is what matters.
5. Edit- With a bit of editing a bad photo can tun into a great one! Just because the photo doesn’t  look amazing on your camera screen doesn’t mean it  is. Try importing them onto your laptop and play around with the contrast, brightness ect. but when you feel it’s done it probably is done, don’t over edit!! There are so many photos I regret over editing.
6. Creativity is key- The beauty of photography is that it turns everyday objects into a work of art so use that to your advantage and don’t overlook objects that you see all the time .Be creative and original.
7. You don’t need to have a style- Well, not when you’re a beginner anyway. Don’t feel pressured into having a specific style or signature type of photo because when you are a beginner it’s best just to experiment and be open to any photo opportunity. You’ll soon find what photos you like to take. And if you do have a style don’t feel pressured into taking photos that are just based around your style be open.

Those are 7 tips which I wish I knew when I started photography.

I hope they help,

Autumn xx

Hello Lovelies!

Recently I was looking back at some old photos I had taken and I was surprised how much I remember from that day just by looking at my photo.

So for this post I thought why not share with you some old memories!

 

So, those are some of my favourite photos with some of my favourite momories from a couple of years ago.

Hope you enjoyed,

Autumn xx

Hi Lovelies!

Here’s a quick thought…

Should you regret something that made you happy but the present you feels embarrassed about?  

I’d love to know your opinions!

Autumn xx

Hi Lovelies!

So, I’ve been brought into something, it was partially my fault I’ll have to admit but also partially the person’s for bringing me into it. I don’t want to talk about what I’ve been brought into but what I do want to day is that I’d like to be brought back out of the issue again ,which I know is impossible. I have been pulled so far out my comfort zone and I’m not enjoying it. I’ve had to speak to people who I would no way speak to if I had a choice and done things that in any other situation I would hate to do. I feel like I’ve betrayed one of my closest friends by wimping out of the situation, which has stupidly lead into another, worse, situation. I am still friends with this friend but I feel really guilty even though I know the whole big issue was practically none of my fault.

The topic kind of scares me, so therefore if triggering my anxiety which did start to simmer down until yesterday. It doesn’t scared me for a particular reason it just always has and the though of being involved in it makes everything harder, even if I’m not actually very involved, just on the sidelines.

Half of me is thinking that I should just run away from the situation but today when I ran away from it, I just got bounced straight back into a worse situation and the other half is saying I should get more involved because it will probably making a difference in the end.

I know this is quite a hard post to understand as I can’t really give much information but if you do have any advice please leave me a comment,

Love you guys,

Autumn xx

Hey Lovelies!

I don’t know about you but I truly under-rated spring. I think I wrote a blog post once about my favourite seasons and I was saying how there’s nothing special about spring, I mean , yes, it is overshadowed by the two dominating months; winter and summer but spring is actually so lovely too!

It’s a new beginning and after a chilly winter which is appreciated at first but drags on, you miss the sun. Spring is so satisfying, like one morning you wake up to actually seeing a luster of sun dancing though you window. Therefore I cannot help feeling bad for overlooking such a beautiful season,

Sorry spring! I do love you so you better never leave, I’m relying on you to brighten my day!

Autumn xx