Author: Elena Overfield
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Back To Normal?
On September 3rd, we went back to school. For me, this is my final year, Year 13, A Level year. Whether I will be able to take my exams at the end of the year or not, or whether or not they will be pushed backwards at all, remains unknown. Right now there are talks…
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Mindset
Stop being afraid of what could go wrong and start thinking about what could go right – unknown Everything in life seems easier as soon as you start thinking in a certain mindset, but there are so many different takes on life that you can have. It starts with you deciding what you want, where…
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Life After Lockdown
I thought I’d share with you a short extract from something I had submitted for a competition run by NCS. I completed the NCS programme last summer and have stayed in touch with the organisation and decided to enter into this competition in the middle of May, right in the middle of quarantine (in the…
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10 Tips on being/staying energetic
Quite often I get asked how am I a morning person and how do I get up so early, even during quarantine. These questions can be answered really simply and you too can become like this if you just adjust a few things in your life. 1. Drink more water I feel like we could…
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is it ever ok to give up?
In the world today, specifically in the school environment, the words ‘oh I give up’ are used very frequently. Why are we always so quick to give up and throw the towel in? We set goals that most of the time are pretty unachievable, but there is nothing wrong with wanting to strive far in…
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Body Image
I hate how nowadays more and more girls are becoming obsessed with their body image and being “skinny“, me included. Every day we are surrounded by the ideals of how we should look and it’s highly detrimental, and over the last few months I have gone back and forth with “I look skinny today” and…
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Finding a new ‘normal’
April 2020 We are all in the same position right now: self isolating. None of us know when we will be able to return to our ‘normal’ everyday life. However, I believe that our ‘everyday life’ is not going to be back for at least another month – some have even said between 12-18 months.…
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