As I lay in bed writing this week’s blog post, the sun is beaming through my window and the blue skies are making it difficult for me to concentrate on my laptop screen. I know days like these are very rare for those of us living in the UK, but even having a glimpse of the sunshine is making me so giddy for spring/summer already!

If you’re currently reading this, a teenager yourself, I hope this post can not only teach you some valuable life lessons about growing up, but also stop you from making similar mistakes that I happened to fall right in the trap of. As I look back on my teenage years I can think of many moments where my actions were questionable and I think to myself now 'what the hell possessed me to do that!?'...but in hindsight, I can now (in my twenties and supposedly a whole lot wiser) find a lesson within every single mistake I made and have definitely learnt from them.
Sooooo here goes, if someone super brainy created a time machine and I could go back and talk to the teenage version of myself, here is a few things I would tell her…

I want to start this post by saying the BIGGEST thank you for all the incredible responses I have received since sharing my first blog post. I hand on heart wasn’t expecting such kind, supporting messages from so many of you. Before posting the link on my social media accounts I was nervous to say the least. Nervous to air my thoughts, nervous to touch on my own personal experiences and nervous that knowing me, I was bound to make an embarrassing spelling mistake somewhere! Because of all you lovely people, those feelings didn’t last long and instead I fell to sleep that night feeling incredibly lucky and thankful that fear didn’t stop me.

So here we are again…January and the start of a whole new year…2017. As cliché as it is to say, where has the past year gone!? It doesn’t feel like two minutes since I was downing the G&Ts last New Year’s Eve and trying to pull myself through the most hideous hangover the following day. Along with the over consumption of alcohol, another popular concept that many of us find ourselves participating in, is setting ourselves New Year’s resolutions that we aspire to aim for and succeed in throughout the year ahead.