The mindless rambling of yet another Sophie

Now I am sure we have all been there when deadlines are sneaking closer and closer and we are wanting to get further and further away from doing the work. If like me you kid yourself into thinking you have plenty of time and then realise you have only a few weeks (or sometimes only a few days) you will have astronomical stress levels. Does stress = productivity? Sometimes! But usually....no. When we are stressed we want to do nice things, calming things, happy things! We want to read books, watch movies, go outside, eat lasagne and all that other good stuff. By now, having been in the education system for my whole life, you would have thought I would have realised not to procrastinate but alas I never learn. This post was going to take a different turn but funnily enough I procrastinated whilst making a blog post on procrastination. The original idea was for it to be entirely made of pictures where I would make the words 'Procrastination is an art form' however that did n...

I was inspired to do this post by a video that a youtuber named Rebecca Brown (formerly Beckie0) posted. It was a 'day in the life of' and for the day she tweeted pictures of what she did with no other context to see what people thought she was up to. It's always interesting to know what other people do in their day to day lives. All we know is only what we see. All we do is dictated by other choices in our lives. At this time of year my days generally pass with little else but revision but sometimes I do pull myself away from a textbook long enough to take a stroll somewhere. Here is a taste of my week in pictures. What do you think I did? How do you think I felt in each picture? Week - 20th - 27th May 2016

At some point most of us will feel low or unsatisfied in life and that's sad. It's easy to lose sight of what we want, what we need and what we aim for. I was thinking too much and found that I needed reminding of a few important things. None of these sentiments are original but often we forget them. This might come across as soppy to some people but I do feel that we all need to be reminded sometimes. People change Most people are constantly evolving. We are not the same person we once were a day ago, a week ago, a month ago or even a year ago. That person who you didn't like in school because they were mean to you probably doesn't remember or care any more. Neither should you. Even when you feel stunted remember how much you've grown As I left my flat I realised just how much of an adult I had become and how much my independence had grown. As a child I relied on guidance but now my life is made of my own decisions and no-one can take that from me. You ca...

I love watching book hauls. I love them because everyone has different tastes and passions and it allows you to get an idea of what is out there in lots of different genres. Take for example young adult (YA) fiction. There are so many different books and topics that it can be easy to just be swamped by the amount of choice. My haul started when amazon did a 3 books for £10 deal for January and then it all just went from there.This collection of books are the ones that I have hauled so far this year (okay technically I'll give you the sun was an Xmas present but shh). Now not all of them are visible because some I bought on my Kindle during a bit of a reading frenzy. Now I will admit I have not read all of these books yet but I plan on reviewing all of them so I will link through to those reviews via their titles. Here are the books I have hauled! I'll give you the sun by Jandy Nelson (YA) Brief overview - Twins Noah and Jude are inseparable until a tragedy drives the...