Aims and goals

As I am currently preparing for my GCSE exams that are coming up in the next couple months. I decided to take a break from drowning in a sea of revision and talk about aims and goals. 

I admit, I've never been someone that can spend hours and hours with my head in a textbook memorising every word from the page, I get distracted far to easily. 

However, I have been doing at least an hour a day making mind maps for subjects which is proving to be helpful. 

The problem is, a lot of people that do get the good grades just don't know what they want to do. They don't really have any ambitions or hopes for the future and so they leave school with no real career path. 

I could talk to you about all my aims for the future but that could end up slightly boring. In shorter terms, I'd like to go into event planning and continue with charity work.

When I talk about aims, I don't just mean education wise. Some people may want to travel around the world, be rich or pass their driving test. Aims can be anything but it's important to know how to achieve them. 

I'd definitely suggest making a bucket list. It's a great way to know exactly what you want out of life and make everyday count. 

Also, don't just stay indoors when it's warm, make sure you go outside, walk the dog, go to the park, go shopping. These all count as experiences, sure, they might not be the most exciting experiences but it's still better than sitting at home on the internet. 

Also a little update to add on. My friend Jenny has started a blog (www.jennyspaceblog.blogspot.com) so go and have a little look. I'll be taking on a similar thing to what she's doing at the moment with advice and will also be doing product reviews so if you have any questions or ideas. Please get in touch. 

x~Jess~x

Asking for help

So after being away from this blog for quite a substantial length of time (let's just ignore the date of my last post) I have been persuaded by one of my good friends to return to the blogging world - yippee!

I may seem like a confident person behind this blog, but in reality, that's not the case. My close friends know me to be quite outgoing and confident. However, looking back at school reports I was the shy girl that "lacked confidence". 

I never really put my hand up in class, I don't know whether that's because I'm scared I'll get the answer wrong and be embarrassed that I even dared to answer or whether it's because putting your hand up involves using my much needed energy because you actually have to physically move a part of your body, probably the first option in all seriousness. 

Because of this lack of involvement in class I also found it difficult to ask for help. When the rest of your class understand something and the teacher resumes to her desk to do marking or check emails (what do teachers do at desks!?) you feel awkward and the rest of the class are silent, you can't disturb that. Well I can't anyway. 

Sometimes teachers look over your shoulder and ask you if you're alright, they're already expecting you to say "yes thank you" like the other 90% of the class has so if you had a problem, you'd be the odd one out. 

I've learnt that actually it is okay to ask for help, the fact that you broke the silence and became the odd one out your classmates won't even remember the next day. Yet, you have learnt something that could potentially save you in an exam. So, what's it worth? 

x~Jess~x