Summer 2014?

When I returned home from University at the start of June, I was excited to see my friends from home and have my mum's cooking again! It started off great. I was enjoying the amazing sun the UK was having and spending it with people who I'd missed so much from the past 9 months. I was starting to think it was going to be a great summer! I was spending evenings at the beach, meeting up with old friends and just having a great time in general.

Then there was quite a big chunk in the middle of the summer where I was left feeling unmotivated and lazy. A few of my best friends went away for quite a while, and although I had some fun times, I was ending up spending more time in the house than I wanted. I also had to resit an exam, which I was incredibly stressed about, and I still do not know the result! I may actually be a returning first year rather than going into my second year, but that's a whole different post on it's own.

It's coming towards the end of my summer now (a week and a half left to be exact) and the past few weeks have been great! I attended Reading Festival (there is a previous post where I go into more detail about it) and my friends that had been away are back! 

Whilst I will say that I have enjoyed the summer, it has definitely not been what it could have. I know everyone expects summer to be amazing and it is usually a massive let down, but mine started and is ending really great, it's just a shame about that chunk in the middle!

As I was thinking about all of this the other day, I started to plan next summer! I know it's early, but my thoughts soon took over and I was starting to already get excited for the summer of 2014! This time last year, I had no major plans for summer 2013, which meant I saved no money to really enjoy myself properly. Now, I'm planning early, which means I know what I want to save. I'm not a massive planner in advance, but it's exciting for me that the plans I have for next year are not only massively exciting, but I also know that I can afford them, and there is an insanely good chance that they will happen (although I do need to stick to my saving plan over the upcoming university year!). I've come to realise that you can't just expect great things to happen, you have to make them happen and that is exactly what I am doing!

Does anyone else feel the same about this Summer? Or are you also planning for next year?

Revelations

Over the past few weeks, I have been so stressed. Mostly about things regarding University and basically my life. I'm definitely not a worrier usually, so when I started to question things my mind went a bit nuts and I was in a bit of a down place for a couple of weeks. 

Last night a big revelation hit me: WHO CARES?!
Why does it matter that certain things don't go the way we want them to, or our expectations aren't reached. Sometimes when something you don't want to happen happens, it's the best thing that could have happened to you! All we can do is make the best of the situation. I had this revelation last night whilst sipping on a can of cold cider (therefore we can also take this as the idea that cider can solve a lot of problems). 

I've come to realise that there are a lot worse things I could be worrying about, and that really I am just grateful to be me and have the things I have. We get what we put into things. Yes, this post is a whole bunch of cliches thrown in together, but I do think that sometimes we need to think about these cliches and actually look at how accurate they are to our current lives.

If we all stopped worrying about little pointless things that are mostly out of our control, our lives would run a lot smoother and we would be in general happier.
It's also hit me that I am still young, and have many years to make mistakes and worry about more important things, so I need to enjoy not having those worries now.

This post isn't entertaining, but I felt like I needed to share this.