If you live in the UK then the exams have just started and if you are a GCSE student or As/A level student or even a university student you will probably be under a lot of stress, and you will be freaking out about passing the marks to get the grade you truly deserve. In this post I will share to you my past experiences revision techniques and peri-exam breathers you should do.
Okay well first of all lets start off with Monday, I had a resit psychology exam and I was prepared for it. I revised for it, I felt ready, I was bossing the past exam papers and I felt I was going to do great. However, I missed two questions out that equalled to 6 marks because I ran out of time. I felt so stressed and upset I wanted to cry so much but in the end its in the past and I might as well focus on the present exams, speaking of which I have a business resit on Monday, not looking forward to it at all, I just feel completely useless and shit so now I am writing this post whilst listening to the indie radio station on Spotify, safe to say I am on track for a U - yay great #winningatlife - Anyway my past experiences, well in my written drama exam I wrote three maybe four pages all together when we were ment to write probably 5 pages maybe 6 for each question? So that was great, I just didn't understand the questions they asked me so that's why I got an E in that exam. But one of my proudest moments was when I turned my D grade to an A grade in my PHYSICS exam, I am so proud of my self that I knew I worked for that grade I revised extensively, which leads me to revision techniques :)
1. Write posters with the main info for each topic; calculations, definitions, cases/studys etc
2. Write note cards; questions and answers on the other side, summary of each topic etc
3. Write tiny cues on post it notes and stick them round your room and mirror
4. Record yourself taking through that topic and listen to it throughout the day/before you sleep
5. Watch videos online of the topic and make notes (WARNING:IT DOES TAKE ALOT OF MENTAL STRENGTH TO NOT TYPE IN 'THATCHERJOE' INTO THE SEARCH BAR)
6. Read over a couple of pages and re-write the info onto lines paper and highlight
7.Use different colours when writing out information
8. Plan and write out essay plans, model answers to questions
9. Do practice papers and then mark them
10. Create a booklet on the whole subject then print it out and read over it - Be careful with this technique it took me hours to copy up 6 booklets and when I went back on to carry it on, I found out it hadn't have saved, so be sure to save it before you exit it
11. Create a powerpoint of the info
12. Create questions and answers and put them on different papers, then get someone to read the question out for you too answer then for them to check the answer
13. Create pictures that relate to the topic that help you remember; Evolution in Biology, draw a monkey and write all your information in that
14. Print out worksheets and go through them
15. Attend revision sessions
And finally breathers to do peri and post exam. I strongly recommended that you get lunch half an hour before your exam, you need food to focus, you don't want to be in the flow of writing then worrying about a massive grumble gurgling in your stomach, also I know its simply but BREATHE, just relax for a bit and do the best you can :) Also have some chocolate as it releases serotonin which makes you happy and relaxed which will make you more likely to feel ready for the exam, and lastly take a bottle of water in with you, just to make sure that you aren't dehydrated, just be sure not to drink lots of it as you may need the loo.
GOOD LUCK IN YOUR EXAMS !!!! YOU WILL DO FABULOUSLY AND GRACIOUSLY :)
Grab the exam by the balls and own it's ass :)
Love yours truly
KatyNells xoxo
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Friday, 15 May 2015
Sunday, 15 March 2015
Heartbreak and Tears
My friend and her boyfriend have recently broke up, and this made me think of my break up and how, now, it seems like it was years and years ago but in matter of fact it was a year and a half ago. So I thought I'd share what I went through and hopefully it will help you, who is going through this tough time.
When you are in a relationship you feel on top on the world, you feel like you are in utter euphoria, and especially when its your first love you have an idea of what your life will be like together you want to be in love forever as its your first time, but in all honesty this will never happen, being with your first love forever has very low success rate chances, I know this because I am no longer with my first love, and at the time the break up hurt like a bitch, I was constantly crying to the point where my eyes ached for a rest from tears, my head hurt with thought that we are no longer together, and my mind raced with fantasies where I got a text from him saying that he wants me back and wants to never let me go again, images of him showing at my front door with flowers and the biggest apology raced through my mind day in and day out, but like a fantasy it remained un real, the life I had at that moment in time was just tears, sadness and heart ache. Thoughts no one will ever love me, that I will not be able to be myself with someone else, that the only way I could be happy was with him, these thoughts consumed my life, I felt horrible for the way I was as his girlfriend, thinking if I could go back in time and change every argument, change all the times I felt insecure around him, everything I felt I did wrong I wanted to change that. And everything everyone said to me ; "it will take time" "you will find someone else" I didn't want to hear it, all I wanted was him to tell me that he loved me. I was an absolute fucking idiot, all that time I wasted for who? A dick, who broke up with me over text, because I had an argument with his 'best friend', who ruined a Halloween party for me, who made up excuses why he no longer wanted to be with me, a guy who, thinking now, was not my type at all, a knob who confessed to me he wanted me to go to a party with him because he couldn't trust himself when we were together? An absolute twat who kept me in love with him for months after we broke up by using the lines - "we will be friends" "maybe if we still have a spark we can get back together" "I still like you" - But all of this was an attempt of - lets call it 'Fish-hooking', this is where the lad fishes around with some bullshit bait to get you hooked on whatever they are saying so when his life is shit and boring he comes back to you and messes you about, but because you are hooked on whatever dick talking shit he is selling, he reels you in then he fucks off when he has got what he wanted then you are left a sobbing mess moaning to your mum, friends on how much of a twat he is.
And now a lot of time has passed and I am so glad we finished things. The relationship was a good first relationship, but it wasn't what I wanted in one, I wanted excitement, spontaneity, a feeling that we are both free souls but travelling together, and it felt more like a day in a boring classroom having all the energy drained from me from all the fights, worrying, jealously, I didn't like it towards the end. I now know what I want in a relationship and in a guy and I cannot wait for it. I know it feels like now your whole world is crashing, tumbling, crumbling and you feel there is nothing you can do about it, you feel like no one will love you, treat you right, you feel like you will be alone forever, but you wont be. There is someone out there for everyone, I am strong believer of one true loves and soul mates, and that you have to kiss many ugly frogs until your prince magically appears into your life.
Here's how I got through my break up; I wrote down two lists, one that he will miss about me and things I will not miss about him, after I wrote them I ripped them up and chucked them into the bin, I felt a whole lot better because my thoughts were wrote down and the were gone forever never to be thought or seen again. Another thing I did is I wrote a letter to him about everything I thought, everything I felt, everything I wanted to say to him, just wrote it all down, then I kept it in a draw, until a couple of months later I saw it read it and laughed at how pathetic it was how I spent all my time focused on nothing, which I could have spent doing other things, like yoga, origami, reading a book, watching films, just so much time wasted on nothing, I then put it to a bowl and burned it, I then left it outside and I felt great. It does take time, granted, and you have to be patient but you will get over him, the cliché - there's plenty more fish in the sea - is true and believe me you will find someone else, but in the mean time just work on yourself, exercise, read as many books as you want, live your life and be happy, because its your life no one can live it for you, and times passing by so we need to live life and be who we want to be, there's no point dwelling on the past, its no longer there, its gone its disappeared, focus on your present and future.
Love yours truly
KatyNells xoxo
When you are in a relationship you feel on top on the world, you feel like you are in utter euphoria, and especially when its your first love you have an idea of what your life will be like together you want to be in love forever as its your first time, but in all honesty this will never happen, being with your first love forever has very low success rate chances, I know this because I am no longer with my first love, and at the time the break up hurt like a bitch, I was constantly crying to the point where my eyes ached for a rest from tears, my head hurt with thought that we are no longer together, and my mind raced with fantasies where I got a text from him saying that he wants me back and wants to never let me go again, images of him showing at my front door with flowers and the biggest apology raced through my mind day in and day out, but like a fantasy it remained un real, the life I had at that moment in time was just tears, sadness and heart ache. Thoughts no one will ever love me, that I will not be able to be myself with someone else, that the only way I could be happy was with him, these thoughts consumed my life, I felt horrible for the way I was as his girlfriend, thinking if I could go back in time and change every argument, change all the times I felt insecure around him, everything I felt I did wrong I wanted to change that. And everything everyone said to me ; "it will take time" "you will find someone else" I didn't want to hear it, all I wanted was him to tell me that he loved me. I was an absolute fucking idiot, all that time I wasted for who? A dick, who broke up with me over text, because I had an argument with his 'best friend', who ruined a Halloween party for me, who made up excuses why he no longer wanted to be with me, a guy who, thinking now, was not my type at all, a knob who confessed to me he wanted me to go to a party with him because he couldn't trust himself when we were together? An absolute twat who kept me in love with him for months after we broke up by using the lines - "we will be friends" "maybe if we still have a spark we can get back together" "I still like you" - But all of this was an attempt of - lets call it 'Fish-hooking', this is where the lad fishes around with some bullshit bait to get you hooked on whatever they are saying so when his life is shit and boring he comes back to you and messes you about, but because you are hooked on whatever dick talking shit he is selling, he reels you in then he fucks off when he has got what he wanted then you are left a sobbing mess moaning to your mum, friends on how much of a twat he is.
And now a lot of time has passed and I am so glad we finished things. The relationship was a good first relationship, but it wasn't what I wanted in one, I wanted excitement, spontaneity, a feeling that we are both free souls but travelling together, and it felt more like a day in a boring classroom having all the energy drained from me from all the fights, worrying, jealously, I didn't like it towards the end. I now know what I want in a relationship and in a guy and I cannot wait for it. I know it feels like now your whole world is crashing, tumbling, crumbling and you feel there is nothing you can do about it, you feel like no one will love you, treat you right, you feel like you will be alone forever, but you wont be. There is someone out there for everyone, I am strong believer of one true loves and soul mates, and that you have to kiss many ugly frogs until your prince magically appears into your life.
Here's how I got through my break up; I wrote down two lists, one that he will miss about me and things I will not miss about him, after I wrote them I ripped them up and chucked them into the bin, I felt a whole lot better because my thoughts were wrote down and the were gone forever never to be thought or seen again. Another thing I did is I wrote a letter to him about everything I thought, everything I felt, everything I wanted to say to him, just wrote it all down, then I kept it in a draw, until a couple of months later I saw it read it and laughed at how pathetic it was how I spent all my time focused on nothing, which I could have spent doing other things, like yoga, origami, reading a book, watching films, just so much time wasted on nothing, I then put it to a bowl and burned it, I then left it outside and I felt great. It does take time, granted, and you have to be patient but you will get over him, the cliché - there's plenty more fish in the sea - is true and believe me you will find someone else, but in the mean time just work on yourself, exercise, read as many books as you want, live your life and be happy, because its your life no one can live it for you, and times passing by so we need to live life and be who we want to be, there's no point dwelling on the past, its no longer there, its gone its disappeared, focus on your present and future.
Love yours truly
KatyNells xoxo
Monday, 2 February 2015
The Kingsman has just made my list ...
On Saturday my dad took me and my sisters to the Odeon to watch 'Big Hero 6' however I didn't want to watch that so my dad let me see the Kingsman. So there I sat, on my own, in the cinema, eating my sweets, watching one of my new favourite films. It has the comedy, the action, and the attractive, handsome, beautiful, body sculpted lead male actor, also known as Taron Egerton, who also by the way made my list of 'future husbands' (maybe one day I will write about my list ;) ) Back to the film, I absolutely loved it! It was very comedic, I was trying not to be that one person in the cinema who belly laughs at one of the jokes and to be honest that was really hard to not do. The action, the fights, the adrenalin rushing scenes were amazing, they made me want to become a spy, do the ass-kicking karate kicks, the jumps out of the plane, have the awesome gadgets, but alas I cannot, which is heart breaking :'( But at least I will be re-live those moments whilst watching one of my new favourite films.
If you haven't already seen it, go and watch it now, right now, buy a ticket, go to the cinema and watch it. If its not out now buy the dvd, rent it, borrow it from a friend, even if you have to go to the measures of watching it illegally online, do it. Trust me you wont regret it!!
Untill next week, stay happy, keep smiling :)
Love yours truly
KatyNells xoxo
If you haven't already seen it, go and watch it now, right now, buy a ticket, go to the cinema and watch it. If its not out now buy the dvd, rent it, borrow it from a friend, even if you have to go to the measures of watching it illegally online, do it. Trust me you wont regret it!!
Untill next week, stay happy, keep smiling :)
Love yours truly
KatyNells xoxo
Saturday, 10 January 2015
Kind of my battle with food
One of my New Year Resolutions is to eat more healthily so I searched for a recipe in one of my cook books that I thought I may like. It was called 'Prawn and Coconut Laksa'. I will put the recipe up soon along with some pictures (as they are on my phone). Anyway, it was pretty easy to make, although I didn't read the instructions properly, I was ment to cook the bean-sprouts in the pan with the curry paste you make and the prawns, I completely didn't do that so I had to quickly fry them in a different pan, nightmare haha, but as long as you read the instructions, it should be fine :) It was different, to say the least, I have tried coconut water before and I wasn't really into it as much, I once made a smoothie with the water - following a smoothie recipe - and I threw up, so I try to stay clear of it, but I wanted to try this recipe, it was a different taste, and I did like, however I didn't each much of it as I didn't want to push myself eating entirely different foods, tastes and flavours, but next time I make it I will eat more of it, not I will try to eat more, I WILL eat more.
Its incredibly hard for me to eat new foods, as I am a very fussy eater, there was a period when I was 10/11 I only ate pot noodles, and now I am eating strawberries, prawns, steak, fish cakes, stir-fry's and many other foods that I have never ate before. When I was younger I was scared of not liking food, I know its stupid but I didn't want to throw up, because it is a horrible feeling. I used to be really skinny, I was that skinny that I didn't want to be skinny, I wanted a little more meat on my bones, it got to the point where my mum thought I was anorexic, I wasn't. It was just simply the fact that I didn't like food and the food I did, wasn't exactly healthy food.
Then in year 8, I had appendicitis, but for 3 months it wasn't seen, as my body created a shield around it so that the poison from my appendix wouldn't kill me, anyway I didn't eat anything for three months because I felt so ill that I didn't want to eat, then one day it hurt so bad I went to the A&E and they rushed me too Alder Hey children's hospital in Liverpool, where they did a operation, however it turned out that they couldn't do anything as the shield my body created attached itself to my intestine, so they just pumped me with iv antibiotics for two weeks, the shield went disappeared and I was fine inside my body on the other hand I wasn't fine in my mind or in my outer body, I was skinny, I didn't want to be. I was round about 8 st at the time and that for me wasn't a normal weight for a year 8 as many girls in my year weren't that, so I ate and ate crappy food and gained weight, and I was happy that I had gained weight, but then I entered year 10/11 and that's where the lads would pay extra attention to girls looks and their weight. They kept calling some girls fat which made me body conscious, so I decided to exercise, I just did bits and bats over the two years, whilst eating healthy, and I was happy with what I was, I was 10 stone and I was happy.
That's until I got a boyfriend, he would call me skinny and say I have a great body, which made my self esteem go through the roof, until I started to do more exercise and then one day we were lying in bed watching a film, and I said something about doing more exercise and he felt my stomach looked at it and went, "yeah you have lost some weight, and you look better", that just made me feel like 'what, I thought I was fine and didn't need to'. We broke up a couple months later, and some time after that I thought, 'I need to be happy with myself, I want to be happy on my own' so I am working on myself, it has been a year since the break up and I am happy with who I am, I have been working on myself, I have been eating new foods, watching films I would have never had watched and I am experiencing the world :) I am a more happy with who I am, I don't give a fuck about what people think of me, people dis like me and I don't give a shit and I am finally glad that I feel like that!!! :D But, body issues still present an issue in my life, I don't want to lose weight, I am 9st 5lbs and I am happy with that, I just want to tone my belly, my arms and my ass (not going to lie) when I reach the goal of the body I have dreamed, I will be more happy than I am.
This is just for the guys and gals who have issues with their bodies, you are not the only ones, everyone has or does have issues with theirs, and if a boy says that the don't have issues with how they look they are probably lying I know plenty of lads that think they aren't good looking, that think their bodies aren't good enough, so it isn't just us girls. If anyone wants to talk about anything, I am here and I can try and give you advice, I just do not want anyone to feel like they have to change for the world, for other people, you don't, if you want to make any changes, make them for you, you are the only person that matters in this world, if I have learnt anything in the past couple years of my life its that. Do things for you, if you want to lose weight, tone your body, watch a horror, read an auto biography, climb a mountain, join tap dancing classes, draw a rose do it, just do what makes you happy, it annoys me that someone cannot be themselves, they cant be happy as when they are themselves and are happy they get picked on, judged, called out which turns that happiness upside down, no one should hide them true selves.
If anyone wants to talk about anything, I am here and I am ready to listen.
Love yours truly
KatyNells xoxo
Its incredibly hard for me to eat new foods, as I am a very fussy eater, there was a period when I was 10/11 I only ate pot noodles, and now I am eating strawberries, prawns, steak, fish cakes, stir-fry's and many other foods that I have never ate before. When I was younger I was scared of not liking food, I know its stupid but I didn't want to throw up, because it is a horrible feeling. I used to be really skinny, I was that skinny that I didn't want to be skinny, I wanted a little more meat on my bones, it got to the point where my mum thought I was anorexic, I wasn't. It was just simply the fact that I didn't like food and the food I did, wasn't exactly healthy food.
Then in year 8, I had appendicitis, but for 3 months it wasn't seen, as my body created a shield around it so that the poison from my appendix wouldn't kill me, anyway I didn't eat anything for three months because I felt so ill that I didn't want to eat, then one day it hurt so bad I went to the A&E and they rushed me too Alder Hey children's hospital in Liverpool, where they did a operation, however it turned out that they couldn't do anything as the shield my body created attached itself to my intestine, so they just pumped me with iv antibiotics for two weeks, the shield went disappeared and I was fine inside my body on the other hand I wasn't fine in my mind or in my outer body, I was skinny, I didn't want to be. I was round about 8 st at the time and that for me wasn't a normal weight for a year 8 as many girls in my year weren't that, so I ate and ate crappy food and gained weight, and I was happy that I had gained weight, but then I entered year 10/11 and that's where the lads would pay extra attention to girls looks and their weight. They kept calling some girls fat which made me body conscious, so I decided to exercise, I just did bits and bats over the two years, whilst eating healthy, and I was happy with what I was, I was 10 stone and I was happy.
That's until I got a boyfriend, he would call me skinny and say I have a great body, which made my self esteem go through the roof, until I started to do more exercise and then one day we were lying in bed watching a film, and I said something about doing more exercise and he felt my stomach looked at it and went, "yeah you have lost some weight, and you look better", that just made me feel like 'what, I thought I was fine and didn't need to'. We broke up a couple months later, and some time after that I thought, 'I need to be happy with myself, I want to be happy on my own' so I am working on myself, it has been a year since the break up and I am happy with who I am, I have been working on myself, I have been eating new foods, watching films I would have never had watched and I am experiencing the world :) I am a more happy with who I am, I don't give a fuck about what people think of me, people dis like me and I don't give a shit and I am finally glad that I feel like that!!! :D But, body issues still present an issue in my life, I don't want to lose weight, I am 9st 5lbs and I am happy with that, I just want to tone my belly, my arms and my ass (not going to lie) when I reach the goal of the body I have dreamed, I will be more happy than I am.
This is just for the guys and gals who have issues with their bodies, you are not the only ones, everyone has or does have issues with theirs, and if a boy says that the don't have issues with how they look they are probably lying I know plenty of lads that think they aren't good looking, that think their bodies aren't good enough, so it isn't just us girls. If anyone wants to talk about anything, I am here and I can try and give you advice, I just do not want anyone to feel like they have to change for the world, for other people, you don't, if you want to make any changes, make them for you, you are the only person that matters in this world, if I have learnt anything in the past couple years of my life its that. Do things for you, if you want to lose weight, tone your body, watch a horror, read an auto biography, climb a mountain, join tap dancing classes, draw a rose do it, just do what makes you happy, it annoys me that someone cannot be themselves, they cant be happy as when they are themselves and are happy they get picked on, judged, called out which turns that happiness upside down, no one should hide them true selves.
If anyone wants to talk about anything, I am here and I am ready to listen.
Love yours truly
KatyNells xoxo
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