Hello!
So, I've now been off school for a week- but almost everyone else in the country broke up for the holidays yesterday.
What are you going to do with yourself? I always tell myself that I've got to do something new and exciting- and I try to stick to it.
Well, I discovered a new TV show- that's pretty exciting, right? It's called The 100 (you might have heard of it: maybe, maybe not...) and it is honestly the best thing ever...
Basically, there was a nuclear war on Earth, and all it's surviving habitants fleed into space- where they survived and reproduced on a huge spaceship called The Ark. Three generations later, they want to see if Earth is breathable and liveable. So, of course, they send 100 of it's teenage delinquents (they haven't really got a lot left to lose) to test the Earth out, in an attempt to redeem themselves of whatever crime they've committed. A lot happens from there, and you can only find out it you watch it...
Seriously, it's good!
Now, what I'm about to say might be slightly hypocritical, because I know that in the past, I've struggled to keep to this.
It's Christmas, you've got three weeks. In those three weeks, don't just sit about on your laptop with a blanket, eating popcorn and crying (which is exactly what I'm doing right now, might I add...)
Adventure is just around the corner, if you're willing to look for it.
Go out! Do things you'd never expect you'd do. Try something new. Make friends. Make memories.
Do something that you won't want to forget.
Tomorrow, I plan on doing something extraordinary.
Then I plan on adventure.
And then, who knows about that?
You do what you want to do, you go where it feels right to go. You smile. You laugh. You enjoy this holiday, because next year, I will be revising for my mock exams (ew)- and then?
Then my life is over.
Fly on, and let your heart follow your feet...
Luce xx
PS: I need to add to this.
I wrote this three weeks ago.
I didn't post it because I thought- let's see how one post can go in three weeks?
Let's see where my feet take me.
And boy, has it been an adventure...
I've been to lots of places, I've actually talked to people, I've done things I never would have last year.
For example, I've been to Edinburgh...
I've actually kept a conversation going with a complete stranger for more than two months...
I've been outside, I've smiled, I have done so much!
That's only a small part of it!
I actually lived.
I haven't jumped off a cliff and survived, I haven't skinny dipped, I haven't made a pizza the size of my bedroom. I haven't done any of the wild and crazy things that you see in a movie or read in a book.
I did the little things. I survived. And, boy, I made memories I'm never going to forget.
Now it's New Year's Eve, and I've got approximately half an hour left to confess all my sins, or to appreciate what I've been through this year, or whatever cheesy things people always try to do.
I confess that I love food. I confess that I love sleep.
I confess that I can sometimes be a little awkward, a little selfish, a little moody, a little out of place.
I confess that a lot of the time, I don't even know what I'm doing.
(I confess that I have no idea where my confessions are going, just so you know...)
I confess that this year has been the best so far. I confess that this year, I've done things I never would have done this time last year. I confess that this year, I've jumped out of my comfort zone and I have done lots of new things (crazy things, yes, stupid things, yes- but they are all things, and these things I am proud of).
I confess that I don't want to let this go. Not just yet. And I confess that, I am more grateful for everything and everyone than I let on.
And God, whatever happens in 2016- I won't be ready for it, I know that for sure. But I'm going to go with it, because that's what Kanye would do.
(Looking back at this- yes, I am from the future- I realise that the Kanye thing might have been a silly thing to say, but, it's a new year- and the past is the past, my friend...)
So here's to good times, and to even better ones that are coming my way.
We're watching the Big Ben thing now. And now it's midnight (happy new year, by the way). I can hear the fireworks go off from outside- all of my neighbour's are celebrating (even though all of them are like 3 years old)
Literally all I can think is- this fireworks show's gone on forever, hasn't it? It lasted about fifteen minutes. And then when it's over, I stay up a little while after.
I think, I've got to do something this year. I've got to make something, or just something that will make me remember 2016.
And then I found Pinterest (the holy grail of amazing ideas that we try but they always end up looking like a run over hedgehog or something). So, the thing I'm going to do in 2016 is...
Every day, I'm going to take a picture. It can be of anything, it doesn't have to be of great importance. But then I'm going to put it together in a photo album and see everything in one place. The whole year in one book. It sounds weird, but I'm looking forward to it.
And ack, school is almost here, and then I have to face homework and tests again. But then again, I have 2016. I have literally the whole year ahead of me.
So enjoy it!
Fly on, you've got 365 days to do it...
Luce xx
Happy New Year, everyone.
Make mistakes!
(But don't forget to laugh about them...)
