I'm officially allowed that quarter-life crisis now I'm 25

I'm officially 25 which means I can officially have that quarter-life crisis I joke I've been having for the past 5-10 years. But unless some serious technological advances happen in the health industry I really don't see myself, or anyone my age, reaching 100 so maybe I could've had it a few years ago.

Why my 2019 goals aren't that specific

I planned to do a whole post about my 2018 goals and a little review on how they went and what I achieved, but I didn't. I completed quite a few of my extensive 18 goal list but, while I was really happy with what I achieved, some of the goals throughout the year didn't fit where I was going with my life and because of that, I didn't achieve them. This year I wanted to set fewer goals (I ended up with 12 so not that much less) and set more open goals that were not necessarily easier to achieve but ones that could be flexible with how my life shapes up over the next 12 months. They're more aspirations than goals which I find works better for me. They're things I'd like to be better at or do more of instead of harsh set goals. So only 5 out of the 12 goals have a definite completion, for example, my Goodreads goal of reading 50 books this year.

Bullet Journal Flip Through

The thing I've always told myself when I started bullet journaling was that I shouldn't use things that don't work for me. This is something that I think makes others stop using the system. They're set on creating this perfect diary that does everything and while they're sitting tracking their daily water intake they're missing the true point of the journal. Use what works for you, and only you.

Plus it doesn't have to look like an Instagrammers wet dream. IT CAN BE MESSY! 

Weird things at design school

If any of you don't know I study graphic design at university and having gone through a few years of design school  I've learnt that a lot of weird things happen. Now along with the beautiful art that flows out of the students a lot of other stuff does too! 

• First years spend over 8 hours in their first few weeks drawing potatoes. 
• Potatoes in pencil, potatoes in pen, potatoes in chalk and potatoes dressed as Lady Gaga. 
• By the time you graduate you will have spent at least 50 hours of your life feeling up/deciding on/cursing at stock. Yes I do mean paper. 50 hours cursing at the weight of your paper. 
• It's normal to go to class with a laptop bag, a normal bag, and folders of various sizes. Plus boxes and bags of other rubbish.
• None of the tutors know how to use a computer. Okay maybe 3 do and that's it. They're designers and they don't know how to use powerpoint.
• You will own at least 10 of the same expensive pen in different weights. 
• You will use said pens to do everything but draw and then ruin them and then curse at them and yourself and your life and your bank account.
• Speaking of bank accounts, it's normal to spend hundreds a year on stationary. Seriously if you love stationary become a design student you'll never regret buying more because your tutor will tell you to buy more. 
• The first week before a new year you see the first years around town. You can tell because they're all battling with their new A1 folders. It's hilarious. 
• Sleep happens anywhere. 
• You will critique any design anywhere. Always. It's going to happen. 
• You will spend hours criticising the space between letters, if you didn't realise this was a thing, this is a thing. Kerning and leading are your best friends. 
• You always want to nap. Always. 
• But you never have time to nap after the first year so take those naps when you can first years! Design school takes over every moment of your awake life. 

This is only a few things but allow me to ramble on about how I feel like all I've been doing is uni work all day every day. Currently I have a mobile app and a book being created so it's very time consuming (oh and an essay but who cares about that). I'm also now sick due to this so have scrambled into bed whenever available to eat oranges and do more work. Such fun... 

The McFilla

[Photo credit to their Facebook page as my phone photos are awful]

The other night my boyfriend dragged me along with him to grab dinner before he went out. We went to this little outdoor burger van down the road from our flat and we'd been dying to try it out as everyone's been saying how great it is. Now as it was around 5pm I wasn't all that hungry so I wasn't planning to eat there just keep him company but ya know with burgers sizzling away in front of you its hard to say no. I went for the classic $5 Ester burger and it was pretty good once I'd removed the jalapenos, reminded me of the homemade burgers my Dad makes when I'm home. If you live in Wellington I highly recommend checking this place out down Cuba St it has such a cool atmosphere and we were chilling on bus seats whilst eating our dinner, pretty awesome! 

p.s eek we got the Ed Sheeran tickets I'm so excited!!

Kiss me under the light of a thousand stars

This week it was announced that Ed Sheeran is coming back to New Zealand and I am so freaking excited and do not care how much he is going to cost I muuuuuust get a ticket! The last time I went to his concert was back in 2012 and it was the time where not a lot of people knew about him seen as The A Team had only recently made it to the New Zealand charts so I managed to get a seat on the second row (but spent the entire time leaning on the stage in the not-quite-a-mosh-but-that-kinda-thing area) and it was amazing. Since then he's been back twice and the first time it was the time of being accepted into unis and not knowing where I would be living I didn't get a ticket which really sucks. The second was a free concert where only contest winners could go which I unfortunately didn't win any of them but I was still able to watch the entire thing live on the internet in the comfort of my own home so it wasn't 100% bad.

He's probably one of little artists and bands that I tend to like pretty much every song they have as my least favourite song is This but I still really like it, his others are just flipping amazing. My boyfriend is still pretty impressed that I can rap all of You Need Me, I Don't Need You and the rap part of Sing haha the amounts of time I sing them in the shower is hard to count.

Just say yes and live your life.

I've never really been one of those people who live life hard without the fear of striking out. Moving to University however has given me all these new chances to try something new and to say yes to things I would never have dreamed of doing ever in my life before. Although at this point in time it's only really small things but hey I'm trying! I even participated in an event even though I knew it involved running that's how pro I am now. (not that we didn't actually end up running but hey its the thought that counts) This is just one of the things I knew I had to grow up and do seen as being creative and a designer is made by taking chances. 

Don't put off or pull out of a project/assignment just because you have to present to the class. Don't shy away from showing off your work because it actually might be good you just don't know. Shout out an answer with confidence even if you don't know for certain it's right. Just do it all and get used to being wrong because you're going to be wrong many many times in your life. I know myself that I'm just getting started it's gonna get worse and I need to be ready so that when that time comes I don't end up collapsing into a crying ball of tears in the corner... x