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Wednesday, July 5, 2017

GUESS WHO'S BACK!

Well hello there.

I guess long time no see?

This has been a long coming post but the past couple of months have been so awful and stressful that I had practically no time to think about my blog, let alone writing a post.

I started off the year with great expectations – lots of posts, content, photos. And everything was so exciting up until the moment I realised my anxiety was taking over my life.
For the longest time my relationship with anxiety has ruined so many great things, but I feel like this year has probably been quite literally the worst one.

I've always been very anxious about everything I do, it is in my nature and I can deal with it. But the pressure of succeeding and finishing my second year of university, friendships going wrong, awful housemates (that story deserves a whole post, trust me!) and the pressure of keeping up a relationship had the best of me and I ended up finishing this academic year with a first overall (yay me!) but a very unwell mind.

Friday, October 2, 2015

Uni Life: Update

Well, hello there.

I know it's basically been ages since I last uploaded a post on here, but I've literally been so busy with Uni it's hard to find the time to actually sit down and write.

But enough with the excuses, I am so excited to write this post I don't even know where to start.

Uni is.. incredible! Hard, of course, but amazing. And I wasn't expecting it at all. To be fair, the amount of coursework I have to do is ridiculous, but weirdly enough I don't mind it at all.

The people I met so far are great and I'm loving my flatmates and life in general.

It's so weird how moving to another city and start a new adventure can literally change the way you see things. My life has improved so much in such a small amount of time and I cannot picture myself anywhere else but here.

Sorry if this post isn't so long, there's more to come – do not worry.

I just wanted to pop in and say that I'm alive and I'm enjoying myself and my Uni experience. Get ready for loads of probably boring posts about how great this city is and how much fun I have with my friends.

You've been warned xx

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Monday, July 13, 2015

Life update: I am still alive

This is most definitely a long awaited post. Yes, I am indeed still alive and apparently I am back writing on my blog – and it feels good.

I took a break mostly because I wasn't happy with the blog itself: I didn't enjoy writing posts anymore, nor did I like their content or the blog appearance. I felt so uninspired I had to stop, but then I realised that writing is the only thing I've got and that I had the power – and the tools but maybe not the skills, to change whatever it was I didn't like about my blog and start doing what I love the most.
So there you have it, a new slightly better looking blog and a much more inspired Alice ready to jump right back into blogging and ranting about my life.
Sometimes taking a break from things that make you feel upset is good – but coming back and confronting them is even better.

And of course I am not only talking about my blog, there's so much more to it but it's something I'd just rather leave in the past. The important thing is that I decided to come back and keep writing my heart out on this little corner of the internet and I am glad I did.

Here's for not giving up and for a new(ish) start on this blog,

I really hope you'll stick around!

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Sunday, November 16, 2014

Lazy Sunday: the people I love

When I left Italy I was in a really bad place, thought I had no one who cared about me and moving to London seemed the only option.
Looking back now, I can assure you it really was one of the best decision I've ever made. London has opened so many doors for me, and I am sure it'll give me so many more opportunities. But most important, distance made me realise – once again, how lucky I am and how many important people I have in my life.

I guess it's true: you never appreciate something until you lose it – or, in my case, until you move city.
Living far away from the people I love it's not easy, and it never will be, but I am dealing with it and it's getting better because, no matter how far I am, they will always be there for me. And I couldn't be happier about it.

My advice for today?

Go on and live the adventure, but never forget the ones who love you.

Friday, October 3, 2014

Long distance relationships

Not everything that shines is gold, and traveling has its flaws as well.
One of the biggest – and probably hardest, ones is long distance relationships.

Due to my previous experience in America, I can tell you that is not easy keeping in touch with the people you love, even though you try your best.
New city, new people, new routine, sometimes it just gets too overwhelming and you can't keep up. It's not your fault, of course, it is important to remember that this whole experience marks a new chapter in your life, therefore you will be willing to discover more and experience new things.

Does that mean that the people back home are not important anymore?

Of course not.
Your relationships back home are the most important thing for you right now. All the support you have is because of them, they believe in you and in your dreams, and – hopefully!, they'll always be there for you.

But let me tell you one thing, the people that are not willing to keep up with you during your new adventure are not worth your time.
Be careful then, during this whole experience you'll lose people, but you will never regret it – trust me!

Monday, September 29, 2014

Hard times and decisions

The reason why I decided to take a gap year is because I didn't know what to do with my life or my future. I didn't know what I wanted to study, what I wanted my career to be.

A month ago I moved to London and started a new life, I got a job and decided to live a bit more. Before moving here, though, I thought that it would have been easier for me thinking about my future in a place that is not home. A place where nobody knows me and nobody can tell me what to do or make decisions for me.

A month later I realized that I still don't know what to do with my life, I don't know what I want or what I am good at. Did the moving help, you may ask?

I don't think so.

Being away from home does not mean I am more mature or more conscious about my career.

The question that come first on my mind though is how can people expect a nineteen year old to decide what to do for the rest of her life?

How can I possibly decide what's good for me and what's not? Why do I have to choose something that I'm not sure of just because it might – or might not, who knows?, help me finding a job in the future that will allow me to save up some money and live a decent life?

All I know at this point of my life is that I am surely not mature enough to make that decision, I am not ready to decide what is right for me and for my future. And it really sucks.

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Wednesday, September 24, 2014

Wanderlust or homebody?

People don't always realize how hard it is to leave your home and travel around the world.
It is exciting, that's for sure, but there will always be a part of you that will feel a bit homesick.

Why is that, then? Why do we feel the need to be home with our parents and family when all we want to do is explore?
There are different reasons for that and they all depend on what kind of person you are.

I believe that traveling is one of the most challenging yet amazing things that someone could ever decide to do. Exploring the world, living with strangers, learn about new cultures and traditions – who wouldn't like that?
But sometimes just because we think we want to travel it doesn't necessarily mean it'll be as easy as we imagined it. Sometimes exploring is not fun, strangers are not always friendly and a culture can be way too different compared to yours.

But that doesn't mean you can't do that. If there is one thing I've learned from traveling is that you always have to challenge yourself because you can do it. Traveling and getting out of your comfort zone will help you grow up, you'll change, you'll learn and you'll come back with something new that no one else will ever have.

Homesickness happens to everyone – no need to be ashamed of it. Just know that it'll go away eventually and you will be fine.

So this post goes to all of you travelers out there: I admire you so much and I can't wait to join you soon.
Also to every single one of you who wants to travel but is too afraid to make the first move: if not now, when?

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Tuesday, September 2, 2014

London bound

It's just been three days and I am already in love with London.
I arrived Friday morning and since then everything has been so overwhelming that I couldn't even find the words to describe the beginning of my new experience.

Being able to finally live in the city I've always loved is such a big step for me and it's something I wouldn't have expected to happen at this point in my life but it did and this was probably one of the best decisions I've taken in a long, long time.
Feeling that you belong somewhere is something that I've never felt before – not in the proper way at least, and I feel so relieved now.

I am truly sorry for the lack of posts, there is a million things I'd like to write about – and I will, but I wanted to find the right words to write down the way I feel right this moment because I won't easily forget it.

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Tuesday, August 19, 2014

Gap year and new adventures!

In just ten days I'll leave Italy and take a one-way flight to London to start a new adventure.
Excited? A lot.
Worried? Probably way too much.
Traveling has never been a problem for me – I've been wanting to travel the world for a long time now, but the fact that I won't be in school anymore almost terrifies me.
If I think about it, I've spent the last 13 years of my life in school – it's crazy!I guess once you're used to the same old daily routine a change could be quite hard.
I won't stay out of school for too long though, I'm pretty much a nerd that likes to learn as much as possible – ah, bet you didn't know that!, but I felt the need to take a gap year and explore the world, I needed to step out of my comfort zone and "live the adventure".

So a few months back I decided to start looking for a job and a house somewhere and I came up with the whole London idea.
The thought of living there has always been in the back of my head but I've never had the chance to really live in London for more than just a couple of weeks.

I am not saying that a gap year is the answer to every single problem, I actually am a bit upset I am not going to university right this year but I feel like I'm accomplishing something in life, something that I care about. And who knows what the future holds for me in London. I guess we'll have to wait and see.

London, December 2013

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Tuesday, July 15, 2014

A fresh start!

Hello everyone,

if you were one of my previous followers you might notice that I had a lot of posts here. I decided to delete every single one of them because I wanted a fresh start.
I realized those were not the things I wanted to talk about on here, hope you don't mind it.

I created a blog in the first place because I've always loved writing and I felt the need to share my thoughts with someone, and unfortunately I wasn't sharing my ideas and thoughts on my previous posts. See, I had this weird idea that if I'd start writing about stuff everyone was talking about I would get followers and people would like my posts.
But, as mentioned before, this was not my goal in the first place. And I am sorry I thought it was.
So here I am, ready for a new start, hoping you are too.

Hello.
I am Alice, and I am 19 years old.

I am Italian but I am moving to London in August.

I will write about bands, music, films, books, cats, and all sort of things.

That's all you need to know about me, really.

Hope you'll enjoy my posts :)

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