Media mis-leading our generation - Lollie

Hey guys, Lollie here. So, I was going through my laptop and I found a blog post I wrote for another blog that I had along time ago and I thought I would share it with you all.

The fabulous Marilyn Monroe, providing a wonderful quote.

Everyone makes mistakes and has flaws and if the people around you can't handle your worst, they definitely don't  deserve to have you at your best. Don't give your best to the people who can't appreciate that you make mistakes and sometimes things hurt you more than they should. Don't give your best to people who can't appreciate that you have imperfections.

We all have flaws and things that make us different to everyone else, but if we didn't have them, we wouldn't be us. These little things make us who we are and define us from everyone else.

So stop desperately trying to copy everyone else. 

It may sound harsh but, there is no true image of perfection. The perfect human being does not exist. Although, we may think some people look 'perfect', this is just the media playing on teenagers in advertisements and TV shows portraying a negative image of 'perfection' and the qualities you need to have to be 'perfect'.

What I'm trying to say is - the medias portrayal of 'perfection' is false. There are many girls and guys out their who are beautiful and perfect in their own respect. One of the sweethearts, Bri, actually, did a speech in English in year 9 about the media's portrayal of the correct dress size and how many teenage girls who are in fact very skinny, still see themselves as fat because they don't fit the 'normal' girls they see on TV adverts and in magazines. It's the sad truth and I feel like it isn't addressed as often as it should be. Media focus so much on obesity and how that is a wide spreading problem but what about the amount of people that starve themselves just to be accepted, surely that's not right? Surely, it shouldn't be ignored.

The truth is, each one of you has individual qualities and features that allow you to be yourself - your're perfect the way you are.

You are your own version of perfect and you should accept who you are and the way you look. Confidence is one of the first steps to 'feeling perfect'. 

I feel like you can never have an image of perfection. Perfection, to me, is a feeling. If you feel perfect the way you are then nothing else matters - if you don't feel perfect the way you are, don't look at others and compare yourself to them. Look at yourself. Look at all your flaws that make you, your own version of perfect.

So a summary of today's blog post:

- don't give people your best if they can't expect that you have flaws - you are human

- expect the flaws you have 

- don't waste your time trying to be perfect - you're perfect all ready

- if you don't feel it, try and be more confident, make a list of everything you like about yourself, body and personality. Look at each one and write why you like this particular thing about you

- Bri gives incredibly speeches but probably shouldn't look at people when saying 'you're fat' as part of getting across what model agencies say to everyone (Inside joke guys)

- your imperfections make you who you are

- be more confident in who you are and stop trying to copy others

- The media's 'perfection' will never be as good as yours.

I hope you enjoyed reading today's post! I will be back again next Friday, with another. I'm sure time will fly past incredibly quickly, just like this last week has, I have no idea where it has gone. I'm looking forward to watching Waterloo Road and Broadchurch on Monday if I totally honest with you - Highlights of my week!

Until next time, Allons-y! 

Lollie

2015...

Hey guys,

So it's 2015 and I'm back to school! I had an philosophy and ethics exam today and had to write three essays...not fun.

Wel I've decided to talk to you guys about what I hope to achevie this year. I've decided on ten simple rules to follow to make the next year great;

Rule number 1) lose weight! I've decided that I want to lose a lot of weight and I'm not sure how I'm going to do it but I will!

2) try to relax, I've found that last year I was extremely stressed and I don't want a repeat of last year, so I will be trying to relax more ( I need to invest in some more bath bombs from lush) 

3) finally sort out my room, I've recently had my room painted and my room has quickly become a mess again! I think I need to just designate an afternoon to tiding it. 

4) Smile, I've decided I want to smile more- if that's possible, 

5) drop the friends who pull me down, in the last few months I've really found out who I can rely on and who I shouldn't bother waste my time on- to make next year great I need to cut lose the strings that keep me locked.

6) be that shoulder, I think I need to be that shoulder people can turn to when they need a good cry and to just get something off their chest.

7) do something spontaneous, I'm not one to be daring or out side the box so this year I want to do something different ( I'm already going to my second ever concert and going to New York with Payton) 

8) talk about stuff that upsets me, most of the time I will swallow my tounge and not tell anyone what's really eatting me up, so I want to be able to talk to someone about my problems.

9) get organised, one thing I'm bad at is being organised and I want to be able to enjoy moments rather than panicking.

10) try to break bad habits, now I have quite a few bad habits that stop me ( biting my nails, beat freak on my computer, going to bed late, my strange time management and many more) and I want to break them.

So there they are; my simple but clear rules  and guidelines for this  year, I hope 2015 will be better than ever 

Bye 

Belle xx