A Year in London
09:19
Goodness me, I feel as though it has been a lifetime since I last posted on this blog. Shame on me! I always state my plans to keep this blog going consistently, and I have failed. However, it's still alive after a few years even with my meek postings which isn't too bad (Right? Right… I'll keep telling myself this).
My last post was when I was still in Australia, LITERALLY A YEAR AGO. I can't even comprehend this. I guess a lot has been happening, it's not an exaggeration when I say it has been the busiest year of my life!
I have changed so much this past year in the best of ways, I've taken a leap and a half out of my comfort zone and learned how to be an adult. I have been living in a flat with 3 of my friends for the past 4 months and before that I was staying on-campus amongst floating around in various different places when I wasn't there. Finding housing in London is one of the most stressful things I've ever had to deal with, and I can't wait until I go back to Australia for a visit! Home. Only a bit over 3 weeks and I'll be back. It makes me tear up and my heart hurt just thinking about it!
When I stop and think about all of the things I've done this past year, I literally can't take it all in. Has it really been a year?! So nuts! As well as living by myself, I've interviewed a renowned Director and wrote it up for print, I've traveled to Bulgaria as part of a very exciting film program I'm on (next up is Helsinki, then it takes place here in London, then Spain!), and so much more. A year ago I never would've dreamed I was capable of all of this. To be honest, before I left for London I was absolutely petrified of living over here by myself. I had no idea how to be independent! Was I even capable of being independent? I used to get lost in the parking lot at my local supermarket.
I guess the best way of learning is to jump straight into the deep-end. Here I am now though, I've blossomed from a 20 year old girl into a 21 year old woman, and I have learned how to make things work. Sure, I still have a lot to learn, but I'm getting there. I'm doing better than I thought I would! I'm not dead or severely injured, which was definitely up there on my list of fears.
Whilst this year has been the biggest and greatest thing I've ever done, my future is very much up in the air. I have no idea if I'll stay here after December! As much as I'd love to stay, living and studying in London is definitely not wallet-friendly. I may have to move to Melbourne to continue my studies, or I could find somewhere else in London or the UK area that will be easier on the purse. We will see! Much to think about.
Despite my blogging being questionable this past year, my youtube-ing-ness (now officially a word) has been going strong! I no longer upload my videos to LittlexCub, but to alixintheclouds. This was due to my change-of-heart with the name I originally came up with and lack of ways to change it, so I had to create a new channel! I miss my old videos, I wish there was a way to transfer them to my alixintheclouds channel. Oh well! Maybe in the future there will be a way to do this. However, here is my most recent video which I hope you enjoy!
To sum up? A very big year for me. One which I hopefully will never forget! I do wish I'd blogged more, but in my defence I rarely had good internet! Hopefully this post will give a general summary of what it was like.
Expect a lot more posts from me! I'm on this blogging wagon and I have no plans to get off of it anytime soon. I've found myself in this cute little cafe with free wifi, so I now have a good source of internet! No excuses Alix, no excuses.
Has anything big happened to you recently? Has anything made you change for the better in recent times? Or, do you remember the first time you became independent?
Happy Friday :)
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