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Thursday, 5 July 2018

COFFEE CHATS | Third Year is Over - What's Next? Exciting Blogger Things, and Love Island!



Hello my lovelies, I hope you're all well. I feel like it has been quite a while since I did a Coffee Chats post where we just sit down together with a coffee of course, or if you don't like coffee a beverage of your choice, and just have a chat and an update on our lives. So that's what were gonna do today. Make sure you've got your beverage and maybe a snack as I dunno how long this post is gonna be. 

Speaking of coffee I just wanna say a massive thank you for all of the views on my last post which was all about Visiting Bean & Cole Coffee House. It currently has over 1,000 views and honestly I'm gob smacked. It's my second most popular post behind my review of Primark's My Perfect Colour Foundation. Honestly you guys don't know how much this means to me and how grateful I am, just thank you so much. 

If you guys haven't seen that post and would like to then just click here. 

So let's start with general life. I have officially finished university and that is crazy to say. I don't know where the last three years have gone but honestly these have been the best three years of my life, no doubt about it. I'm not gonna get too into it now as I'm gonna do a post later on this year (November) all about my uni experience over the whole three years, if I think uni is worth it, and my favourite memories. So you'll have to hang tight for that one but it'll be here before you know it. I finished on May 12th which is when I did my last ever performance as a drama student at Chester University and honestly it hasn't actually hit me yet. I think it's because it just feels like my pals and I are all going home for summer like we always do and then we're just gonna come back again in September when in reality were not. But my life in Chester isn't fully over yet as I've got graduation to come back for, drama society's shows, and just friends to come and visit throughout next year. 




I am really going to miss living in this city, it has become a place that I truly call home. And I do hope I come back one day potentially to live here as I absolutely love it. But at this moment right now I'm just going to see where life takes me. But the reality of it all is I don't have the money to stay here right now as I don't have a job here and I don't have a place to live after July. So it's best for me to go home for a while and get myself on my feet. 


























As for what I'm gonna do next I really don't know. I've been applying for a whole range of jobs. Some more drama based, for example teacher-esk but not a school teacher, whilst others aren't directly drama but they're jobs where my creative and people skills that I've developed on my degree can benefit me, for example working in retail but creating window displays and making sure the overall look of a shop is appealing to customers etc. I've been applying since June and haven't had much major luck yet apart from one job where I did get the offer. However it wasn't what I'd hoped for and the timings weren't right so I decided to decline it. Which is totally okay. My main advice to all of you when job hunting would be don't put pressure on yourself to take a job just because you need one. Especially if you're not confident about it but don't forget to push yourself to be the best you can be. I'm trying not to contradict myself but what I mean is don't apply for a job where you have no skills in that area to work. You've gotta use all your top qualities about yourself to your advantages. 

I'm currently still on the hunt and my main thing right now is to find a job at least for the summer because otherwise I'm gonna be so bored. And because my mum and dad are gonna be on my case everyday if I don't get one (the reality of not being a student anymore). I've never had a "proper job" and I bloody hate that phrase because what even makes a job a "proper job"?! (that's a rant for another day). But I'm confident that the experience I do have and my personality will shine through to employers. So my fingers are crossed. Are any of you in the same boat as me?



A job may not be a constant in my life right now but my blog very much is and will be for the future months and years to come (I hope). You guys know how I always get, whilst I'm at uni my blog has always taken a bit of a back seat because of all the workload and mainly all of the days out I've had with friends. And I always roll it back around in the summer months which I am definitely still doing. I've got a lot of interesting posts planned and quite a few of them I've been meaning to do since April but just haven't got round to it.

But I thought I'd let you guys in on some new blogging things I'm gonna be doing in the upcoming months. I've been sitting and planning things for the future of my blog for this year and I've been trying to think of things I haven't done before, whether that be styles of posts or a series of posts that all link etc. If you guys have been reading my blog since at least this time last year then you'll know that I did Blogust where I blogged every day of August. I thoroughly enjoyed that month and judging from the views so did you guys. I'm so glad I did that as it brought me so many more opportunities and just inspired me a lot more really. So I was debating on doing Blogust again but I wasn't really feeling doing a summer month of blogging again. So instead I've decided I'm going to be doing Blogtember! So I'm gonna blog every day in September. Now I know what you guys are thinking, surely there's not much difference as August and September are right next to each other in the monthly timeline. That is true but I've got some really interesting posts planned such as planning posts, how to utilise notebooks, some more fashion based posts, challenge posts, I'm also doing a week within Blogtember all about university as most universities go back in September which I'm so excited for, and just a lot more lifestyle based posts too. So I'm super excited for September, I hope you guys are as well, it's gonna be a lot of fun I think. 

But let's rewind for a min. So going back to now, I've got a lot of posts still to do from ages ago as we know. But I have officially decided to start a new series on my blog *screams and claps with excitement.* I can't reveal too much now because I'm still working on the ins and outs of the series itself, and doing some research, and I'm still working on a name for it. But the only clue I'm gonna give you guys is it is a topic all over social media at the minute especially Instagram. And it's a more positive outlook on something that many people, including myself, get anxious about or have been anxious about. And that is all I'm gonna say. If I can eventually find a name for the series it could potentially start next week but I can't be certain on that right now. The series itself will at least go all throughout summer and if it goes well and you guys like it and take something positive away from it I may continue it through to the cooler months after Blogtember. But yeah I'm really excited, let me know in the comments what you guys think the series might be about. 

Now that we've got all that out the way let's talk about the important stuff... 



If you guys follow me on Twitter (@katielouj0hnson) then you will know how opinionated I get about this show. I became obsessed last year and I have now become even more obsessed this year which I didn't think was possible. Now I know that some of the show is not all real and there are definitely moments that the islanders do obviously to create drama because if they didn't the show wouldn't be as popular and it wouldn't be as talked about. But am I still way too invested in these peoples lives on this reality show? 100% yes. Obviously a lot has happened over the last three weeks on the show and if you haven't been watching it well honestly I don't think there's a way I can actually catch you up. But if you have been watching let's discuss the latest events of the last week.

I'm gonna start with the whole Wes, Megan, and Laura situation. When Wes decided he was done with Laura after three weeks and after that one day connection with Megan he was like right bye Laura. Honestly this pissed me off so much, you guys don't even know, well you will know if you follow my Twitter. But I just cannot believe how disrespectful this was to Laura. Just the whole way he went about it and his reasons for wanting to leave Laura for Megan really were ridiculous. For example, both Wes and Megan admitted that they hadn't spoken until that day when Megan said she fancied him and Wes immediately wanted to break off everything he had developed with Laura. He might as well of just straight up said to her I don't think this is working and I'm not feeling it anymore. I would've had more respect for him because he would've actually been honest with Laura about how he felt. I would've been unbiased if Wes hadn't of said to Laura "I'm falling for you" because you can't go from that level of feelings for someone and then five minutes later after you've had a chat with the lads go actually nah. In the long run I think Wes and Laura would've broken up anyway because they are clearly at very different points in their lives, you know Laura wants to find a serious relationship with a future together whereas Wes clearly doesn't really know what he wants and I don't think he truly knows what he's gone in the villa to look for. But overall ever since that moment I lost all respect for Wes and I have a massive disliking for him now. 

The main thing I loved about this situation though is the boys went off to Casa Amor which is the second villa and the boys had six new girls come in whilst in the original villa the girls had six new boys come in. And it couldn't of come at a better time, especially for Laura. So whilst most of the boys were cracking on in Casa Amor (which I'll get to in a minute) Wes decided not to because of his "strong feelings for Megan" which I don't know how you can have that amount of strong feelings after just one day together. If that's actually possible let me know. But yeah so Wes didn't crack on but of course our Megan did. Why am I not surprised? So yeah she cracked on with another guy called Alex and Laura cracked on with another guy called Jack. And when it came to the recoupling they both recoupled up with the new guys they'd met whilst Wes was left single. I don't like Megan but I loved this situation because this is true karma for the way Wes treated Laura and I was living for this. Honestly one of the best things that could've happened. 

So speaking of Casa Amor, the boys went there for a few days and mostly they started cracking on which for the majority of them it was fine as a lot of them are more towards open to still getting to know people and connect with people as their couples haven't worked out up to this point. Except for Jack (not Laura's Jack) and Josh. Jack and Dani are officially in a relationship so obviously they stayed loyal to one another (thank god) and Josh has been coupled up with Georgia for two weeks or maybe a bit more. Now her and Josh were in a really good place, they were in the stage where they were kind of just having a laugh and getting to know each other whilst still being all about each other. I will admit when they first became a couple I wasn't 100% certain because Georgia was previously coupled up with Niall who she seemed really suited to but then he had to make an emergency exit from the show. Which meant Josh and Georgia were kind of the only two left that were fully single whereas everyone else in the villa was coupled up with someone. So at first it did feel kind of forced and like they were together just because of convenience. But as time went on, new islanders came in and neither of them seemed to turn their heads or really get to know anyone else which is when I was like oh okay, I can kinda see this working out. And then that all came crashing down didn't it. 

So the boys had to sneak off to Casa Amor early one morning and weren't allowed to let the girls in on anything. And as I've already said they got there and six new girls came in and they started cracking on apart from Jack. And I'd love to say apart from Josh but I can't because he decided to crack on with another girl. Whilst Georgia decided to stay loyal to Josh because she realised when he was gone that she actually did like him a lot more than she'd let herself believe. As you can imagine, myself and all of the other Love Island fans on Twitter were going insane on the hashtag. So to keep a long story short Josh was completely unfaithful to Georgia during those three days in Casa Amor; there was a recoupling at the end of the week and the girls and guys had to decided whether or not they were going to recouple with one of the new islanders or if they were going to stay loyal. Unfortunately for Georgia, Josh decided to recouple with another girl which as you can imagine absolutely broke her. 

Now on Twitter most people are team Georgia in this situation which I 100% am. That feeling of being second best to someone is never nice and I can totally relate to what she is going through right now. Some people have commented that they don't feel like Josh has done anything wrong because they weren't boyfriend and girlfriend and also it is Love Island, they're all there to find a connection with someone and you know win £50,000. Which I do get where those people are coming from but what he has done wrong is handled the whole situation wrong. For the weeks Josh and Georgia were seeing each other Josh never made it clear that he was open to seeing other girls. Whilst in Casa Amor, Josh had no way of speaking to Georgia until the night of the recoupling, but whilst he was in Casa Amor he had no respect for Georgia's feelings in the process of him cracking on with Kaz. He also claims that he felt a stronger connection to a girl he'd know for one day than a girl he'd been seeing for two weeks. I'm sorry what? Again if this is actually a thing that really happens then please enlighten me but I just don't get how you can throw something all away and be done with it for someone else you've know for five minutes. Are people honestly that heartless? 

The best thing to ever happen though on the night of recoupling was how Georgia handled the situation. She saw Josh came back in with another girl and was obviously upset, annoyed, heartbroken etc. She turned away when she was about to cry, took a breath, composed herself, and turned back and got on with it. HONESTLY ICONIC. The way she handled the whole situation is honestly inspiring for our society. She is honestly a true queen and I will always love her for how she dealt with this situation. I absolutely adore Georgia as a person and I truly believe she deserves the best. 

Obviously after the drama and high emotions of it all she's dealt with it the best she can and the only people who really seem to care about her in that villa are Dani and Laura. Which is an absolute piss take because Georgia cares about absolutely everyone in there and is always there for them when they need her and now they can't even be there for her. Another thing that has also fucked me off about this situation is how none of the boys at any stage said to Josh don't you think you should be thinking about Georgia. Fair enough it's not their situation to deal with but if any of the boys had any respect for Georgia or even cared about how she might've felt they would've pulled Josh aside and called him out on it. As if I was in there, I'd've done that because the way he was going about it weren't right. 

The main thing this year that is frustrating me in Love Island is the fact that all of the lads apart from Jack keep saying this phrase "Am I happy? Yes. But could I be happier? Absolutely" and honestly I have never felt more hostile towards a group of boys ever. This is how you definitely know they're boys and not men. Honestly what the hell?! I am actually sick of our generation's views on relationships. It's like I swear to god people just don't appreciate what they already have and also don't have respect for other peoples feelings let alone their own feelings. Why are so many people so selfish and spiteful; honestly I have never felt more pissed off about a conversation than this one. This is just a point for everyone, guy or girl, if this is how you view people you're seeing or just people in your life. Then you've gotta take a hard look in the mirror because with an attitude like this you don't deserve to be happy let alone be "happier."  

An episode or two ago Georgia was crying to Dani and Laura and she said two things that I think everyone can relate to in some way. The first was 'He's happy with her' and the second was 'What has she got that I haven't got?' this honestly made me feel so sad for Georgia. I can relate to these two questions a lot and I'm assuming most of you who are reading this can as well. There has got to be no worse feeling than feeling second best to someone. It's been a few days now since everything and Georgia has had some time to cool off and think and she had a chat with Kaz. She said it how it was on her end of things and how she feels as technically Kaz hasn't done anything fully wrong as it was Josh who was disloyal to Georgia. And Kaz was the same, explained to Georgia her way of seeing things and how it feels on her end etc. So essentially they were just finding common ground. Georgia said that she is happy that they've both found someone and she hopes they work out. Kaz had the audacity to go back to Josh and say that Georgia was patronising. And in that one second exchange I lost all respect for Kaz as well. Georgia wasn't being patronising at all, Georgia could've ignored her for the whole time they're both there which would obviously make things awkward in the long run. I say fair play to Georgia for clearing the air when she is evidently still such a mess and broken up about Josh. 

Someone did a tweet saying it's not about the fact that Josh recoupled with another girl. It's the fact that he sold Georgia a dream and told her all the things she wanted to hear when he didn't really mean any of it. And that resonated with me so much, honestly so much because being lead on is the worst thing ever. It goes to show that you should always always always be wary of peoples intentions with you. I really do hope Georgia gets what she deserves because she honestly deserves all the love in the world for being so kind, honest, genuine, positive. I love you queen G! 

  If you thought I was done talking about Love Island after all that, well you're wrong. I have one more person I wanna talk about and that is Megan. As I've said many times already if you guys follow my Twitter you will know how opinionated I get about this show and you will also know how much Megan drives me round the bend. This girl is honestly something else, she is a different breed to the human race I swear to god. I have never witnessed the amount of snaky behaviour from anyone that I have with this girl. She is literally the female equivalent of Adam and we're not gonna get into my opinions on Adam because we'll be here all night and this post is already so long. I can't even put into words how vile she is as a person. She's messed with peoples emotions in that villa, broken up a relationship for no reason, doesn't care for anyone else's feelings other than her own, can't ever say no and stay true to her own intentions, and each episode proves why I hate her more. For example, she's always had a vendetta against Georgia for no reason but some people on Twitter reckon it's because Georgia is everything Megan isn't as there's been a lot of opinions on Megan's plastic surgery. And if you guys wanna know more about that just check the Love Island hashtag. Which I personally wouldn't be surprised if that is the reason. But anyway, during the whole saga of Georgia, Josh, and Kaz, Megan had the audacity to say to Josh what he's done is right and she would've done the same in his situation and for me that is just the cherry on top of the cake of why she infuriates me. That girl doesn't know the meaning of empathy or respect for other people and I really do hope karma comes and bites her in the arse massively. But, I will never like the girl, however the game she is playing in that villa is very clever and I'm waiting for when the other islanders fully clock onto it. 

Honestly the more that goes on in Love Island the more opinionated I get and the more annoyed I get at certain people. Now obviously, the media and the filming of things can make people be portrayed in different ways in certain situations and I am fully aware of that. Also because with Love Island especially we only see one hour of a twenty four hour day, so we never one hundred percent get the full picture. I love sharing my opinions and tweeting about it all night on twitter as much as the next person but I do take it with a pinch of salt as I'm fully aware things aren't always what they seem especially on reality shows. But it's all for the fun, all for the fun isn't it. 

If you guys watch Love Island let me know down below and share your thoughts and opinions on the current goings on. 


And that is it for this post my lovelies. I think we're all caught up now. Let me know down below how all of you are and catch me up on what is going on in your life right now. 

 Thank you for reading and I hope you enjoyed. Follow me on all of my social media so you can keep up to date with everything I am doing! You can follow me on Twitter @katielouj0hnson, Instagram @katiej0hnson, Pinterest @katielouj0hnson, and Bloglovin' @ Katie Johnson. 

I will speak to you all very soon. 



Love,

Katie



Wednesday, 28 March 2018

COFFEE CHATS | The Emotional Roller-coaster of Last Term



Hello my lovelies and at last welcome back to another blog post! It has almost been a full two months since I posted last and let's be honest, it's not very surprising anymore considering this always happens in the term that leads up to Easter. 

This term has been quite crazy to be honest. There's been all kinds of different assessments, deadlines, rehearsals, performances, nights out, minor hiccups throughout our friendship group, drama society dramas. So in summary it's been quite an eventful term but I've definitely made memories I will remember forever. 

First of all let's start with uni. Ever since the second week back for the term from January on-wards I've had an assessment of some kind, so I've had 5 weeks of solid assessments. And even though it was a lot of work to keep on top of some how it was manageable. And now, I'm getting those grades back for those assessments I've done. What I've had back so far has been pretty good, I've been doing pretty well and the grades are reflecting that. I get my Actors Workshop result back this Friday, so I'm praying I've done well! When I go back after Easter I only have four assessments left and only one of them is a physical performance. The other three consist of two essays and a website which means for the end of the term I'm mainly working on my own apart from final drama production. I've been really enjoying everything I'm currently doing for the end of third year which makes me feel more motivated. 

But as third year comes to an end it means thinking about what to do in the "real world" is majorly creeping up on me. Time is going by so quickly and it's going to be here sooner than I realise and I know that time is gonna get here and I'm probably gonna be stuck as I'll have no idea what I'm doing. I know a lot of people who get panicked about not knowing what to do or where they're going next etc. However, my overall aura is quite calm and I'm trying not to let it worry me as we can't predict the future and as I've said to you guys many times before, I'm a great believer in the universe and it pushes and pulls you to certain paths in life, and I know eventually I'll find that calling but I just haven't had it yet. 


And now the time has come where I talk about Drama Society. If you guys have been reading my blog for the last two/three years then you'll know an awful lot about this society and the journey I've been on with it and how dearly I hold it in my heart. This year was my last year being in this society and over the whole three years it has been a crazy roller-coaster ride of smiles, laughs, tears, and dramas. But with all of that said, I honestly wouldn't change a thing. Quoting myself here but,

'I can't believe I'm officially saying this but my time at drama society has sadly come to an end. What an incredible 3 years this has been, I honestly don't know where the time has gone. From playing a crazy queen in Saviour Lad 🍹to Regina in Rock of Ages 🤘🏻🎸 to being President in second year and directing A Night At The Movicals 🎬 and Made in Dagenham 💼 and coming back for third year to star in Drama Does Disney as a Muse from Hercules and the wardrobe from Beauty and The Beast ✨ and finally playing the sassy Michelle 💁🏼 in Sister Act as well as a nun ⛪️ thank you to every single one of these beautiful and talented people in these photos for all of the laughs, tears, and memories over the course of these 3 years. I will honestly treasure the memories we've made for the rest of my life and no one on this earth can change that fact. I've been part of one terrific Drama Soc '❤️



























I could include so many more photos but we'd be here all night. All of these photos are of in order of what I've been apart of in Drama Society. All the way from Savior Lad in 2015 to Sister Act in 2018 (just two weeks ago). The past three years have been a whirlwind of a ride, the smiles, the laughs, the tears, the dramas; looking back, it was all so worth it now. This experience as committee as well as cast will be one I cherish for the rest of my life. I have had the privilege to meet and direct and perform with so many incredibly talented and kind-hearted people. I consider all of these guys to be my second family who I am going to miss so very much. 

On the last night of the show, myself and the rest of my third year family (the photo before the final cast one) got very emotional. The majority of us in that photo have experienced this journey together all the way from first year to now. We've watched each other grow as performers, creators, directors, as well as people and I'm so lucky to be able to call them some of my best friends. Something else that really touched me; last year when I was president, although it was hard right near the end and I struggled a lot to hold it together. I still value the experience and the things I learnt from doing it for my future as a performer, creator, and a director etc. But I really felt like a lot of the people in the cast at the time didn't like me that much because of the choices I made but at the end of the day you can't please everyone. But a lot of those people came back this year, so myself and the rest of the committee from last year must've done something right to make them want to come back again. 

But the point is, although us third years got emotional, which is understandable as we're leaving the society. The majority of the other members got emotional too and were very upset that we're not going to be in the society next year. And after last year, that actually gave me a really warm feeling in my heart to know that myself as well as the rest of the third years have made such an impression on the members in the society now and to know that they're really going to miss us means a great deal to me. I had some really lovely compliments said to me as I was bawling my eyes out which made me bawl my eyes out even more. I probably should've thought ahead and wore waterproof mascara as I was a mess. 

But, one thing that was said to me by George, who I absolutely love to bits. He's such a wonderful and lovely guy who I'm really going to miss seeing every week next year. He said to me "Absolutely phenomenal in everything you've done." Honestly, that means so much to me to hear and it still gets me a bit emotional now. When I get compliments or words of encouragement for the way I perform or do something performance based. That sticks with me because it reminds me that I am doing a good job which then pushes me to keep on going. Even though I do drama and I obviously do it because I enjoy it and I fully believe I am fab at what I do or else why would I do it. But once in a while it is really nice to be given compliments or be reminded what you're doing is good and that it's working. People don't realise how much it really does mean to me. 

As an overall Drama Society is honestly one of the best things I ever decided to do with my life. Even all of the hard times within the society will never be able to outweigh all of the good times I've had. The memories I've made, the friendships I've made, and the enjoyment I've had with all of these guys in these pictures is what I will cherish for the rest of my life. I don't think it's fully hit me yet of how much I am going to miss it next year as well as the people. Here's to three of the best years of my life *cheers*. 

It's not completely over yet though. There's a chance we may be doing a talent show after Easter to carry on raising money for charity. We're also doing our own Drama Socoscars awards night which I'm so excited for! I'm so ecstatic to get together again and dress up and just have fun. We've also got the Student Union's society awards which is when myself and the rest of the third years are going to get our colours. Which is essentially a commitment award you receive if you're part of a society for three years during your time at uni. And as a society and friends in general we will probably meet up and go on nights out together still. Gotta make as many memories as we can with the time we've got left for the year! 




So after all of the emotions and celebrations it was time to come home for Easter. I am home now, I came back on Sunday and for the last couple of days I've just been relaxing and taking my time and doing a bit of work every day/ every other day. But as I am home it means (hopefully) I can now get back into my blog for at least the next two/three weeks. I don't know how hectic next term is going to be because although there's not many assessments or lessons left, I know I'm gonna be in doing lots of rehearsals for final drama production. But also, I know all of my friends and I are gonna want to hang out as often as possible because we really don't have a lot of time left to do that as easily as we do now. So I'll just have to take it day by day once I am back. 

But as of right now, I'm hoping I can get some good posts out for you guys to enjoy over the next couple of weeks. If you guys have any suggestions then please let me know in the comments or on my social media. Preferably anything spring related would be ideal but if you guys have got any other suggestions don't hesitate to let me know. 

That is it for this post lovelies, I hope you enjoyed this couple of months update. Don't forget to let me know down below what you guys have been up to lately. And let me know if you're excited for spring!

 As always lovelies don't forget to follow me on all of my social media so you can keep up to date with everything I am doing! You can follow me on Twitter @katielouj0hnson, Instagram @katiej0hnson, Pinterest @katielouj0hnson, and Bloglovin' @ Katie Johnson. 

Until then, I shall see you in my next post. 

Love,

Katie

Saturday, 27 January 2018

COFFEE CHATS | Planning for 2018


Hello my lovelies, I hope you're well and have had a fab start to 2018 and welcome to the very first post of 2018. If you're a returning reader from 2017 then thank you, I'm glad you're back and if you're a new reader then hello, welcome to my blog. So for the first post of the year I figured we'd relax, sit down, chat, and talk about our plans for the year ahead.

 For those of you who have read my end of year countdown you might be wondering why I'm going to talk about planning for this year when I've already shared my goals in my end of year countdown. If you haven't read that post, then click here. But those goals we're kind of small things and general overall goals/ hopes for the year a head. So I thought in this post we could just chat and go a little deeper into about what I really want from the year ahead.

So grab your coffee and a snack and let's have a chat. 


First things first, Happy New Year my lovelies! I hope you all had a fab New Years Eve and have had a wonderful start to January (nearly the whole of January). I know the majority of people don't like January because "there's nothing to look forward to." In terms of annual events that is correct as in February there's Pancake Day and Valentines Day, then in March there's Easter, etc. The big ordeal of Christmas ends, everyone is spent out and slowly gets to grips with what life is again after living in limbo, not knowing what day it is between the 26th to the 31st of December. Which brings us to now when everyone is either back at school, college, uni, work, and whatever else. 

The first thing I want to chat with you guys about is that phrase, "there's nothing to look forward to." I really hate that phrase because to me it comes off as the only thing people look forward to are events that are guaranteed to happen each year. When in reality the best events aren't the ones that are planned or guaranteed to happen. It really frustrates me when people say that about January because you've got thirty one days to make count. As typical as that saying is but you really have, and that saying still applies throughout all the months of the year.

Anyway, what have you guys actually been up to through January? This post was intended to go up in the first week or two of January and now we're at the end of January and it's nearly February. And this actually brings me to another plan for 2018 which is to find the perfect balance between university, being with family/friends, and blogging. This is something I majorly struggle with because blogging always seems to fall to the back of the line on my priorities list whenever I come back up to uni which I hate because I love blogging and sharing my content with you guys. So I'm determined to blog more throughout each month and find an easy balance that I can cope with as I'm going through third year. 

Which brings me onto my next point. As I am now in third year (how did that happen?) it means that uni is coming to an end (five months) which means I need to figure out what the hell I am going to do after. At the minute in my year people have either figured it out completely or have no clue. And surprise surprise I am the second option. I have no idea where to go after I've finished uni, the only thing I know is I would like to stay in Chester or near it. But job wise or opportunity wise I have no idea. It's something I really need to get thinking about super soon as I don't want to just go home and be stuck in a dead end job etc. If any of you guys have got any advice, let me know in the comments down below. 

Something else that is super exciting is Chloe, my best friend, got engaged a few weeks ago and I am so excited and ecstatic for her! Her and her boyfriend, now fiance, have been together for five years already which is longer than some marriages these days. It's crazy how fast that time has gone as I still remember when they first started dating. She said it was so unexpected but she's so happy and I am so happy as well because I've never seen her happier than when she has been with him. It's also been her birthday recently which sadly I couldn't be there with her to celebrate. But she might be coming up here soon so we can celebrate as well as do some wedding planning as she's asked me to be her head bridesmaid and of course I said yes! I'm so excited!

As well as being in third year and uni coming to an end it means something else that has been a key part of my uni experience is coming to a close and that is Drama Society. So much has happened in the society over these nearly three years I've had loads of smiles, fun times, hard times, cries, made friends for life, and made memories for life. Sister Act rehearsals are fully underway and I am playing Michelle which is one of Deloris' friends as well as a fantasy dancer, and I sing in two songs as Michelle and then I'm a nun for the rest of the musical. I'm having so much fun doing Sister Act as my very last musical with Drama Society and I'm looking forward to performing it in March. But that can wait as I wanna to cherish every second of it. 

This year is mainly consisting of focusing on university, figuring out what to do after university, making memories with my uni friends, celebrating 21st birthdays, being with family and my friends from home, wedding planning, performing, and overall enjoying life as it is right now. This time next year everything will be different and I don't know where I'll be in my life or who will still be in my life. But I hope whatever happens and wherever I am that I am happy and healthy and loved and I wish the same for all of my friends and family. 


Well my lovelies that is it for this post, I know it was pretty short but I hope you enjoyed nonetheless. Let me know down below what plans you have for 2018 or what your planning/ working towards in 2018. 

Thank you guys so much for reading and I'll talk to you soon. 


Love,

Katie

Tuesday, 14 November 2017

COFFEE CHATS | Chit Chat & Update




Hello my lovelies, I hope you're well and finally welcome back to my blog! It has been so long since I posted, I'm not even sure how long exactly. Apologies for that, uni as well as drama society has been keeping the majority of my attention at the moment. I always seem to find it really difficult to blog alongside uni, whether I'm overly busy or not. I don't know why, I just seem to get in a mood of not being bothered to do anything on my blog whenever this happens which is not good. I think I just essentially need to manage my time a little bit better to fit my blog into my current schedule as I got so used to being able to just blog whenever I wanted when I was at home for the summer. Anyway, what's been happening? 

So firstly, my actual uni degree is going well. I seem to be on top of work for the most part and I'm doing well. Currently the year is going quite slow which I'm fully appreciating as I know after Christmas it's going to fly by completely. We've had no assessments yet, the majority of them begin in January through until May. So at this moment in time, the year is feeling pretty calm. 

Secondly, if you guys have been following my blog for a while you'll know that last year I was President for drama society which was a great opportunity to experience as well as a massive learning curve. But overall, I was happy I got the chance to do an opportunity like that and even though not everything ran as smoothly as I would've liked, I don't regret it whatsoever. But you guys are probably wondering what is happening with drama society now? Well of course I went back, this society has been a big part of uni experience ever since first year so I had to go back but obviously now I am apart of the society, the cast, not the committee. Which is so nice because last year was heavily production based for me. I'm really happy to just be apart of the society again and I'm so excited to be getting to perform again. As you guys know for last years Christmas show we put on, A Night At The Movicals, which is a show I'm still so proud of, I hold it really close to my heart. But this year we are putting on Drama Does Disney, which so far has been going really well. A good few weeks ago now when auditions were on, of course I auditioned. The roles I was kindly given are one out of the five Musers from Hercules, The Wardrobe in Beauty and The Beast, as well as all of the high riffs in our show finale which is a Disney Love Medley. I am so thankful and grateful to have been given just a role, no one will ever know how much it truly means to me. The rehearsals have been lots of fun as well as the dances and all of the singing. So, so far the show is coming along nicely and I think the new committee are doing a wonderful job. 

And that is literally all that has been really happening. My friends and I have been out and about on nights out and day trips etc. We're thinking of going to Liverpool again soon as the Christmas markets will soon be on! Speaking of which, I'm so excited for Christmas! All of the markets, especially the Chester ones on Thursday, the lights, the gift buying, the wrapping, the gift giving, the food, spending time with friends and family, it really is the best time of the year! In regards to Christmas presents I'm pretty on top of everything, I've completed quite a few friends gifts already, and only gotta get a couple of other bits for people and then I'm done for gifts this year. I feel like I do it earlier and earlier every single year. 

Apart from Christmas, today as I'm writing this (14th November) it is Megs' 21st birthday! And were off out to celebrate this evening with some drinks and food which I'm really looking forward to. And all of this is currently all that's been really happening in my life. Sorry it's taken so long to update you guys. I'm going to move into a new blog planner book as my other one is pretty much full and it feels like it's just a mess which is another reason my brain can't deal with blogging right now because all my ideas are just a mess. So I've got that to sort out and then hopefully for you guys I'll have some fresh, new, and well thought through content out throughout November and December. 

Well my lovelies that is it for this post, I hope you enjoyed and I know it was a bit of a miss-mash but that is literally all my life has been focusing on at the moment. Let me know in the comments what you guys have been up to recently. 

As always guys don't forget to follow me on all of my social media so you can keep up to date with everything I am doing. You can follow me on Twitter @katielouj0hnson, Instagram @katiej0hnson, Pinterest @katielouj0hnson, and Bloglovin' @ Katie Johnson.

Thank you guys so much for reading and I will be back here as soon as I can for another one.

Love,

Katie