Wow, what a year 2015 has been! I've had some of the best times of my life during 2015.
At the start of this year I went to a couple of gigs, live music is actually one of my favourite ever things, I just love the atmosphere of a concert. I need to do it more! I was really really lucky to be on the guest list for All Time Low and You Me At Six back in February. We went to Manchester and the whole night was incredible. It was so nice to be right at the front of the arena, I could finally see everything that was happening on stage instead of through giant screens.. It's still one of the best gigs I've ever been to, both All Time Low and You Me At Six put on such a great show.
And then in March I went to see McBusted for the second time! I adored Busted and McFly when I was growing up and I genuinely cried when Busted split up, it felt like my whole world was crashing down around me, but I was 9 and it was the only thing I cared about at that time so you can kind of understand. It made me feel like a big kid and their stage set up as a giant video game was really creative. As much as I loved their first tour I loved this one even more.
I finally got to go to one of my favourite places on earth in August. I went with my best friend to London for a few days of shopping and sightseeing and I honestly just want to go back all the time, I could quite happily live there. I loved the fast pace of the city, which is really weird because I tend to avoid everything that involves so many people doing the same thing at the same time. I really wish we went for longer because there was so much more stuff that we didn't get chance to do because we had no time. My favourite part of the trip was the London Eye, it was such an amazing experience to see the whole of London from up high.
I then went with my family to Barmouth for a week. I planned on just going for 3 days and then coming back for work, but I ended up going back and spending another few days there. I've been there every year since I can remember and it's sort of like my second home. The sea is one of my favourite places to be, I love taking walks along the sand late at night with only the sound of the sea to hear. It relaxes me so much and I definitely came away from this holiday feeling a whole lot better than I did going. I didn't even realise how stressed out I was getting with everything, until I finally got the peace I needed.. That was a much needed holiday.
My confidence has grown immensly in 2015, and I know I probably keep going on about it but I'm just really proud of myself. As somebody who spent the ages of 8 to 18 hating everything about myself, it's sort of a relief that I've started loving everything about me. I love my height, I love my scars and I love my personality. I also started wearing what ever I liked without fear of being judged.. High heels, crop tops? No problem.
