First Year At University

24th Aug 20196th Jul 2020 by Kasia x ♥ 2 Comments

Hi everyone,

Starting a new chapter in your life, like university, can be tough but exciting at the same time and you may be searching the internet for some tips and experiences others have went through during this time. If you have found this blog post then I promise you this is 100% authentic, as many things you find online are over-exaggerated or completely untrue, I will give you my honest experiences of university in the perspective of a person who would rather read a book or hang out with friends than party all night.

Firstly I’ll tell you about my living situation, as I moved away from my home town down to Bournemouth to study. For my first year I moved into university accommodation, I thought it was going to be like in the movies, we all get along and go out together and be friends for life, very wrong. Me and my housemates talked on online messenger a few months before moving in and they were great but when we moved in they became completely different people, and I didn’t take a liking to them. They were loud and partied all the time with no rest and basically ignored my existence in the house because I wasn’t like them. Like I said earlier, I would rather stay in and watch a movie or just chill and talk, but they would rather party every night. I soon became very upset and considered moving back home and restarting my studies later, literally just because I didn’t get along with the people I lived with (really stupid, don’t be like me). A month in I was done and ready to leave, but then I met some people on my course who were absolutely amazing and shockingly a lot like me and by two months in I had my own friendship group and practically ignored the house situation I was in as I finally found people I am compatible with. So the point I’m trying to make to whoever is reading this is, It might seem hard at first and if you end up like me and hating your flatmates, don’t suffer in silence, make sure to find the person in charge of your accommodation and ask for a change of house or flat. Don’t do what I did and get upset over people who don’t matter, it’s not worth it as within time you will find your own group of people who will love and support you.

Secondly, I think it’s important to tell you about the main focus of attending university (for some), which is the lectures, seminars and assignments. The first day of my first subject I came home crying. My lecturer told us we were having a test in a few weeks and he went through all the assignments for the year and explained how it’s different from A-Levels. I full-on panicked. All of a sudden you will get a feeling in your first lecture or seminar of “Oh crap this is not A-Level anymore this is harder” and you will panic. But just don’t handle the panic the way I did, which is cry. Speak to someone who is in charge of your course or any of your teachers and explain your worries, even if it is your first day and this is your first lesson and you don’t know your lecturer yet, still try your best to speak up. Even to friends or family, explain your worries or do some research if you don’t want to speak to anyone. Ease your mind before the manic part of the year even starts, calm down you have a whole year to “get it”.

Also, attendance to lectures and seminars are very important, I know it sounds nerdy but try going to everything on your time table, and try to be on time. It’s kinda awkward coming in late to a lecture hall of 200+ people. Trust me, you think it’s one lecture or seminar, but when your lecturer does not upload your content on your virtual learning environment, then it’s over, unless you have a friend or someone to give you notes, but your own notes are always best. Try your hardest because you never know, you might miss something important!

I will also point out that it’s important to know your campus and what they offer you support wise, you never know what you may need. It being money or advice, or help with assignments, it’s always good to know as you may not be able to deal with everything yourself. I started studying my course but I didn’t know what placement for my third year to pick, so I did some research and found out we can book appointments with career advisors, which also help you with part-time jobs. Take advantage of everything because at the end of the day you’re paying your tuition right? So use up as much of it as you can!

Now I have been going on about academics a lot but don’t worry, there is fun to university too. For example, not everything on my campus is academic. We have a whole student union building open to us filled with non-academic activities to do in free time and also areas for personal help, there’s a gym, a bar, we often have some sort of events going on in-between lectures like art sales etc. I’m not saying it’s all about studying, I went out and had fun sometimes too but it all depends on what your focus is in that time in your life. For me, it was to have fun, do and learn about what I love and start a new life, but whatever you choose is completely up to you.

Just make sure you are happy where you are and with what you are doing, don’t force yourself to go to university if you don’t want to, don’t go because everyone else is going or don’t go because you have no other plans or because your parents are making you go. Trust me if you don’t want it and are honestly not trying to do something that will have a positive impact on your future, then don’t.

Love, Kasia x

My Flight Anxiety

31st Jul 20197th Jul 2020 by Kasia x ♥ 1 Comment

Hi everyone,

This issue has been going on in my life for the last year, year and a half I would say. And it has been awful. The fear, crying and panic I feel when even boarding a plane is unreal and it’s something I have noticed I am not the only one dealing with so I thought I would open up my own experiences about this issue and what I am doing to help my self, and maybe it will help someone else too.

When I was a child I used to fly a lot, around three holidays a year. It was all fun and games because I didn’t really understand the concept of a flying piece of metal in the sky, so I wasn’t concerned about it’s risks. I enjoyed flying and always had the window seat, enjoyed take off, landing, everything. My mom was a bit of a nervous flyer so me and my dad would even laugh at her sometimes, I could comfortably walk around the plane, eat, drink, play games on my iPad etc. It was all easy until all this flying stopped. My parents started to have financial issues and other problems also came up so I stopped flying from the age of 15 to 18. Three years without flying.

During this time I also developed serious anxiety due to on going family and personal issues but it never occurred to me it would mostly effect me during flying as I did not fly during that time. But then after three long years I decided it was time to go see some family in Poland, I saved some money for a ticket and booked the flight with no problem, no worries on my mind. I got to the airport and started to feel dizzy and sick as I started to hear the anxious voice in my head. I tried to push these out of mind and boarded the plane. As I sat down I felt worse and worse. The plane started to take off and I clenched my seat and fear and didnt understand why I was feeling like this. For the rest of the flight I sat curled up in my seat with my earphones in watching something on Netflix I downloaded, trying to block out the noise of the plane and pretend I wasn’t even on it. Once I landed I felt 100x better but still quite confused as to why I felt this was all of a sudden.

The way back was the same. Same sick feeling in my stomach clenching of the plane seats.I still don’t know to this day why I feel this way and what might have caused it. I flew again a few months later with my boyfriends family (photo below) but this time it was worse. I couldn’t breath, I was crying, refusing to unbuckle my seat belt or even get up from my seat to go to the toilet while the plane was in the air. I was having panic attacks every time the plane even moved slightly while in the air, over the period of a two hours flight.

Sitting here, writing this post, thinking about flying is making me physically sick to the bottom of my stomach. I hate it so much that if I didn’t love to see new places and learn new things, I would never fly again. My boyfriend talks about going to New York constantly, I’m going with him to Italy next year and at the end of August I will be flying back from Poland as tomorrow I am leaving to go there but by car, thank god! I would take a 26 car journey over a 2 hour flight, I’m not even as excited as I should be about a holiday with the one I love the most either, that’s how difficult it has gotten.

I have tried some natural remedies such as Valerian and some other stress relief medicines, it worked for a short period but not well enough. I have been using this and pushing this to the back of my mind for the last year but now it’s too much. I have decided to start some behavioural therapyand see how that works out, I will give an update later on.

I honestly recommend doing this. Don’t suffer. Some may think it’s stupid but if you suffer from flight anxiety as much as I do, you know it’s not lightly taken or in any way an over exaggeration. Speak out and get help, we all deserve to explore the world and see new things but for some of us, it’s just a tad harder.

Love, Kasia x

What High School Is Like

23rd Jul 20196th Jul 2020 by Kasia x ♥ 0 Leave a Comment

Hi guys,

While your reading this you might be in high school, which is great, if no one is telling you how great you are doing then let me do it here, keep it up. If you are after high school then that’s also great, some of you might say it was tough. If your before high school then look forward to it, it can be life-changing. Whichever state you are at, it being before, present or after then this blog post will still relate to you as I want to share my own experiences with you of how I got through that time in my life and also many tips and tricks I wish I knew about in school.

This 5-year period has its perks and drawback; making new friends, growing and developing, relationships, misbehaviours, homework, exam stress, lifetime memories and many more. But what you have to remember about high school is just that, its only 5 years. So many people get caught up and I have seen many people deal with mental health issues due to seeing that they will be in this messy school state forever, but you won’t. As annoying and terrible as this part of your life maybe you have to remember that it is only a section of the life ahead of you, a very important section too as it, to an extent, puts your life in the order it will go in later. I say this because for some it does and for some it does not, for example, I studied Media and Business as my GCSE’S and now I study Media and Communication at university, but for some, they might study different GCSE’S and then end up doing something completely different. You never know what you may end up as but one thing you can take away from this 5-year experience is the learning and growth.

Making new friends and relationships are tough in high school. At least they were for me. I was never particularly popular, I mainly kept close with three girls and some other small groups of friends but that was all, it was hard to make them at first of course because that related to speaking and getting to know people and that, even at age 12, was not easy or fun for me. I liked to be alone but still have friends and someone to talk to from time to time. But once friends were made then that made the school experience a lot easier for me as they were people who supported me and were in the same situation as me. So if you are in high school now I advise you to speak up, get to know that person, be active in your lessons. You can do it, making friends can be hard but its all worth it in the end.

Growing and developing is also a large part of high school. You will go through a lot of physical and emotional changes and school is sometimes not the best environment for that but it gives you a safe space to discuss it if you need advice. Speak to your friends because they are going through it too, speak to a school advisor, anyone you feel comfortable discussing these things with.

Lastly, I will touch on something that is very important near the end of high school, which is exams. Please, if you are 15-16 years old and are taking your final exams do not stress, I know I just said they decide your life path to an extent, but they also don’t, you can always do something different. They are still important for various reasons all your teachers might have already told you about but it is not worth not eating or sleeping or hurting yourself mentally for. There’s always second chances if you don’t get something perfect first time, life does not end at GCSE’S please remember that. Don’t sweat it, revise, practice and I’m sure you will come out with the best grades.

High school is hard, testing, annoying but its also where you can make friends for life, where you will grow up and where you will discover your self as a person so live in it, you won’t be there forever and maybe, one day you may miss it.

Love, Kasia x

What Affects Mental Health?

10th Jul 20196th Jul 2020 by Kasia x ♥ 0 Leave a Comment

Social media. At most.

I see social media to open up a lot of windows of new business and growth opportunities, to escape the world and also to laugh a little, but as you may gather from my other posts I have a love-hate relationship with it and so should you. I think it’s very important to give people a wakeup call for their behaviours and online personas to allow them to see what it actually does to people if you focus on it too much. And also give others the eye-opening realisation that what they are doing on social media is wrong.

Masses amounts of research have been conducted on this topic, including titles of “reducing social media to 10 mins a day will help your mental health” or “social media is the biggest killer” But I wanted to speak about both sides of the argument, not just the negative one and also some small positives we can gain from it if we use it correctly.

Firstly, the positives of social media. I would see it to bring a lot of social benefits as it allows people from all over the world to connect and allows you to make more friends and keep in touch, which definitely boosts your wellbeing mentally as from experiences I have had online friends that have helped me and supported me just as much as my real-life friends. Another positive could be education, we now learn a lot from social media, it being quick tutorials on Facebook pages or sharing new things we discovered while travelling, sharing knowledge on such platforms is endless which is why I would mainly encourage people to join social media; to learn.

Also, social media allows for self-expression and lets you be known to the world, it lets you develop as a person and show others your drive for the things you love and that by far is the most amazing. There are also many more positives about social media such as creating support groups or global charitable advertisement but the reason that I did not name these in greater detail is that we first need to step back and take a look at how we use social media otherwise these will be impossible to do on a larger scale.

Discussing the negatives of social media, I would like to mention Instagram first.

As you will know Instagram shares images and videos of anything you want to post, but this most of comes at the price of others judgment. Body shaming and bullying is seen in mass volumes on social media account. The “your too this, your too that” argument consists of so many negative descriptions based just on appearance. I just don’t understand why some people won’t let others simply be themselves, be curvy or skinny or be in full-on glam 24/7. It’s their life choices and it does not affect you in any way shape or form so It would be amazing if we could see more positivity and love on posts rather than hate. I see children receiving hate from adults and vice versa. I see people inappropriately commenting on men’s and women’s bodies. I see celebrities promoting unhealthy lifestyles. I see a whole generation of people with nothing nice to say developing and it needs to be stopped immediately.

Not even just discussing Instagram now as just all other platforms we use daily; we see constant shaming and discouragement online that it is starting to affect the way we think in real life. I have had moments where I have overused social media and ended up being negative or it impacting my real-life choices for a period of time, just because of one discouraging comment or one image of a face tuned body that makes me feel ashamed of myself. This has to change, its impacting our real lives and our outlook on others and ourselves. We have people ending their lives over comments and number of likes received on a platform that didn’t even exist 10-20 years ago.

Mental illnesses are on the rise because of heart-shaped like button or reactions to Facebook posts. We start to feel ashamed to write our feelings in the thought of being judged or laughed at when in reality social media should be this open space we can communicate with others.

We need to stop and think. Do we need this? Do I need to say this? Should I really post this? Do not bring others down to feel better. Do not use social media that is supposed to connect us and bring us together to bring more hate into the world. We already have enough hate some more love would be appreciated. Take a step back and look at yourselves every time you overuse social media or use it for a negative purpose. Is it really worth it? can you do things differently?

Love, Kasia x

Just Figure It Out

7th Jul 20196th Jul 2020 by Kasia x ♥ 0 Leave a Comment

Hi everyone,

I hear the above comment be uttered from so many older people around me it is ridiculous. This includes parents, relatives, teachers and even people that barely know me and many more. Everyone seems to have it all figured out and know what you should be doing, everyone seems to think that as soon as you hit 16 or 18 years of age that’s it, you know what you will do with your life and that’s final. Everyone is wrong.

You never know. EVER. What will be the “thing” you will be doing with or in your life.

Whoever is in your life, it being a guardian or even partner, no one should ever tell you what to do with our life, what job you should do, when you should stop educating yourself, who you should settle down with. No one has control over these choices except you and that is what you should always remember.

The pressure that is now put on young people to know what to be doing with their lives at such a young age is insane, parents try to create their “mini-me” and teachers try to form their ideal students for their own benefit. I know this from personal experience, teachers moulding their class just to show their perfect reputation and people telling you what to be just to make money in the future and not for happiness. Such pressure impacts mental health and wellbeing of young people, having to constantly think about what you will be with your life at the age of 16 is ridiculous and will eventually drive you insane, you are not even old enough to vote yet but of course, you must know what career you will be in for the next 50 or so years. This sort of behaviour towards young people needs to be stopped, we need time to think grow, develop. At the age of 16 or 18, you still don’t fully know about all that there is out in the world, different sectors of work, job titles, corporate ladders etc. This is your time to try new things, mess up and learn from your mistakes, not decide what will make you the most money when you’re older.

When I was 14 and I was confident I was going to be in Human Resources and study business at Birmingham University. Then at 16, I switched over to radio and production because I did GCSE media and really enjoyed it and now I’m studying Media and Communications at Bournemouth University and to be honest I still don’t know 100% if this is what I will be doing in 5, 10, or even 15 years. I love my course but career-wise I don’t know what I will be doing when I graduate but I know one thing; I’m doing something that I love and interests me which is the only thing I can ask of you. I was very much influenced by my teachers to pick such subjects and also by my parents as they have previous experience in the business sector, don’t let this be you. Do what you love and what makes you happy!

If anything, take these main three pieces of advice that I have created to do with this subject area from my own personal experiences:

Take your time: you will not know what you will be doing with your life the second you turn, 16, 18 or even past that. You need time to develop as an individual, see what you love and don’t like and go from there. Slowly.
Don’t be influenced: Do what YOU want, not your siblings, parents, family members, friends, partners. You do you.
Do what you love: even if it’s something out of the ordinary, anything that doesn’t check the usual corporate boxes, just do it! If you love it that’s all you need as with passion will come work and everything will come together eventually.

This post might have been a bit all over the place, but I think I got my main point across. Do what you love and don’t let anyone tell you differently. You don’t have to have it all figured out yet just like I don’t. It takes time and care but make sure whatever you are doing now while figuring things out, makes you happy and allows you to be mentally and physically well.

Love, Kasia x

Issues With Student Jobs

24th Jun 20196th Jul 2020 by Kasia x ♥ 0 Leave a Comment

Hi guys,

Firstly, to anyone reading this, if you have recently moved away to university from home then good for you. For some, it takes a lot of strength to start fresh and move away from everything you know and love or hate if you are looking for a change. When I moved, it was a way to meet new people and maybe start the beginning of a new chapter in my life, yet on the other hand, I was also leaving behind a few good things such as family, my boyfriend and of course my part-time job.

I loved my part-time job. Loved the staff and the work in all aspects. I worked in a library every Saturday with kids and elderly people, which were all the sweetest. But university in Bournemouth was something that I decided to be my next choice in education and career-wise full time, which meant I had to leave behind my job, update the old CV and move on.

I started applying to jobs even before I moved into my university housing on my campus, just a week before so they have enough time to get back to me. Then I applied in September for the whole month, Then October and so on till the middle of December.

I got nothing back.

I was positive that at this point I have applied to about 100 different jobs, Retail, Customer Service, Office, Warehouse even! You name a business in Bournemouth Square and I have probably applied to work there. As a student the loan you receive is not much most of the time, so I was really desperate, but I was still left with no employment. But none the less I needed to keep applying.

From such experience I gathered two main things, the first being the number of negative feelings that arise with constant rejection. By the time of the end of October, I was so sick of rejection that I was on the phone to my boyfriend saying I wanted to go home and quit university. Not because I was failing, finding it difficult or had no friends, simply due to the constant rejections of employers who were specifically looking for students, yet when given they rejected them. This also started to make me think if there is something wrong with me? am I not good enough for a simple student job that requires the bare minimum? Such self-doubt made me feel even worse on top of the already occurring stresses of being a university fresher and was not good for my mental health.

Advice for such feelings coming from constant rejections from employers from me would be to take it lightly as I wish I did. I know this is also easy said than done but once you think about the way employers look at you and your application you will understand more why you should not be upset over such rejections. They take your CV and if they see one thing they may not like they won’t take you and that’s it! Sometimes they might find the person they are looking for and not even get to your CV, It is honestly nothing personal and none of you should think about it to the point that I did. Do not let something that is a small area of your life take over, focus on your study, I know money is important, but you should always and always put your mental health first. If any further help is needed then talk to family, friends or even facilities offered by the university or institution you are studying at, but don’t sweat it alone.

Another thing is you have to think about, as mentioned earlier, think about the employers. They also have a set criteria for the person they are looking for and in that instant, it might just not be you. I know when you get rejected they seem like the worse people in the world but think, it might just not have been meant to be.

So, the main pieces of advice here are:

put your mental health first. Don’t let a part-time job as a student take over your life.
Get used to rejection. It will happen a lot so take it as something to learn from.
There is always another way. It being help from friends or family financially for a bit or even getting funds from your university.

For me, in the end, it all worked out somewhat positively. I now have a summer job and will be saving all that money for my new flat for year two of university with my best friend. Try your best but if it does not work out there’s always help and alternatives like I took advantage of. Don’t risk your own sanity over a job for some extra cash, stay healthy.

Love, Kasia x

How Media Works Currently

18th Jun 20196th Jul 2020 by Kasia x ♥ 0 Leave a Comment

Hi everyone,

Studying media has allowed me to see how complex it can be and how it works behind the cameras, theoretically. The media specifically picks what stories to share with you to influence your opinion and knowledge on specific subject areas. The media is also here to inform, connect and educate so everyone is aware and can participate in world decisions. Certain channels chose sides and views on politics and global affairs and influence those who are watching, so I see it to be important to explain and debunk how this all works and how stories are manifested in different viewpoints.

This post will mainly focus on Polish and English news and social outlets as this is what I have access to and surrounded by on a daily basis.

To start with, I want to discuss how media is focused on the negativity around the world rather than putting out more positive stories. The media has a tendency to do this as bad news sells and is more viewed than good news. Unfortunately, there is more reaction and popularity in negative stories as they are longer lasting and have more effect on a wider range of people. I will give you an example from the past few days of such news, as I watch Polish news every day on the channel TVN24, and I will now list what has been broadcasted for the past three days:

Two small aeroplanes crash at a local town picnic event.
Elderly man dies on a train from overheating, the train is delayed for 8 hours.
One train crash, due to a vehicle not stopping at train tracks.
People leaving their children in hot cars.
Two accidents on opposite sides of a motorway, one caused by slowing down cars to take pictures of the already existing accident on one side of the motorway.
A 10-year-old girl has been raped and found deceased on the side of a small town.

Now, firstly it is clear to see that these events are crucial to report as I mentioned earlier, to inform the public. It allows people to be more aware of certain situations happening and how to prevent them, to be educated on what not to do and to think about the families of the people involved. But what could be reconsidered is the repetition of the stories and the amount. Viewing such negative news on a constant basis is directly linked to people behaviour and self-esteem, which is degraded by the no break of negativity and rarely seen, positivity. The media need to re-construct the layout of the stories and break them up to have a more constant flow. Report the awful things happening in the world in order to educate and inform but also include all the good things happening in the world and the advancements we should celebrate.

Another area in the media that I would like to discuss, which most people probably already know about, is the severe focus on news coming from developed countries and ignoring any other news coming from less developed countries. By developed countries I mean the US, UK and certain countries in Europe. It is constant that all we see in the news is from the UK or occurrences in American and that’s it mostly unless you look deep into media webpages and reports then maybe you will find something there, but not on the main pages of publications.

Not long ago there was uproar on social media as news broadcasters were focusing on big current news in areas that they wished to report or that have bigger stories associated to them, but meanwhile, no one was speaking about the government massacre against civilians in Sudan, where a peaceful protest were supposed to give them freedom but ended in hundreds losing their lives. It was up to untrusted sources of many social media accounts on Facebook or Instagram to share such news to us and finally get it reported on some accredited media journalist platforms, but still not media giants on television. This is just one of the many examples that occurred during this time and is not in the knowledge of the public.

The media unfortunately picks and chooses what we see and how we react, we are not made aware of smaller countries with bigger issues than Donald Trump visiting the UK, and there is nothing we can really do about it unless there is active involvement in the media. We wish to know world news, not chosen news and how we can help as a population. We need more information so we can be attentive to others who may really need our help, not just economically developed countries.

I do not mean to discredit any negative news in developed countries, I am simply trying to bring light to the issue at hand. The aim of the news is to deliver knowledge on current affairs everywhere, not where they choose.

Love, Kasia x

Relationships?

13th Jun 20197th Jul 2020 by Kasia x ♥ 0 Leave a Comment

Hi everyone,

Relationships can be hard? amazing? fulfilling? annoying? All of these really! Relations are something that is different for everyone and the way your relationships develops with your “other” really depends on the way you are as a person and also how they are as a person. Writing this on my fourth-year anniversary with my boyfriend has made me realise how complicated sharing your life with someone else can be and what issues and benefits can come from it.

My first piece of advice would be to try and step away from comparing your relationship to the ones you may see online through platforms such as Instagram, Facebook, Twitter and anything else you may use. We have now developed a habit to compare our lives constantly to lives of celebrities or models online rather than appreciating what we already have in life which is really unhealthy for your self-esteem and the relationships you have with others. You start to look down on the people in your life because they do not compare to the people you see on your social media profiles, which lead very different lives to you and are completely different. I try to take small breaks from social media to help with this because at some point I have also caught myself comparing my relationships to others online as well and it later makes me feel horrible and creates a bad feeling in the relationship. Just try switch off for a while and spend time with your significant other, focus on them and what you have between each other, not the unrealistic relations online.

Another thing that I would stress to be very important in a relationship would be to listen to each other. I have seen first-hand relationships end because of lack of communication and converse of feelings between one another. You may not always see eye to eye on everything but its key to listen to the opinions and feelings of your other and try to compromise. Think about it, you know you probably don’t have the exact same interests and outlooks on life but you need to respect their voice as much as they respect yours. I and my boyfriend used to often argue about silly topics but if you take the patience and commitment to hear each other out, I promise you that you will see a difference in one another.

Discussion of relationships also includes a discussion of a different type of relationship, and that would be the one you have with yourself. I want to stress the importance of the relationship you have with yourself and the self-love you need to possess in order to be in a healthy relationship. Sometimes having someone by your side makes you think it helps, but I see it to be best to first work out the issues you may hold within yourself in order to be able to fully love later on in life. Give yourself some space and come back when you are ready to find someone to share everything with.

One of the last points I want to touch on would be to appreciate. Look at what you have been given and what has been put into your path and appreciate it. You could have ended up with a completely different person who could be not the best for you and you’re well being. Make sure you and your significant other make it known to one another what you see in each other, what you love but also what could be better as you should also appreciate the changes in the relationships.

I hope you have taken something from this and allow yourselves to apply it to your relationships with others and your self. Do good and not damage to one another and yourself.

Love, Kasia x

All About Me

9th Jun 20197th Jul 2020 by Kasia x ♥ 0 Leave a Comment

Well, this is awkward. I hate writing about myself, I see it a bit big-headed personally. You know, writing about how great you are and how much you have accomplished, kind of rubbing it in. But hey you have to start somewhere and let your audience know who you are!

Now as I am starting to write this the first thing I can hear is a voice in my head reminding me of the judgment of other people. For anyone coming to this page from my personal life, you read and enjoy and give feedback, but I will not be taking any negativity, I created this page to help myself and others.

Now I can introduce myself; Hi I’m Kasia, full name Katarzyna. I was born in Lodz, Poland and moved to the UK in 2007. I am currently 19, born on the 20th January 2000 and I have no siblings. Pure bliss. I moved with my parents to try and start a new life, went through various schools, moved houses, made friends, the usual.

Yet one aspect within “the usual” changed me through my last years of school and college. Going to a Catholic school, as I am Polish and it is a normal occurrence, I was spoon-fed through the ages of 11-15 that religion is important and God is real, but when I got to the age of 16 we were able to decide what we study next, I continued to study religion.

Now, you would probably expect me to explain how it developed my faith and brought me closer to God. Well, it was quite the opposite actually. In my GCSE years, I learnt a lot about Gods love and power, the gift of free will and pain and suffering in the world, which lead me to a bit of confusion and raised a lot of common questions in my mind that come with religion. Upon passing my GCSE Religious Studies I continued to work further on them and chose it as an A-Level topic. This was quite different to GCSE as it went through more of the philosophical and ethical outlooks on religion and allowed me to decide on the path of faith that I am on right now. I am not religious but I do adapt the views of love thy neighbour and acceptance that religion preaches.

Moving on, something more interesting however is my pure obsession with my pets. Below is an image of my three precious dogs, Dexter, Leo and Bandit. I have always had a love for animals, especially dogs, they are the perfect life long companion.

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I have also seemed to create an unhealthy obsession with rap music, Especially G-Eazy, to the point where I risked my A-level grades to see him in concert before my final exams. Judge me all you want but it’s a step up from my 2012 Justin Bieber phase. Don’t get me wrong he’s not my world, maybe, I do like other music such as Lorde, Halsey and The Weeknd, but he is my favourite and within my favourite genre.

I can also proudly say I have travelled quite a bit of the world for my age which has now shaped me into the person I am today. I have visited Scotland, Spain, Greece (including various islands), Italy, Netherlands, Germany and obviously many areas within the UK. All thanks to my parents of course because I’m a broke student and could never afford to travel so much myself! But really, seeing all these different cultures, traditions and behaviours from all different parts of the world has lead me to have quite a broad understanding and acceptance of a lot of things, which I will forever be grateful for.

A very typical thing about me is that I love make-up. I like doing it on myself, on others, watching YouTube videos on it and collecting it! I don’t see myself as an MUA but I would say I’m quite good when it comes to brushes and colours, which would also include my love for art and drawing. Art is more of a personal expression, a way to feel better yet make-up is just something fun and for a boost of confidence.

Relationships wise, I have been with my boyfriend for 4 years now, we started dating in school and have been inseparable since, and even though he shatters my last nerve every day, I do love him very much.

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Friendships, I have had a lot but no more lasting than a couple of years, unfortunately. Simply due to just growing up and developing as a person I guess. Right now I have currently been blessed by my best friend, who I met at university, and multiple others who make the journey so much more enjoyable.

To finish off, I am a full-time university student, and I love it! I really enjoy my course and have gained so many story-worthy experiences in my first year that I will have to share with you all. Also including struggles along the way of course and moving away from home.

Thank you for reading and getting to know me, I know its quite long for a first post but I saw it to be important for the audience that will be reading my posts to know me, similar to a friend relation.

I hope you enjoy reading and I look forward to creating content for you!

Love, Kasia x