So, not only have I given my wee blog a bit of an image change but I have given myself one too!
After a few years of having long/medium hair, I decided that I would go for something a bit different and get it much much shorter. There were several reasons: my hair was getting too long and thick to effectively manage and style, my ends were splitting due to the constant brushing as my hair would often tangle, it's been very warm recently and my hair was just too too warm and finally, I just felt like a change.
There are going to be many changes happening in my life in the coming weeks as I head off to university, live on my own for the first time, meet new people, go to new places, learn new things etc. and so I thought, why not change my hair too?
Isn't it funny what a new haircut can do for your confidence and perspective? The cliche, "It's like a new me" is one that I am unashamedly embracing at the moment.
Change isn't so bad I guess - especially when it means you can save on a bucket load of shampoo.
Do you like the new look to the place? I felt it was time for a fresh start and with that came a new name.
(Thanks to Laura over at Dream Literature for helping me with the design!)
In case you have forgotten, my name is Mollie and I used to write here a few weeks (months? eek) ago.
The reason for my temporary absence was that I got to a stage where I felt my blog was becoming a bottleneck to my creativity rather than an opportunity to express it. As a self-confessed perfectionist, I tend to sweat the small stuff rather than focus on the achievements of the bigger picture and so through my many efforts to improve my blog, I began to loose sight of why I started blogging in the first place - to enjoy it!
So a break for some fresh inspiration and clarity was in order and as a result I feel excited and ready to return to my little corner of the internet where my main focus now is sharing my passions and thoughts with the world; everything else can simply grow and blossom naturally.
I am very excited to get started.
If you would like to see what I have been up to during my absence then watch the video below from my YouTube Channel.
So this is kind of a strange time. Things are changing, people are growing up and it's all a bit weird to be honest. For the past two weeks, there have been pictures of packed cars and nervous/excited statuses popping up on my Facebook feed from friends who are heading off to university or college. My best friend Kirsty (chummy) has already began her college course and I'm glad to say she is really enjoying it and this time next week, my other bestfriend called Kirsty will be leaving for university. And here's little old me with my whole free year ahead of me and I can't help but feel a little overwhelmed. Don't get me wrong, I still feel that holding off university this year is a good decision and I'm excited about my year and what it has instore, but at the same time I'm going to miss my friends whilst they're away and I'm a little nervous about making sure it's not a wasted year.
Anyway, since there are so many changes happening and it's a new beginning for me with my gap year, I decided I'd embrace change a little more by dying my hair after it being red for over 2 years now.
Before
After
What do you think? It's a lot darker than intended and it's a big adjustment from what I'm used to but I think I like it. I've been wavering with the idea of dying my hair brown for almost a year now but always chickened out and stuck to red because it was what I'd grown to know. My red hair was almost my identity, it was what my nicknames were based on from my friends and to be honest it had become a sort of comfort blanket. Whenever I was meeting new people or feeling particularly anxious I'd just hide behind my bold red hair and hope that that alone would make me stand out. This is one of the reasons I decided to dye it. I want this to be a year where I begin to think outside the box a little and push myself out of my comfort zone so that I can really grow and mature. I want to embrace the unknown and make bold choices that will help get me to where I'd like to be and become the person I want to be. This all may seem quite dreamy and optimistic for something as simple as changing my hair colour but it's all about frame of mind and dying my hair has began the process for me. This brunette is on a mission.
Until next time,
Blogging is foreign territory
to me but has always been something I've been desperate to try. I always feel that I’ll never have enough to say. Anyway, I have decided enough is enough and
I must give it a go, after all that
is going to be the motto for my gap year which I am about to begin.
As a newbie to the blogging world I feel I
should properly introduce myself so I shall do my best to fill you in with the
essentials.
I am 17 years old, I have very red hair, a positive outlook on life and am in my
last year of highschool (only two weeks left-eek). I live on the beautiful Isle
of Arran on the west coast of Scotland
and have done since I was 7 years old. As a teenager on an often quiet island it can
be challenging finding things to fill your weekend with. Starved of Primark and
MacDonald’s it can leave me thinking it would be great to live on the mainland
sometimes, but really there is nowhere else I would rather be. As a budding
film-maker it’s the perfect place to live. With its breath-taking views and changing
landscape around every corner Arran certainly lives up to its name of “Scotland in
miniature”.
I’m sure many of you will have heard
of the Isle of Arran on the news recently due to our terrible power cuts. It
has been quite a unique experience to put it one way and has inspired me to
make a video about my experience of it for my YouTube channel to allow people
to see the situation from and Arran-er’s point of view.
Film-production being a keen
interest of mine and something I hope to pursue as a career I jumped at the
chance to start my own YouTube channel and after a few first-video attempts Normollieee
was born. I have loved filming since I was little and used to make sketches
with my family and friends on the family camera and would pretend I was a professional by the age of 6. I've loved it ever since.
In the nine videos I have
uploaded so far on my channel I have tried to experiment with different
techniques and concepts including stopmotion, video in time with music, fast-cut
reversed footage and a basic sit-down vlog. I’ve become very fond of my humble
little channel and I hope it will grow and blossom as I learn more about
editing and film. I have so many ideas and hopes for it’s future and cannot
wait to make these ideas a reality in my coming gap year. I appreciate every
single view and “thumbs up” I receive and can’t help but give a little squeak
of joy when I see I have a new subscriber. It’s really exciting for me to know
that I can dedicate my time and effort towards it this year and I would love if
you joined me along the way!
I think this will do for a
short introduction so far as I hope you will learn the rest through my future
blogs. See you soon.
Mollie♥
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