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I put this post together because this week my year have had some exams and so everyone has been really stressed and it's completely understandable. A lot of people I know always feel rubbish after an exam and while I don't always feel confident I do take the approach that it's done now, and there isn't anything we can do but wait so there is no point worrying. However, my exams finished today and so I wanted to put a post together that is happy and optimistic and inspiring and lovely.

I hope you've had a lovely week so far.

Victoria x

inspiration #1

I've decided that once every month I will do a post consisting of anything and everything inspirational. There will be lots of photos, quotes, maybe the occasional story and song. Since this is only a monthly thing I think I'll be able to stick to it!

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Most Images via weheartit.com, I've linked to the page I 'hearted' it from which usually links to a tumblr or something. Anyway, hope alls well! 

Love Victoria xo

don't miss it on your way up.

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One of my science teachers came into our lesson last week and said that before she starts the lesson, she wanted to talk to us first. 

She asked us what we thought success was. Things like 'goals' and 'achievement' and 'best of your ability' were shouted out and written down. 

She told us that success is individual. 

She said that success is not just about what grades you get. She said that she worries that schools and society itself pushes one target that we must all meet, but that we all have different targets. 

Also, she told us how it's important to relax and have fun. Work hard and study but make sure theres time for your friends and family too. She told that there is a balance that needs to be found, between friends, family, work and play. 

An analogy that arose during this was that of a ladder. We climb up this ladder, looking up to the top at the goal we want to reach. She told us to make sure we don't just focus on the top and miss the steps we take getting there. 

She told us it all matters. 

...and then we did biology.

Love Victoria xo 

Kid, if you've got ambition you'll go places

The definition:

noun

An earnest desire for some type of achievement or distinction, as power, honour,

fame, or wealth, and the willingness to strive for its attainment.

I love this definition. Even the words used in this are inspiring. Desire, distinction, honour, willingness, strive.

Ambition is key. If you've not got it, then where are you going to get?

I think most people have ambition, some are just too scared to act upon it. Which isn't anything to be ashamed of. Lots of people find the idea of following their dream scary because there is always, of course, that fear that you're not going to get there. Some people have lost their ambition because they did act on it. They acted on it and it failed, so why should they try again. Why? Just because it failed once doesn't mean it will fail again or that something else will fail. There is no limit on dreams.

Ambition is an amazing feeling. It's inspiring. The feeling that you want to get there, that you want to make yourself get there. Knowing that you're willing to work for it, because in the end it will all be worth it. You can have ambition for anything. Whether it be with school or your career, a relationship or maybe just getting that recipe right this time.

If you don't think you have ambition, don't worry. You do, you just haven't found something to be ambitious about yet. You don't have to wait for it though, look for something. Maybe you know what it is, but you keep telling your self there's no point. Go for it, take a calculated risk. Ambition is easy, but acting on it requires thinking. You can't just dive right into something. If you are truly ambitious for something, then i believe that it will mean that you will think how you can get there, not necessarily by the fastest route but the best route, for you.

I love that I am ambitious and I love it when other people are too. It's a quality in people that I admire.

Ambition seems to have become more realistic and personal now that I am growing up more. The days of primary school saw us long to be the next midfielder for Man United, or be a singer/dancer and sometimes to just be famous. But now. Now our dreams and ambitions seem to be more crafted to us. Most of us seem to have our own individual dreams that we never would have thought of when we sat in the playground all those years ago. For example, I want to be a magazine journalist, some of my friends want to be vets, forensic scientists, accountants and sport physios. We've come a long way. Of course there are still the odd few who are striving for that red football top or that star on the walk of fame. If they've got the skill and they have the ambition and passion to want to progress with it, then why not. Maybe that seems naive, but it's my attitude and if I'm seen as naive, then so be it.

When I am older, I want to work in magazine journalism and I want myself and my family to be happy and healthy.

I always want to be ambitious. And that is not a bad thing.

What are your ambitions?

Love V xo

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an inspiration in itself.

Hello :)

I stumbled across a blog this morning called Silver Lining written by a woman called Sylvie. I love everything about her blog, literally everything. As soon as I'd read a few of her posts i followed and went straight to add her to my blog list. As i said, i only found this blog this morning but i haven't been off of it since.

I've been quite sad last night and this morning, not for very big or particular reasons, but there has been a lot of tears. So to try and cheer myself up slightly I turned up the music and came to my blog. I was looking on the IFB wire for a new blog to read, something to distract myself and then i saw a post by Sylvie. I don't know why but it caught my eye (ooh apparently i rhyme now), so on i clicked and loved it! I started to flick through a few of her older posts, i tend to do this with all new blogs i find - don't know why, and i came across one about a love letter taken from a showtime series called 'Californication' with David Duchovny. It was a really cute post, but not the main thing that made me love this blog! I looked down the page a little bit and saw the label for this post was 'inspiration'. I thought to myself 'Well, i could probably do with a bit of that right now' so i clicked on the label and what came onto my screen? Post after post after post of inspiration. I love inspiration, it has the power to cheer you up (like me for instance), make your believe again, hope again. I have big dreams, school/career wise and personal wise, and i think everyone needs a bit of inspiration every now and again to keep them on track and to help them along the way. In my opinion you can never have enough inspiration.

Her blog has a bit of everything and every post is a good read. I've enjoyed reading the posts that i have already and it really has cheered me up and made my day a lot better. So thank you Sylvie and all i can say is i hope my blog is as good as yours one day!

I look forward to reading more of your posts, it has most certainly become a daily read! :)

Check out silverlining here

V xx

P.S. I think there really can be only one label for this post, don't you?

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