I Made a Youtube Account!

First of all, i'm sorry for not blogging in ages. I'm mainly apologising to myself because I doubt many people miss my online presence (let's be serious, I don't have many followers). Anyway, I hope to write on here frequently from now on, especially as I am starting uni in 11 days! Therefore I hope to have more time do to what I want to do. Anyway I made a youtube account, i'm not quite sure where i'm going with it just yet, hopefully inspiration will come with time. I would appreciate it very much if you guys could take a look and tell me what you think.
Thanks for reading,
Christa xx

https://www.youtube.com/user/christadillon6

People are never who you think they are.

This is one of the main issues in my life right now which I don't want to face up to. Whether it be someone you barely know at all,one of your closest friends or your other half. The hardest thing about this concept is the idea of someone you think you know very well pulling a stunt on you, which in your eyes isn't an action that  particular person would ever carry out, not even in their wildest dreams. I only properly grasped this concept when someone who told me they loved me with everything they had, changed their mind. I understand that there could have been justifiable reasons for this, but it's not necessarily the reasons, it's the way the action was carried out by certain people that surprises me. Another example could be the way friends casually uninvite people to parties or exclude people from certain social events; one action like this and my opinion of someone can change automatically. 

Appreciation

In my opinion, to have the ability to appreciate something is one of the greatest gifts of all. When I went to Madagascar in the summer of 2012 I realized just how lucky I truly am, although the people seemed very content and loving towards one another, I was aware that there was so much of their lifestyle that I wouldn't see, and perhaps wouldn't want to. Whilst looking out of the bus window at all the impoverished people in the city of Antananarivo, I swore to myself to never take the luxuries of home for granted ever again. Of course this promise was not kept, how could it have been? When I arrived home, I forgot just how much harder it was to live in Madagascar, even after a few days. When I first arrived back in Surrey everything seemed like a novelty, as if it was some odd interpretation of Christmas, everything was a gift and a luxury to behold. What is frustrating to me is that I couldn't carry on feeling this way, the novelty wore off, and I slowly adjusted to my new environment. Although this new found appreciation has worn off, I still think of myself as lucky, however I wish so much that I could see my lifestyle through the eyes of one of the African children in the village I visited, not just for a few weeks, but for the rest of my days, that way I would never be sad again.

5 Main Reasons as to Why I Created a Blog

1. I see writing my thoughts down as a perfect way of clearing my head; it sounds strange, but writing about my interests and my hatreds enable me to understand myself more clearly and adequately. I suppose you could say that my blog is acting as a form of therapy.
2. I'm in year 12 and taking my AS levels, three of my chosen subjects are literacy dominated, one of which is English literature. I figured that writing a blog would improve my literacy skills further and give me practice at transferring my thoughts so that others could understand what i was thinking. 
3. Continuing from my second reason, i want others to relate to my writing because i wish to pursue some form of career where literature is a primary skill. I understand that such an aspiration could be viewed as far fetched, however I am a firm believer in the idea that everybody needs to start somewhere.
4. For enjoyment, what can I say? I enjoy writing.
5. I enjoy reading about other people's thoughts and ideas, it inspires me.