Hi, Hello,
I always wonder how I should start a blog, should I talk about what I am like? What is going to be featured on this blog? Or should I just say hello? I probably am going to do this introduction not according to the books but oh well it is good to be a little different.
But basically I am Rosie, a 17 year old ginger girl who is based in Kent/London. I also happen to be a vegan and also in recovery from numerous mental illnesses - which makes my life pretty much a rollercoaster ride. I am in no way ashamed about my mental illnesses and I do not feel the need to hide them, in fact I feel the opposite I feel that mental health is a subject that should be more talked about, because in reality 1 in 4 people have a mental illness and that is approximately one billion seven hundred and fifty million people on the planet so I really don't feel like having a mental illness is anything to be embarrassed about.
However, even though I talk about mental health a lot my mental illnesses don't define me, I am a 17 year old girl passionate about animals and equal rights, I love education and learning new things and I find myself wearing dungarees and stripy t-shirts the majority of the time. I love the outdoors and going on long walks and when I find a place to live when I am older I hope it will be situated on the beach (somewhere hot but not too hot). I have applied to university to study Psychology and I am hoping to start my university course in 2018 after my gap year which I am spending travelling. First I am going interailing around Europe in May 2017, then going to Sri Lanka in either September 2017 or February 2018 and then hoping to get a placement at Camp America in June 2018 also, but I guess it is all up in the air and what happens happens.
I thought I would create this blog to document more about my mental health or reflect upon it as some of you might know that I do have a mental health recovery account particularly focused on my eating disorder on instagram yet I thought if I write a blog I could go more in depth and actually try think about what I am writing rather than it being in the spur of the moment. Additionally, I thought I would blog about what is happening in my life, what I am doing and what my plans are as a kind of diary? for me but we shall see where this takes us.
The questions that I begin to ask myself now are where will I start? Do I start with the cliché "My story" posts, or do I talk more about other factors in my life? Do I focus on the New Year approaching? Well I guess I have time to ponder, so we will just wait and see.
Rosie
