My new found love for reading

I used to read quite a lot, but since discovering alcohol and socialising, I found those things to be much more interesting.

Recently, I was sorting through my old books (as I’ve just moved rooms), and discovered so many that I haven’t read yet, but remember purchasing them. I decided to pick up Looking for Alaska, by John Green. I sat in the garden, on a deck chair, with the sun beaming on my skin. After two hours of reading, and losing track of time, my skin was red raw from the sun, but I felt so relaxed and found myself feeling really good. The best thing for me about reading, is that feeling of getting lost in a book, and not being able to put it down.

Lately, i’ve not been myself, and i’ve felt really down because of something that happened, but i’ll talk about that in another blog post. Anyway, finding that escape, with a fictional story, was just what I needed.

I have 3 months until I go back to uni, so I want to try and do as much reading as possible, which I know sounds boring, but i’m a bit skint at the moment, so can’t exactly go travelling or anything.

I’m not really sure what I want to read next, i’m going to write a list. If anyone has any recommendations, let me know!

Why being in your 20’s today, is like being in your 30’s

In this day and age I feel like i’m constantly justifying myself for not being in a relationship. Quite frankly, I have never had a serious boyfriend, but being 20 years old you’d think that was an okay thing, it seems not though.

I can name 7/8 girls off the top of my head who are my age and have a child, and that’s just the ones I went to school with. This isn’t a bad thing, and some women are mentally ready to have children at this age, but I can barely look after myself. I have never thought about having children, and can’t see myself with one. I also feel like if I wasn’t at university my family would be pushing me to settle down, as everyone in my family are in long-term relationships, and have been from a young age.

I just think that there is so much pressure to be in a relationship in your 20s because people start to panic about being a certain age and not having settled down yet. My approach is that i’m gonna keep doing what i’m doing. I want to focus on myself and get a career before I think about stuff like that, and just have fun dating without it turning in to anything serious. I’m not against relationships, and if I find someone I want to be with, then i’ll be with them. I just think that there is no rush, i’m happy, that’s all that matters.