Secret Post | Little Things

Hello Everyone!! Earlier today I was going through some old documents when I found a document called "Little Things" which I don't remember ever existing, So as most people do I decided to open it and see what it was about. Funnily enough, It was a blog post from before I was even blogging! I read through and it isn't half bad, slightly cheesy but a good message! So, I thought I would show you!

Have you ever seen something little that has put a smile on a face? Like animals taking care of each other or nice texts? You’d be surprised how much little things every now and then can really make you happy.

About a year ago, I was really upset about something I can’t quite remember (show’s how important it was) My parents were about to go food shopping and I thought it wouldn't do me any favours to stay at home and just sit there and cry, so I decided to go with them. I didn't think this trip would cheer me up at all but it was just a distraction. So I grabbed my Ipod, headphones and headed for the car whilst the parents were getting bags for the food. We set off on our journey to ASDA and I was just sitting in the back listening to music and thinking about why I was upset. This then led to me getting even more upset...

We passed many fields of sheep and various farm animals on our way, but about halfway there we went down this road with two steep hills facing us on either side of the car. I thought nothing of this seeing as I’ve been down it before, but near the end when the hills started to decline back down to earth, on the side of one hill was a smiley face made out of hubcaps. It’s a bit silly really but this little touch on the side of the hill brought a smile back to my face. The effort someone had to go through to get 15 hubcaps, climb up the side of the steep hill and create a smiley face, that’s what made me smile. The fact the society has got so selfish and unpleasant, and yet there are still people out there who put the effort into little things. This one person had potential pulled me back and made me realised that not everyone is bad, that there are still nice caring people out there.

So my message really is never think nobody cares, because people you least expect too can pick you back up. It may be a little smile here and there, or a compliment but even these little things can make someone’s day.

Now it’s your turn. I want you to do a little thing every day. Like I said, it could be a smile here and there or just offering to help someone on an everyday task, just these little things could make someone smile: It could make someone feel like you care. Whenever someone looks down, go make sure there okay, whether you know them or not.  I’ll be happy to know if you’ve helped even one single person to have a better day, this is good enough for me ♡

Well, that was a sneaky secret post, I hope it made some sense! This also links nicely to my new page that I have created. It's called "Feeling Down?". I have found some links to websites from something called "The Quiet Place Project" that will help you when you feel sad, 

~Thanks for reading~
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More Feelings

Hello Everyone! This is going to be another long deep post, just a heads up!

I'm going to be honest, I am thinking about closing my blog. This isn't because I don't want it anymore but it's because I have turned my blog into a job, which if you read my last post, you would know that when a hobby turns into a job, it becomes something to put off and another thing to worry about. It's got to a point where I literally think "ugh, it's time to write another post" and I have a strong feeling that this has come across in my posts. I used to enjoy writing posts, but then I started writing posts that I would appeal to more people, about things that I didn't have an interest in. 

Also, loads of people have said my posts are good but if don't have confidence in them, they can't go very far! If I wasn't me and this wasn't my blog, I wouldn't it these posts because to but it plainly, they're boring. I don't have a very exciting life or many interests worth reading about, so why I have a blog is beyond me. 

People who have blog dedicated to there interests are the ones who do well because it comes across in the posts how much enthusiasm and genuine interest they have. For example, Beauty blogs are always amazing because they are run by beauty enthusiasts, but me, I don't wear much make-up so I have nothing to talk about, nothing to review! I am genuinely interested in Beauty but haven't tried many products. 

What I have distinguished from having a blog is that you needed to know what you're aiming for, how you want the audience to feel and who that audience will be. But because I am extremely indecisive, I'm not aiming for anything and I think that makes my blog pointless I guess.  

My orginial purpose of my blog was to be orginial and unique, to not have a subject theme so that I can talk about anything and everything. Yes, it is extremely entertaining writing about anything you want but it can also lead to extremes on both ends: Extremely exciting or extremely boring posts, and my post seem to be on the extremely boring side as I literally don't have anything going on in my life other than exams.

Which makes me think that thats why my blog is boring, because I am too young to have something worth blogging about. I'm not old enough to go and do exciting things on my own, I'm not old enough to go on road trips and meet new people, and these are genuinely what make-up an interesting lifestyle blog that are worth reading about.

Lets be honest here, who really wants to read about a 14 (almost 15) year old girl's life?

Who wants to read about what I'm doing in between exams?

I wouldn't.

Referring to a previous point, because I have kept my posts to a certain schedule  It makes me reluctant to write posts. (I'm a teenager: It's our nature to rebel against things we need to do) So maybe I should un-schedule my posts? So that if there is something I want to write about, I will and if there isn't, then I won't. 

My mum always says that when you cook a meal, you are less hungry when it's ready, so maybe it's the same with blogging? I am the one who writes the posts and so I am the one who is not interested in them, because I know what's in it, I guess? (did that even make sense)
Overall, No, I'm not closing my blog but I won't be posting as often and yes I am sorry for that but if you have something for too long you get bored of it, so if I start to have a break, my interest will hopefully return.
What do you think? 

Thank you so much for reading, I needed to say this.
Carys xx
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'The Blog Wall' / Feelings

Hello Everyone! So I just need to say some things that have been on my mind lately, I hope you don't mind. I'm going to let you know now that this maybe confusing :)

Basically, You know when athletes (well, mostly runners) push themselves too hard mentally and they hit something called 'The Runners Wall'? If you don't, it's when a runner would hit a mental boundary which they find hard to defeat and stops them from running any further because they think "I literally can't do this anymore" and I think I've hit that but blogging-wise. I'm not thinking "I can't do this anymore" but I have noticed that my posts aren't doing as well and if i'm honest, nobody seems to be interested in them. I've never really been a positive thinker when it comes to doing things, I have never actually thought "I can do this", but I have always been really positive about blogging, always trying my best (when I can, I mean some posts haven't been any good because of issues such as family problems, no internet etc etc) but recently I'm just finding hard to write posts as I feel nobody really wants to read them. 

((I'm not saying I don't enjoy blogging, because I do a lot. I love thinking of new post ideas, writing and publishing them because I always get a weird sense of achievement like "I'm finally publishing something that is mine" and the fact that people take time to read them and comment on them means more than anything to me because it means some people have taken the time out of their lives to talk to me and give me feedback. There is no better feeling than when a post you actually believe is good does well and not only you, but other people are enjoying reading it too.But sometimes I write posts just to get it out on time, so that I don't miss a publishing date rather than thinking "is it any good?"))

Obviously, I am beyond grateful that people even stop scrolling to read my posts because If I was in your shoes, I don't honestly think I would stop because, well I don't think there is anything all that special about my blog, but then again there is nothing all that special about me and yet I still have friends. 

**I don't even know what I'm trying to say here, and I'm trying to say whatever it is i'm saying in the best intentions and I really am trying my hardest not to sound up myself. **

Ok, this is harder than I thought, right um basically my blog has it's ups and downs. For instance, I would have a really successfully month or so where my blog really takes off, but then I have a period of about 2 months where my blog just kind of sits there awkwardly in the corner. I don't own a blog to aim for fame, I have a blog because I what to make someone happy or at least entertained, because whenever I see something that makes me happy, I get inspired to do the same (hence why I made a blog because I was inspired by Zoella) so I'm not hanging on to every post hoping that it will fly sky high, but sometimes I just feel slightly dissapointed as It might of flopped, like most of my recent posts. All good things have to come to an end eventually (I'm not closing my blog if you were worried) so maybe I was so used to flying high that when I got back to reality it hurt? I think I have been so wound up in how many views each post gets that I have kind of forgot about the actual point of blogging: To publish a piece of writing that you wrote onto the internet, not compete for how many views each posts gets.((I'd just like to stress the fact that just because I'm going to stop focusing on views, does not mean I am eternally grateful for the views ok)) So, I'm going to take a step back, and forget about the views and concentrate on the quality of the post, kinda like a new me? :) 

So Hello, My name is Carys and I run a blog called 'Slightly Awkward Ginger' based on the fact that I'm ginger and awkward, but only slightly ;)

~ ♥Thank you for reading♥ ~

p.s I understand I have contradicted myself about 7989284812 times but I just needed to get that out there, I hope you understand me and don't think I'm up myself! 

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Let's stop

Be the Best Version of You

*WARNING: THIS POST MAY CONTAIN DEEP FEELINGS*

Girls, this post goes out to you. How many times have you compared yourselves to a prettier, smarter and overall better girl? Yeah, me too. I don’t know where this came from or in which time period it developed, but girls seem to have the tendency to compare themselves to others: this is when I wish I was a boy and couldn't give an F…flip. 

 Unfortunately, Girls are known to worry and over think things. Every girl has that image in her head of what she wished she looked like, and then when you see another girl who has something you desire, that’s when we start comparing ourselves. There have been plenty of times where I've seen people is the street and thinking 'I wish I looked like her, oh I wish I was that skinny, I wish I had her fashion sense,' I wish…I wish. And you know what? I've had enough of it.  I’m fed up of getting myself down because I’m not that person. I’m fed up of comparing myself to others when I have a lot of myself to be proud about. It’s a vicious cycle, but that girl who has that hair you want or the face you want also compares herself to others. She also wishes for better skin or better legs or whatever it maybe. The fact is, you may not think you’re beautiful because you’re you, you look at yourself every day in the mirror and you have just got used to that reflection. But someone out there is jealous of at least one (or more) of your features, you're desirable, with all your imperfections and flaws. So, the next time you compare yourself to somebody, just remember somebody is comparing there selves to you. I can guess you’re thinking “me? Why compare yourselves to me? I’m just me.” But Like I said, you see yourself every day in the mirror, somebody who’s admiring you doesn't see your reflection every day and so see’s your beauty that you've gotten used to.

Look, what I’m trying to get a here is to be proud of who you are, because although you may not have that special quality or look that you oh-so-desperately desire, you have something that someone else is jealous of; you have something that someone else wants that you’re not appreciating. Don’t think ‘I wished I looked like her’ but think I’m proud of who I am. There’s always going to be someone better than you (as depressing as that is) so stop searching for them, and appreciate that you’re you, with all your imperfections, and that’s something nobody else can be. I mean unless scientists and electronic engineers get a move on (I mean c’mon it’s 2013, we’re meant to be flying about on hover cars) and create a machine where you can swap lives with someone else, Being you is all you can be.

After all, if everyone was perfect, wouldn't this be a perfectly boring world? 

"Imperfection is Beauty;  Madness is Genius;and it's better to be absolutely ridiculous than absolutely boring"

 - Marilyn Monroe  

                                                                                                         ♥enjoy being YOU ♥ 

♥ Once again, thank you for reading ♥

Oh and by the way, this song is beyond relevant to this blog post, and plus everyone needs a bit of blunt. Enjoyyy