Reach For The Stars With Abbie

My exciting but nerve-racking adventure of college! Hi everyone This was a blog that I did for CP Teens, so I thought I'd share it on my blog as I haven't blogged for ages! Hope everyone is well and had a positive couple of weeks! Today,  I am going to talk about my first half of the term at National Star College. It has been a rollercoaster of emotions but I wouldn't change my time there for the world. I have learnt so much and made loads of new friends.  I live outside of campus with 20 other students with a wide range of disabilities and we have all become like a big family. I commute into college which we travel by minibus, I love this as I feel grown up and independent living off campus. At college I am doing a Customer Service course, at the beginning I found it hard work to get used to all of the jobs, and tasks I needed to get done but I have started to become more quicker at tasks and finding them a lot more easier. The best parts of Custom...

Hi guys Sorry for not posting for a while, I have been trying to think about different things to post. I have started the summer holidays starting up a Youtube account in which I post footage of therapy, I am doing mostly videoing gym and yoga. I must admit its hard work trying to think of what to film but I am finding it much easier than blogging, as I can just film what I'm doing rather than trying to type up the things I am doing. But I will try to still post some typed blogs too! Now I've finished Sixth Form, I am trying to keep myself very busy by still working hard at the gym and at yoga. The past couple of weeks I have had a big jump in my therapy, the things I have struggled to do for ages and finding things easier and easier to do. I have come so far in the past couple of weeks, I try to not have a big break from gym or yoga as I can see a huge change in myself when doing regular exercise. I have been enjoying doing what I want however I have been trying to keep ...

Hi guys, Recently, I have finished my studies at sixth form and wanted to do a blog on how the past 3 years has gone for me. I have learnt so much about myself and what I really need and want in life, it has given me opportunities to work for what I want and also make decisions for the future. Being a sixth form student has made me realise that I need to be more grown up and do more for myself like dealing with issues myself and figure out what I should do to help myself without having to ask for help all of the time. Ive realised no matter what , I have to express my voice and speak up for what I want and not to rely on other people to know what is best for me. In sixth form I have realised that it is better to speak out and tell people what I want and need. In the past I have allowed others to decide solutions for me, however I  have took more of the responsibility and giving my opinion on things and told people how I wanted it done rather than people doing it for me. I h...

Hi guys As I am feeling a lot more happier about the things i'm doing and dealing with plans for the future easier, I am starting to look at more positive things to keep me going and keep me feeling happ y . Such as my two blogs, my diary that I write in everyday, my work I'm just finishing off for my course in childcare, gym and other therapies. When I look back on all of these, I feel really good about myself and helps me to keep going with what I'm doing and keep getting stronger/independent. It allows me to become stronger and independent as I learn how these things are good for me to support me for now and for in the future. These inspire me as I can see that these are good and positive for me to do and it allows me to deal with harder things I need to do and keeps me more calmer in trickier situations. When I feel stressed or worried about things I think about all of the positive things that I have done it makes me feel more satisfied about how to handle situations ...

Hi guys I wrote this blog  for a project for CP Teens but I thought to share this on my blog for you guys to read. I’ve been very busy the past few weeks with Sixth Form, gym/therapy, trying out new colleges/ waiting for offers from a selection of Universities and working on getting my Childcare course up to the level I want before I leave Sixth form next month. It has been a very busy few months however I have learnt after a few weeks of having a tricky time of feeling down and not having any drive in myself to go for what was important in life and what I really need to focus on, this has really taught me a real life lesson and I realised the things I thought was making me down wasn't really worth worrying about, after realising this I was able to put things more in prospective and focus on the things I really should be looking forward to and enjoying. After lots of help and support I was able to get over this negative patch and I was able to get on with things that brought m...

Hey guys,  Feels like ages since I last blogged, its been a few very busy weeks.  To start this blog off, I wanted to say i've been a lot more positive about things and wanting to do more to help myself and to stop feeling down about things, i'm not saying I don't have a down day or I don't get bored of things, in which I still do but I feel calmer about things and doing more without feeling down or fed up, its about doing things without negative thoughts behind them and then it was more enjoyable. In April I faced one of my biggest fears that was making me feel down, I spent 3 days at a disabled college called National Star and it literally made me think about how I enjoy being independent and the life skills I never had before. This was a very daunting moment in my life but it made me realise that I am capable of more than I was doing. It also made me realise how much I do and how far I have came. Back at sixth form, I have  become a lot more positive a...

Hey guys Haven't been blogging much lately as I was very low and lost confidence in myself. I couldn't help myself to cone out of the feeling of hating everything,  and didn't want to do or try something that would benefit me. It was like I was putting barriers up on everything that I was scared of doing or facing. I have realised now that I should look at things with more open approach and don't shut it down just because my mind is telling me to. I believe now that I should listen to my heart rather than allowing silly thoughts to pop in my mind, stopping me going for what I really want in life. I think now I'm going to look forward to more that should be an exciting adventure rather than having a panic about it as life is more fun when we think this way. I've realised that its better to get excited for new situations rather than worrying about the things that should be positive and fun! A very short and sweet blog but just wanted express a really positive ...