Sunday, June 30, 2013

Things to do in an exam if you finish early



I introduce to you my latest video explaining 5 methods to fight that boredom in an exam situation.
'Tis my first sketch video.
Gotta say. It was a lot of fun to make!

I've had a YouTube channel for a while but I only just recently started doing proper videos. I plan on doing covers, vlogs, sketches... The lot.

Check it out if you have le time.

Lily out.

Thursday, June 27, 2013

There is no "old" or "new" you

For some strange reason, I've been giving a lot of thought lately to the concept of there being "old" and "new" versions of people. For instance, sometimes when I go onto YouTube to watch a music video, there tends to be many comments referring to the artist like:
"I miss the old ______."
"I prefer the old ______."
Or, on the other side of the spectrum:
"LOVING the new ______!"

I'm sure you've said something along these lines at some point. Right?
Don't worry, I have too.

But lately they've begun to annoy me.

I've devised a theory:

People are constantly changing. The way we act, the way we feel, the things we like, the things we don't. These things are changing all the time. We grow. We improve. We conform with the world around us.

Sometimes we want to go in new directions (Glee reference), and that can lead to something different. Sometimes following that new path feels... Right. We're made to change. But ironically, we're capable of being incredibly judgemental about it.

By referring to yourself as the "new you", you're implying that there is more than one version of you. There's no "old" or "new" you, because really, there's only one you.

Of course, I would say I've changed a lot since I started high school three and a half years ago. But I don't refer to that my 13-year-old self as "the old Lily". Why? Because she is, and always will be, a small fragment of the present Lily.

I could write an essay on this. Bloody hell.

An alternative theory is that our present day selves are in fact our "old selves", purely because we're... OLDER.

*badoom tss*