5 Ways to Organise your Life

Can't find time?
Too busy of a schedule?
A messy room?
No 'Me-Time'?
Missing appointments?
Thinking of more to add to this list?

You are in need to organise you life.
Chop, Chop, Let's get Started!

1) Target the Issue

Before you do anything, you have to evaluate the reason to your 'un-organised' life. Once that is done. organising will become so much easier.
Its just like knowing that you have a bacterial infection and not a viral infection; helps have the right medication.

2) Set Daily Targets

On the inside of my cupboard I have a note pad. Soon after my breakfast I put down the things that I need to do before I go back to bed - Big and Small.
- Clean my make-up brushes
- Pick up the book from library
- Bake the cupcakes
- Clean my skates

Don't like the inside of your cupboard?
Well you have got your phone!

3) Pick it 'n' Drop it

Put your hair brush in its stand after your hairs are under control.
Put that paper back into the wallet it came from.
Drop that change in your wallet or piggy bank; Not your table!

In a nut shell.
Put it back where you got it from.
How is your room going to get messy now?
(Unless you have the 'sibling' problem - Sympathy)
Keep it Simple! Don't overwhelm yourself.

4)  Early to Bed, Early to Rise

Yes I am aware that you wake up at 7 for work or school (or whatever social commitment it is.) But ask this to your self, 'Can I use another half an hour to have an easy start?'
Wouldn't it be much better to not gobble down your breakfast?
Not dress in a rush?
Or even run behind the bus?

Having a good start to the day impacts on how you perform all day long. Make it easier for yourself and go to bed half an hour early today to wake up half an hour early tomorrow morning.

5) Breath In, Breath Out

Remember that 'To-Do' List-ish thing I referred to before?
Yeah, add 'Me-Time' to it EVERYDAY.
10 minutes, 15 minutes, 30 minutes, an hour.
Doesn't matter!
We need all need a little time to Breath in and Breath out and unwind ourselves to help clear our mind, lower procrastination and improve the quality of our work.

Click here to be re-directed to a post I did that has a section dedicated to Me-Time.
(PS Check the 'Get Cosy in the Bus' section -- Your Welcome!)

This helps you concentrate on the tasks on hand and henceforth, organise your life a little better.

That is it for this week's blog post.

Have an amazing week ahead :)

Toodles

xXx

Coming up Next week: A Little Me-Time

Next Review on: Music by Tiffany Alvord

Hunger-Game Much?

The Voice

U.K.?

U.S.?

Canada?

Australia?

Russia?

Which version of The Voice clicked in your mind first?

It doesn't matter!

Because all of them play along the same game of chess

(With 4 players, complicated? Yes!).

 And I can not stop comparing it with the famous Hunger Games

(With 12 players! God have mercy).

Beat each other up till you win, and may be make a few 'friends'.

Every Saturday when I watch Marvin Humes and Emma Willis hosting The Voice UK, it reminds me of Caesar Flickerman hosting the interviews linked with The Hunger Games.

Why?

Well Emma's high quiff and Marvin's amazing collection of three piece suit does the job! I can't help morphing the two to see the resemblance. 

Beautiful?

Yes!

And can we please start with the main show?

Yeah, and I do mean when people start beating ---- Ohh I mean singing their heads off and cry.

Lets start with The Blind Auditions.

I can't see who is singing. But the odds are in their favour and I am going to turn. Or not?

I am hinting towards the Reaping.

(I am Effie and I am going to pick a name without seeing who it is.)

Unfortunately, a tribute belongs to only one district, but here the singer can choose their 'District'. 

So am I going to die first because I belong to District 11?

Or am I going to live a little longer and belong to District 1? 

Or may be choose District 12 and win?  

Decisions, Decisions.

Hang on!

Did you hear that?

Tick

Tock

Tick

Tock

BHOOOMM!

Here I am at The Cornucopia.

Battles-much?

I will kill you.

Yes you are from my district.

But,

I am going to kill you.

I will send you home.

Yes you are from my team.

But,

I am going to send you home.

Hang on! You are my friend?

I will kill you later.

(Or just eat the berries)

This was The Battles summarised for you.

Enjoy!

Coming up Next.

KNOCKOUTS!

Lets run into the woods and shoot from far off!

Or just eat something wrong.

(Mess up a note)

Fun.

My coach is going to decide if I live or no. The sponsors can join the show as well. Send me a parachute 'cause I am burning.

Pick me, Pick me!

This is the time when a coach who said they would see the singers till the end, send them home 'early' as someone 'better' has cropped up.

At this point I begin to think, who is really winning?
The players?
OR,
The coaches?


And can we finally talk about the actual capitol audience? I mean it is their 'entertainment' at the end of the day.
The Live Shows is when the audience comes into play as we all know.
But do the capitol audience play in the hunger games?

If you though 'No' well then you are wrong.

Why else do you think Katnis and Peeta had to 'love' each other?
You like Katnis?
We send her a parachute.
Simple.

Oh and you like Peeta as well?
We will patch them up and send them both parachutes.

Parachutes = Votes

I am a little dramatic.
If you couldn't sense the pure fun in the blog post and instead have taken this too seriously, well then hun, straighten up and Smile!
I am a big fan of both The Hunger Games and The Voice UK and couldn't stop seeing the similarities.
A little sadist of me to enjoy people disappearing.

 That is it for this week's blog post.

Have an amazing week ahead :)

Toodles

xXx

Coming up Next week: 5-Ways to organise your life

Next Review on: Music by Tiffany Alvord

Review: Teardrop by Lauren Kate

A little while ago I tweeted about how much I actually loved reading Teardrop by Lauren Kate. Since then, I have been planning to review it. And why not?

The author has used a good mix of first person narration from the Euraks's perspective (The lead character) and third person narration from the author's perspective. This gives the reader a peak into the events from 2 different perspectives, or like I would say, peek from two doors. But the book starts of with a perspective of another character (who I am not going to reveal), which does bring a very mysterious touch right at the onset of the story.

The plot is twisted at points, and does not fail to surprise the readers at some points. However, it still does have a few expected turn of events, which is required to keep the reader on ground. Books filled with turns and twists become too much to handle at times. But Teardrop does justice to both sides.

Personally, it is a very good read. Very well written, has a mysterious and well twisted plot. It has made its way to my all time favorites list.
And the Second book is on its way!
Excited :D

That is it for this week's review.

Have an amazing week ahead :)

Toodles

xXx

Coming up, Next week: Hunger-game much?

Next Review on: Music by Tiffany Alvord

Looking Beyond

Wake up

Breakfast

School

Lessons

Practical

Lunch

Lessons

Practical

Homework

Dinner

Sleep

Sounds Familiar?

Oh and I forgot one more thing.

EXAMS

More or less a Nightmare?

Yeah I feel for you.

Having done 7 years of primary school, 4 years of secondary school and 2 years of college (or high school for you Americans) the generation today gives at-least 800 exams during the two most important stages of their lives - i.e. childhood and teen-hood. 

Quite a lot, isn't it?

No time for,

Going out

Movies

Trips

Adventures

Even reading a book!

Exams and exam related stress does take up a lot of time and energy of today's generation, leaving them with less to spend on there self-growth.

Keep reading, because for you 'Poor, Unfortunate Souls' (In Ursula's Voice) I am going to help you get out of that devious cycle. Hurrah! Below are a few tips that helped me get a little 'Me Time' everyday and also allowed me to go out every weekend during my schooling days.

1) Kicking Away Your Homework

Ohh No No Don't Please Kick Those Books Away..!!

'Kicking away your homework' doesn't mean ditching it and not doing it at all. But to be true to ourselves, we have cultivated a very bad habit of 'doing our homework tomorrow'. Now imagine coming home on Tuesday with 2 pieces of homework and completing them that evening. And doing so for the whole week.

What good has it done? Saturday morning when you wake up, you will find that you have no homework to do for the weekend! Hurrahh!!

Now you don't have to rush with 15 pieces of homework on Sunday night which are due the next morning.

Don't thank me just yet.

2) Get Cosy In the Bus

You can probably ditch the cushions if you really are travelling back and forth school in bus. But regardless of your means of transport, the daily commuting can be transferred to a little 'Me Time'.

This is what I do-

Read a book, with a cup of hot chocolate and headphones playing my favourite tunes.

Here is what you can do-

Play games on your gadget,

Ride a bike to school/college,

Read the latest edition of Teen Vogue, Seventeen or whichever magazine you prefer,

Or whatever really floats your boat!

Oh and don't forget the headphones.

Grab a cup of coffee or cone of Cornetto.

Find a reason to enjoy those 15 minutes.

3) Don't Pile It Up!

Oh no I don't mean the laundry. That's between you and your Mum ;)

You know you have an exam next Wednesday.

You know there are two units to revise.

And you also know that your teacher is not going to give you 'extra time'.

So why are you procrastinating?

Divide the work you are going to do each day leading up to the 'Big day'. Ideally an hour everyday is enough. By the end you will have everything done, instead of pilling and cramming everything for Tuesday night.

4) A Friend In Need, Is A Friend Indeed

Friend: 'Hey! Did you do your Maths homework?'

Me: 'What homework?'

Yeah we all probably know someone who always forgets their homework. And if you don't, then it probably is you!

Tell your best friend to give you a 'reminder' for the home works due in the next day if you are the forgetting kind. Or even better, keep a small diary or use your phone. And don't tell me you don't have one! It is the 21st centaury!

There are so many more little things you can do to make your school life better, after all these are your Golden years. Since I have left out a dozen, I might do a Part 2, but till then leave a few in the comments! Spread the word.

That is it for this week's blog post.

Have an amazing week ahead :)

Toodles

xXx

Coming up Next week: Hunger-game much?

Next Review on: Teardrop by Lauren Kate

Review: NIVEA Express Hydration Primer

I recently went to a huge Superdrug shopping spree recently and found NIVEA Express Hydration Primer in the new arrivals section. I had to give it a try because of the promises it claimed! 

Below you will find a breakdown of all the things the product promises and my experience.

Enjoy!

"Provides an even and smooth base for effective make-up application and helps your make-up stay put"

There is no doubt in the fact that primers create an even and smooth base for make up application. But only some actually help stay put make-up for longer. To find this out I did the same make up on 2 consecutive days for 8 hours. The only difference was that I used NIVEA Express Hydration Primer only on the second day.

 And does it work? YES.

Not only that, but it also makes your face have a fresh glow all day long, which I find a bonus! It might just be something that I observe. Let me know if you find the same thing

"Absorbs instantly thanks to its light texture"

It does absorb very quick. Not even a minute of massage is required. It is good for when you are in a hurry to get your make-up done. I would suggest to use a night time rich-in-moisture cream to make sure you skin hydrated intensively. 

"Uses an effective hydrator for long lasting moisturisation and soft skin feeling" 

Almond Oil and Calendula Extracts are both very good in terms of keeping your skin hydrated and moisturized. You are in luck because, both these ingredients are present in NIVEA Express Hydration Primer. The product leaves your skin feeling hydrates, smooth and even. 

I am looking forward to see more reviews of the product and to also hear what you think about it down in the comments.

That is it for this week's review.

Have an amazing week ahead :)

Toodles

xXx

Coming up, Next week: Looking Beyond

Next Review on: Teardrop by Lauren Kate