2014: What A Year!

Woah, what a year for change it's been.

Where do you even begin? The last few years have been pretty rocky, and honestly, pretty disappointing, but 2014 was an awesome year, for a lot of reasons.

In February, I had my interview to get onto the journalism course at the University of Lincoln, and then there was the simple task of getting the right grades with my A-Levels.

Me with one of my best friends and my head-teacher

With a lot of work, I did! 

August 14th was one of the best days of my life, the pure excitement and happiness from seeing all the hours you've put in, count for something even bigger, was awesome! 

University came really quickly, and my first term went super quickly.

Needless to say, it's been an interesting nevertheless.

I've met people who I know I'll be friends for life with, and that's all you can ask for. 

But the university experience is about how you act in your surroundings, you're constantly tested with the challenges of assignments your tutors give you, and even the way you act with your friends.

I sense because you don't know the people you're at university with as well as you could, like at A-Levels or GCSEs, subconsciously, there's a definite pressure of trying to prove you're a loyal and trustworthy friend.

That is, to people you want to prove that to.

But back to the positive stuff, who would've thought I'd be able to go to a Lincoln game as a proper journalist, with a press-pass and my trusty laptop? Again, awesome.

I've been talking to my friends lately about "New Year's Resolutions," and I'm not really sure I need one after such a good year.

I mean, after such a positive year, is there any need for change?

One thing I'd like to work on is being more upfront with people on touchy subjects, because the best tip I've learnt from my tutors in journalism is, "What's the worst someone can say? No? If so, suck it up and move on."

Honestly, that's some of the best advice you can get, not just regarding journalism, but you can easily apply it to life in general.

You'll get knocked down plenty of times, but it's not whether fail or get what you want, it's how you react after.

That's what I've learnt this year and if people don't like what I have to say... well: