Im writing this the night before my birthday. I have exactly two hours before I'm officially seventeen and I'm not sure how I feel about it. This is going to be a bit of a chatty post just to document how I'm feeling and maybe look back on it in the future. Kinda like a public diary.. But not.

Okay, so for some reason seventeen feels like a big number and gosh I'll be a legal adult in only a year... that's terrifying. That means that if I ever decide to break the law I'll go to court as an adult and go to prison.. adult prison. Oh and I'm also auditioning for universities next year.  Next. Year. What?!? This is very worrisome. I don't even make my own lunches yet ( I know how and stuff... but still). Seventeen just feels like its going to be an awkward in-between year. Not yet an adult,  but far from being considered a child.  So many big changes are coming and I really don't think I'm prepared. Definitely not prepared for university. At all. Im thinking of taking a gap year though so maybe I'm over thinking things...What a strange feeling to think that I'll never be sixteen again. Never. Is it bad that I feel like its all downhill from here?? Everything I'm writing right now is just me being silly but there is a bit of truth to it all. Pretty soon I'm not going to be taken care of and its just going to be me making decision that will altar the course of my life. Have I been doing that all along though? Not sure. 

Oh god.. and I'll never be able to sing Sixteen Going On Seventeen the same way again. 

Tell me now, how was your 17th year? Maybe give me some advise? I could use it! 

<3

My Favourite Harry Potter Quotes | Happy Thoughts

After writing my previous post, I felt inspired to continue talking about Harry Potter because it seemed like a lot of you are Potter Heads as well ( not surprising). This month wasn't the greatest and I've found myself going to the same place that has always gotten me through tough times... Hogwarts. And by reading the series once again I've realized (even more so than I did before!) just how lovely and encouraging many of the things said in the books were . The thing I love most about the Harry Potter series is that it reminds you of what matters, love. If you have that then you are truly set. But sadly that has become a very rare belief and I find it very sad to think about. I don't think I'm the only one feeling this hopeless about school and my surroundings so I thought that these quotes might just help a few of my fellow Potter Heads out! So here they are, some of my favourite quotes from the Harry Potter series. 

1. Happiness can be found, even in the darkest of times, if one only remembers to turn on the light.
-  Albus Dumbledore 
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

2. "Me? Books and cleverness. There are more important things: friendship and bravery."
- Hermione Granger 
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's stone 

3. Indeed, your failure to understand that there are things much worse than death has always been your greatest weakness.
- Dumbledore to Voldemort 
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

4. Never trust anything that can think for itself if you can’t see where it keeps its brain.
- Arthur Weasley 
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

5. As much money and life as you could want! The two things most human beings would choose above all – the trouble is, humans do have a knack of choosing precisely those things that are worst for them.
- Albus Dumbledore
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone

6.  Indifference and neglect often do much more damage than outright dislike.
- Albus Dumbledore
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

7. Youth cannot know how age thinks and feels. But old men are guilty if they forget what it was to be young.
- Albus Dumbledore
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

8. Harry, suffering like this proves you are still a man! This pain is part of being human … the fact that you can feel pain like this is your greatest strength.
- Albus Dumbledore 
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

9.I say there are spots that don’t come off… Spots that never come off, d’you know what I mean.
- Mad-Eye Moody
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

10. “You'll stay with me?' 'Until the very end,' said James.” 
- James to Harry 
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

11.  "Every great wizard in history has started out as nothing more than what we are now, students. If they can do it, why not us?"
 –Harry Potter
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

12. . "You're the weak one. And you'll never know love, or friendship. And I feel sorry for you." 
– Harry Potter 
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

13. “Things have a way of coming back to us in the end, if not always the way we expect.” 
–Luna Lovegood 
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

14.  “It is the unknown we fear when we look upon death and darkness, nothing more.” 
– Albus Dumbledore 
Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince

15. Where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.
- Albus Dumbledore
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows


I feel better just by reading them again.
Good luck everyone!

Doll's House Sticker Book | Happy Thoughts

To me, there's nothing like a heavenly scented soap or listening to a new/favourite record.  Those types of small items are the things that will boost my mood if I've had a bit of a rough week ( like the one I've had this week). My mom knew I needed a pick me up so that lovely woman came home with this small gift for me; a doll house sticker book. I used to play with these types of toys all the time when I was a child. There were always stickers in my home. It's funny how this simple little toy made me feel so much better. Now, being someone who has felt sadness in her life ( like everyone else) , I understand that there are times in life when you'll need much more than a toy to make you feel happy or understood but at other times when you just need a break and a bit of positivity in your life, these are the types of things that I would recommend as a quick pick-me-up.

Now from what I can tell, there are two versions of this book; the original Doll House and the Victorian Doll House version. Both are just gorgeously illustrated and are so much fun to design. The books contain about 23 pages of rooms which you (or your child of course) can fill up with the furniture stickers they supply within the book. Its so much fun and you can make 'your house' so cozy and wonderful.  I can imagine people of all ages enjoying this book because it is definitely fun to fill up with stickers but it also takes you to a different place, a happier place. Its such a simple concept, but this small little toy seems to have brightened up my day.

What do you think, should I continue posting about little items of positivity and make Happy Thoughts into a series on my blog? Tell me in the comments!

I hope your day is going well!

Happy Thanksgiving to my fellow Canadian readers!!

One Of Those Nights | My Fears

Oh boy. Its one of those nights when I just can't sleep... too much on my mind. I guess a lot of it has to do with school approaching soon (one last sacred month). I mentioned it before, but I go to an art school, which is magnificent but also extremely stressful. 

You know when you love doing something so much it's painful to think of doing anything else? That's me with my singing. My blog is brand new so you guys don't know much about me, but I'm a classical singer and I'm majoring in musical theater. It feels like I've been singing all my life. It's the one thing I'm really good at. The one thing that sets me apart from the rest. I'm not a straight A student nor am I a star athlete. I am a singer.

But you see, that's the problem, I don't think I could really enjoy doing anything else. Do you know how hard it is to make a career out of singing? It terrifies me to think about all the competition there is in this profession. I'm just some shy awkward teenager. I'm not out for blood. All I want to do is sing and perform and maybe just for a few hours take peoples minds off of their troubles. A lot of people hate musicals because they find them too "fluffy" or "corny" , but what they fail to understand is that that's the whole point of them. They're there to help you escape. I feel happy when I watch a musical because it's a symbol of positivity and hope. ( I know, I know, I'm generalizing. Some musicals are pretty depressing. But you get it, right?). 

But anyways, I will conclude with this quote. Now although it doesn't fit my situation perfectly I found it quite comforting and rather inspiring. I don't have a craving for greatness nor do I truly know if I'm destined for any. But that last half is what I loved most.  

Goodnight Guys <3 

My oh my, did I ever get a lot off my shoulders... 

Tell me in the comments what you think and if you have the same worries about your future :)