Monday, October 8, 2018

My Favorite Blog Posts On Hot Town Cool Girl Of All Time


Taiya did a post like this with her favorite blog posts and I saw a comment on one of my posts saying I should do a roundup post so I took it as a sign! Today I'm going to be sharing some of my favorite blog posts on my blog! Get ready to go back in time. For newcomers, I hope this is helpful to find out more about my blog. :) To make it easier I also decided to split them into categories!

Blogging


Poetry/Thoughts



Travel



Me



General Tips/Advice



Other



Wow. That was certainly a trip down memory lane.  Fun fact there are over 400 blog posts on here and that doesn't take into account posts I've now deleted or posts I've written for other blogs. That's crazy y'all haha. If you missed it in my last post for my blogiversary which is coming up I want to do a month of collabs! If you want to participate feel free to email me at nabilaeve@gmail.com. 

What is one of your favorite blog posts I've written? Was this post helpful? What kind of posts do you want to see from me in the future? If you are a blogger what are some of your favorite posts you've ever written?


Thursday, October 4, 2018

14 Things I've Learned In 14 Years


YOU GUYS IT'S MY BIRTHDAY AND I'M KIND OF FREAKING OUT. LIKE AHHHHHH. As you can tell from my past posts on the subject birthdays make me pretty happy. I'm officially 14 which means I can now technically watch tv-14 shows and it's pretty great. When your reading this me and my family should be going to New Orleans to spend the weekend for one of my dad's conferences. As of when I'm writing this I'm pretty excited. :) Today I thought in honor of this special day I would share 14 things I've learned in my 14 years of life!
1. The world and everyone around you aren't personally out to get you. When I was younger I thought everytime someone did something annoying it was because they wanted to be annoying to me specifically. In some cases that was true (aka my siblings a lot of the time) but most of the time it wasn't. I remember just staring at someone as they were doing something that annoyed me and thinking about how they knew I didn't like it and was doing it anyway so why ask them to stop? That makes zero sense. If someone is being annoying ask them to stop! You either never told them you didn't like it or they just forgot. People have extremely bad memories sometimes (aka me every day haha).


2. Community and having friends that make you happy is everything. I just love being around people, and having a community I can go to and that actually love me is so important to me. When I'm in a new situation I can get super nervous but if I have a friend? It's a million times better. 


3. Time management and being organized is so important!! If you actually manage your time efficiently you can get soooo much more stuff done then you ever thought possible. For example, with school, I have an agenda where I write down all my homework and stuff. If I didn't have that I might actually go crazy. I am alllllways forgetting what needs to be done so writing it down is kind of a lifesaver. 

4. You can't do everything. You just can't. And yes it's ok to say no to things sometimes. I realized this school year that I really really want to do everything. I want to be the president of the student council and of NJHS and I want the lead in the play while taking two high school credit courses. Is that at all possible though? No. No, it's not. You have to choose the things you genuinely like doing over the other stuff or you won't have time for anything at all. 


5. Even if you're not the best at something if you participate and try to learn it will be ok. Aka theatre for me. Some people have this natural skill for things like school and theatre. That's pretty helpful. But if they don't apply themselves and actually try they will get absolutely nowhere in life. Ever. They will always pick the nice person over the talent. 

6. Don't be afraid to let people know you. And your opinions. And the things you liked. I sometimes have a hard time telling people things I enjoy doing or watching or reading because I'm afraid they will judge me especially if the thing isn't that popular. I have been opening up more though and seriously the friendships that can be made over liking the same musician (aka Dodie in my case) is kind of mind-blowing. If you don't let yourself express yourself you're just going to be another mindless drone.



7. You have to let yourself get into things. I am extremely good at getting totally into things and enjoying things and honestly, it's a skill. I think some people hold back their excitement or maybe just tell themselves it's not that cool. WELL GUESS WHAT IT IS COOL AND YOU'RE HAVING AN AMAZING TIME. Just tell yourself that. It works a lot more then you would think. This goes along with the whole positive thing. 

8. When I stress over things I mess up. I've noticed in the past that if I'm supposed to say something maybe on the announcements (which is something I do at school I know I'm cool) and I go over it over and over again it is actually more likely for me to mess up. I noticed this recently and I'm not sure why it is but I thought it was interesting. 


9. Sometimes people are meant to leave your life. I've been super lucky so far and I haven't lost/lost touch with that many people. I have lost a couple friends and other people in my life if it's we just don't talk anymore or they moved. It's hard. There are some people and friends that might be in your life that just aren't supposed to be. 

10. You always have to take a break from social media every once in a while. Especially for me since I'm boring, blogging is basically what I do in my free time. I'm weird but it's ok. That means I'm always thinking about my next insta post and getting back to that person and getting that done on time and it can be a lot. Especially because there is so much stuff that can be done and no ones regulating me so I just want to do absolutely everything. Sometimes a break is needed to just chill.


11. Wear something that makes you feel cute. I also mentioned this in my post on how to have a happier more productive day but it's kind of crazy how much wearing something that makes you feel good can have an effect on your day. 

12. Music can do so so much. The amount of friends I've made over the shared love of an artist is crazy. Music can change someone's day, it can set the mood, it can make people think, and it can literally save them from so many things. Music is fascinating and beautiful and something to be celebrated. 


13. Habits are one of the hardest things to break and that's also why there super important to start. Bad habits can be sooooooo annoying. Maybe it's you bite your nails or always wake up at 5 in the morning. But that also goes for good habits and why you need to start things like exercising and having a good study plan at an early age. 

14. Knowing what's happening in the world is really important. For my broadcast class, you have to know current events and because of that, I've been looking at the news even more than normal. If you don't know what's happening you can't make good decisions and also I believe you can't have opinions if you don't have the whole story. 


That just turned into like an essay sorry y'all haha sorry! If you actually read all of that then props to you!!

What's something you've learned that has really stuck with you? What's your birthday? How old are you? 


Monday, October 1, 2018

10 Places I Want To Go Before I Die + Super Big Fun Announcement


Someone on insta suggested I do a dream destination post which I loved the idea of! You know I've actually done a post with places I want to go which you can find here but it low key wasn't genuine. I remember writing it and literally asking my dad where he wanted to go. Like Nabila, that's not the point of the post. For this post though I'm pretty excited! I'm going to make this more of a bucket list and I'll also include some more select places instead of like whole countries. Before we get started though as you might know my blogiversary is coming up! It's in November and this my blog is turning 5. That's so so so so so crazy to me and I want to do something really special! I want to do a month of collabs where all or most of my posts are collabs with other bloggers. I really really really want this to work so if you want to participate please email me at nabilaeve@gmail.com! For the collab maybe we could do an interview or guest post or any other kind of collab. :)
A Broadway Show 

I love musicals so so so so much and being able to go and see a Broadway show would just be so so so cool. Specifically, I would absolutely love to be able to see Hamilton. It doesn't even have to be on Broadway I just want to seem Hamilton. I know a lot of people you've seen it and they say it's so cool.



Eiffel Tower 

The Eiffel tower is like the travel place. It's so beautiful and I think I have it in my mind as just this romantic magical place. All of Paris really. I know it's super touristy but does that mean it's not awesome? No. You know my aunt got engaged in front of the Eiffel tower. I don't expect that to happen but just for anyone who might want to propose to me one day, I would be fine with that. You what would be super duper cool? If I could go with my friend who is french and has been there like twenty thousand times. That would be actually amazing.


The Statue Of Liberty

I can't say Broadway or the Eiffel tower without mentioning The Statue of Liberty! I mean she's Lady Liberty. She's like the symbol of America. It would also just be so cool to go to Ellis Island and see everything there. If you've taken history or just know things you probably know both of these but fun fact the statue was, first of all, a gift from France, was at first the color of a penny, and I didn't know this but originally the statue of liberty was actually supposed to have a sister statue in Egypt.


The Hollywood Sign

Hollywood. Wow. Celebs and movies and all of the thing. The Hollywood sign in the middle of that all. I have always wanted to go to California and getting a good picture in front of the Hollywood sign would just be so so cool. Did you know the Hollywood sign used to say Hollywoodland as I guess a name for the neighborhood for like rich people haha?


The Pyramids 

I am going to go to Egypt sometime in the future. Maybe. You know I was supposed to go this summer? It was going to be a family trip. WELL THAT DIDN'T HAPPEN AM I SOUR ABOUT IT? YES. I absolutely love history and as one of the oldest civilizations ever Egypt has a lot of that. The pyramids in particular just amaze me. Like hooooowwwwwwwwwwwwwwww. I don't think people realize how hard it would have been to build a structure like that when they did. Now we have these humongous skyscrapers but they didn't have any of the technology we had today. Egyptians are geniuses y'all it's just a fact.


London

This is one of the only places that is a whole city but I can't think of just one place where I would love to go. I just want to go to like, all of it. One thing I think would be so cool is if I would be able to go with my dad. He literally has an English degree and did his thesis on old British literature. Guess where he's never been? ENGLAND. That seems not good. Plus he's so good at explaining things so I would make him research everything and then be my travel guide. That sounds bad but I promise I would do it because I think he should go haha. You know what would be just so cool? A little meet up of all of the bloggers I know who live there. Like how freaking awesome would that be??????? It could be a real recreation of that tag from a bit ago.


The Grand Canyon 

I've heard absolutely amazing things about the grand canyon and how gorgeous it is! When I look at the photos I'm just like, wow. Plusssssss it's in the US unlike a lot of these so I feel like it would be easier than some of the other ones on this list. Plus it's just gigantic. It is over 200 miles. That's freaking long.

Venice 

Venice, Italy. It just sounds cool! Venice has always been one of the most interesting places for me. With the canal streets, it's also so crazy unique. Besides just the water though I love old or interesting buildings and the architecture in that city blows my mind. They look so cool??? And like I love it??? Wow, I literally just started scrolling through pictures of the city and I just now remembered what I was doing. I TOLD YOU IT LOOKS REALLY COOL. Also, I hear it's sinking???? I don't know if that's true???


Disney World

Or Disneyland, or just one of those places. I know this is a bit childish but don't judge me ok! I've wanted to go to Disneyland since I was like 3 and I never have. But I really really want to. It just seems like that magical place full of smiles and just Disneyness. Disney = Magic. Ok, but for the record, I'm blaming those YouTubers that go to Disney like every week for putting this into my mind again. They seem to go like every day it's very much not fair. And they're adults (well most of them), I'm an actual kid.

New Orleans 

New Orleans is only a couple of hours from where I live and I know so many people from there but I've somehow never been??? Plusssss my mom said something about possibly us going there soon for my dad's work so I might be able to go there soon. I love how it's a mix of all of these different cultures and Cajun food is one of my fave types of food like ever.


I feel like this is an accomplishable list so I hope I'm able to go to all of these places haha. Maybe I'll do a post when I'm like 70 or 80 (if not a post something) and see if I've gone to all of these places. Once again if you want to collab for my month of collabs please contact me at nabilaeve@gmail.com!! 

Where are some places you really want to go? What is your favorite place you've ever been? How many different countries have you been to? Where do you live? Is there anywhere you think I should add to this list? Should I do a post on 10 things I want to do before I die? 
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