Have started putting away some of my things to take back to Hereford for the summer. I’ve taken down all my posters, my bunting and my photographs. Now I’m putting clothes in my suitcase and thinking about how much I’ve changed this year.

I’m still painfully shy but I’ve gained so much confidence in myself and how other people see me. I have met some amazing people who I know will be in my life for a long time. My music taste has expanded to include artists that I would have shunned nine months ago. I have fallen out of and in love. I’ve let go of my rigid rules and learnt to let myself go. I tried my first (and last) cigarette, got drunk, covered my pillow in last night’s make up and not cared. To a lot of people, that doesn’t sound like me. But I like me this way. I’ve learn to have fun and not take myself so seriously. I can see now that life is amazing.

Not really looking forward to returning to the ‘Ford. Many people there are shallow and boring; I’ve tasted Brighton and I don’t want to leave it. Here I talk to people about ideas. In Hereford, it’s always about other people. 

However, I have many things planned and hopefully when I return to Brighton I’ll be a step closer to the person I want to be.