She hides behind her smile, But she can only keep it up a while, The pain gets to be too much sometimes, Leaving her only able to reminisce on the fun times, Before her injury and illness, When how she looked was no one’s business, When her body obeyed every command, And every lesson didn’t …
As someone living with anxiety I find it really hard to switch off so I can relax or sleep and on when I need to focus, so I always tend to have something playing in the background to keep my brain from running away with me. One of my go-to things to listen to is …
Loving your body is hard… Loving your body when it’s changing is even harder. As a teen, your body is in the process of huge changes – hormonal, emotional and physical. You’re eagerly awaiting your “glow up” like a caterpillar in a cocoon, waiting to emerge as a butterfly… but what they don’t tell you …
It can be hard to get back into the swing of thing with school after summer holidays and it’s important to find the motivation for school so that you start the New Year on a good foot. I have always struggled with finding motivation for school, I’m definitely a daydreamer and I always found myself getting …
Going back to school can be stressful enough, let alone if you have a chronic illness or chronic pain condition to manage on top of that. I wanted to help make back to school season less daunting, but as I have only been sick for 1.5 years and I spent a year of that off …
I was diagnosed with a chronic pain disorder called Complex Regional Pain Syndrome at the end of my grade 10 year. At the time, I thought chronic pain was for old people and that it would go away. I was terribly wrong. Over the past year and a half, I’ve become a person that I …
Repeat after me, this is your year and you’re going to make it the best one yet! I absolutely love New Years because it’s basically a completely fresh slate and like everything that happened in the past year doesn’t matter so much anymore. Whether last year was a great you for you or it wasn’t, we have all …
Exactly one year ago today I uploaded my first blog post, 10 Facts About Me. Over the past year, JustSoElina has changed and grown in so many ways. I have gotten to do collabs with other bloggers and even my first brand collaboration. I’ve begun to find a style of writing I like and I’ve …
JustSoChristmas Day 12 Merry Christmas Eve! I hope you have had an amazing day however you spent it, this year my Mum and I spent the day baking together in the kitchen and binge-watching Christmas movies, btw the Santa Clause movies are so good and so underrated, if you haven’t watched them already you NEED …
JustSoChristmas Day 11 While I don’t wear makeup very often atm I do love any excuse to try out a new look. When I do my makeup I can get stuck in repetition, using the same colour every time or doing the same style. So I decided to really push myself out of my comfort …