If My Life Was a Musical

Hi guys!

Recently, I’ve been completely obsessed with musicals. It all started when I went to see Annie a couple of years ago in Wellington. I was entranced by the dancing, the music and all of the sets. You can get lost in the story that is playing out right before your eyes. I also liked how people could spontaneously break into song without being judged. 

And, as they say, the rest was history. I am now a self confessed musical nerd and I love all musicals from Into the Woods to Hairspray and everything in between. And if that wasn’t enough, I recently auditioned for my school musical and am pleased to say I got in! So now all of my waking hours are spent jamming to Footloose. I have no regrets. (I also have rehearsal this morning and I really should be looking over my music.)

So, the natural progression in my musical journey is to make my own musical.

Before you ask, yes friends, I am in that deep. So here is the list of songs for Lily, the musical. 

1. Moving house again! - A feverish, exited song about adventures.

2. Stop annoying me!/Brothers - A soulful ballad requesting my brothers to leave me alone.

3. The new girl - A song sung by the school chorus not unlike ‘Belle’ from Beauty and the Beast

4. Just let me read - As the title says.

5. An optimist like me - 

Molly: I'm not a pessimist, I'm a realist!

Me: Look on the bright side Molly

Me: It only gets better from here

Me: Turn that frown upside down

Me:Be an optimist like me!  

Molly: That doesn’t even rhyme.

6. Just overcommitted - This could be the soundtrack to my life.

7. No-one understands me/I’m not an emo! - Dramatic soulful ballad questioning if I will ever find someone who understands and accepts my weirdness.

8. Awkward/What a klutz - An  a cappella number with harmonies consisted of the words: ‘ Sorry! I am so so sorry!’ 

9. Stop annoying me - Reprise

10. One in a Million - Dramatic finale song.


I hope you are enlightened and inspired by this list of songs. I sure had a lot of fun writing them.
If your life was a musical, what songs would you sing? What genre would it be? Do you have any favourite musicals? Let me know down in the comments!
Au Revoir, Lily

Mental Escape

Hi guys!

As a person in general, I tend to spend a lot of time with my head in the clouds. I daydream quite a lot, and it often gets to the point where I just have to smile and nod at the girl I walk to school with because I heard nothing she said.

And as a daydreamer, I think a lot about what it would be like to live somewhere else, or be someone else. What if I was born hundreds of years ago? What if I lived in an alternate universe? (The infinite multiverse theory- look it up) And so here are my reasons why I would be suited to life in an an old-timey fantasy universe.

1. Self-Sufficiency
A long held dream of mine has been to move into a cottage in the Scandinavian forests with only my beloved animals to keep me company. In an old-timey fantasy universe, everyone would live like this. I could grow all of my own food, map my surroundings and go on quests on horseback. And best of all? You could learn things by doing them, so there would be no school.

2. Capes would be socially acceptable.
Wouldn't this be nice? It's impossible to look anything but majestic whist wearing a billowing cape. Plus it would be like wearing a blanket around your shoulders all day. I see no downsides.

3. Less Stress
I just had a look and apparently 30% of teens classify themselves as stressed. And we all know that comes from the onslaught of schoolwork and pressure to to do well at life in general. In a fantasy universe, we would be free from all of this. I personally would love to drift away from the five assessments I have in the next two and a half weeks.

But sadly, life is life and we can't travel into alternate universes any time we want. However, this doesn't mean we can't escape the mundane. I escape all of the time by writing this blog, reading, watching my favourite shows, and being creative. It keeps me sane.

So what I'm getting to is that it's okay to escape. You don't have to be social or perfect all of the time, and no-one is going to judge you for taking a mental health day every once in a while. Or at least I won't. Do any of you feel like floating away from your responsibilities? Let me know down in the comments how you like to escape.

Have a great week!

From Lily

Doubt

I have a voice.
A muse.
A friend.

-ish
She keeps me out of trouble,
and I'm really thankful.

Kind of.

Doubt is there when I get too confident.
She's there to bring me down to earth when I get caught up in oversized plans.

But I admit she can be a bit of a problem.

She reminds me I can't quite
speak in class.
Perform.
Audition.
Stand up for myself.

I guess she is more than a bit of a problem.
I want her to leave, but then I have doubts.

or maybe that's doubt talking.

'Leave!' I say.
'You need me here,' she replies.

Maybe she's right.

Is she?
Or isn't she?

I don't know anymore.

That's what doubt can do to you.

But today, somehow, feels different.
I get up and stand in front of my mirror.
The girl staring back is ...

Pretty
Intelligent
Strong
Loyal
Confident,

And Loved.

Yes. That girl is me.

And then I wait for doubt's reply.




But I hear only silence, that is my confirmation.

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Hi guys! I just felt really inspired to write this for all of the people like me, who doubt themselves.
Remember, you are amazing, and you can stop doubt holding you back.

Love from Lily xoxo