Imogen's Adventure

If i were an aspiring art director or designer… i would totes get in on this. 

‘For the third year in a row, Rethink and Langara College are offering an $18,000 scholarship to aspiring art directors and designers. The winner snags full tuition for Langara College’s two-year Communication and Ideation program and an internship at Rethink.’

 Mary Schmich
Chicago Tribune
Ladies and Gentlemen of the class of ‘97… wear sunscreen.

If I could offer you only one tip for the future, sunscreen would be IT.

The long term benefits of sunscreen have been proved by scientists whereas the rest of my advice has no basis more reliable than my own meandering experience.

I will dispense this advice now.

Enjoy the power and beauty of your youth. Never mind. You will not understand the power and beauty of your youth until they have faded. But trust me, in 20 years you’ll look back at photos of yourself and recall in a way you can’t grasp now how much possibility lay before you and how fabulous you really looked.

You are NOT as fat as you imagine.

Don’t worry about the future; or worry, but know that worrying is as effective as trying to solve an algebra equation by chewing bubblegum. The real troubles in your life are apt to be things that never crossed your worried mind; the kind that blindside you at 4pm on some idle Tuesday.

Do one thing every day that scares you.

Sing.

Don’t be reckless with other people’s hearts, don’t put up with people who are reckless with yours.

Floss.

Don’t waste your time on jealousy; sometimes you’re ahead, sometimes you’re behind. The race is long, and in the end, it’s only with yourself.

Remember compliments you receive, forget the insults; if you succeed in doing this, tell me how.

Keep your old love letters, throw away your old bank statements.

Stretch.

Don’t feel guilty if you don’t know what you want to do with your life. The most interesting people I know didn’t know at 22 what they wanted to do with their lives, some of the most interesting 40 year olds I know still don’t.

Get plenty of calcium.

Be kind to your knees, you’ll miss them when they’re gone.

Maybe you’ll marry, maybe you won’t, maybe you’ll have children, maybe you won’t, maybe you’ll divorce at 40, maybe you’ll dance the funky chicken on your 75th wedding anniversary. Whatever you do, don’t congratulate yourself too much or berate yourself, either. Your choices are half chance, so are everybody else’s. Enjoy your body, use it every way you can. Don’t be afraid of it, or what other people think of it, it’s the greatest instrument you’ll ever own.

Dance. Even if you have nowhere to do it but in your own living room.

Read the directions, even if you don’t follow them.

Do NOT read beauty magazines, they will only make you feel ugly.

Get to know your parents, you never know when they’ll be gone for good.

Be nice to your siblings; they are your best link to your past and the people most likely to stick with you in the future.

Understand that friends come and go, but for the precious few you should hold on. Work hard to bridge the gaps in geography in lifestyle because the older you get, the more you need the people you knew when you were young.

Live in New York City once, but leave before it makes you hard; live in Northern California once, but leave before it makes you soft.

Travel.

Accept certain inalienable truths, prices will rise, politicians will philander, you too will get old, and when you do you’ll fantasize that when you were young prices were reasonable, politicians were noble and children respected their elders.

Respect your elders.

Don’t expect anyone else to support you. Maybe you have a trust fund, maybe you’ll have a wealthy spouse; but you never know when either one might run out.

Don’t mess too much with your hair, or by the time you’re 40, it will look 85.

Be careful whose advice you buy, but, be patient with those who supply it. Advice is a form of nostalgia, dispensing it is a way of fishing the past from the disposal, wiping it off, painting over the ugly parts and recycling it for more than it’s worth.

But trust me on the sunscreen. 

And by sneaky I mean you can listen to the whole album!

The new Fleet Foxes album, Helplessness Blues, will officially be released in the UK on 2 May via Bella Union, but is now available to stream from the NPR music website.

Click here to listen.

It’s ever so good.

I CANNOT wait until SLAVVY B times. 

The past few days i’ve been thinking about it a lot ( i have the time, week off work with tonsillitis so i can dream..) thinking about the friends that are out there, and how good Uno’s is. Anyone who hasn’t been needs to head over to Slavonski Brod. It’s not like any where else on the planet, the food, the people, the history, the area… if you haven’t been then spare a few ££ and go. You wouldn’t be wasting a penny, and you’l come back maybe a few pennies short but you will be rich in so many different ways. Get out of your comfort zones and see for yourself first hand what people are like over there, it will be eye opening. 

ANYWHO.. i miss it… a lot and i’m totally excited about heading back there.

I wish i owned a Pashley bicycle please.

£450 yeah?! 

‘Dallas Clayton is single-handedly changing kids’ lives! Not too long ago he wrote “An Awesome Book” about the importance of dreams. Then he started a foundation so that he could give away a copy of the book for each one he sold! He followed that up with his second book “An Awesome Book of Thanks”, and now he is touring the world!’

Basically, you can have a look at the books on his website, but their beautifully illustrated are simple but have a lovely message that some times i think that no matter how old we are, we seem to forget.