Okay so I've already covered the 'I'm growing up aah what am I doing with my life' thing in my previous post, and well and truly established that the fact that I am, indeed, growing up.
This blog post is not going to be a 'when I grow up I want to be...' one, as the title might suggest, but one of people I idolise/inspire me - not what you thought huh?!
Why that title then?
Well it struck me that seeing as I'm growing up, role models have become a big part of my life, and are an important part in anyone's teenage life. So I thought I would make a post about all of my role models (the 3 main ones and 2 little ones) and why they inspire me.
I also thought it would be a slightly different/more interesting post to do, and I'll stick some youtubey bits in there too!
Here we gooo!:
Inspiration/Role model/Idol (whatever you want to call it) number 1:
Paloma Faith.
Paloma Faith is my favourite singer, and she inspires me everyday to basically not give two hoots what anyone thinks of you. She's one of the craziest, funniest people ever and people have mixed opinions on her - but as I said, she doesn't care!
I'm pretty crazy and, as I've said before, have a different taste in almost everything to pretty much all my friends, so I relate to Paloma. And quite often if I choose an outfit that I love, but other people might think is a bit odd, and don't know whether to wear it or not, I think 'What would Paloma do?' and then wear it. (I also think 'What if I see Paloma when I'm out and I look really boring?!' which is a fairly big worry of mine!)
She is the Queen of looking good, she wears the craziest/most incredible things and looks amazing all the time (I mean seriously she could wear a bin bag and still look amazing! What is her secret?!)
Reasons to love Paloma 1: She can blooming well sing! If you don't believe me, or disagree, if you would care to listen to this:
Love only leaves you lonely
Reasons to love Paloma 2: She always puts on the most amazing performances (I've seen her three times, and I consider all three to be three of the best nights of my life so far!)
I'd rather be an old man's sweetheart
Reasons to love Paloma 3: She dressed up as different people and interviewed herself!
Interview with herself
Reasons to love Paloma 4: She's hilarious!
Best moments
Best moments 2
Reasons to love Paloma 5: She has the most amazing house
Paloma Faith's Journey to the Brits
Inspiration/Role model/Idol (whatever you want to call it) number 2:
Jack and Finn (Jacksgap).
Jack and Finn are 20 year old identical twin brothers who are Youtubers (do videos for Youtube and get paid for it). They have a channel called 'Jacksgap' with 3 million subscribers, that was started off by Jack in his gap year (hence the name Jacksgap) but is now co-owned by Finn.
They are my favourite Youtubers, not only because they make amazing videos, but also because they really inspire me.
Reasons to love Jack and Finn number 1: They do so much for charity
The Rainbow Centre
South Africa Comic Relief
Using Social Media for Change
The Rickshaw Run
The Rickshaw Run - Trailer
Reasons to love Jack and Finn number 2: They're only 20, and have already been to so many places
Rome 2012
Ibiza
A Day in New York
My Bucket List
Reasons to love Jack and Finn number 3: They make me laugh
Twin Telepathy
Snail Mail 3
Inappropriate megaphoning
Meeting Daily Grace
Twin Cook Off
Reasons to love Jack and Finn number 4: They're really good at making films
Finn's Revenge
Reasons to love Jack and Finn number 5: They have already achieved 3 million subscribers! (this is their 2 million subs video because they haven't done a 3 million subs video yet grr!)
2 million subscribers
Inspiration/Role model/Idol (whatever you want to call it) number 3:
JK Rowling.
Author of my favourite book series, Harry Potter.
JK Rowling is a definite role model and inspiration to me, in many different ways. She is a truly incredible lady, and has been through her fair share of crap!
Reasons to love JK Rowling number 1: She had depression, and got through it.
During writing Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, JK Rowling was diagnosed with clinical depression. She wrote the first book of the series in cafes, with her baby daughter asleep next to her. At times she felt suicidal, and used these feelings for her inspiration for the characters of the Dementors (creatures which feed of human happiness, and suck it out of the wizard and/or muggle (non-wizard), along with it's soul. The only way to rid of a dementor is to cast it away with a happy memory).
You can read more about her battle with depression here:
JK Rowling interview
Reasons to love JK Rowling number 3: Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone was turned down by 12 publishers. Who are all probably constantly kicking themselves now. Good. They should be ashamed! One of the reasons was because they thought a woman would not be able to write such a story, hence why she is known as JK Rowling and not Joanne Kathleen Rowling, her full name The K (Kathleen) part was her grandma's name and was added in, because it sounds more like a man. Talk about sexist.
Reasons to love Joanne Kathleen Rowling number 4: She was pretty much completely penniless before the first book was released, struggling to support both her and her daughter. To go from that to a millionaire is pretty incredible if you ask me!
Reasons to love Joanne Kathleen Rowling number 5: She temporarily lost her billionaire status, because of donating so much money to charity.
Besides these three main ones, I also have two mini ones who are:
Evanna Lynch (who plays Luna Lovegood in Harry Potter): because before she was in Harry Potter she was a massive Potterhead (absolutely loves Harry Potter). When Harry Potter and The Order of the Phoenix book came out, Evanna was planning on going to the book release, however was rushed to hospital due to her anorexia. She dreamed of being in Harry Potter, but never thought she would.
However she overcame her anorexia, and was in Harry Potter - so you know, anything is possible (well besides turning into a unicorn but you get my drift).
Louise Pentland (SprinkleofGlitter): who's a Youtuber. She inspires me and, I know, definitely one of my friends hugely, because she basically just says to be yourself and not care what anyone else says about your size, personality etc. She's mainly a 'beauty guru' on Youtube, but she also does a lot of slightly 'deeper' videos such as:
and she's also flipping hilarious and super pretty!
She has also just started a series with her best friend Zoe (Zoella - also a Youtuber) called Chummy Chatter, where they talk about some very serious topics. They are pretty inspiring videos (probably for slightly older teenagers) but they are worth a look.
So there you have it! My role models/inspirations/idols/whatever you want to call them, the people I am growing up beside.
I hope this was a slightly more interesting blog post than normal, sorry it took so long! Putting all the videos in took a while haha!:)
Love
Elspeth x
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