A good piece of advice can change your life. Do you agree?

Throughout my life, I, most likely like you, have been given hundreds (maybe even thousands) of pieces of advice. These wise words, given by friends, family members, teachers, strangers, and those who I look up to, have changed my life in unimaginable ways.

One important thing I’ve learnt throughout my entire 14-year life, is the importance of friends and friendship.

When you’re down, your friends should be the first people asking you if you’re okay and listening to you rant about your problems.

When you’re at your best, they should be the ones cheering you on from the sidelines, making fun of you in any blank moment.

They should make you laugh, make you smile, push you, inspire you, and teach you something new every single day.

When it comes to travelling, there's nothing easy about it. While planning for a trip is often exciting and exhilarating, all the stress seems to kick in when it comes to packing. Is it just me?

Ever since I was a kid, packing for a trip, whether it was a day-trip, sleepover or full on holiday, was one of the most stressful things! I found myself writing massive winding lists of everything I could possibly think of needing, only to realise once we got there that I’d forgotten a bunch of stuff we needed and had squashed my suitcase shut full of unnecessary crap! Anyone else relate?

I remember my very first day of high school, and all the preparation that went into organising my brand new school bag. I was convinced that I needed a solution to every problem, an item for every scenario and practically packed my entire life into my backpack!

Looking back, I realise how much of a mistake that was, and how carrying an unnecessary 10 kilos on my shoulders created one big mess.

Now in year 9, I still carry a backpack (since I’m not all too interested in handbags and tote bags), and have gotten the real hang of packing the necessities, as well as some extras just in case!

Isn’t relaxing great!?

Experiencing the feeling of having nothing to do, and being able to sit around all day binging netflix, watching youtube and playing video games can be such a relief!

However, while getting a break from busy, productive, stressful and exhausting everyday life can be a real blessing, I could only think of one thing worse than doing just that. Being bored.