A month after turning 15, I had my first photo shoot to start building my own modelling portfolio. I also had the wrong idea of what it took to be a model.

I can’t remember if it was then, or a few months before that I considered the possibility of becoming a ‘fashion journalist’ when I grew up. Well, the idea stuck. When it came to choosing GCSE options and answering then question ‘So what do you want to do after high school?!’, the idea of being a reporter of fashion later in my life seemed to fit. And, I had opportunities, with building my modelling portfolio and trying to gain experience as a model, I was invited to walk in a few shows in London for designers debuting their collections. I got to meet and talk with all sorts of people, designers, hair stylists, make-up artists, event organisers and extremely camp ‘choreographers’. I had the opportunity to start writing about what I had experienced, it was suggested that I start my own online blog — I could use it as practice for writing about fashion and get myself into a routine of updating it regularly.

But I never started it, and I have no excuse for not starting it either. Maybe I was too ‘young’, or was too busy focusing on school (I wasn't), or maybe I was just procrastinating. Yep, probably just procrastinating.

So, two and a half years late, here I am: 17, no longer modelling and starting my own blog. I decided today, (after completing season four of Sex and The City and perhaps feeling a little over-inspired by Ms Bradshaw) that I should just start now. Maybe I won’t blog or write about fashion, maybe it won’t even be good. But if I don’t start now then I most likely never will. And if I don’t try to stick at it, then I’ll end up just doing something that I’m good at but only for the sake of being good at it, and not for the sake of enjoying and being passionate about what I’m doing. Then, I’d just grow old and life would get in the way of what I actually wanted to do and I’d be miserable forever. (Okay, so, that was over the top but you get my point)