<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8970770434062088372</id><updated>2012-01-17T16:57:33.499-08:00</updated><title type='text'>The Devil Wears Primark</title><subtitle type='html'></subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://bottomoftheladder.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8970770434062088372/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://bottomoftheladder.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>XOXO</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14979444079393880950</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>1</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8970770434062088372.post-1932092036274074463</id><published>2012-01-17T16:55:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2012-01-17T16:55:39.961-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Hello Blogging World!</title><content type='html'>Well, the first post is always the hardest to write! I am an aspiring writer, hoping to break into the magazine business, but by documenting my highs and lows on the way!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I've decided I'm probably going to keep myself to myself identity-wise as I feel a lot more confident when nobody knows that it's me that has written something. I know I need to get a backbone, become 'gutsy' as they say, and just get on with it. But it is no secret that this is a competitive business.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I'm envious of people who seem to have natural talents. I've seen a few blogs on the internet of girls the same age as me who have thousands of followers, and I wonder how they do it?! I need to find my area of expertise. I don't think I'm a bad writer, but I need to find confidence and an area I feel comfortable writing about.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I'm currently at uni trying my hardest to get a degree,&amp;nbsp;among a few&amp;nbsp;competitive, power-hungry girls. They are lovely people to be friends with, but I can tell that when you cut to the chase, some of these girls would would forget about you in a New York second if it meant getting an opportunity to advance.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I guess ambition is never a bad thing to have, but there are times when it just becomes a bit of an ugly trait. Thankfully there only a handful of people like this I can say I know, but sometimes it can make me feel a bit down in the dumps and inadequate.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In an industry where everyone is out for themselves, where will the girl who is too scared to speak out find herself?&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8970770434062088372-1932092036274074463?l=bottomoftheladder.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://bottomoftheladder.blogspot.com/feeds/1932092036274074463/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://bottomoftheladder.blogspot.com/2012/01/hello-blogging-world.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8970770434062088372/posts/default/1932092036274074463'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8970770434062088372/posts/default/1932092036274074463'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://bottomoftheladder.blogspot.com/2012/01/hello-blogging-world.html' title='Hello Blogging World!'/><author><name>XOXO</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14979444079393880950</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry></feed>
