(Music)
(Sheila) I definitely feel I'm a different person now to how I was a year ago.
This has been the most beneficial year to me, its been the year where I think I've grown the most and realised the most about myself
I've just become comfortable with who I am and what I naturally do.
I think that’s why I'm not afraid of the future, because I'm not afraid of me anymore.
Year Dot has helped a lot with believing in myself because you're kind of just laying yourself bare out there and people are going to comment on that.
Oh they keep popping up! Erm, Gareth said don’t go all commercial, you're way too good already.
Oh my God there's loads, ah!
Sam K just said I'm smoking hot!
The feedback of Year Dot was brilliant. I don’t know being able to hear what people think was great and it's real opinions and it's real honesty.
Obviously my aims at the beginning of Year Dot were very music related and no I didn’t get signed and I'm not sure if I want to get signed anymore
but I definitely think most of the goals that I set myself musically I actually did manage to achieve, Which is pretty good in a year!
Sheila Singing)
(Sheila) Musically I felt I was just in a rut. When it came down to choosing whether to take that route and write these commercial songs I really couldn’t do it.
I thought, is music making me happy right now? And it wasn’t. If it was I would have continued with it,
but it just felt like another thing bringing me down.
(Sheila Singing)
The most massive downfall was breaking up with my boyfriend. That really hit me hard.
But that was definitely a really, really low time and I still get emotional over it.
(Sheila Singing)
(Sheila) It made me look at my life and go, right, what is there?
I was just very dreamy and idealistic back then I think.
I'm definitely a different person but I think that’s just part of growing up.
I've lost parts of me but I don’t think I want them back. I kind of like where I am right now, strangely.
Hey everyone, I've got a pretty big announcement to make...
A huge factor of going to university this year was to escape and to get away from everything that has happened over the last couple of months.
It's just a fresh start almost.
I almost see all these years leading up to university as not life yet. It almost prepares you for actually living...
I think I've learnt to just trust life in where it’s going to take me because its taken me on a hell of a rollercoaster journey so far but actually its been for the best.
I think I've changed mostly because of the amount of experiences I've had because of Year Dot and because of Year Dot being there.
I don’t think maturity comes with age, I think it comes with experience.
I've been able to watch other people and how they cope with situations knowing that we're all kind of in this together. I think the whole of the Year Dotters feel very close...
They're sharing something very special. And I'm very glad to be a part of that.