However, by myself, I will not change the world. But my making small changes to the things that I do and aim to achieve, I want to turn my life around for the better.
Now don't get me wrong, there is nothing dramatically wrong with the life that I currently lead. I had a good upbringing, I attended University and graduated with a 2.1 (which I still can't quite wrap my head around), I have a close knit family, my friends are fantastic and overall I'm pretty happy with the way things are.
BUT. Yes, there is a big but.. There's one or two things missing. Due to a recent break up with my boyfriend of two years doubled up with certain family issues, I've been encouraged to take a step back and evaluate what it is that I'm actually doing with my life. What do I want from my time on Earth? What do I want to achieve? What am I doing for me? I don't mean for that to sound selfish, I know it's not all about me. But if I want to get the most out of this life that I'm living, there does have to be an aspect of doing things for myself and doing them because I want to.
So.. I'm off to Asia and Australia in the New Year for 3 months.
Quite a drastic one to start with, but traveling has always been something that I've wanted to do, yet I've always come up with a reason to put it on hold. Now that I'm single and free to do what I want without compromise, I am finally doing it.
Being single is still something that I'm adjusting to, but if one of the perks of going solo is that I get to see and experience new places on the other side of the world, well.. I'm all for it to be perfectly honest.
So that's one of the changes that I'm making in my life. I'm doing something that I have been so keen to do since I can remember. I'm leaving the country for 3 months and exploring parts of the world that I've only dreamed of visiting. I'll be going with one of my best friends, and I'm so excited that we're going to spend 12 weeks of our lives together, traveling and exploring the other side of the world. So far, our planning is going well. We have ensured that our travel insurance covers all eventualities, including getting eaten by an alligator, and we have been assured that at no time will we will be traveling on a plane that is 'so small that it has those propeller things on the front'.
I'll be sad to leave my parents and pooch behind, but I have a feeling that once I'm out there, I won't want to come back! My Dad is even considering signing up to 'facetube' as he calls it, so that he can track my travels and see my photos. Maybe we'll just stick to email and phone calls as I'm obviously behind on this social network business and am not yet a member of facetube!
Although this isn't a common change, such as changing my shampoo brand or going on a detox (it's been 3 weeks since I've had chocolate and alcohol..), I think this will be what they call a 'life changing experience'.
Apparently it's the little things you do that make all the difference, but I think the big things are pretty effective too.
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