Well surprise surprise it's already that time of year when my mood has dropped. New year is not really a time for looking forward, but more a time for looking back on the past year, and realising that nothing has really changed and I have not developed. I can't really look forward when I've got something like that hanging around my neck.
I can look back on the past 2 years and nothing has really changed (well not positively). Don't get me wrong, I haven't got a lot to complain about and I am happy in my job and am doing okay for money but it's my personal life that needs work on. I need some more personal development and I need to be more adventurous, and I think I need to get out and away more. I'm not talking about going to different bars or getting a new hobby, but instead I need to culturally develop myself.
I stay in Thanet all the time, and usually moan that I don't have anytime, when infact I can really do whatever I want at the weekends. I don't make New Year's Resolutions, as they are always destined to fail but I do want to get away each weekend. I intend to jump on the train and visit more places starting with London. I want to do touristy things, visit museums, see the sights, take photos, and then jump on the train and back again.
I am going stale and need this cultural injection.
I usually won't go and do these things by myself, and will usually try and get frinds to come along to anything I organise, but I think I will have to this by myself. I enjoy being social but I also enjoy having my space. I know it may sound like a contradiction of going to somewhere like London and wanting to be by myself but it isn't.
Crazy thinking eh?
I can look back on the past 2 years and nothing has really changed (well not positively). Don't get me wrong, I haven't got a lot to complain about and I am happy in my job and am doing okay for money but it's my personal life that needs work on. I need some more personal development and I need to be more adventurous, and I think I need to get out and away more. I'm not talking about going to different bars or getting a new hobby, but instead I need to culturally develop myself.
I stay in Thanet all the time, and usually moan that I don't have anytime, when infact I can really do whatever I want at the weekends. I don't make New Year's Resolutions, as they are always destined to fail but I do want to get away each weekend. I intend to jump on the train and visit more places starting with London. I want to do touristy things, visit museums, see the sights, take photos, and then jump on the train and back again.
I am going stale and need this cultural injection.
I usually won't go and do these things by myself, and will usually try and get frinds to come along to anything I organise, but I think I will have to this by myself. I enjoy being social but I also enjoy having my space. I know it may sound like a contradiction of going to somewhere like London and wanting to be by myself but it isn't.
Crazy thinking eh?
3 comments:
To be fair to yourself, you did create that list of things you've never done, and managed to cross a few off. The year wasn't a waste. :0)
I love your plan, though. I think it sounds great. Take that wonderful new camera with you and enjoy looking at your same old world differently, or exploring new places in it. Have fun!
Yeah, I have a similar feeling - although currently I'm not that happy job or money wise :-)
My New Year's Resolution, 'Do More Stuff', was in a way very much the same desire for getting out and participating in, well, pretty much anything really.
To me, that doesn't have to be big: walk by an exhibition and actually pop in for a couple of minutes, take a picture, instead of thinking: oh, I really should visit here some time. Or buy a magazine or a paper I usually don't read and actually learn something new.
No, it doesn't sound crazy. It would be crazy if next weekend was over and you hadn't done a single new thing. We want to hear about it now! :-)
Aravis - Yep, I did tick off a few things on my list, but I also skipped quite a few of them. The list only had about 7 things on, and I want to do at least 70 things!!
Nils - I really related to your post, and yes it can be the simple things that can make a lot of difference. There's a lot out there and I need to get involved with it.
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