IMPLEMENTING MY NEW YEARS RESOLUTION
One of my New Years resolutions this year is to be more adventurous. By that I mean putting myself out there more, focusing on trying new things and having as much fun as possible. I know this may seem like a weird time to be thinking about New Years resolutions but this is normally the time that people start to lose sight of them. I was never really one for resolutions until last year, where I really took time to make a list in my bullet journal at the beginning of the year and made a point to check in with them every month. So this year I wanted to do the same thing.
For some reason recently I've felt such a a strong urge to just do things. I want to explore more, try more new things, have more life experiences. I'm not 100% where this feeling has come from; honestly it's quite new to me. I never had a rebellious stage, never went through that stage where you go a bit wild and do some crazy things. And that's okay. Those kind of things never appealed to me when I was younger. I was happy just doing my thing, hanging out with my friends and playing board games. I was probably a bit boring but that's what I enjoyed. However recently, I've wanted to start being a bit more crazy. Now, I don't mean I want to go completely off the rails. But I want to be a bit less of a home body.
I think in the past, I've sometimes held myself back from being a bit reckless for two reasons. Firstly, I genuinely enjoy being at home. I always have; so it's never really been a case of regretting not going out, I don't really get FOMO. But I think sometimes I hold myself back because I don't have confidence in my ability to do things. I'm generally not great at doing practical things. Or at least that's how I think about myself, reality or not. I'm not very strong (yet, I have just started going to the gym), I'm not very good at sports and I absolutely freeze up when people watch me do anything, even something I know how to do.
But it's a vicious circle because I don't feel confident because I don't have the experience of putting myself out there, but because of that I don't put myself out there and build that confidence. It's also a bit trickier now that I'm a little older. For starters, I'm an adult with responsibilities. I don't have kids but I do have a job and rent to pay. I also constantly seem to have errands to run. What is that about? Why does adulting involve so many errands? Also, a lot of my friends are more interested in staying in nowadays. And that's perfectly fine, it's just unfortunate that my timing is off.
So in order to see through my New Years resolution, I've been making a conscious effort to do two things. Firstly, I want to try at least one new thing every month. So far, I've tried skiing, sledding, a pottery class and ridden on the back of a motorcycle, just to name a few things (some things are better left off the internet haha). I'm also planning a trip to Wales in September to go on the world's fastest zip-line and hike up Snowden. And in May I'm doing a fundraising challenge with my dad, where we'll be sailing from Cork to Southampton on a tall ship. I've really focused on finding new things to try and actually giving them a shot. The second thing I'm doing is saying yes when my friends ask if anyone is up for the cinema, to get a drink, to hang out etc. Yes, I am here and I am up for anything.
Jane x