Do you
ever have those moments where you’re sat on your sofa watching TV and you just
think, ‘what am I doing with my life?!’
Everyone knows I like to work hard and play hard, and spend my time off
work at gigs, festivals, chatting and laughing all night with friends,
etc. But that’s not enough. I want to do more, see more, experience
more! I want to meet as many people as
possible, visit as many places as possible, see as much as possible, hear as
much as possible, eat as many different things as possible. I want to explore. I want to experience as much as possible. I want adventure and I want excitement!
We only
live once and it’s getting closer to my birthday and I’m just thinking, ‘why am
I not doing more?’, ‘why am I wasting my life sat alone watching rubbish?!’
(actually I watch very little TV, but you know what I mean). I work 6 days a week and spend my few hours
free a day chatting with friends and family (which is very valuable, and fun, indeed),
watching TV/DVD’s, playing piano/guitar, and I’m thinking how have I limited
myself to just this?! Why am I spending
my free time sat around on my own?! Yes I
know I’ve been to many countries (Japan, Singapore, South Africa, Gambia, all
over Europe) but there’s so many places I’ve not been yet, especially in the
UK, and more importantly there’s lots I can do randomly just on a day off or a
few hours off (for instance, when was the last time I walked on the beach at dusk, did something which scared me, or just tried a different brand of baked beans!?).
So,
question; why aren’t I doing all this??
Answer; there isn’t one!
So today
I’ve reminded myself to live as much as possible. And I want your help!! I want suggestions of what I can do,
or even, what I need to do! -suggestions of things to do/see/experience/hear/eat, etc etc!!
I’m
starting this month and by the end of November I hope to watch the sunrise, watch
the sunset, sleep outside (if there’s a clear night so I can see the stars),
open a page of a map of the Midlands and Yorkshire and stick a pin in and go where the pin lands, and hopefully even go to an airport with nothing planned and get on the next (affordable!)
flight for a few days!
And I will of course be blogging about all the random things I get up to!
P.S. Can someone local to the Grimsby area suggest
a good place to watch the sun rise or set please?!
Do a skydive! I may also know of someone that would do it with you....
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ReplyDeleteohhhh skydive...never something I've wonted to do, would scare me no end..but that in itself is probably a reason to do it!!
ReplyDeleteOur sunset spot is on the northern edge of the Wolds - it feels as if you can see half of Lincolnshire (and there is even one spot from which you can actually see both Lincoln Cathedral and the Humber Bridge). On the Lincoln road just out of Caistor turn left at the Salutation and drive for a couple of miles through the village and then up hill...
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