Alison
My problem is, I know I want to travel. Holidays have always been one of my favourite yearly activities so the last two years without a family holiday that wasn't just back to Scotland have showed me just how much I need to see the world. But other than knowing that, I'm not too good at planning. I'm too academic to have any cares about any other aspect of my life. City Living? Probably. Country living? Probably not. House or flat? Depends on the travel. It all worries me but completely excites me at the same time.
I'm also planning on becoming healthier. I suppose this is more of a current thing than future thing, but the trip showed me results I liked and I want to maintain this. (I came home feeling energised and being told I looked like I'd toned up and lost weight). My mum and I are working on this together, with lots more water (with a helping hand from our new water infusion bottles), healthier meals, and more exercise. For the exercise we've both got a couple of apps and websites that we use, if you'd like to know these let me know in the comments, or tweet us, and you might see a post about it!
Really though, I think that the only thing I know for sure is that I'm going to take what comes at me and make it into an adventure. And yes, I know that's a cliche line that is even making me cringe! But I just don't see the point in living a life I don't enjoy? Might as well have fun and find out as much as I can - I've always been the one wanting to know more and try more.
Who knows what the future holds?
I (Alison) have spent the last two days in the car for long periods of time falling asleep. My parents actually went to a car showroom yesterday and left me in the car asleep (alone I might add) with the windows down while people looked in at me laughing! (Thanks a lot Mum and Dad!!)
Aside from the tiredness, we feel that we both got a lot out of the trip, and as with so much of what we experience, would definitely recommend it! But one thing I got to thinking about, with the change in lifestyle, was how our lives are going to change over time. (Especially in the next few years with college and university potentially leading to moving away etc). So here, we're going to share some of our current plans for the future, and one day we can look back and see what happened and what didn't.
Sabrina
See you soon with another blog post,
- Alison and Sabrina
I want to find a job that genuinely interests me. The thought of being stuck in an average 9-5 job, sat behind a desk all day, is horrible to me. I don't want to dedicate a lot of my life to something that I don't feel passionate about. They say that if you have a genuine interest in something then it helps you create better work whilst doing it. I find that to be very accurate, so I want to make sure that whatever career I do eventually find, I genuinely enjoy it.
Sonder - n. the realisation that each random passerby is living a life as vivid and complex as your own.
I want to move to the city. Whether that's London or New York, or just any other largely-populated place. I've lived in the countryside for most of my life, and I want to be able to experience something different. Whenever I've visited London, I've loved the buzz of the city vibes. I love the feeling of sonder, so one of my life goals is to live in the city to experience the people, places, and opportunities, and just throw myself into the deep end.
I want to make the most of the opportunities I'm given. I want to travel the world, I want to seize the moments I've been given, even if that involves signing up for those competitions that you know you barely have a chance at winning. Forgive me for this, but the term "yolo" actually has a valid concept (in my opinion anyway). You only live once, and then you die. That's why you have to make the most of the opportunities you've been given, as that way you'll learn more, grow more, experience more.
I also want to learn how to cut ties from toxic relationships. Even if it hurts on both ends, if I feel that a friendship or relationship isn't working, I want to learn how to remove those toxic people from my life. By "toxic" I mean those that bring me down, that don't support me, that make me feel worthless/stupid/wrong whenever I express opinions or ideas. No one needs people like that in their life, and I want to make sure that I know how to act when I come across those people.
"Do whatever you have to do to be happy" - one of my life mottos, courtesy of Dan Howell. I live by this quote, and I feel that it is incredibly important to be happy. Whether that is quitting a job you dislike, moving to a new place, taking more opportunities, or cutting out the negativity in your life. You can't waste your life wallowing in sadness and not bother trying to change it. You have to seize the life you've been given, embrace the void of possibilities and have the courage to exist.