Get out more

this week I went to the botanic garden to admire the plant of the month: a beautiful passiflora growing in the glasshouse. Want to make the effort to go there at least once a month :)

i still spend much time indoors. i sleep a lot in the afternoon, cause i go to bed very late, about 2 am. otherwise i am in the internets and i always have bad mood, kind of want-to-do-nothing mood.
however, what i`ve done recently:
-went to see some chinese movie
- visited a classical music concert
-went to the theatre
- visited Lenin`s museum
-started going in for swimming
- went to the shops
- ate out

next week i am going to the champion`s league match vs barcelona, which is really exciting. i started to like soccer recently, again. it`s great to feel you have something in common with so many people .

Since my last update I went out for a meal followed by the talk about this very dark painting about the frailty of human life.

Earlier this month I realized I was spending too much time at home – lost in the internet reading sites at random. And this made me so sad. This is not really how I want to spend my free time. I want to enjoy the city I live and go for walks in the countryside. Enjoy the things I like doing instead of reading about them/looking at pretty photos from the comfort of my home.

After making my decision to get out more, so far this month I’ve been to the movies 3 times (Up, The invention of Lying, The Imaginarium of Dr Parnassus), I’ve been to restaurants 3 or 4 times, been to a concert and to my favourite museum… so I’m making up for lost time!

This week I still want to go to a talk about a painting and perhaps catch another free concert. Hope to update this frequently from now on :)

I have pretty bad social anxiety, so I usually spend all my time inside, freaking out. It seems like the only time I leave is to go to a happy hour, or whatever. But I really want to quit drinking.

I need to find constructive ways of spending my time outside of the house, so I can meet people and maybe finally get that social network I so desperately want.

I’m not a “people person” and I’m kind of sensitive, but if I just stay in the house all day, I get in a really crappy mood! Volunteering has helped, so I’m thinking of signing up for more things that will get me out of the house (worthwhile reasons, not just shopping!)

A good start might be walking outside, or finding a place to hike – I love nature.

I’m not anti social but sometimes I’m just to lazy to go out after a day or school or just don’t feel like being around people. Now starting this school year I plan on going out to a bar with friend or something once a week. Just hang out more instead of sitting at home.

Ok i’m getting out!! went to exmoor and a few other places, also going to a concert in September so i’m actually doing this!
Yay me!!
But i’m not ready to check this off yet, i will check it when i meet up with my best mate to take the pup for a walk, something i’ve been putting off for a while.
So once i’ve done that this goal is complete.

kinda scared myself this morning when i actually went out and sat in the garden, made me realise i’ve hardly been outside this summer let alone go out on outings!!
Need to get out there, so this weekend – Exmoor.

Visited Whitewater WI to go hang gliding. The experience was a lot of fun and the town was fairly picturesque.