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Quick note from my solo vacation
I was about to stay in my hotel room because I felt a bit anxious to go out - and even disguised it as laziness. I managed to tell myself "all I'm going to do is go out and then see what happens".
Now I'm back home. I walked around until I decided the noisy outdoors bar I also went to yesterday was the place to be. I enjoyed two drinks and some music to my taste before I got home. I even Shazam'ed a lot of songs and learned that these native people weren't all that open-minded about dancing as I thought - at least not with strangers, even with live music.
There were no single people around except maybe a woman that was dancing during the live performance. I could have asked her to dance but couldn't break out of my shell even in a country where I'm a complete stranger. But now I know for another time to check the area.
The point is that I wouldn't have had this experience if I had not gone out the door. Then I would be asleep with the experience of seeing the inside of my eyelids on my fucking vacation.
"I have new memories because I went out." Get a tattoo of this quote on your brain. This should be the only thing you tell yourself if you even struggle going out your door. Do you want more memories or no memories?
I was about to stay in my hotel room because I felt a bit anxious to go out - and even disguised it as laziness. I managed to tell myself "all I'm going to do is go out and then see what happens".
Now I'm back home. I walked around until I decided the noisy outdoors bar I also went to yesterday was the place to be. I enjoyed two drinks and some music to my taste before I got home. I even Shazam'ed a lot of songs and learned that these native people weren't all that open-minded about dancing as I thought - at least not with strangers, even with live music.
There were no single people around except maybe a woman that was dancing during the live performance. I could have asked her to dance but couldn't break out of my shell even in a country where I'm a complete stranger. But now I know for another time to check the area.
The point is that I wouldn't have had this experience if I had not gone out the door. Then I would be asleep with the experience of seeing the inside of my eyelids on my fucking vacation.
"I have new memories because I went out." Get a tattoo of this quote on your brain. This should be the only thing you tell yourself if you even struggle going out your door. Do you want more memories or no memories?
