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So what exactly makes life more exciting?


I love visiting places like this...
I have just realised – feel free to call me a bit slow – that if I am to make my life more exciting, I need to first identify what those things are that really bring major excitement into my life. If I don't make it clear to myself what I'm actually after, I may as well go about blindfolded trying to find my way from A to B without a clue of where I'm going. And while I'm sure that it would be an unforgettable experience itself trying to find the elusive B, right now I would prefer a more direct approach.

That's not to say I won't enjoy the journey there - journeys are very important - but so are destinations. So what do I need to be doing to feel more alive? What do I need to have in my life to feel that it’s exciting? In the past, what was I doing when I was having fun and really enjoying life?

There's no real contest here. My number one source of excitement is holidaying, exploring new places, feeling that I’m having a wonderful adventure and relaxing away from the daily grind. Hardly surprising as the first major exciting thing I started thinking about and took action on after starting this blog was booking a holiday to a different continent, exploring some of it by foot.

So hey, I’m doing quite well – I have some major fun and excitement to look forward to! The sad news is that I can’t unfortunately afford to holiday like that very often. The next question therefore is, how can I get the same feeling of holidaying and exploring without breaking the bank and taking transatlantic flights so that I could enjoy it more often? 

The obvious answer is that I just need to scale things down quite a bit and make it more affordable; day trips to the seaside, hiking in the Home Counties and exploring those parts of London that I don’t know that well. Brixton may not be quite the same as San Francisco but certainly can be explored. There’s my plan of action for tomorrow – exploring London.

So have a think – what brings most excitement into your life and how could you get more of it?
...but that's not to say that this wouldn't be worth exploring.

 

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