I feel like i’m going through a pretty big stage in mine.

It’s a feeling that’s becoming more apparent day by day, to the point whereby I’ve got so many ideas and thoughts that I feel like I have no choice but to document them in a format which will remain accessible for years to come. Hopefully one day I can sit back and reflect on the choices I’m currently making and the person I am becoming and I will remember writing this, at a time in my life whereby I genuinely feel like the world is my oyster.

I will be the first to admit, I’ve made some pretty questionable life choices. It’s taken me up until now to realise just how much these may have been affected by my past experiences. When I was in secondary school, it felt like every adult seemed to preach the same message - “these are the best years of your life, appreciate them because you don’t know how much they will be missed” Like most people, I shrugged it off. If I could personally approach each and every single person who ever told me this and tell them just how right they were, then I would. I felt nothing short of suppressed for the early half of my teenage years and only really came out of my shell the summer before college. 

Having finished college and with the intention of it being a gap year to clear my head and earn some money, I got a job at a callcenter, selling sky insurance. 12 months later I still had no clue what it was I wanted to do with my life and where I was heading. Since then i’ve worked briefly in another callcenter, spent a whole summer unemployed and fallen in love. As I write this, I’m working for a car insurance company and have been since september 2010, It’s the longest i’ve ever worked in one place and I’m excited about what’s in store from here.

I had a group training session at work recently, which was based upon having a positive mental attitude and seeing yourself as a professional. At first I guess I thought it was going to be a bit of a doss, a day off work in a training room, having a laugh with my work mates. However, in reality, it’s had a massive affect on me as a person and the way I think, not just at work, but also outside of it.

I’ve recently consolidated my debts, have begun researching a potential business idea and I’m happy with my social life as well as my friend circle. I’ve got an intense feeling of positivity at the moment and I plan to capitalise on it. It might have taken me those five years that I lost out on at school, but I think I’ve started to figure it all out.

Regardless of the hype surrounding 2012, I plan to live this summer and this year as if it’s the last one I will ever see.