You can normally tell you're in trouble when you start hoping to hear from someone when they're not around or after you've only just seen them.
When that person is a friend or if the situation isn't right, it's usually best to back off for a while and let nature take it's course.
Sometimes just the simple act of getting it out there, can be the first step to moving on.
Hopefully this has just come about because I'm about to leave and am getting all lovey dovey...
Either way, it's time to back off.......
<(^^<)<(^^)>(>^^)>
Monday, 2 January 2012
Saturday, 24 December 2011
Quick Comparison
Christmas List 1992 Adam :
Basketball Cards
Bike Parts
Super Soaker
Baseball Mitt
Basketball Ring
8 Year Old Nephew's Christmas List 2011 :
PS2 Memory Card
Laptop
Bike
Scooter
Grand Theft Auto ( Not San Andreas or Liberty City)
PS2
Plasma or 3D TV
Lounge
PS1
Alarm Clock
Radio
Mp4 Player
iPad 2
iPad 1
iPad 3
USB 4 Gig
Good Luck Generation Z......
Basketball Cards
Bike Parts
Super Soaker
Baseball Mitt
Basketball Ring
8 Year Old Nephew's Christmas List 2011 :
PS2 Memory Card
Laptop
Bike
Scooter
Grand Theft Auto ( Not San Andreas or Liberty City)
PS2
Plasma or 3D TV
Lounge
PS1
Alarm Clock
Radio
Mp4 Player
iPad 2
iPad 1
iPad 3
USB 4 Gig
Good Luck Generation Z......
Wednesday, 21 December 2011
Finally!!
Well my last day of work is finally over. Now the nervous excitement is kicking in...Reality is about to shovel me in the face!
Straight away the doubt starts to surface. Do I have enough money? Am I ready to go? Do I WANT to go? Will I have trouble meeting people and making friends?? Everything has been thought and re-thought. At the end of the day, it's nothing but fear getting in the way of things changing....
Change is the most inevitable and natural thing in life, yet no one particularly enjoys it, and it boils down to fear. Fear of the unknown, fear that things might be worse, or make things worse. Fear that things will never be as good as they once were. Fear of failure, rejection, regression, fear of getting out of our comfort zones and doing things. It's easier said than done.
I have been back home now for two years. In that time change has been an almost permanent part of my life.
When I came back from my last trip in NZ I was heartbroken. I was miserable and depressed. I was completely spent, worn out, anti-social, and void of any energy to start again. I was completely unable to let go and move on.
When the fear that you've lost the best thing that has come into your life enters your head, the hopefulness that better things are out there disappears. When that hopefulness goes, you stop trying. When you stop trying, nothing happens. When nothing happens you feel worse and the cycle continues.....
Eventually though I regrouped, made a plan and tried to slowly get stuck into life again. It took a lot longer than I had hoped, but I finally got to where I wanted and needed to be.
Contentment.
I have a lot more self assurance and confidence which before I thought I didn't have.
I have people who I didn't even know existed a few years ago and now I consider them like family. I have relatives and a clique of close mates who I can trust and be myself around and would do anything for. For that reason alone coming back and regrouping was worth it.
Ironically, the very thing I needed when I returned home, is now a roadblock to my development.
For years I saw contentment and comfort zones as a form of stagnation. The easiest way to get into a rut I thought, is to be willing to live in the bubbles we create for ourselves and never push our boundaries.
How can we find out about ourselves if we never test ourselves??
According to my toilet door, you shouldn't confuse comfort with happiness.
I have learnt that contentment and stagnation are poles apart. It is essential to keep that support in place and hold onto those roots, wherever you are. But I think it is also critical to strive to push ourselves, and not be scared to reach out of our comfort zones and pursue our goals.
It's all about balance, and really, that's what life is. Timing and balance.
The last two years have gotten me to where I need to be. But now it's time to explore, find adventure, learn, live and experience what's out there.
But for all those people in my life. Thanks for making my time back so special (even if I did hibernate a lot while I was working)
I love you.
I could not be happier and more excited.
:D
Honourable Mention...
Straight away the doubt starts to surface. Do I have enough money? Am I ready to go? Do I WANT to go? Will I have trouble meeting people and making friends?? Everything has been thought and re-thought. At the end of the day, it's nothing but fear getting in the way of things changing....
Change is the most inevitable and natural thing in life, yet no one particularly enjoys it, and it boils down to fear. Fear of the unknown, fear that things might be worse, or make things worse. Fear that things will never be as good as they once were. Fear of failure, rejection, regression, fear of getting out of our comfort zones and doing things. It's easier said than done.
I have been back home now for two years. In that time change has been an almost permanent part of my life.
When I came back from my last trip in NZ I was heartbroken. I was miserable and depressed. I was completely spent, worn out, anti-social, and void of any energy to start again. I was completely unable to let go and move on.
When the fear that you've lost the best thing that has come into your life enters your head, the hopefulness that better things are out there disappears. When that hopefulness goes, you stop trying. When you stop trying, nothing happens. When nothing happens you feel worse and the cycle continues.....
Eventually though I regrouped, made a plan and tried to slowly get stuck into life again. It took a lot longer than I had hoped, but I finally got to where I wanted and needed to be.
Contentment.
I have a lot more self assurance and confidence which before I thought I didn't have.
I have people who I didn't even know existed a few years ago and now I consider them like family. I have relatives and a clique of close mates who I can trust and be myself around and would do anything for. For that reason alone coming back and regrouping was worth it.
Ironically, the very thing I needed when I returned home, is now a roadblock to my development.
For years I saw contentment and comfort zones as a form of stagnation. The easiest way to get into a rut I thought, is to be willing to live in the bubbles we create for ourselves and never push our boundaries.
How can we find out about ourselves if we never test ourselves??
According to my toilet door, you shouldn't confuse comfort with happiness.
I have learnt that contentment and stagnation are poles apart. It is essential to keep that support in place and hold onto those roots, wherever you are. But I think it is also critical to strive to push ourselves, and not be scared to reach out of our comfort zones and pursue our goals.
It's all about balance, and really, that's what life is. Timing and balance.
The last two years have gotten me to where I need to be. But now it's time to explore, find adventure, learn, live and experience what's out there.
But for all those people in my life. Thanks for making my time back so special (even if I did hibernate a lot while I was working)
I love you.
I could not be happier and more excited.
:D
Honourable Mention...
Thursday, 8 December 2011
Wednesday, 30 November 2011
It's Nearly Time
Well not long now. In just over a month I'll be on my way to my next big adventure, namely Canada.
I haven't been getting nervous or over excited yet, as I still need to concentrate on working to get my funds up. Every so often though I like to sit back and relax an let my mind wander to the countless possibilities and adventure that is waiting for me over there.
When I hear this song I'm in awe every listen, even though I've heard it a million times.
This is my travel song, and now I'd like to share it with you :)
Other songs to travel to :
Jackson Jackson : Atlantis
The Cribs : I've Tried Everything
Dido : Sand In My Shoes (What a fox too!)
Footy Players
Off to the gym....
Better wear a BinTang singlet to show off my guns and let everyone know me and the footy boys have been to Bali....
Better wear a BinTang singlet to show off my guns and let everyone know me and the footy boys have been to Bali....
Monday, 28 November 2011
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