Most seem to be doing this photo collage for last year so I decided to join in.
Okay, I have posted this on my social network sites before I got round to putting on here and only now I have realized it is not very true to it's title. These Photo's were taken on my iPhone 4S which I only had in September, So really it's a collage of 5 months of 2013. Whoops
But looking back it must of been a very busy fun packed 5 months even though I thought I led a rather boring, normal life. OKAY it is normal very normal.
But for me it was a giant step in the right direction.
Lets start from the beginning, before the photo's shown above I had a job with my mother delivering hundred of company parcels a day, I decided to ask for professional help with my driving and took my test not long after. Thinking and saying to my instructor I really did not feel confident in driving by myself (really I wished I could but I just didn't think my judgement and timing were matching together as well as should of been) but he urged me to atleast try seen as I passed my theory easily and at least I would know what it was like.
I still swear to this day that, the morning of my test I felt nervous as everyone did but not terrified nervous and it just 'clicked' everyone said you will know when it just 'clicks' one day ( I thought they were talking a load of waffles)
But Nope, Lesson 1 - Believe in yourself, the best surprise is surprising yourself
Next step I was always on the look out for a more reliable job, as in all my classes for work experience I ended up being shoved into an 'admin assistant' job and I was qualified I.T Literate I thought I would try for some admin jobs. They may gain me good skills to actually progress to the job I want.
I got a job within 3 weeks of passing my driving test. (Could not believe my luck)
Lesson 2- Think it's beneath you or only want what you want in life? why not give something offered to you a try? You will gain skills and it will help you know for sure if it's not what you want or maybe it's a step towards what you want!
As I only just started my new job and I was paying rent on my savings to start, a expensive or new car was not reachable for me, I had, had a previous car which I first learnt to drive in and already had insurance on so I believed they would lower it once I passed, but no they tripled it and made it impossible to pay a deposit that big and pay for normal life.
I sold that car and bought a two door similar version of my previous car in a light baby blue, I loved it. It was quirky and square which I hated in cars but I felt like this car suited me.
Turns out the 'mate' that sold it to us was either dumbly clueless or mean. The car was in need of TLC and was very unfair to sell to a first time driver. (litrally the first time I had drove since my test 5 weeks ago)
Lesson 3 - Not everyone in or everything in life is fair. But sometimes that's a great learning Curve.
Me and my partner started looking for places to rent together, we viewed one I had fallen in love with over the internet but really ever heard the saying 'Don't judge a book by it's cover' well this was exactly that but not in a good way.
Someone took that flat just as we asked for another viewing just to make sure not the one for us. My partner found a large apartment listed in a small place on the internet in the very much sort after seaside town by us.
We thought it was too good to be true, it even came fully furnished. This was the ONE but in home version. It was defiantly 'us', we were against 15 others downsized to 4 to view, we were the second to view and as we met the couple we all seemed pretty happy with each other.
The couple agreed if we decided we wanted the place by the next evening they would stop the next viewing, after not so much talking cause we fell in love. We agreed and two weeks later we were through the moving in progress.
Lesson 4 - Don't Judge a book by it's cover
Now we live very happily together just spent our first Christmas together, a nice quiet NYE
With big Expectations for this year coming up
First Holiday Abroad!
New Better Car
Meeting new people
Get better at this Blogging
&
Hopefully have fun along the way.
Happy New Year
Charlotte
