Be careful what you wish for...
Written 27th December 2024
Since 1997 on a budget holiday to Tenerife, I thought I'd like to eventually live in the sun. Somewhere without the cold, gloomy British winters. And since then, I've always thought 'one day I'll stay somewhere with a sea view on holiday'. That would be so posh and amazing and just wow and I'd feel like 'I'm so great because I can afford to stay somewhere with a sea view'.
I'm currently sat on my apartment balcony in Lagos, Portugal. I can't see the sea yet because it's still dark. But I can hear it. It's loud. Very loud. It's annoyingly loud. I wish I hadn't paid extra for a sea view and maybe had an apartment on the other side of the complex. D'oh!!!
I think it's the same with a lot of things, like Christmas, the anticipation is exciting but the reality is that it's just another day, another thing and very often an anti-climax in reality (even if we don't want to admit that).
Stop hoping, and wishing, and dreaming of some grand existence that you see on the TV, living a life of glitz and glamour. It's real for some people but not for the most of us. Try to live in the real world and remember that what you have is ok and will still be better than what a lot of other people have. There is always someone worse off than you, no matter what you're going through, dealing with, feeling at the moment or have lost in your life. Life won't necessarily be better, there will be other worries to think about. Like 'where are my ear plugs?'
