Hey Beuaty's,
It's July and it's finally starting to feel like summer, the sun has finally made an appearance. (at least in the UK anyway) Summer for me has always been one I dreaded, every summer for as long as I can remember has always been spent the same, at home, in my room. Something I've always wanted to open up about with you guys is my battle with anxiety, anxiety for me is the devil. For years I've let it control my life and how I live it and I hate it, when I look back at my childhood and my teenage years, it fills me with so much regret and anger, because of my anxiety I never really lived. I don't have many memories of going out with friends and all the amazing experiences and memories that so many people my age have.
Every summer has always been the same for me, being locked up at home on my own, never leaving the house because I allowed anxiety to control my life. My family would always encourage me to go out more and see my friends and I'd just shrug it off and say I liked being on my own, don't get me wrong I still like being on my own and I enjoy my own company for sure but I know the importance of being surrounded by friends and family as well.
This year I decided to make a change, I like most people didn't want to make a new years resolution because if I didn't stick to it I'd be really disheartened; however I decided to just make a general one of taking a year to concentrate on me, a year to find myself and make positive changes in all aspects of my life. So this summer I decided to make a change, I didn't want to waste my summer doing nothing and sit at home on my own, I also decided that for the first time in my life I wasn't going to allow anxiety to rule it. This is my last summer before heading out into the big adult world, this time next year I'll have graduated from university and will have to start making grown up decisions about my life. So this summer is so important to me and one I wasn't prepared to waste.
I was contacted by a Eventbrite to get involved in their new campaign to help squash FOMO (fear of missing out) which is something I'm sure we've all experienced, no one wants to ever miss out or miss out on the fun that our friends are having. I knew I had to get involved, anxiety has lead me to experience FOMO for to long, I'm ready to squash FOMO and embrace GOMO (going out more often.)
This summer I'm going to embrace every opportunity I get and accept every invite to go wherever I want, already I've got a part time job which gives me a few hours every morning the chance to get up early leave the house and meet new people, it's small but for me it's a massive step. I'm also going to try and hang out with my friends as much as I can, I have a friend that I reconnected with recently who shares the same issues I do and we have a strong bond in the fact that we've both suffered the same things, we made a deal to embrace the summer together and not let our mental health stop us from having the best summer. We've been encouraging each other to go out and have fun, we're going to try and spend a couple of days every week together out doing something weather it's a walk or going to a festival (we're thinking of Reading Festival) or booking a spontaneous weekend away. Every summer me and my group of friends from school have a BBQ were we dedicate one day to just spending time together catching up, eating food and sharing a few alcoholic bevy's; we're all adults now with busy lives so spending the day together makes up for not seeing each other for long periods of time.
Summer is the time of year to let your hair down, have fun and just live. No matter how old you are, where you are in the world, join me and embrace every chance you get to GOMO, this is your summer so make the most of it and if your really struggling with ideas on what to do, check out the Eventbrite website for helpful information on fun events going on in your local area.
Comment below the fun things you and your friends are planning this summer and follow me on all my social media to see how I'm embracing GOMO, also be sure to follow me on snap chat so you can see all the action as it happens.
Say no to FOMO and hello to #GOMO
Love Always
Carrie
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