I have never been very good at living in the moment. I plan out every minute of my day for the upcoming week on Sunday nights from my meals, what time ill work out, what tasks I will complete each day, even going down to designating Netflix time throughout the dy. I follow my schedule to a t. With every action there is a consequence good or bad nothing is an isolated experience and that has always impacted my actions. Ive never done something without thinking about how it will impact future event. At home this was easy, natural, every day was vaguely similar all my plans led to the same result there was never much room for variation.
Here in Dublin that has been almost impossible. I go to the gym when I have time throughout my day, me and Sammy take tuns cooking dinner . I walk into my internship each day awaiting the tasks I will be given that day. At first I grasped for a sense of control and normalcy but the longer we are here the long I have learned to embrace the spontaneity. Although I have found ways to view control over my actions such as me and sam eating some variation or chicken and rice or turkey and rice throughout the week. Or finding t easy 3 days to go to the gym throughout the week the uncertainty has brought me a joy.
Being abroad is a once in a life time experience is something people constantly say and this could not be more true. If you constantly think about what is coming next you’ll never enjoy what you are doing in the moment. At home this was the norm but I quickly learned that if could not look at was was around me and was constantly thinking of the future I would miss everything that makes this trip so amazing.
This past week we went to a group dinner at the merchants arc, took a trip to the Blarney Stone, went to Kilmainham Gaol Prison, and as always went to work with John made dinner and hit the gym with sam and had people over to our apartment to hang out. The uncertainty has allowed me to live in the moment more than I ever have before.
