You Only Live Once

Before you start hideously judging me for the title of this post, DON'T. I will never forgive Drake for tarnishing that phrase.

When "YOLO" first started floating around it made me cringe. Not even Zac Efron getting it tattooed on his perfect body could swing me round to saying it out loud. But then something happened and I started using it ironically; "yolo, am I right?" But as with many internet trends, it soon became unironic and yolo was part of my day to day vocabulary. But rather than using it as an excuse to do something idiotic (and Vine it, probably), I genuinely have begun to live by this phrase.

Obviously when it comes to big things or situations that could potentially mean spending a lot of money, I'm wary about what I'm doing butI don't see the point in wasting time umm-ing and ahh-ing over pretty menial decisions.

If I hadn't starting using this mindset, there are so many opportunities I would have missed. When the chance to go to the YouTube Space for the Rocks That Bleed screening, I knew I'd more than likely have to go alone but YOLO. If I'd chickened out and stayed in, I wouldn't have met Jack and Bertie and Sammy and realised my fear of Ben Cooks carries into real life (soz Ben love you but you scare me).

Recently I have been slipping back into my old ways, deciding to be safe and do nothing rather than go out of my comfort zone for fear of it not working out. Not any more. I spoke of fresh starts in my last post and when I go back to uni next Monday I'm going to try to say "yes" to more things. I said yes to being on a quiz team with people I only knew in passing and now I'd consider them good friends. It pays off to be reckless.

Because of this I've also become a lot more confident in social situations. At school my friendship group was made up of 19 girls and within that were some huge personalities. I always found myself slipping into the background and watching it all happen, saying very little (if anything at all). However, a few weeks ago I went to dinner with (an albeit smaller), group and didn't let them dominate the conversations. I slipped in whenever I felt like it - whereas I would normally keep these ideas to myself - and it paid off! A WIN FOR THE SOCIALLY ANXIOUS.

Also one of my favourite bond movies is You Only Live Twice. Coincidence? Probably not.

I'm going to leave it there, we're off out for an Easter drink soon. I hope you all have a great Easter Sunday, whatever your beliefs.

All I've eaten today is chocolate. It's 1pm. YOLO, am I right?

Thanks for reading!