Hey guys!! Welcome back, I hope everyone has a good week so far. Today’s just a bit of a random post because I feel like sometimes it’s a bit odd to have extremely deep, life questioning posts every week. I recently started sixth form as you guys know and let’s just say it’s a HUGE change to normal school life, so here’s a bit of a life update.
Sixth form is actually really fun, I love the subjects I am doing and just the whole vibe of sixth form is completely different to previous years in school. We actually get free periods which is nice and I feel like I’ve already made some amazing friends, even though some people have only just joined the school. I REALLY miss some of my friends that have moved school, it just feels a bit lonely at times without having some of them around. Also, timetables and schedules are so different to everyone around you so sometimes I barely get to see some of my friends which is quite sad. However, I am very grateful to have been able to find some people in school who I know I can always rely on.
Classes wise, everything is pretty ok. I love my subjects, and the people in my classes. I am doing maths, economics, psychology and philosophy and ethics. Honestly, I really miss doing computer science but I found that these 4 subjects just work so well together. For example, the amounts of correlations I can make between the ethics side and some elements of psychology are insane. One of my friends and I are also planning on starting a philosophy club, but a bit more of a debating style situation and also a bit more cultural because the philosophy and ethics we do in school is very western based so I am quite excited for that.
I’m also on the school lacrosse team, which I’ve consistently committed to since year 7. I can’t lie, I’ve not played proper lacrosse for ages because of coronavirus and all the lockdowns so I always worry about whether I’ll actually be useful on the team, and seeing as I am the goalkeeper, I have a pretty important role. I just take a deep breath and remind myself, I am here because I enjoy lacrosse and I want to be here.
How to Enjoy Spending Time Alone
I feel like this is something I could probably talk about for ages because frankly I love being alone. Don’t get me wrong, I love my friends and family but sometimes it does get a bit draining. As weird as it may sound, I crave loneliness at times, it just gives me some time to recharge myself and sort myself out really, I love it.
My first tip would probably be to find your "thing". Whether it is chilling alone and reading a book or crocheting, the opportunities are endless and I always find that when I am alone, my creativity is stimulated because I am able to find the beauty in the simple things around me, as opposed to having to be focused on the people around me. Once you find your "thing", enjoying your own company is actually really easy because you have something to look forward to do and something which brings you joy.
Another thing I do a lot which sounds really sad is talk to myself. I keep myself company. I know it sounds really strange but I struggle to open up to people about things so talking to myself has brought me so much comfort in the past years. I still remember one time when my family and I were on holiday, I went outside to throw out the rubbish (we were in a villa) and I was talking to myself, my mum then asked me if I had bumped into someone and was talking to them but I told her I was talking to myself and my sister burst out laughing. Trust me, it is really odd but most of the time I do prefer talking to myself than other people.
One of my favourite forms of self care and also thing to do when I'm alone is just to go outside and take a walk in an area with lots of nature. I put in my AirPods and block out the world. Walking around greenery is honestly the best thing ever, it just instantly calms me down and the plants just remind me of the amount of beauty we have in the world. I feel like when I started being more grateful to the world and appreciating the smaller things in life, I stopped relying on other things to bring me happiness and was able to find happiness within myself.
Anyways, that's the end of this week's post. I hope you enjoyed reading it! I have a really fun post planned for next week so hopefully see you guys again soon!! If anyone wants to contact me or just talk in general, my email is aishanijoshi23@gmail.com, love you guys <33
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