2012 - The year of the Pickle

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I suppose I should start from the beginning in how I've decided to put 2012 on such a high pedestal. In short 2011 sucked ass. I would usually class myself as a happy go lucky person, with a cheerful disposition and a smile constantly plastered upon my face. In fact for most of my adult life I had the mickey taken out of my by (not so cheerful people) who couldn't really understood why I smiled all the time. But in the last few months of 2010 and leading into 2011 a series of unfortunate events caused a bit of a wobble in my little life, my smile started to wane and more worryingly so did my sense of humour.

I won't bore you with the trials and tribulations but it's fair to say that I fought hard to scramble my way back to some sort of a normal life. One of the challenges set to me was to make January 2012 just about myself, to live for myself and focus on the things that made me happy, and, as I rather enjoyed this, I've decided to extend this jolly happiness holiday across the whole of 2012. Hurrah!

This may seem like a relatively easy endeavour but as I live alone and am single, with a small group of friends who are very settled, married, babies etc...I've come to face the realisation that it takes a whole lot of effort to do anything more than just being stuck in the flat on my own at a weekend entertaining myself with a vat of Ben and Jerry's ice cream and a gallon of wine - trust me, I've tried it, seriously, I should have shares in phish food and white zinfandel by now!

I also think it's fair enough to say that my comfy comfort zone has been stretched well beyond recognition, I was always quite happy to be settled and content with my lot, having to push my own boundaries and do things which in all honesty scare the crap out of me at the time has been a rather tricky challenge!

So anyhow, I know we're into May now (ticking things off my personal to do list isn't really my strong point) and I figured it was about time that I made this challenge public, to put a bit of weight behind it, as well as letting other's laugh at the ridiculous situations I will no doubt (and aim to) get myself tangled up in.

So over the next few months I aim to try as many new things, meet as many new people and travel to as many weird and wonderful events and places as my bank balance will allow, and I hope you will join me on this sure to be bizarre and eccentric ride!

Let the games begin...