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I don\u2019t particularly enjoy taking walks in parks. Please don\u2019t judge me when I say this, but I have to admit that walks in parks often feel like a messy plate filled with all kinds of vegetables, scattered unevenly in terms of colour and shape. People running, children screaming, dogs barking\u2026 I prefer taking naps alone. There\u2019s no room for excitement, but there\u2019s also no room for drama. Have I ever taken walks in parks?\u2028\u2014 No.\u2028Do I need to, though, to judge whether it\u2019s worth it?\u2028\u2014 Probably. But honestly, I really enjoy taking naps.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Before moving to the UK three years ago, I used to be THE FUN back in Greece. If you were to spell my name, it would most likely be F.U.N. Naps were boring back then; only fun existed. After years of being \u201cFUN\u201d, I decided it was time to switch on the \u201cCAREER\u201d mode and maybe avoid paying the electricity bill for leaving the \u201cFUN\u201d switch on. Does that even make sense? I had bills to pay and could only afford to have one switch turned on, and \u201cFUN\u201d was really expensive.\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/p>\n
No one really prepares you for what it\u2019s like to move abroad and say goodbye to your loved ones, starting over from scratch, being again at level zero. I mean, I don\u2019t even remember when I was at zero; even in kindergarten, I\u2019d say I was a solid four. Don\u2019t even get me started on primary school, where I was a ten since I played in a movie and suddenly became the new Johnny Depp in town. How would I socialise in English all of a sudden? How would I make friends? These people wouldn\u2019t even know about my long acting career.\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/p>\n
But seriously, how would I ever overcome my fear of exposure? Since moving to the UK, I\u2019ve started to think about all the ways everything could go wrong. Watching myself miss out on all the fun activities and cool opportunities because of this fear isn\u2019t fun or cool at all. I came here because I\u2019ve always dreamed big. I still have big dreams, but I keep convincing myself that I shouldn\u2019t change how I perceive things and that one day, a huge opportunity will come knocking at my door. I\u2019d be wearing white because it\u2019s not considered a colour, and I don\u2019t want the colour police after me on my big breakthrough. But after nearly four years, I guess my home address got lost along the way.\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/p>\n
Did I mention I dream big? I really do. I can see what I could have achieved if it weren\u2019t for this fear of failure, this fear of exposure, this fear of\u2026 people? I want to be everything, everywhere, all at once. I want to make friends, land the best job, and achieve what usually takes years of hard work. Yet, if you were to hand it to me, I\u2019d be scared to even consider it. I keep asking myself why it\u2019s so difficult to let myself fail at something.\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/p>\n
Failure isn\u2019t bad, is it? Failure is what turns this journey into a whole movie instead of just a snapshot. It\u2019s what creates a full song instead of the same note on repeat. The inner me knows this, but my fear keeps getting in the way of what I feel I\u2019m meant to do. As I write this while walking back home from picking up my favourite cheese and crackers, I realise I\u2019ve walked past my house and entered the local park. I must have been walking for quite some time now, as I\u2019ve nearly traversed the entire park. Wait, was that it? Did I just have my first walk in the park without anything going wrong? What about the messy plate of vegetables? Why does what I see look more like an art piece? Why didn\u2019t my fear stop me? Is my fear a friend dragging me down unintentionally, but deep down, I\u2019m the one who has to lift them up? Why do I sound so sophisticated right now? Should I consider writing blogs for mental health charities? Wow, that would be a huge step for me. But for now, this is enough. I am enough. Tomorrow, I want to be everything, everywhere, all at once, but today I just had my first walk in the park, and I LOVED IT.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
“Fun Switch\u201d on Xoxo, S<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
\nI am a Psychology Grad and a MSc student in Cognitive Neuroscience and Neuropsychology.\u00a0 Writing for me is a form of expression and I figured that other people who express themselves in the same way might relate to my stories as I have found myself relating to many of theirs.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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