Welcome back readers to my blog...Sorry it has been a while.
Who am I kidding? It has been ages and I have a very good reason for such
absence. The reason I made this blog was to vent my frustrations, my gripes and
stresses and turn them into a giggle and a bit of reflection. The main cause
for my absence is the realization that I actually have no real stresses in
life. 2014 has been a pretty great year for me and I haven’t felt the need to
move my fingers over the keyboard and post to ye olde bloge. To be honest the
only reason I am writing this post is because I am a little bored due to being
injured in action at football and signed off work for the next week!! I hope
this is a good read because I can’t really tell if it’s going to be the least
bit entertaining or funny as I am a little out of practice and rusty. Let’s
find out together huh?...
I have recently turned 30 years young. This means that I am
into the fourth decade of my life and I am beginning to reflect on the previous
decade as well as speculating on the one to come. I would love to see some
stats from my 20’s as a pie chart just to see what I spent most of my time
doing. I think it would mainly consist of sleeping, working, drinking, sitting
on the throne, watching TV, playing football, eating and saying inappropriate things
at the wrong moment. I think we all know the other things that red blooded twenty
something males get up to that won’t need mentioning in a blog that so many of
my family enjoy reading so I will say no more on that matter!!
Where will I be in another ten years? I’m sure we have all
asked ourselves this very question on numerous occasions. I look at some people
with a fair degree of envy on this matter as they seem to know exactly where
they want to be and how they are going to get there. I look at them and think to
myself “please come back to me in ten years where everything has gone wrong for
you and you are in the gutter!!!” I realize that this is an awful situation to
wish upon anyone but you have to see it from the point of view of someone who
has absolutely no idea what he wants to do and where he wants to be. This (not
so) little piggy doesn't know what house he should be in when the big bad wolf
comes knocking, this (adequately) ugly duckling doesn't know how to blossom into
the metaphorical beautiful swan and this (not so ginger) Shawn just cannot seem
to locate the Winchester Public House of life!!!
There are minimal stresses in my life as I turn 30. A lot of
things seem designed to annoy me but I have developed a pretty laid back
attitude for the most part. I tend to allow things to slide a lot more in my
more mature years of youth. I still see my thirties as youth and I think you
are only as old as you act...let’s just say I am retaking my GCSE exams for the
14th consecutive year. I still feel young and I can still mix it
with the 18-25 year olds of today. I have joined a new football team and the
majority of players are under 25 meaning that I am a senior player now. I have
integrated well and have been accepted into the social circle of the team and
we all get along really well. There are a few things that I don’t get and will
never understand about the younger lads of the team. One in particular is the
fact that most of them wouldn't look out of place on a One Direction
poster...is that the look that women find attractive these days?
I like that I am now in my thirties and I was never worried
about becoming a thirty something. I think that age is just a number that
determines the length of time it takes for our bodies to deteriorate. I embrace
this process and can’t wait to say to my niece or nephew “you don’t know you’re
born!!” It is slightly alarming when I hear comments suggesting that I am
turning into my dad, although I can think of worse role models to aspire to. I
think that if I can harness the best in my dad and focus on that then I don’t
think I can go wrong.
Activity breakdown of my 20's (a few were probably done at the same time as each other)
