I’m socially anxious and normally have a lot of trouble socialising with new people outside of an environment like work and so on. I’m also really self-conscious about my body – I’m a bigger girl and always worry that people are staring at me, and not in a good way. But last night I did something that was on my bucket list just to try it. I booked onto a speed dating event. Got a bit dressed up, did my makeup, and headed through to a place an hour away.
Friends, it was amazing. Like, even if I don’t get a date out of it (everything is entered online after the event) I feel like I had a great night. I met a couple of the other girls there and we exchanged numbers, so I might have even made friends (which is really hard as an adult, haha). I’m just low-key proud of myself. I never thought I’d do something like this. Just needed to share with some folk, I’m still grinning like an idiot.