I remember how I used to cry with my brother anytime he got grounded at home because he was the solution to my social anxiety. I hated leaving the house, I hated being around people but he was the direct opposite. My brother loved roaming, moving from one place to another. There wasn’t any where in our vicinity that this boy didn’t know. And so he getting grounded meant I wasn’t also going to leave the house because then, who would help me deal with my anxiety?
Many years later and tables have turned. Now, I am the one always going out and sometimes even begging him to leave his apartment for fresh air on weekends. I am a full outdoors person and I believe it’s because I missed out on the outdoors life when I was younger.
I like being outside, anywhere that screams fun, relaxing and all the entertaining stuff. I mostly like to go for concerts, the private ones but honestly the public ones which are mostly crowded is even more fun. It has this other side of it which makes you feel like your entire problems in this world have been wiped out.
I also like going out to new places to try new foods. One thing about me is that whenever I go out, I never buy something I can make at home. I think I came about this theory after sitting down to understand that, the reason why I’m going out to eat is because I can’t or don’t feel like cooking at home. So if that’s the case why should I buy something I could have simply made at home?
Oh and the mountains! I love going to the mountains especially at night. There’s this particular place in Ghana where you can stand and look at the whole Accra- Ghana at night and I must say that view is just magical(magical is even an understatement). There are days I wake up at night and drive to the mountains just for that view. And the coolest part is that view always make me smile.
Traveling is also another thing I just love to do. One of the things my mom never understands is how I’m the only person in my family who loves traveling. And not any type but spontaneous. I could literally wake up at dawn and feel suffocated after being indoors for two days and just off I go because after all, how many times do we get to live? And I still don’t even know why but I like visiting places with waterbodies. Maybe it has something to do with nature? Or it’s just Abenad being Abenad, hehe.
The best thing I saved for the last are beaches. My love for beaches is indescribable. I love being at the beach, just watching the waves do its thing. When it comes to the beach, I never like it when it’s crowded so I mostly go late afternoon. The time where the sun is about to set. Ohh! And sunset at the beach is just purely out of this world not to talk of sunrise.
I remember someone asking if I never get tired of the beach. I live about 15 minutes drive from the beach and all my life, I have been visiting but I never get enough. There are times I totally lose track of time and go home around 1am the next day. There’s just something about the beach which makes you feel like nothing else matters in life.
The truth is that, being outside all the time is very exhausting. So I make sure to make time to rest very well because, in as much I’m doing what makes me happy, I also know that I need to be healthy in order to have all the fun I want.
All the same, if you ever plan a road trip, don’t hesitate to invite me, please.
Images are mine