What I wish I was.....

I am Nathan Jackson (although I may occasionally incorporate my original last name of Wood into that).
I am 27 years old.
I am English.
I am a Virgo.
I have brown hair.
I have brown eyes.
I am a fan of rock music.
I can't stand R&B/Hip-Hop/Rap.
I own an Atari, Amiga, MegaDrive, Playstation 1, 2 and 3, a GameCube, a Wii and a high-spec laptop.
I have been in Zoo Magazine.

THIS IS PROBABLY WHAT MY THOUGHT
PROCESSES LOOK LIKE. BASICALLY A COLLECTION
OF "WHAT IF" DECISIONS

Those are ten facts about me, ten things I can say are well and truly me.....one thing I can't say about myself is being what people would describe as a "free spirit", or to put it bluntly, those who live in the moment. The weird thing is that I attract plenty of friends like that, I've had plenty of friends who are like that, such as Marinda, Megan and Charlie, three people who seemingly live by the moto of "dance like no-one is watching."

It's always something I have admired in people, people who don't plan stuff on a day to day basis, they just do whatever feels right at the time. I wish I was like that. Don't get me wrong, I do like random stuff and doing things I hadn't planned on, for example, I recently went up to see the aforementioned Charlie just a few hours after talking to her on the phone, that despite not having it planned, that was quite unusual for me. I don't even usually phone people unless it's pre-arranged.

Don't get me wrong, sometimes I do do stuff that isn't planned, but it's only stuff like going into the city centre, but nothing major. I read stories of people just randomly waking up and deciding to go onto a plane to another country, I just couldn't do that, it'd have to be planned.

I would just love to be one of those people who look back at the end of the day and go "I had none of that planned whatsoever". I think the happiest people are those who plan as little of their day as possible......or even just those who have a rough idea of what they want to do.

I'll give you an example.

I want to go to the cinema to watch a film (as opposed to all those other things you do at a cinema....). Here is my chain of thoughts......

1. What's actually on that I would want to watch?
2. If there is something on, what showing do I actually want to see?
3. Ok, what should I actually wear?
4. Should I shower before hand? When was my last shower?
5. Should I drive or get the bus?
6. (after deciding to drive as I don't do the bus) Ok, it starts at (for example) 8.20, I want to get there quite early so let's think about this.....
7. It's a 20 minute drive to the cinema



LINCOLN'S ODEON CINEMA

8. Which car park do I use? (there are two within a few minutes walk of the cinema)
9. I want to get there in time to be able to sit down rather than having to stand up before being let in.
10. Should I go to the shops first?

Let's put it this way, that could go on much all night long and I'd end up leaving my house at about 7pm. The people I have described that I want to be like would have the following thought process.

1. What's on?
2. What time?
3. Ok, let's go.

I wish I was like that.

Oh well, I suppose I should go and plan what I'm doing for the rest of the week.